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Roman Zajac

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University of New Haven: Faculty Roman Zajac
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Title: Professor and  Department Chair
Coordinator, Graduate Environmental Science Program
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College: College of Arts and Sciences
Dept: Biology and Environmental Science
Phone: 203.932.7114
Email: rzajac@newhaven.edu
Office: Dodds Hall 316

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. 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.

Hinchey, E., Nicholson, M., Zajac, R., Irlandi, E., 2008. Preface: Marine and coastal applications in landscape ecology. Landscape Ecology 23, 1-5

Zajac, R.N, 2008. Challenges in marine, soft-sediment benthoscape ecology. Landscape Ecology 23, 7-18

Zajac, R. 2008. Macrobenthic biodiversity and sea floor landscape structure. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 366:198-203

Neely, A., and R. Zajac. 2008. Applying marine protected area design models in large estuarine systems. Marine Ecology Progress Series 373:11-23.

Olson, M.A., R.N. Zajac & M. Russello. 2009. Estuarine-scale genetic variation in the polychaete Hobsonia florida in Long Island Sound and relationships to Pleistocene glaciations. Biological Bulletin, 217: 86–94.

Osman, R., P. Munguia, R. Zajac. 2010. Ecological thresholds in marine communities: theory, experiments and management. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 413:185-187.  

 

Munguia, P. R. Osman, R. Whitlatch, J. Hamilton, and R. Zajac. 2010.  Community thresholds and species dominance in Long Island Sound benthic communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 413:229-240.

 

Osman, R.  P. Munguia , R. Whitlatch, J. Hamilton, and R. Zajac.  2010.  Potential thresholds and multiple community states in southern New England marine communities: integrating natural history with management strategies.  Marine Ecology Progress Series.   413:277-289

 

Munguia, P.,  R. Osman, R. Whitlatch, J. Hamilton, and R. Zajac.  2011.  Changes in habitat heterogeneity alter marine sessile benthic communities.  Ecological Applications. 21:925-935.

 

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 landscape ecology approaches to sea floor ecology
  • Development of Food web models for estuarine systems
  • Responses of sea floor communities to natural and human disturbances
  • Effects of saltmarsh change on coastal ecology 
  • Population ecology and genetics of polychaete annelids 
  • Application of geographic information systems (GIS) in environmental assessment  
Personal / Zajac Lab Website:
http://newton.newhaven.edu/rzajac/index.html

 
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