Research emphasizes the application of agronomic principles to environmental restoration and conservation. Interests include propagation and mineral nutrition of coastal sand dune, salt marsh and fresh water wetland vegetation for erosion control, habitat creation, restoration, and mitigation; constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment; biofilters for nonpoint source drainage; and revegetation of mined land.
Publications
- Carbon storage potential in a recently created brackish marsh in eastern North Carolina, USA (vol 127, pg 579, 2019), ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING (2021)
- Characterizing copper and zinc content in forested wetland soils of North Carolina, USA, ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT (2021)
- Multispecies cover cropping promotes soil health in no-tillage cropping systems of North Carolina, JOURNAL OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION (2021)
- Carbon storage potential in a recently created brackish marsh in eastern North Carolina, USA, Ecological Engineering (2019)
- Tidal Marsh Creation, COASTAL WETLANDS: AN INTEGRATED ECOSYSTEM APPROACH, 2ND EDITION (2019)
- Nitrate removal potential of restored wetlands loaded with agricultural drainage water: A mesocosm scale experimental approach, Ecological Engineering (2017)
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions from a Created Brackish Marsh in Eastern North Carolina, Wetlands (2016)
- Evaluating Responses of Four Wetland Plant Species to Different Hydroperiods, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (2014)
- Differences in Wetland Soil Chemical Soil Properties after 15, 20, and 30 Years of Drainage and Agricultural Production, Geoderma (2012)
- Sensitivity analysis of the DRAINWAT model applied to an agricultural watershed in the lower coastal plain, North Carolina, USA, WATER AND ENVIRONMENT JOURNAL (2012)