Text Box: Research interests Marine benthic community ecology. Characterization of spatial and temporal variation of benthic habitats and associated infaunal organisms at meso and micro-scales in subtidal environments.    Linking pattern and process in ecology. Use experimental approaches to determine what factors/processes create and maintaining infaunal  heterogeneity over a wide range of spatial scales and habitats. Specifically, examine the role both pre- and post settlement dispersal and habitat selection play.   Population dynamics and reproductive biology. Investigate and incorporate much needed species’ life history information into community level studies.   Taxonomy and systematics. Morphology, biogeography and phylogeny of polychaeta (Annelida) using LM, TEM/SEM and molecular analysis. Revision of the Family Polygordiidae (Polychaeta).
Text Box: Research Assistant Benthic Ecology Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences Rutgers University, New Jersey 71 Dudley Rd, IMCS, New Brunswick NJ, 08901  phone: (732) 932-6555 ext 311 e-mail: ramey@marine.rutgers.edu                  Text Box: Education B.Sc. (Honors) Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada (Biology) 1992-1997 M.Sc. (with distinction) Memorial University of Newfoundland (Marine Biology) 1998-2001 Ph.D. Rutgers University (Ecology and Evolution) 2001-2008   Patricia A. Ramey

                                                                               

 


Publications

Peer Reviewed

Ramey P.A. and Bodnar (2008). Selection by a deposit-feeding polychaete, Polygordius jouinae, for sands with relatively high organic content. Limnology and Oceanography 53(4)

Ramey P.A. (2008) Life history and population dynamics of a dominant polychaete, Polygordius jouinae, in inner continental shelf sands of the Mid-Atlantic Bight, USA. Marine Biology 154: 443-452

Ramey, P.A., Fiege, D. and Leander B.S. (2006) A new species of  Polygordius (Polychaeta: Polygordiidae) from the inner continental shelf and in bays and harbours of the north-eastern United States. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 86:1025-1034

 Leander, B. S., Ramey, P.A. (2006) Cellular identity of a novel small subunit rDNA sequence clade of apicomplexans: Description of the marine parasite Rhytidocystis Polygordiae n. sp. (Host: Polygordius sp., Polychaeta). Journal of Eukaryote Microbiology 53:280-291

 Ramey P.A. and Snelgrove P.V.R. (2003) Spatial patterns in coastal and shelf sedimentary macrofaunal communities on the south coast of  Newfoundland in relation to surface oceanography and sediment  characteristics. Marine Ecology Progress Series 262:215-22
 

Other: education/outreach magazine articles and technical reports
 

Ramey, P.A. and Fiege, D. (2007) “A famous-- or infamous marine worm”. Global Marine Environment 5:16

Ramey. P.A. (1997) Stream Invertebrates. In: Brylinsky, M. Grafton Watershed Ecological Restoration Monitoring Project, Kejimkujik National Park: Phase II Final Report. Center for Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Acadia University.  For: Environment Canada Parks and Supply and Services Canada: Contract No.C4600-5- 0059/01-Hal 130p 
 

In Preparation

Fiege, D., Ramey, P.A., Ebbe B. Biodiversity and distributional patterns of Polychaeta in the deep South Atlantic.

Ramey, P.A. and Grassle, J.F. Do ripple crests and troughs support different macrofaunal communities? 

Ramey, P.A. Ecological heterogeneity: small-scale, patchy distributions of macrofaunal species in an ecological context 

Ramey, P.A. and Snelgrove, P.V.R. Community structure and spatial distribution of soft-sediment macrofauna  in relation to environmental factors and functional groups.
 

Published abstracts

Ramey, P.A. and Fiege, D. (2008) Undescribed diversity in the genus Polygordius (Annelida: Polychaeta): Pygidial glands as a useful taxonomic character. 18th International Symposium "Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology" of the German Botanical Society, Göttingen, Germany April 7-11

Ramey, P.A. and Fiege, D. (2007) Undescribed diversity in the genus Polygordius: pygidial glands as a useful taxonomic character. International Polychaete Meeting (IPC), Portland Maine, USA. August 12-18  

Ramey, P.A. and Bodnar, E (2007) Active post-settlement habitat selection, by a deposit-feeding polychaete, Polygordius jouinae, in a laboratory flume. Benthic Ecology Meeting, Atlanta Georgia, USA. March 21-25

Ramey, P.A. and Quijón, P.A. (2007) Flumes and marine benthos: A single approach to tackle an array of research questions. #14 Northeast Biological Graduate Student Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Feb 23-25

Bodnar, E and Ramey, P.A. (2007) Polygordius, an ambitious marine worm. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Feb 4-9 

Ramey, P.A. (2006) Dispersal and habitat selection by a dominant polychaete, Polygordius sp. A., in sandy sediments on the continental shelf off New Jersey. 35th Benthic Ecology Meeting, Québec City, Québec, Canada. March 8-12

Ramey, P.A. (2005) Spatial-temporal patterns and reproduction of a dominant macrofaunal species (Polygordius sp.) in sandy sediments on the continental shelf of the United States. #34 Benthic Ecology Meeting, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. April 6-10

Ramey, P.A. and Snelgrove, P.V.R. (2003) Spatial patterns in coastal and shelf sedimentary macrofaunal communities on the south coast of Newfoundland in relation to surface
oceanography and sediment characteristics. Gordon Research Conference on Permeable Sediments, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, USA. June 15-20 

Ramey, P.A. and Snelgrove, P.V.R. (2002) Macrofaunal community structure in muddy sediments in relation to surface oceanography and sediment characteristics off  Newfoundland. #8 International Polychaete conference, Madrid, Spain. July 5-9 

Ramey, P.A. (2000) Does surface oceanography regulate pattern in coastal and shelf sedimentary communities on the South Coast of Newfoundland? #29 Benthic Ecology Meeting, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. March 9-12