Sam Alspach's Biology Home Page

Personal Information:

Office: Lewis Hall of Science, Room 201. Hours by appt.

Voice Phone: 410-857-2403

Fax: 410-857-2729

e-Mail Address: salspach@mcdaniel.edu

Mail: Biology Department, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD 21157

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Education: Oregon State University (Ph.D, and MA), Antioch College(BA)

• Interests: Sailing, home building, furniture restoration, running

Courses Taught:

• Principles of Biology(1112 - second semester)
• Human Biology(1118) for non-science majors
• Animal Physiology(3316)
• Invertebrate Zoology(2205)
• Marine Biology( )
• Oceanography

Research Interests:

Oyster research in chesapeake bay:

• recruitment of larval oysters on artificial substrates to serve as artificial habitat reefs in the bay.
• ecological dynamics of competition and survival of oysteer larvae in natural habitats in the Chesapeake.
• metabolic changes of oysters under normal and stressed condition

Osmotic and Ionic Regulation in brachyuran crabs

• blood, urine, and tissue adjustments to environmental changes in salinity

Link to Biology Department last updated 6/03 gsa