George P. Kraemer, Ph.D.

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Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
    and Biology
 
     Office: 0017 Natural Sciences Bldg
     Tel: (914) 251-6640 
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Education

Ph.D.

Biology (1989)

University of California, Los Angeles

M.S.

Oceanography (1983)

Texas A&M University

B.S.

Oceanography (1980)

Florida Institute of Technology





 

Positions

Associate Professor (Purchase College, SUNY; 1997-present)

Research Associate (Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution; 1996-1997)

CNR Research Fellow (Stazione Zoologica di Napoli; 1993-1996)

 

Post-Doctoral Biologist (Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University; 1990-1993)

Lecturer (University of California, Los Angeles; 1989-90)







 

   Courses    College Writing (LWR 1110)
     Science in the Modern World (FRS 1200)

 

Ocean World (ENV 1540)

General Biology (BIO 1560) ecology and environment lectures

Marine Biology of the Mediterranean (BIO 2470)

     Energy and Natural Resources (ENV 2700; in development)

General Ecology (ENV 3120)

     Aquatic Pollution (ENV 3720)

Environmental Studies Junior Seminar (ENV 3880)

Marine Ecology (ENV 4460)

     Humans and the Ocean: An Environmental History (ENV 2xxx; in development)


Research Interests:   I am interested in the production dynamics of marine macrophytes through organism-level physiological and growth responses to the environment (both natural and disturbed).  I have worked with seagrasses and macroalgae, the dominant producers of food and habitat in estuarine and nearshore environments.  I am also applying basic principles to integrated aquaculture (coupling the culture of marine plants and animals).  

My other recent research interest focuses on the ecological impacts of the non-indigenous Asian shore crab (Hemigrapsus sanguineus), introduced on the northeast U.S. coast and now an important and sometimes dominant member of the local intertidal community.  A new project will examine the mechanisms underlying the spread of a non-native rhodophyte (Grateloupia turuturu, red seaweed) into Long Island Sound.  For more LIS info, see www.seagrant.uconn.edu/INVID.HTM

 


Full CV

 

Selected Publications

Kraemer, G.P. Carmona, R., Chopin, T., Neefus, C., Tang, X., Yarish, C.  2004.  Evaluation of the bioremediatory potential of several species of the red alga Porphyra using short-term measurements of nitrogen uptake.  J. Appl. Phycology 16: 489-497.  [pdf]

Pedersen, A., Kraemer, G.P., Yarish. C.  2004.  The effects of temperature and nitrogen on nutrient uptake in different species of Porphyra from Long Island Sound (USA).  J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.  312: 235-252.  [pdf]


Invers, O., Kraemer, G.P., Pérez, M., Romero, J.  2004
.  Effects of nitrogen addition on nitrogen metabolism and carbon reserves in the temperate seagrass Posidonia oceanica.  J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.  303: 97-114.  [pdf]

Chopin, T., Buschmann, A.H., Halling, C., Troell, M., Kautsky, N., Neori, A., Kraemer, G.P., Zertuche-González, J.A., Yarish, C., Neefus, C.  2001.  Integrating seaweeds into marine aquaculture systems: a key towards sustainability.  J. Phycol. 37: 975-986.  [pdf]


Kraemer, G.P
., Hanisak, M.D.  2000. Physiological and growth responses of Thalassia testudinum to environmentally-relevant periods of low Irradiance.  Aquat. Bot., 67(4): 287-300.   [pdf]

Kraemer, G.P
., Mazzella, L.  1999.  Nitrogen acquisition, storage, and use by the Mediterranean seagrasses Cymodocea nodosa and Zostera noltii.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 183: 95-103.   [pdf]

Kraemer, G.P.,
Chamberlain, R.H., Doering, P.H., Steinman, A.D., Hanisak, M.D.  1999. Physiological responses of transplants of the freshwater angiosperm Vallisneria americana along a salinity gradient in the Caloosahatchee Estuary (SW Florida).  Estuaries 22:138-148.  [pdf]

Kraemer, G.P., Mazzella, L. 1999. Nitrogen acquisition, storage, and use by the Mediterranean seagrasses Cymodocea nodosa and Zostera noltii. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 183: 95-103.  [pdf]

Kraemer, G.P. 1990. Influence of desiccation on the mechanical properties of Iridaea cordata (Rhodophyta). J. Phycol., Vol. 26, pp. 586-588.  [pdf]

 


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