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Research Interests
Dr. Stewart is a biogeochemist with interest in the interactions between organisms and elemental cycling, particularly in the ocean. Currently she uses natural radionuclides to investigate the trophic transfer and bioaccumulation of metals by plankton, as well as to trace organic carbon cycling in the surface ocean. Her work sheds light on the mechanisms of contaminant accumulation in ecosystems as well as the ocean’s potential to sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas. Further, her research into the behavior of present-day radioactive tracers may provide insight into the use of naturally-occurring paleotracers in the ocean. Thus far, she has focused her research on the unique, short-lived, particle-reactive isotope polonium-210. At Queens College she plans to pursue regional environmental contaminant studies and continue her work on large-scale oceanographic questions.
Possible Future and Student Projects:
- Metal accumulation and distribution in local coastal waterways
- The influence of dust on carbon assimilation in plankton
- Development of more specific environmental tracers for elemental cycling
- The importance of food web structure in determining bioaccumulation
- The effect of different particle types on radioisotope fractionation
- Species-specific nutrient uptake and loss in the plankton
Teaching Philosophy
My teaching philosophy is very straight-forward: Tough but fair.
Courses taught
Undergraduate
- GEOL 08 Oceanography (Fall '07)
- GEOL 25 Natural Resources and the Environment
- ENSCI 111 Introduction to Environmental Science
Graduate
- GEOL 799.3 Special Topics: Environmental Biogeochemistry
PublicationsStewart GM and NS Fisher (2003) Experimental studies on the accumulation of polonium-210 by marine phytoplankton. Limnology and Oceanography 48(3): 1193-1201
Stewart GM and NS Fisher (2003) Bioaccumulation of polonium-210 in marine copepods. Limnology and Oceanography 48(5): 2011-2019Liu XF, GM Stewart, JK Cochran, C Lee, RA Armstrong, D Hisrchberg, JC Miquel, and B Gasser (2005) Constraints on the differences between POC measured in samples from Niskin bottles and in-situ pumps. Deep Sea Research I 52(7): 1324-1344 Stewart GM, SW Fowler, Jl Tessyie, O Cotret, and NS Fisher (2005) Contrasting the transfer of polonium-210 and lead-210 across three trophic levels in the marine plankton. Marine Ecology Progress Series 290: 27-33Stewart G.M., J.K. Cochran, J. Xue, C. Lee, S. Wakeham, R.A. Armstrong, P. Masque, and J.C. Miquel (2007) Exploring the connection Po-210 and organic matter in the northwestern Mediterranean. Deep Sea Research I 54: 415 – 427.
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Queens College, CUNY|
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