Email: rsnyder@uwf.edu
Phone: 850-474-2806

Personal webpage: www.uwf.edu/rsnyder

Full CV

Courses Taught

Ecology, Marine Field Ecology

Research Interests

Microbial and Macro ecology, Pollution and water quality

Current Research

Contaminants in seafood, wet prairie plant communities, water quality

Selected Publications

Snyder, R.A., Millward, J. & Steffensen, W.S.  (2000).  Aquifer protist response and the potential for TCE bioremediation with Burkholderia cepacia G4 PR1.  Microbial Ecology 40:189-199.

Snyder, R.A. & C.L. Boss.  (2002). Recovery and Stability in Barrier Island Plant Communities.  Journal of Coastal Research 18:530-536..
Sipura, J., E. Lores, & R.A. Snyder.  (2003).  Effect of copepods on estuarine microbial plankton in short-term microcosms.  Aquatic Microbial Ecology 33:181-190.

Kiely, C.L., R.A. Snyder, A.M Lazur, J.E. Lepo.  2004.  Vegetated filter strip evaluated for storm Snyder, R.A, M.A. Lewis, A. Nocker, & J.E. Lepo. (2004). Microbial biofilms as integrative sensors of environmental quality.  In: Bortone, S., ed.  Estuarine Indicators.  CRC Press.

Nocker, A. J.E. Lepo, R.A. Snyder.  (2004).  Diversity of microbial biofilm communities associated with an oyster reef and an adjacent muddy-sand bottom habitat. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70:6834-6845.

Moss, J.A., A. Nocker, J.E. Lepo, & R.A. Snyder (2006).  Stability and change in estuarine biofilm bacterial community diversity.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72:5679-5688.

Karouna-Renier, N., R.A. Snyder, & K.R. Rao.  (2007).  Accumulation of organic and inorganic contaminants in shellfish collected in estuarine waters near Pensacola, Florida: Contamination profiles and risks to human consumers.  Environmental Pollution 145:474-488.

Nocker, A. J.E. Lepo, L.L. Martin, & R.A. Snyder.  (2007) Response of Estuarine Biofilm Microbial Community Development to Changes in Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrient Concentrations.  Microbial Ecology 54:532- 542