Gulnihal Ozbay:  Assistant Research Professor
Contact Information
(302) 857 - 6476
gozbay@desu.edu
Education
Ph.D. Aquaculture and Fisheries. 2002.
Auburn University, Auburn, AL.		  
M.S. Marine Bio-resources. 1996. 
University of Maine, Orono, ME.
B.S. Aquaculture Engineering. 1991.
Ondokuzmayis Universitesi, Turkey.
Gulnihal using our flow cytometer.
Research Interests

-  Associations between algae, shellfish, and water quality
-  Water quality driven toxicity in harmful algae blooms, and nutrient management
-  Aquaculture relating to water quality management and aquatic ecology
-  Effects of wildlife and existing aquatic organisms on water quality, algal dynamics, trophic interactions
-  Increasing student involvement in aquaculture research areas  
-  Developing student laboratory techniques and equipment

 
Personal Interests  
Selected Publications  

Ozbay, G. (2006). Effects of Coagulant Treatments on Aquaculture Effluent Quality. Journal of Applied Aquaculture. Journal of Applied Aquaculture. 17(4): 1-23.

Ozbay, G. and Jackson, A.R.  (2006). Aquaculture Effluents: Perspectives on Best Management Practices. Global Aquaculture Advocate 1(1).  In Press.

Ozbay, G., Gill, T. and Spencer K. E. (2006).  Investigation of Protein Denaturation and Pigment Fading in Farmed Steelhead (Onchorhychus mykiss) Fillets during Frozen Storage. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation 30(2). Blackwell Publishing. In Press.

Jackson, A.R., Rouse, D.R. and Ozbay, G. (2006).  The effects of Oyster Structure and Bioactivity on Transient Fish Biomass.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.  In Review.

Ozbay, G., Brown, L.M. and Wikfors, G. H., Jackson, M. (2006).  Techniques for Analyzing Marine phytoplankton Using Flow Cytometry. Journal of Plankton Research.  In Review.

Ozbay, G., Jackson, M., Brown, L.M. and Wikfors, G. H. (2004).  Flow Cytometry and Sample Preservation in Marine Phytoplankton Analyses: A Brief Protocol. Proceedings of Papers and Abstracts of NOAA Education and Science Forum.  CREST Publication Series No: 02-2004: 383-387. City College of New York, NY.

Ozbay, G. and Boyd, C. E. (2004). Treatment of Channel Catfish Pond Effluents in Sedimentation Basins. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society. 35(3):10-13

Ozbay, G. and Boyd, C. E. (2003). U.S. Study Finds Turbidity Useful in TSS, ISS Estimates, Global Aquaculture Advocate. 6(4):58-60.

Ozbay, G. and Boyd, C. E. (2003). Particle Size Fractions in Pond Effluents. The World Aquaculture Society Magazine. 34(4):56-59.

Ozbay, G. and Riley, J.G. (2002). Refractometry as a Method in the Determination of Total Protein Concentration in the American Lobster (Homarus americanus).Aquaculture Research Journal, 33:557 – 562.

Potter, R., Ozbay, G., Hansen, L.T. & Gill, T.A. (1999). Testing the Bacterial Inhibition of Chemically Modified Protamine Sulfate. 5th Joint Meeting Atlantic Fisheries Technology Conference & Tropical & Subtropical Seafood Science & Technology Society of the Americas, North Carolina.

Ozbay, G. and Riley, J. G. (1996). The Effects of CaCO3 Buffering on the Hemolymph Acid-Base Level of the American Lobster (Homarus americanus): Pre-Shipment Conditioning Technique. Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology. 8(1):21-32.

Riley, J. G., Donahue, D., Ozbay, G. and Bayer, R. C. (1996). Shipping and Handling of Live Lobsters (Homarus americanus). Proceedings from Marketing and Shipping Live Aquatic Products’96, Seattle, Washington, Cooperative Extension, NRAES-107:73-76.
Current Funding
NOAA Seed Grant  – Period 10/01/ 2002 – 09/31/2003, PI.
        “An Examination of Comparative Age Class Feeding in American Oysters (Crassostrea
       virgnica): Implications for Habitat Restoration and Conservation”

NOAA EPP LMRCSC Grant.  Period:  2002-10/31/2006. Co-PI.
                “ Flow Cytometry and Sample Preservation in Marine Phytoplankton Analyses: A Brief Protocol”.                  “Harmful Algal Roadblocks to Oyster Restoration-Prorocentrum minimum and Karlodinium
                micrum Project”. 

USDA /CSREES Grant. Period: 10/01/2004 – 9/30/2006. PI.
                “Enhancement of the Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences Program at Delaware
                State University”. 

USDA Grant. Period: 03/01/2005 – 02/31/2007. Co-PI.
                Collaborative Approach for Geographic Information System Instruction: Curricula Design,
                Faculty Development and Joint Degree. 

DSU Center for School Change.  Period: 02/01/2006 – 01/31/2007. PI.
                Community shift associated with shellfish aquaculture in two Mid- Atlantic estuaries
                (Indian River System and Delaware Bay). 

NSF EPSCOR Seed Grant. Period: 03/01/2006 – 02/28/2007. PI.
                “Use of the Eastern Freshwater Mussel (Elliptio complanata) in Pond Water Management”. 

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