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• 1987-present, Coastal ecologist, Massachusetts Audubon Society
• 1991, Visiting Assistant Professor, General Ecology, Salem State College, Salem, MA
• 1986, Visiting Assistant Professor, Biometry, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
• 1984-1986, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Biology Department, Boston University
• 1978-1984, Graduate Student, Boston University Marine Program
• 1970-1978, Laboratory technician, Cornell University and Roswell Park Memorial Institute

• Buchsbaum, R., I. Valiela and J.M. Teal. 1981. Grazing by Canada geese and related aspects of the chemistry of salt marsh grasses. Colonial Waterbirds 4:126-131.
• Buchsbaum, R., I. Valiela and T. Swain. 1984. The role of phenolic compounds and other plant constituents in feeding by Canada geese in a coastal marsh. Oecologia 64:343-349.
• Valiela, I., J. Wilson, R. Buchsbaum, C. Rietsma, D. Bryant, K. Foreman and J.M. Teal. 1984. The importance of chemical composition of salt marsh litter decay rates and feeding by detritivores. Bull. Mar. Science 35:261-269.
• Marks, D., R. Buchsbaum and T. Swain. 1985. Determination of plant proteins in the presence of phenolics. Anal. Biochem. 147:136-143.
• Buchsbaum, R., J. Wilson, and I. Valiela. 1986. Digestibility of plant constituents by Canada geese and Atlantic brant. Ecology 67:386-393.
• Wilson, J., R. Buchsbaum, I. Valiela and T. Swain. 1986. Decomposition processes in salt marsh ecosystems: Phenolic dynamics during decay of litter of Spartina alterniflora. Marine Ecol. Prog. Ser. 29:177-187.
• Buchsbaum, R. and I. Valiela. 1987. Variability in the chemical constituents of estuarine plants and its effect on feeding by Canada geese. Oecologia 73:136-143.
• Rietsma, C., I. Valiela and R. Buchsbaum. 1988. Effect of detrital chemistry on growth and food choice in a salt marsh snail. Ecology 69:261-266.
• Buchsbaum, R., F.T. Short and D.P. Cheney. 1990. Phenolic-nitrogen interactions in eelgrass, Zostera marina: Possible implications for disease resistance. Aquat. Bot. 37:291-297.
• Buchsbaum, R., I. Valiela, T. Swain, M. Dzierzeski and S. Allen. 1991. Available and refractory nitrogen in detritus of coastal vascular plants and macroalgae. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 72:131-143.
• Valiela, I. and R. Buchsbaum. 1991. The role of phenolics in marine organisms. In: M-F. Thompson, R. Sarojini and R. Nagabhushanam (Eds.), Bioactive Compounds in Marine Organisms with Emphasis on the Indian Ocean. Proc. Indo-U.S. Symposium on Bioactive Compounds from Marine Organisms, Goa. Vadams Books, Int., New Delhi, India.
• Buchsbaum, R. 1991. Chemical signals from plants and Phanerozoic evolution: Questions and answers. Chapter 14 In: L. Margulis and L. Olendzenski (Eds.), Environmental Evolution: Effects of the Origin and Evolution of Life on Planet Earth. MIT Press.