Patrick Inglett

Assistant Professor
Biogeochemistry, Wetlands and Aquatic Systems

DEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH AREAS
Management of Nutrients, Pesticides, and Wastes
Soil Quality/Ecosystem Services
Wetlands and Aquatic Systems
Remediation of Contaminated Soils, Waters, and Aquifers

RESEARCH FOCUS
Research thus far has dealt with the measurement and understanding of in situ rates of biogeochemical processes involving carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur cycling. Ecosystems of interest include both salt and freshwater wetland marshes, lakes, rivers, and springs. A combination of traditional nutrient and flux analyses, enzyme activities, novel microscopic and isotopic approaches are utilized. More recent studies have focused on measurement of cyanobacterial mat nitrogenase activity, the use of stable isotopes (natural abundance and enriched levels) to infer biogeochemical processes and trace the fate of nutrients, and measurements of bacterial production and dissolved organic matter interactions in aquatic systems. The ultimate goal of this research is to better understand how environmental factors control biogeochemical reactions in landscape settings.

COURSES TAUGHT
SOS 4223 - Environmental Biogeochemistry
SOS 6456 - Advanced Biogeochemistry

SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Inglett, P. W., K. R. Reddy, E.M. D'Angelo, P. V. McCormick, and S. Hagerthey. Periphyton nitrogenase activity as an indicator of Everglades nutrient impacts. Wetlands Ecology and Management (in review).

Inglett, P. W., K. R. Reddy, B. Lorenzen, and S. Newman. (2007) Increased soil d15N following phosphorus enrichment: Historical patterns and tests of two hypotheses in a P-limited wetland. Oecologia (Online First, DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0711-5).

Osborne, T.Z., P.W. Inglett, and K.R. Reddy. (2007) Linkages between particulate and dissolved organic matter in wetland ecosystems: the role of vegetation type. Aquatic Botany 86: 53-61.

Inglett, P.W., and K.R. Reddy. (2006). Stable C and N isotopic ratios of macrophytes as an indicator of wetland eutrophication: Patterns in the P-affected Everglades. Limnology and Oceanography 51: 2380-2387.

Sharma, K., P.W. Inglett, K.R. Reddy, and A.V. Ogram. (2005) Microscopic examination of photoautotrophic and phosphatase-producing organisms in phosphorus-limited Everglades periphyton mats. Limnology and Oceanography 50:2067-2072.

Inglett, P. W., K. R. Reddy, and R. Corstanje. (2005) Anaerobic Soils. In: D. Hillel (ed) Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment. pp 72-78. Academic Press.

Inglett, P. W., K. R. Reddy, and P. V. McCormick. (2004) Periphyton chemistry and nitrogenase activity in a nutrient-impacted Everglades ecosystem. Biogeochemistry 67: 213-233.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Soil and Water Science Department, 106 Newell Hall, PO Box 110510, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611
(352) 392.1803 x 349, (352) 392.3399 fax
email: pinglett@ufl.edu
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