Carla Koretsky
Associate Professor
Aqueous Geochemistry and Biogeochemistry

1121 Rood Hall
Office Phone (269) 387-5337
FAX (269) 387-5513
carla.koretsky@wmich.edu

Ph.D. 1998, The Johns Hopkins University
M.Sc. 1995, The Johns Hopkins University
B.A. 1992, Washington University in St. Louis

Ongoing Projects

• 2008-2011 Development and evaluation of a problem-based field and laboratory environmental geochemistry course”, National Science Foundation Geoscience Education Program, $134,000 (co-PI: Heather Petcovic).
  
• 2004-2009 “CAREER: Generation of sediment heterogeneity by macrophytes and macrofauna and consequences for redox chemistry and trace metal speciation”, National Science Foundation, CAREER program, $471,285, sole PI.
  
• 2007-2008 WMU FRACAS "Does invasion of the exotic purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) effect sediment redox structure and trace metal speciation?", $10,000
  

Recent Publications

Koretsky C.M., Beuving L,*, Cuellar A.**. Haveman M.*, Shattuck T.* and Wagner M.** (2008) Influence of Spartina and Juncus on saltmarsh sediments. I. Pore water geochemistry. Chemical Geology, in press.

Koretsky C .M., Beuving L,*, Cuellar A.**. Haveman M.*, Shattuck T.* and Wagner M.** (2008) Influence of Spartina and Juncus on saltmarsh sediments. II. Trace element geochemistry. Chemical Geology, in press.

Gebrehiwet T.*, Koretsky C.M. and Krishnamurthy R.V. (2008) Influence of Spartina and Juncus on saltmarsh sediments. III. Solid phase organic geochemistry. Chemical Geology, in press.

Koretsky C.M. and Miller D.** (2008) Seasonal influence of the needle rush Juncus roemarianus on saltmarsh pore water geochemistry. Estuaries and Coasts, 31, 70-84.

Koretsky C.M., Haveman, M.*, Beuving L,*, Cuellar A.**, Shattuck T.* and Wagner M.** (2007) Spatial variation of redox and trace metal geochemistry in a minerotrophic fen. Biogeochemistry, 86, 33-62.

Koretsky C.M., Haas J.R., Miller D. and Ndenga (2006) Seasonal variations in pore water and
sediment geochemistry of littoral lake sediments (Asylum Lake, MI USA), Geochemical Transactions 7:11.

Koretsky C. M., Haas J. R., Ndenga N. T. and Miller D. (2006) Seasonal variations in vertical redox stratification and potential influence on trace metal speciation in minerotrophic peat sediments. Water Air and Soil Pollution 173(1-4), 373-403.

Koretsky C.M., Meile C. and Van Cappellen P. (2005) Incorporating ecological and biogeochemical information into irrigation models: In: Macro- and Microorganisms in Marine Sediments: Coastal and Estuarine Studies 60, Kostka, Kristensen and Haese, eds, American Geophysical Union, pp. 341-358.

Koretsky C. M., Van Cappellen P., DiChristina T. J., Kostka J. E., Lowe K. L., Moore C. M., Roychoudhury A. N., Viollier E. (2005) Salt marsh porer water geochemistry does not correlate with microbial community structure. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 62(1-2), 233-251.