Robinson W. Fulweiler

Assistant Professor

Associate Director of BUMP

Joint Appointment in Biology

Office: Stone 141D
Phone: 617.358.5466
email: rwf@bu.edu
Wally’s Homepage

Educational Background

Ph.D. 2007 University of Rhode Island
M.S. 2003 University of Rhode Island
B.A. 2000 University of Vermont

Research

Robinson (Wally) Fulweiler is an ecosystems ecologist and biogeochemist, whose research is focused on answering fundamental questions about energy flow and biogeochemical cycling of nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, and silica), carbon, and oxygen in a variety of environments. She is especially interested in how anthropogenic changes effect the ecology and elemental cycling of ecosystems on a variety of scales (i.e. local -nutrient loading; regional/global – climate change). Current research is centered on the transformations and the ultimate fate of nitrogen in the marine environment and the impact of climate change on benthic-pelagic coupling.

Climate and Earth History research group
Coastal and Marine Science research group
Geochemistry research group
Surface Processes research group

Teaching

Oceanography (ES 144)
Marine Biogeochemistry (ES/BI 423/623)
Coastal Biogeochemistry (ES/BI 558)

Recent Students

  • Joanna Carey; PhD (current);
  • Hollie Emery; MA (current);
  • Sarah Foster; MA (current);
  • Elise Heiss; PhD (current);
  • Amanda Vieillard; MA (current);

    • Selected Publications

    (*graduate student, ¥undergraduate student)

    *Carey, J.C. & Fulweiler, R.W., (In Press) Human activities directly alter watershed dissolved silica fluxes. Biogeochemistry. DOI 10.1007/s10533-011-9671-2.

    Fulweiler, R.W. & Nixon, S.W., (In Press) Net Sediment N2 Fluxes in a Southern New England Estuary – Variations in Space and Time. Biogeochemistry. DOI 10.1007/s10533-011-9660-5.

    Nixon, S.W. & Fulweiler, R.W. (In Press) Environmental Footprints and Shadows in an Urban Estuary, Narragansett Bay, RI (USA). Regional Environmental Change. DOI: 10.1007/s10113-011-0221-1.

    Bargu, S., White, J.R., Chunyan, L., Czubakowski, J., Fulweiler, R.W. (2011) Effects of Freshwater Input on Nutrient Loading, Phytoplankton Biomass, and Cyanotoxin Production in an Oligohaline Estuarine Lake. Hydrobiologia 661 (1): 377-389. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0545-8.

    Fulweiler, R.W, *Emery, H., Heiss, E.M., Berounsky, V., (2011) Assessing the Role of pH in Determining Water Column Nitrification Rates in a Coastal System. Estuaries and Coasts 34: 1095-1102. DOI: 10.1007/s12237-011-9432-4.

    ¥Vieillard, A., Fulweiler, R.W., Hughes, Z., *Carey, J. (2011) The Ebb and Flood of Silica: Quantifying Dissolved and Biogenic Silica Fluxes from a Temperate Salt Marsh. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. Estuarine, Coastal, Shelf Science. DOI:10.1060/j.ecss2011.10.012.

    Fulweiler, R.W., Nixon, S.W., Buckley, B.A. (2010)Spatial and temporal variability of benthic oxygen demand and nutrient regeneration in an anthropogenically impacted New England Estuary. Estuaries and Coasts 33 (6): 1377-1390. DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9260-y.

    Fulweiler, R.W. Fantastic Fixers. (2009) Science 326: 377-378. (Invited).

    White, John; Fulweiler, Robinson; Li, Chunyan; Bargu, Sibel; Walker, Nan; Twilley, Robert; Green, Sara. (2009). Mississippi River Flood of 2008 -Observations of a Large Freshwater Diversion on Physical, Chemical and Biological Characteristics of a Shallow, Estuarine Lake. Environment, Science, and Technology 43: 5599-5604. DOI: 10.1021/es900318t.