Dr. Karen McLaughlin

Karen McLaughlin is a biogeochemist specializing in nutrient cycling and source tracking in streams and estuaries. She received her B.S. in Geosciences from Penn State University in 1999, and her Ph.D. in Geological and Environmental Sciences from Stanford University in 2005. Karen joined SCCWRP in March 2007. Her current research falls into three areas: 1) understanding factors and processes controlling ecosystem response to nutrient loading in estuaries and streams, 2) development of indicators of eutrophication in estuaries and streams, and 3) determination of “natural background” sources and cycling of nutrients via atmospheric deposition, groundwater inputs, assimilation, nitrogen fixation, and denitrification.

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E-mail: karenm@sccwrp.org
Phone: (714) 755-3242
Address: 3535 Harbor Blvd., Suite 110, Costa Mesa, CA 92626