Roman Zajac

Education

B.S. 1975, Tufts University, Biology
M.S. 1981, The University of Connecticut, Zoology
Ph.D. 1985, The University of Connecticut, Ecology

Recently Published Books and Articles

Zajac, Roman N., Ralph S. Lewis, Lawrence J. Poppe, David C. Twichell, Joseph Vozarik, and Mary L. DiGiacomo-Cohen. 2003. Responses of infaunal populations to benthoscape structure and the potential importance of transition zones. Limnology Oceanography 48: 829-842 
Zajac, R.N. and R.B. Whitlatch. 2003. Community and population-level responses to disturbance in a sandflat community. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 294: 101-125
Zajac, R.N. 2004. Macrofaunal responses to pit-mound patch dynamics in an intertidal mudflat: local versus patch-type effects. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 313: 297- 315
Olson- Russello, M.A., R.N. Zajac, A. Caccone and M.A. Russello. 2006. Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci for the polychaete tubeworm Hobsonia florida. Molecular Ecology Notes. 6:390-395.
Tenore, K. R.N. Zajac, J. Terwin and others. 2006. Characterizing the role benthos plays in large coastal sea and estuaries: a modular approach. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 330: 392- 402.
Zajac R.N. 2007. Challenges in marine, soft-sediment benthoscape ecology. Landscape Ecology (Special Issue on Marine and Coastal Applications of Landscape Ecology) in press

Courses Taught

Ecology with Laboratory
Invertebrate Zoology
Data Analysis in the Environmental and Biological Sciences
Marine and Estuarine Ecology
Landscape Ecology
Advanced Applications of Geographic Information Systems

Other

Current Research Programs:

* Application of landscaspe ecology approaches to sea floor ecology

* Development of Food web models for estaurine systems

* Responses of sea floor communities to natural and human disturbances

* Effects of saltmarsh change on coastal ecology 

* Population ecology and genetics of polychates annelids 

*Application of geographic informations systems (GIS) in environmental assessment  

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