Carol S. Rietsma
Associate Professor of Biology
Department of Biology
State University of New York at New Paltz
1 Hawk Drive
New Paltz, NY 12561
Office: Coykendall Science
Building 218
Phone: (845) 257-3782
Fax: (845) 257-3791
E-mail: rietsmac@matrix.newpaltz.edu
Education
B.S. Grand
Valley State University,
Allendale, MI, 1968
Ph.D. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 1976
Courses Taught
15202 General Biology II (offered each spring semester)
15340 Ecology (offered both fall and spring semesters)
15561 Endangered Species (offered alternate fall semesters)
15519 Wetlands Ecology (offered alternate fall semesters)
Research Interests
Salt Marsh Ecology at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
Plant competition
Natural disturbance
Food preferences and
growth of invertebrates
Nitrogen cycling
Effects of eutrophication
Deer Biology at the Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz, NY
Effects of deer browsing on growth and diversity of young trees
Web Sites of Interest
Ecological Society of America
Endangered Species (program, information on endangered &
threatened species, etc.)
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (protects endangered & threatened species)
National Marine Fisheries Service (protects endangered & threatened species)
Zoos & Aquariums in the NY Metropolitan Area
Wetlands
(program, facts about wetlands, laws and regulations, etc.)
Legislative Activity in Congress
Ecological/Environmental Jobs
Jobs in Conservation Biology
Environmental Careers World
Environmental Jobs & Careers in New England
