Alan L. Wright

Assistant Professor
Soil and Water Quality

Everglades Research and Education Center

RESEARCH and EXTENSION FOCUS
Wetland biogeochemical processes, carbon sequestration, soil organic matter and nutrient dynamics, and land management impacts on soil and water quality in agricultural, wetland, and urban systems.

DEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH AREAS
Soil/Landscape Analysis
Wetlands and Aquatic Systems

SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Ye, R., A.L. Wright, K. Inglett, Y. Wang, A.V. Ogram, and K.R. Reddy. Land use effects on soil nutrient cycling and microbial community dynamics in the Everglades Agricultural Area, Florida. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. (in press)

Castillo, M.S., and A.L. Wright. Microbial activity and phosphorus availability in a subtropical soil under different land uses. World J. Agric. Sci (in press)

Wright, A.L., and K.R. Reddy. Catabolic diversity of periphyton and detritus microbial communities in a subtropical wetland. Biogeochemistry (in press)

Dou, F., A.L. Wright, and F.M. Hons. Sensitivity of labile soil organic carbon to tillage in wheat systems. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. (in press)

Wright, A.L., Y. Wang., and K.R. Reddy. A loss-on-ignition method to assess soil organic C in calcareous Everglades wetlands. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant. Anal. (in press)

Castillo, M.S., and A.L. Wright. 2008. Soil phosphorus pools for Histosols under sugarcane and pasture in the Everglades, USA. Geoderma 145:130-135.

Wright, A.L., T.L. Provin, F.M. Hons, D.A. Zuberer, and R.H. White. 2008. Compost impacts on dissolved organic carbon and available nitrogen and phosphorus in turfgrass soil. Waste Manage. 28:1057-1063.

Wright, A.L., T.L. Provin, F.M. Hons, D.A. Zuberer, and R.H. White. 2008. Compost impacts on sodicity and salinity in a sandy loam turfgrass soil. Compost Sci. Util. 16:30-35.

Dou, F., A.L. Wright, and F.M. Hons. 2008. Dissolved and soil organic carbon after long-term conventional and no-tillage sorghum cropping. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 39:667-679.

Provin, T.L., A.L. Wright, F.M. Hons, D.A. Zuberer, and R.H. White. 2008. Seasonal dynamics of soil micronutrients in compost-amended bermudagrass turf. Biores. Technol. 99:2672-2679.

Wright, A.L., F.M. Hons, R.G. Lemon, M.L. McFarland, and R.L. Nichols. 2008. Microbial activity and soil C sequestration for reduced and conventional tillage cotton. Appl. Soil Ecol. 38:168-173.

Wright, A.L., and K.R. Reddy. 2007. Substrate-induced respiration for phosphorus-enriched and oligotrophic peat soils in an Everglades wetland. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 71:1579-1583.

Wright, A.L., F.M. Hons, R.G. Lemon, M.L. McFarland, and R.L. Nichols. 2007. Stratification of nutrients in soil for different tillage regimes and cotton rotations. Soil Tillage Res. 96:19-27.

Wright, A.L., T.L. Provin, F.M. Hons, D.A. Zuberer, and R.H. White. 2007. Nutrient accumulation and availability in compost-amended turfgrass soil. HortScience 42:1473-1477.

Dou, F., A.L. Wright, and F.M. Hons. 2007. Depth distribution of soil organic C and N after long-term soybean cropping in Texas. Soil Tillage Res. 94:530-536.

Wright, A.L., T.L. Provin, F.M. Hons, D.A. Zuberer, and R.H. White. 2007. Soil micronutrient availability after compost addition to St. Augustinegrass. Compost Sci. Util. 15:127-134.

Wright, A.L., F. Dou, and F.M. Hons. 2007. Soil organic C and N distribution for wheat cropping systems after 20 years of conservation tillage in central Texas. Agric. Ecosys. Environ. 121:376-382.

Wright, A.L., F. Dou, and F.M. Hons. 2007. Crop species and tillage effects on carbon sequestration in subsurface soil. Soil Sci. 172:124-131.

Wright, A.L., T.L. Provin, F.M. Hons, D.A. Zuberer, and R.H. White. 2007. Compost source and rate effects on soil macronutrient availability under Saint Augustinegrass and Bermudagrass turf. Compost Sci. Util. 15:22-28.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Soil & Water Science Dept, Everglades Research & Education Center, 3200 E. Palm Beach Rd., Belle Glade, FL 33430-4702
(561) 993.1555, (561) 993.1582 fax
email: alwr@ufl.edu