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Scott W. Nixon (1943 – May 21, 2012) was an [[Ecology|ecologist]] and [[Biogeochemistry|biogeochemist]] whose research primarily focused on nitrogen and [[eutrophication]] in [[Coast|coastal]] and [[Estuary|estuarine]] [[Ecosystem|ecosystems]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Harris |first=Lora |last2=Kemp |first2=Michael |date=2012-08 |title=OBITUARY: SCOTT W. NIXON, 1943-2012 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lob.201221388a |journal=Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin |language=en |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=88–89 |doi=10.1002/lob.201221388a}}</ref> He was the first to clearly define coastal eutrophication.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nixon |first=Scott W. |date=1995-02 |title=Coastal marine eutrophication: A definition, social causes, and future concerns |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00785236.1995.10422044 |journal=Ophelia |language=en |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=199–219 |doi=10.1080/00785236.1995.10422044 |issn=0078-5326}}</ref> Nixon was a faculty member of the [[University of Rhode Island]]’s Graduate School of [[Oceanography]] from 1969 until his death.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-10 |title=Bay Campus (B)log: The Scott W. Nixon Lecture Series: Remaining Skeptical, Seven Years Later |url=https://web.uri.edu/gso/news/bay-campus-blog-the-scott-w-nixon-lecture-series-remaining-skeptical-seven-years-later/ |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Graduate School of Oceanography |language=en-US}}</ref> Throughout his life, he also served important roles in many organizations and committees, including as the director of Rhode Island [[National Sea Grant College Program|Sea Grant]], editor-in-chief of [[Estuaries and Coasts|''Estuaries'']],<ref name=":0" /> and a member of the National Research Council’s Ocean Studies Board.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-05-24 |title=The Passing of Scott Nixon |url=https://web.uri.edu/gso/uncategorized/the-passing-of-scott-nixon/ |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Graduate School of Oceanography |language=en-US}}</ref>
Scott W. Nixon (1943 – May 21, 2012) was an [[Ecology|ecologist]] and [[Biogeochemistry|biogeochemist]] whose research primarily focused on nitrogen and [[eutrophication]] in [[Coast|coastal]] and [[Estuary|estuarine]] [[Ecosystem|ecosystems]].<ref name=":0">{{cite journal |last1=Harris |first1=Lora |last2=Kemp |first2=Michael |title=OBITUARY: SCOTT W. NIXON, 1943-2012 |journal=Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin |date=August 2012 |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=88–89 |doi=10.1002/lob.201221388a }}</ref> He was the first to clearly define coastal eutrophication.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nixon |first1=Scott W. |title=Coastal marine eutrophication: A definition, social causes, and future concerns |journal=Ophelia |date=February 1995 |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=199–219 |doi=10.1080/00785236.1995.10422044 }}</ref> Nixon was a faculty member of the [[University of Rhode Island]]’s Graduate School of [[Oceanography]] from 1969 until his death.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-10 |title=Bay Campus (B)log: The Scott W. Nixon Lecture Series: Remaining Skeptical, Seven Years Later |url=https://web.uri.edu/gso/news/bay-campus-blog-the-scott-w-nixon-lecture-series-remaining-skeptical-seven-years-later/ |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Graduate School of Oceanography |language=en-US}}{{self-published inline}}</ref> Throughout his life, he also served important roles in many organizations and committees, including as the director of Rhode Island [[National Sea Grant College Program|Sea Grant]], editor-in-chief of [[Estuaries and Coasts|''Estuaries'']],<ref name=":0" /> and a member of the National Research Council’s Ocean Studies Board.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-05-24 |title=The Passing of Scott Nixon |url=https://web.uri.edu/gso/uncategorized/the-passing-of-scott-nixon/ |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=Graduate School of Oceanography |language=en-US}}{{self-published inline}}</ref>


== Education ==
== Education ==
In 1965, Nixon obtained a bachelor of arts degree in Biology from the University of Delaware. Under the mentorship of Howard T. Odum, he received a doctorate in [[Botany]] from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1970.<ref name=":0" /> His dissertation discussed field and laboratory microcosm results from [[Salt marsh|salinas]] in Puerto Rico.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME HYPERSALINE ECOSYSTEMS - ProQuest |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/302535590/citation/A9155469A4B41DCPQ/1 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=www.proquest.com |language=en}}</ref>
In 1965, Nixon obtained a bachelor of arts degree in Biology from the University of Delaware. Under the mentorship of Howard T. Odum, he received a doctorate in [[Botany]] from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1970.<ref name=":0" /> His dissertation discussed field and laboratory microcosm results from [[Salt marsh|salinas]] in Puerto Rico.<ref>{{cite thesis |id={{ProQuest|302535590}} |last1=Nixon |first1=Scott W |date=1970 |title=Characteristics of some hypersaline ecosystems }}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
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== Research ==
== Research ==
Nixon’s first research often collaborated with Oviatt and focused mainly on the ecology of estuaries and salt marshes near the University of Rhode Island campus, including field studies on the metabolisms of [[Mussel|mussels]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Nixon |first=Scott W. |last2=Oviatt |first2=Candace A. |last3=Rogers |first3=Caroline |last4=Taylor |first4=Kenneth |last5=Vogers |first5=C. A. |date=1971 |title=Mass and Metabolism of a Mussel Bed |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4214698 |journal=Oecologia |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=21–30 |issn=0029-8549}}</ref> [[eelgrass]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nixon |first=Scott W. |last2=Oviatt |first2=Candace A. |date=1972-01 |title=Preliminary Measurements of Midsummer Metabolism in Beds of Eelgrass, Zostera Marina |url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.2307/1935721 |journal=Ecology |language=en |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages=150–153 |doi=10.2307/1935721}}</ref> and fish.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Oviatt |first=Candace A. |last2=Nixon |first2=Scott W. |date=1973-10 |title=The demersal fish of Narragansett Bay: An analysis of community structure, distribution and abundance |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0302352473900261 |journal=Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science |language=en |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=361–378 |doi=10.1016/0302-3524(73)90026-1}}</ref> Bissel Cove<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nixon |first=Scott W. |last2=Oviatt |first2=Candace A. |date=1973-09 |title=Ecology of a New England Salt Marsh |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2307/1942303 |journal=Ecological Monographs |language=en |volume=43 |issue=4 |pages=463–498 |doi=10.2307/1942303 |issn=0012-9615}}</ref> and other locations throughout [[Narragansett Bay]]<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Oviatt |first=Candace A. |last2=Nixon |first2=Scott W. |date=1975-04 |title=Sediment resuspension and deposition in Narragansett Bay |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0302352475900225 |journal=Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science |language=en |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=201–217 |doi=10.1016/0302-3524(75)90022-5}}</ref> were frequent sites of interest.
Nixon’s first research often collaborated with Oviatt and focused mainly on the ecology of estuaries and salt marshes near the University of Rhode Island campus, including field studies on the metabolisms of [[Mussel|mussels]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Nixon |first=Scott W. |last2=Oviatt |first2=Candace A. |last3=Rogers |first3=Caroline |last4=Taylor |first4=Kenneth |last5=Vogers |first5=C. A. |date=1971 |title=Mass and Metabolism of a Mussel Bed |jstor=4214698 |journal=Oecologia |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=21–30 }}</ref> [[eelgrass]],<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nixon |first1=Scott W. |last2=Oviatt |first2=Candace A. |title=Preliminary Measurements of Midsummer Metabolism in Beds of Eelgrass, Zostera Marina |journal=Ecology |date=January 1972 |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages=150–153 |doi=10.2307/1935721 }}</ref> and fish.<ref name=":2">{{cite journal |last1=Oviatt |first1=Candace A. |last2=Nixon |first2=Scott W. |title=The demersal fish of Narragansett Bay: An analysis of community structure, distribution and abundance |journal=Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science |date=October 1973 |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=361–378 |doi=10.1016/0302-3524(73)90026-1 }}</ref> Bissel Cove<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nixon |first1=Scott W. |last2=Oviatt |first2=Candace A. |title=Ecology of a New England Salt Marsh |journal=Ecological Monographs |date=September 1973 |volume=43 |issue=4 |pages=463–498 |doi=10.2307/1942303 }}</ref> and other locations throughout [[Narragansett Bay]]<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{cite journal |last1=Oviatt |first1=Candace A. |last2=Nixon |first2=Scott W. |title=Sediment resuspension and deposition in Narragansett Bay |journal=Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science |date=April 1975 |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=201–217 |doi=10.1016/0302-3524(75)90022-5 }}</ref> were frequent sites of interest.


In 1972, Nixon and Oviatt began to more closely study carbon and nitrogen in Bissel Cove.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last=Nixon |first=Scott W. |last2=Oviatt |first2=Candace A. |last3=Garber |first3=Jonathan |last4=Lee |first4=Virginia |date=1976-07 |title=Diel Metabolism and Nutrient Dynamics in a Salt Marsh Embayment |url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.2307/1936187 |journal=Ecology |language=en |volume=57 |issue=4 |pages=740–750 |doi=10.2307/1936187}}</ref> After this, Nixon began to depart from mostly studying metabolisms of specific coastal marine species to studying nutrient dynamics in coastal marine environments, especially their sediments.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nixon |first=S.W. |last2=Oviatt |first2=C.A. |last3=Hale |first3=S.S. |date=1975 |title=Nitrogen regeneration and the metabolism of coastal marine bottom communities. |journal=Proc. of British Ecological Society Symposium on Decomposition |volume=The role of terrestrial and aquatic organisms in decomposition processes |pages=269-283}}</ref>
In 1972, Nixon and Oviatt began to more closely study carbon and nitrogen in Bissel Cove.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">{{cite journal |last1=Nixon |first1=Scott W. |last2=Oviatt |first2=Candace A. |last3=Garber |first3=Jonathan |last4=Lee |first4=Virginia |title=Diel Metabolism and Nutrient Dynamics in a Salt Marsh Embayment |journal=Ecology |date=July 1976 |volume=57 |issue=4 |pages=740–750 |doi=10.2307/1936187 }}</ref> After this, Nixon began to depart from mostly studying metabolisms of specific coastal marine species to studying nutrient dynamics in coastal marine environments, especially their sediments.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nixon |first=S.W. |last2=Oviatt |first2=C.A. |last3=Hale |first3=S.S. |date=1975 |title=Nitrogen regeneration and the metabolism of coastal marine bottom communities. |journal=Proc. of British Ecological Society Symposium on Decomposition |volume=The role of terrestrial and aquatic organisms in decomposition processes |pages=269-283}}</ref>


In 1977, Nixon published a book with fellow field ecologist James Kremer of the University of Connecticut on using computers to create an ecosystem model for Narragansett Bay. The book, ''A Coastal Marine Ecosystem'', was intended to help connect ecologists with numerical modeling.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kremer |first=James N. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/858929611 |title=A Coastal Marine Ecosystem : Simulation and Analysis |date=1978 |publisher=Springer Berlin Heidelberg |others=Scott W. Nixon |isbn=978-3-642-66717-6 |location=Berlin, Heidelberg |oclc=858929611}}</ref>
In 1977, Nixon published a book with fellow field ecologist James Kremer of the University of Connecticut on using computers to create an ecosystem model for Narragansett Bay. The book, ''A Coastal Marine Ecosystem'', was intended to help connect ecologists with numerical modeling.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-66717-6 }}{{pn}}</ref>


During the 1980s, Nixon began to publish with a wider variety of authors, including his mentee Sybil Seitzinger.
During the 1980s, Nixon began to publish with a wider variety of authors, including his mentee Sybil Seitzinger.

Revision as of 00:39, 25 April 2023

Scott W. Nixon
Born1943
DiedMay 12, 2012(2012-05-12) (aged 68–69)
Alma materUniversity of Delaware, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Scientific career
FieldsCoastal and estuarine ecology
InstitutionsUniversity of Rhode Island
Thesis Characteristics of Some Hypersaline Systems
Academic advisorsHoward T. Odum
Notable studentsSybil P. Seitzinger

Scott W. Nixon (1943 – May 21, 2012) was an ecologist and biogeochemist whose research primarily focused on nitrogen and eutrophication in coastal and estuarine ecosystems.[1] He was the first to clearly define coastal eutrophication.[1][2] Nixon was a faculty member of the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography from 1969 until his death.[3] Throughout his life, he also served important roles in many organizations and committees, including as the director of Rhode Island Sea Grant, editor-in-chief of Estuaries,[1] and a member of the National Research Council’s Ocean Studies Board.[4]

Education

In 1965, Nixon obtained a bachelor of arts degree in Biology from the University of Delaware. Under the mentorship of Howard T. Odum, he received a doctorate in Botany from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1970.[1] His dissertation discussed field and laboratory microcosm results from salinas in Puerto Rico.[5]

Career

Nixon was hired by the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography as a research associate a year prior to obtaining his doctorate and began working as an assistant professor in 1970. In his early days at the University of Rhode Island, Nixon worked with Candace Oviatt and Michael Pilson.[1]

Research

Nixon’s first research often collaborated with Oviatt and focused mainly on the ecology of estuaries and salt marshes near the University of Rhode Island campus, including field studies on the metabolisms of mussels,[6] eelgrass,[7] and fish.[8] Bissel Cove[6][9] and other locations throughout Narragansett Bay[8][10] were frequent sites of interest.

In 1972, Nixon and Oviatt began to more closely study carbon and nitrogen in Bissel Cove.[10][11] After this, Nixon began to depart from mostly studying metabolisms of specific coastal marine species to studying nutrient dynamics in coastal marine environments, especially their sediments.[10][11][12]

In 1977, Nixon published a book with fellow field ecologist James Kremer of the University of Connecticut on using computers to create an ecosystem model for Narragansett Bay. The book, A Coastal Marine Ecosystem, was intended to help connect ecologists with numerical modeling.[13]

During the 1980s, Nixon began to publish with a wider variety of authors, including his mentee Sybil Seitzinger.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Harris, Lora; Kemp, Michael (August 2012). "OBITUARY: SCOTT W. NIXON, 1943-2012". Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin. 21 (3): 88–89. doi:10.1002/lob.201221388a.
  2. ^ Nixon, Scott W. (February 1995). "Coastal marine eutrophication: A definition, social causes, and future concerns". Ophelia. 41 (1): 199–219. doi:10.1080/00785236.1995.10422044.
  3. ^ "Bay Campus (B)log: The Scott W. Nixon Lecture Series: Remaining Skeptical, Seven Years Later". Graduate School of Oceanography. April 10, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2023.[self-published source?]
  4. ^ "The Passing of Scott Nixon". Graduate School of Oceanography. May 24, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2023.[self-published source?]
  5. ^ Nixon, Scott W (1970). Characteristics of some hypersaline ecosystems (Thesis). ProQuest 302535590.
  6. ^ a b Nixon, Scott W.; Oviatt, Candace A.; Rogers, Caroline; Taylor, Kenneth; Vogers, C. A. (1971). "Mass and Metabolism of a Mussel Bed". Oecologia. 8 (1): 21–30. JSTOR 4214698.
  7. ^ Nixon, Scott W.; Oviatt, Candace A. (January 1972). "Preliminary Measurements of Midsummer Metabolism in Beds of Eelgrass, Zostera Marina". Ecology. 53 (1): 150–153. doi:10.2307/1935721.
  8. ^ a b Oviatt, Candace A.; Nixon, Scott W. (October 1973). "The demersal fish of Narragansett Bay: An analysis of community structure, distribution and abundance". Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science. 1 (4): 361–378. doi:10.1016/0302-3524(73)90026-1.
  9. ^ Nixon, Scott W.; Oviatt, Candace A. (September 1973). "Ecology of a New England Salt Marsh". Ecological Monographs. 43 (4): 463–498. doi:10.2307/1942303.
  10. ^ a b c Oviatt, Candace A.; Nixon, Scott W. (April 1975). "Sediment resuspension and deposition in Narragansett Bay". Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science. 3 (2): 201–217. doi:10.1016/0302-3524(75)90022-5.
  11. ^ a b Nixon, Scott W.; Oviatt, Candace A.; Garber, Jonathan; Lee, Virginia (July 1976). "Diel Metabolism and Nutrient Dynamics in a Salt Marsh Embayment". Ecology. 57 (4): 740–750. doi:10.2307/1936187.
  12. ^ Nixon, S.W.; Oviatt, C.A.; Hale, S.S. (1975). "Nitrogen regeneration and the metabolism of coastal marine bottom communities". Proc. of British Ecological Society Symposium on Decomposition. The role of terrestrial and aquatic organisms in decomposition processes: 269–283.
  13. ^ . doi:10.1007/978-3-642-66717-6. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)[page needed]
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