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John T. Tanacredi, Ph.D.


Professor, Chairman,
Department of Earth and Marine Sciences

Director, Center for Estuarine, Environmental and Coastal Oceans Monitoring (C.E.E.C.O.M.)

Dowling College KSC 106
Oakdale, New York 11769-1999
Email Address: TanacreJ@dowling.edu
Office: (631) 244-3394
Fax: (631) 244-1033

Education
  • Ph.D. (1988) Environmental Health Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Polytechnic University, New York (presently NYU-Polytechnic Institute)
     
  • M.S. (1974) Environmental Health Sciences, Institute of Health Sciences, Hunter College, CUNY
     
  • B.S. (1972) Biological Sciences, Richmond College, CUNY
     
Experience
  • Presently, Chairman Department of Earth and Marine Science, Dowling College
     
  • Presently, Director of the Center for Estuarine, Environmental and Coastal Oceans Monitoring Facility (CEECOM), West Sayville
     
  • Research/Supervisory Ecologist, National Park Service (Retired) 1980-2001
     
  • Presently hold Research Associate positions with
     
    • Department of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History
       
    • LaMont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University
       
    • Osborn Laboratories, New York Aquarium of the Wildlife Conservation Society (formally NYZS)
       
  • Past Chairman, Science Advisory Board, Explorers Club, 1992-2002
     
  • Past Deputy Director, Aquatic Research and Environmental Assessment Center (AREAC) at Brooklyn College, CUNY, 1989-2001
     
  • Presently hold Chairs for these groups:
     
    • Suffolk County Wetlands Management Work Group
       
    • IACERE (Part of the Americas Center for Science and Society), CUNY Graduate Center
       
    • Chair, New York Marine Sciences Consortium (NYMSC)
       
  • Past Board Member, New York City Audubon Society (1996-1998)
     
  • Past President, Science Museum of Long Island (SMLI), 1985-1997; Presently 2012 Executive Director
     
A Sample of My Most Recent Research Publications

Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs

Limulus In The Limelight: A Species 350 Million Years In The Making, and In Peril?

OCEAN PULSE I: A Critical Diagnosis By Dowling Professor Dr. Tanacredi
  • Tanacredi, J.T., Botton, M., and D. Smith (2009) The Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs; Springer Publishers Ltd., pp 662.
     
  • Ringenary, M., A.H.Molof, Tanacredi, J.T., M.P. Schreibman and K. Kostarelos (2007) Long-term Sediment Bioassay of Lead Toxicity in Two Generations of the Marine Amphipod, Elasmopus laevis, SISmith, 1873 in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, vol. 26., No8 pp1700-1710.
     
  • Botton, M., Loveland, R and Tanacredi, J.T. (2006) Population Dynamics of Limulus polyphemus L.in an Urban National Park; ESTUARIES, Oct., pg 4.
     
  • Tanacredi, J.T. (2001) "Limulus In The Limelight: A Species 350 Million Years In The Making, and In Peril?" Result of Mini-conferences 1996-1998; Kluwer Research/Plenum Publishing, Inc., NY/London; ISBN 0-306-46681-3; pp. 175.
     
  • Tanacredi, J.T. and J. Loret (1998) (Editors) "OCEAN PULSE I: A Critical Diagnosis" Result of First International Oceans Conf., Istanbul, TURKEY; ISBN 0-306-45800-4; Plenum Pub. Ltd., NY and London, pp. 201.
     
  • Borowsky, B., P. Aitken-Ander and Tanacredi, J.T. (1997) The Development of oostegite setae in Female Melita nitida Exposed to Contaminated Sediments. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. and Ecol., 214; 85-86.
     
  • R. Stalter, M. Byer and Tanacredi, J.T. (1996) Distribution and Abundance of Rare Coastal Plant Species at Gateway National Recreation Area, Journal of Landscape and Urban Planning, 35; pp. 41-51.
     
  • Tanacredi, J.T. (1995) Visitors Companion to Gateway National Recreation Area, Stackpole Book Press, Harrisburg, PA (198 pp.).
     
  • Augspurger, T.P., R.L. Herman, Tanacredi, J.T. and J.S. Hatfield (1994) Liver Lesions in Winter Flounder, Pleuronectes americanus, from Jamaica Bay, New York: Indications of Environmental Degradation, Estuaries. Vol. 17; IB (March pp. 172-179.
     
  • Franz, D.R. and Tanacredi, J.T. (1993) Variability in Growth and Age Structure Among Populations of Ribbed Mussel, Geukensia demissa (Dellwya) in Jamaica Bay, New York, The Veliger, vol.36(3);pp 220-227.
     
  • Tanacredi, J.T. (1993) Is Shellfishing an Appropriate Activity in an Urban National Wildlife Refuge?, Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 2; 174-178.
     
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