PROFESSOR OF PLANT ECOLOGY
B.A., Bard College;
M.S., S.U.N.Y., College of Environmental Science and Forestry;
Ph.D., University of Alberta, Canada
Year Joined RCNJ: 1979
Courses Offered:
Introduction to Environmental Science
General Ecology
Theoretical and Field Biology
Biological Conservation
Ecosystems
Teaching Interest:
Environmental Science
Ecology and ecosystems
Biology
Research Interest:
Wetland plant ecology
Ecology and taxonomy of Sphagnum (peat moss)
Biological conservation
Recent Publications:
Karlin, E.F., G.P. Gardner*, K. Lukshis*, S.B. Boles & A.J. Shaw. In press. 'Alloploidy in Sphagnum mendocinum and S. papillosum (Sphagnaceae)'. The Bryologist 113:
Karlin, E.F., M.M. Giusti*, R.A. Lake*, S.B. Boles & A.J. Shaw. In press. 'Microsatellite analysis of Sphagnum centrale, S. henryense, and S. palustre (Sphagnaceae)'. The Bryologist 113:
Karlin, E. F., S. B. Boles, M. Ricca, E. Temsch, J. Greilhuber & A. J. Shaw. 2009. 'Three-genome mosses: complex double allopolyploid origins for triploid gametophytes in Sphagnum.' Molecular Ecology 18: 1439-1454.
Karlin, E. F., S. B. Boles & A. J. Shaw. 2008. 'Systematics of Sphagnum section Sphagnum in New Zealand: a microsatellite-based analysis'. New Zealand Journal of Botany 46 (2): 105-118.
Karlin, E. F., S. B. Boles & A. J. Shaw. 2008. 'Resolving boundaries between species in Sphagnum section Subsecunda using microsatellite markers'. Taxon 57: 1189-1200.
Riccia, M., B. W. Beecher, S. B. Boles, E. Temsch, J. Greilhuber, E. F. Karlin, & A. J. Shaw. 2008. C'ytotype variation and allopolyploidy in North American species of the Sphagnum subsecundum complex'. American Journal of Botany. 95: 1606-1620.
