Education

Teaching

• Ecology
• Biology of Invertebrates
• Marine Benthic Ecology

Programs

• Biology BS

Research interests

• Ecology of marine invertebrate animals, particularly coastal species of crabs
• Factors important for the distribution and abundance of all stages of invertebrates

Select publications

Blasi, J.C. and N.J. O'Connor (2016).
Amphipods as potential prey of the Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus: laboratory and field experiments
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 474, 18-22.

Lovely, C.M., N.J. O'Connor, and M.L. Judge (2015).
Abundance of non-native crabs in intertidal habitats of New England with natural and artificial structure
PeerJ

O'Connor, N.J. (2014).
Invasion dynamics on a temperate rocky shore: from early invasion to establishment of a marine invader
Biological Invasions, 16, 73-87.