Ouida Meier, Ph.D. University of Georgia
Research Project Specialist
Office: EBS 3112
Phone: 270-745-6001
Email: ouida.meier@wku.edu
Website: http://bioweb.wku.edu/faculty/omeier/
Courses
BIOL 113 Introductory Biology
BIOL 114 Introductory Biology Laboratory
BIOL 283 Introductory Biostatistics
BIOL 475/475G Marine Biology/Reefs (Field Course, Belize)
BIOL 485/485G Geology of the Bahamas (Field Course, San Salvador)
BIOL 483/483G Multivariate Methods in Biology
BIOL 503 Data Visualization
HON Honors Colloquium in Conservation Ethics
Research
Aquatic ecology, large-scale relationships between land use and water quality, disturbance ecology, coral reef ecology, sustainability, GIS analysis and data visualization as analysis and communication tools
Bio
Ph.D. in Zoology, University of Georgia
M.S. in Zoology, Louisiana State University
B.S. in Biology, University of New Orleans
Postdoctoral work in Marine Ecology, University of Charleston
Selected Publications
Grubbs, Scott A., Ouida W. Meier, and Albert J. Meier. 2007. Longitudinal patterns of fish assemblages in small unregulated subbasins: evaluating reach- and watershed-scale parameters. Hydrobiologia 592:211-223.
Porter, J.W., W.C. Jaap, J.L. Wheaton, V. Kosmynin, C.P. Tsoko, G. Yanev, O.W. Meier, K.L. Patterson, K. Hackcett, M. Patterson, D.M. Marcinek, J. Dotten, D. Eakin, M. Brill, M. Lyabolt, K.G. Porter, and P. Dustan. 2002. Detection of coral reef change by the Florida Keys Coral Reef Monitoring Project. In: J.W. Porter and K.G. Porter, eds., Linkages Between Ecosystems in the South Florida Hydroscape: The River of Grass Continues. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp. 749-769.
Porter, J.W., P. Dustan, W.C. Jaap, K.L. Patterson, V. Kosmynin, O.W. Meier, M.E. Patterson, M. Parsons, and S.L. Rathbun. 2001. Patterns of spread of coral disease in the Florida Keys. Hydrobiologia 460:1-24.
Porter, J.W. and O.W. Meier. 1992. Quantification of loss and change in Floridian reef coral populations. American Zoologist 32:625-640.
