1991 Ph.D. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Marine Science Program 1985 M.S. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Marine Science Program 1982 A.B. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, Environmental Studies
Interests
Sedimentary ecology; Animal-sediment interactions; Infaunal recruitment; Benthic primary production; Analytical and numerical modelling of benthic and water column dynamics; Continental margin processes.
Professional Experiences
1999-present. Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD. 1997 - Feb 2000. Associate Program Director, Antarctic Biology and Medicine Program, National Science Foundation, Arlington VA. 1995 - 1999. Assistant Professor, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, University System of Georgia, Savannah, GA. 1996 - present. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Marine Science Department University of Georgia, Athens, GA. 1996 - present. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Marine Science Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC. 1993-1995. Research Assistant Professor, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, University System of Georgia, Savannah, GA. 1991-1993. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Recent Publications
1987. Marinelli, R.L. and B.C. Coull. Structural complexity and fish predation on meiofauna: An experimental approach. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 108: 67-81. 1991. Woodin, S.A. and R.L. Marinelli. Biogenic habitat modification in marine sediments: The importance of species composition and activity. In The Environmental Impact of Burrowing Animals and Animal Burrows. Symposium of the Zoological Society of London 63: 231-250. 1992. Marinelli, R.L. Effects of polychaetes on silicate dynamics and fluxes in sediments: Importance of species, animal activity and polychaete effects on benthic diatoms. Journal of Marine Research 50(4): 745-779. 1993. Woodin, S.A., R.L. Marinelli and D.E. Lincoln. Allelochemical inhibition of recruitment in sedimentary assemblages. Journal of Chemical Ecology 19: 517-530. 1993. Boudreau, B.P. and R.L. Marinelli. Effects of discontinuous versus continuous irrigation on dissolved silica fluxes from marine sediments. Chemical Geology 107: 439-441. 1994. Marinelli, R.L. Effects of burrow ventilation on activities of a terebellid polychaete and silicate removal from sediment pore waters. Limnology and Oceanography 39: 303-317 1994. Boudreau, B.P. and R.L. Marinelli. A modelling study of discontinuous biological irrigation. Journal of Marine Research 52: 947-968. 1996. Marinelli, R.L. and B.P. Boudreau. An experimental and modelling study of pH and related solutes in an irrigated anoxic coastal sediment. Journal of Marine Research 54: 939-966. 1998. Woodin, S.A., R.L. Marinelli and S.M. Lindsay. Process-specific cues for recruitment in sedimentary environments: geochemical signals? Journal of Marine Research 52: 535-558. 1998. Marinelli, R.L., R.A. Jahnke, D.B. Craven, J.R. Nelson and J.E.Eckman. Sediment Nutrient Dynamics on the South Atlantic Bight Continental Shelf. Limnology and Oceanography 43: 1305-1320. 1999. Wethey, D.S., S.M. Lindsay, S.A. Woodin and R.L. Marinelli. Population consequences of intermediate disturbance enhancement of recruitment by browsing predation (accepted for publication). 1999. Lincoln, D.E., K.T. Fielman, R.L. Marinelli and S.A. Woodin. Bromophenol accumulation and sediment contamination by Notomastus lobatus and Thelepus crispus. Journal of Chemical Ecology (accepted for publication). 1999. Jahnke, R.A., J.R. Nelson, R.L. Marinelli and J.E. Eckman. Benthic flux of biogenic elements on the Southeastern U.S. Continental Shelf: Influence of pore water advective transport and benthic microalgae. Continental Shelf Research 20: 109-127. 1999. Nelson, J.R., J.E. Eckman, C.Y. Robertson, R.L. Marinelli and R.A. Jahnke. Benthic microalgal biomass and irradiance at the seafloor on the continental shelf of the South Atlantic Bight: Spatial and temporal variability and storm effects. Continental Shelf Research 19: 477-505. 2000. Marinelli, R. L. and S.A. Woodin. Experimental evidence for linkages between infaunal recruitment, disturbance and sediment surface chemistry. Submitted for publication in Limnology and Oceanography.
