Denise Sanger

Denise Sanger

Senior Marine Scientist/ACE NERR Research Coordinator - South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR)

Education

B.A., 1993, University of California, Santa Cruz

Ph.D., 1998, University of South Carolina

Research Interests

  • Applied Marine/Estuarine Ecologist
  • Salt Marshes
  • Tidal Creeks
  • Coastal Development
  • Environmental Assessments
  • Benthic Ecologist

Publications

  • Parker, C., D. Sanger & E. Wirth. 2023. An assessment of southeast United States headwater tidal creek sediment contamination over a twenty-year period in relation to coastal development. Environmental Management 72:883-901. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-023-01835-8
  • Raposa, K.B., K. Wasson, E. Smith, J.A. Crooks, P. Delgado, S.H. Fernald, M.C. Ferner, A. Helms, L.A. Hice, J.W. Mora, B. Puckett, D. Sanger, S. Shull, L. Spurrier, R. Stevens, S. Lerberg. 2016. Assessing tidal marsh resilience to sea-level rise at broad geographic scales with multi-metric indices. Biological Conservation 204:263-275.
  • Sanger D., A. Blair, G. DiDonato, T. Washburn, S. Jones, G. Riekerk, E. Wirth, J. Stewart, D. White, L. Vandiver, A.F. Holland. 2015. Impacts of Coastal Development on the Ecology and Human Well-being of Tidal Creek Ecosystems of the US Southeast. Estuaries and Coasts 38:S49-S66.
  • Gillett, DJ, AF Holland, DM Sanger. 2007. Ecology of Oligochaetes: Monthly Variation in Community Composition and Environmental Characteristics of Two South Carolina Tidal Creeks. Estuaries and Coasts 30(2):238-252.
  • Filipowicz, AB, JE Weinstein, DM Sanger. 2006. Dietary Transfer of Fluoranthene from an Estuarine Oligochaete (Monopylephorus rubroniveus) to Grass Shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio): Influence of Piperonyl Butoxide. Marine Environmental Research 63(2):132-145.