Zhenli He

Associate Professor
Soil Fertility and Environmental Chemistry

Indian River Research and Education Center

DEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH AREAS
Management of Nutrients, Pesticides, and Wastes

RESEARCH FOCUS
Biogeochemical processes and management of nutrients and contaminants in soil-plant-water system, waste management for sustainable agriculture and environmental quality, soil quality and ecological health, remediation of contaminated or degraded soil and water systems.

COURSES TAUGHT
ALS 3133 - Agriculture and Environmental Quality
SOS 3022L - Introduction to Soils in the Environment Lab
SOS 6134 - Soil Quality
SOS XXXX - Nutrient Cycling in the Terrestrial Ecosystems (To be developed)

SELECT PUBLICATIONS
He, Z. L., M. Zhang, X. E. Yang, and P. J. Stoffella. 2006. Release behavior of copper and zinc from sandy soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 70: 1699-1707.

He, Z. L., M. K. Zhang, P. J. Stoffella, X. E. Yang and D.J. Banks, and D.V. Calvert. 2006. Phosphorus concentrations and loads in surface runoff from sandy soils under crop production. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 70: 1807-1816.

Yu, S. Z. L. He, P. J. Stoffella, D. V. Calvert, X. E. Yang, D. J. Banks, and V. C. Baligar. 2006. Surface runoff phosphorus loss in relation to phosphatase activity and soil P fractions in Florida sandy soils under citrus production. Soil Biol. Biochem. 38: 619-628.

Yu, S., Z. L. He, G. C. Chen, C. Y. Huang, D. V. Calvert. 2005. Effects of anions on the capacity and affinity of copper adsorption in two variable charge soils. Biogeochemistry 75:1-18.

He, Z. L., X. E. Yang, V. C. Baligar, and D. V. Calvert. 2003. Microbiological and biochemical indexing systems for assessing acid soil quality. Adv. Agron. 78: 89-138.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Indian River Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 2199 South Rock Road, Ft. Pierce, FL, 34945-3138
(561) 468.3922 x 109, (561) 468.5668 fax
email: zhe@ufl.edu
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