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Sarah Kolesar

Sarah Kolesar

Research Program Specialist

Oregon Sea Grant, OSU, 322 Kerr Administration Building, Corvallis, OR 97331-3604
Office Phone: 
541-737-8695
Other Phone: 
541-737-7958
Sarah Kolesar is the primary point of contact for researchers working under - or applying for - Sea Grant support. She joined Sea Grant in 2009 and became our research program specialist the following year. A former associate program manager at the Office of Naval Research's Biological oceanography program, Sarah holds a PhD in estuarine ecology from the University of Maryland and spent two years as a visiting professor at St. Mary's College of Maryland. Her research interests include the effects of low oxygen on trophic interactions, with a focus on fish, copepods and jellyfish, spatially explicit bioenergetics modeling and individual-based models. She has worked on research projects in Chesapeake Bay, Lake Erie, the Gulf of Mexico and the Black Sea.
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Recent Journal Articles:

  • Does hypoxia improve habitat quality for Lake Erie walleye? A bioenergetics perspective. Brandt SB, Costantini M, Kolesar SE, Ludsin SA, Mason DM, Rae CM, Zhang H. 2011.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 68:857-879.
  • Effects of hypoxia on Mnemiopsis leidyi, ichthyoplankton, and copepods: clearance rates and vertical habitat overlap.Kolesar SE, Breitburg DL, Purcell JE, Decker MB. 2010.  Marine Ecology Progress Series. 411:173-188. doi: 10.3354/meps08656
  • Rose KA, Sable SE, Adamack AT, Murphy CA, Kolesar SE, Craig JK, Breitburg DL, Thomas P,Brouwer MH, Cerco CF. 2009. Does hypoxia have population-level effects on coastal fish? Musings from the virtual world. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology. 381(Supplement1):S188-S203.
  • Nutrient Enrichment and Fisheries Exploitation: Interactive Effects on Estuarine Living Resources and Their Management. Breitburg DL, Craig JK, Fulford RS, Rose KA, Boynton WR, Brady D, Ciotti BJ, Diaz RJ, Friedland KD, Hagy JD III, Hart DR, Hines AH, Houde ED, Kolesar SE, Nixon SW, Rice JA, Secor DH, Targett TE. 2009. Hydrobiologia 629(1): 31-47.

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