Prof. Dr. Joel E. Kostka
Earth
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
May 2009
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Aug 2009
Fellow
Sep 2006
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Feb 2007
Fellow

Projects & Publications
Plant-Microbe Interactions in the Root Zone of Marine Grasses that serve as Coastal Ecosystem Engineers
| May 2026
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Nov 2027
Cooperation partner
Prof. Dr. Marcel Kuypers, Max-Planck-Institut für Marine Mikrobiologie, Bremen
Temperature Regulation of Nitrate-Respiring Prokaryotes: Implications for the Impacts of Global Climate Change
| May 2009
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Aug 2009
Cooperation partner
Prof. Dr. Heribert Cypionka, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Prof. Dr. Bo Barker Jørgensen, Aarhus University
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Amann, Max-Planck-Institut für Marine Mikrobiologie, Bremen
Prof. Dr. Marcel Kuypers, Max-Planck-Institut für Marine Mikrobiologie, Bremen
The Biogeochemistry and Microbiology of Nitrogen Removal from Permeable Sediments
| Sep 2006
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Feb 2007
Cooperation partner
Prof. Dr. Heribert Cypionka, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Prof. Dr. Bo Barker Jørgensen, Aarhus University
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Amann, Max-Planck-Institut für Marine Mikrobiologie, Bremen
Prof. Dr. Marcel Kuypers, Max-Planck-Institut für Marine Mikrobiologie, Bremen
Publications
Gihring, T.M., Lavik, G., Kuypers, M. and Kostka, J. E. (2010). Direct Determination of Nitrogen Cycling Rates and Pathways in Arctic Fjord Sediments (Svalbard, Norway). Limnology and Oceanography, 2, 55, 740-752. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2010.55.2.0740
Stucki, J., Lee, K., Goodman, B., Kostka, J. (2007). Effects of in situ biostimulation on iron mineral speciation in a sub-surface soil. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Elsevier, 4, 71, 835-843. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2006.11.023
Gihring, T., Humphrys, M., Mills, H., Huette, M., Kostka, J. (2009). Identification of phytodetritus‐degrading microbial communities in sublittoral Gulf of Mexico sands. Limnology and oceanography, Wiley Online Library, 4, 54, 1073-1083. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2009.54.4.1073
Gihring, T., Canion, A., Riggs, A., Huettel, M., Kostk, J. (2010). Denitrification in shallow, sublittoral Gulf of Mexico permeable sediments. Limnology and Oceanography, Wiley Online Library, 1, 55, 43-54. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2010.55.1.0043
Edwards, L., Küsel, K., Drake, H., Kostka, J. (2007). Electron flow in acidic subsurface sediments co-contaminated with nitrate and uranium. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Elsevier, 3, 71, 643-654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2006.09.017
Hyun, J., Smith, A., Kostka, J. (2007). Relative contributions of sulfate-and iron (III) reduction to organic matter mineralization and process controls in contrasting habitats of the Georgia saltmarsh. Applied Geochemistry, Elsevier, 12, 22, 2637-2651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.06.005
Gao, H., Schreiber, F., Collins, G., Jensen, M., Kostka, J., Lavik, G., De Beer, D., Zhou, H., Kuypers, M. (2010). Aerobic denitrification in permeable Wadden Sea sediments. The ISME journal, Oxford University Press, 3, 4, 417-426. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2009.127