MICROBIAL ECOLOGY, BIOREMEDIATION AND BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
HENRY G. SPRATT, PH.D.
Recent Grants and Contracts
2003. Scientific investigations in the GLOBE program: Year two. TN Higher Edu. Commission, Title II, The Improving Teacher Quality Grant Program (Co-PI with D. M. Ford)
2003-04. Matching funds to support microbiological component of Chattanooga Creek monitoring and evaluation study. Univ. of Chattanooga Foundation.
2000-01. Carbon and sulfur transformations in Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project (MOFEP) surface soils: Post harvest conditions. Missouri Department of Conservation.
2000-01. Equipment grant proposal for an anaerobic chamber. With E. A. Guthrie. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, CSRS, Nat. Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, Equipment Grants.
2000-01. Microbial biodegradation of small-scale oil spills. Phase I - continued. BioSweep Technologies, Inc., Chattanooga, TN.
1999-01. Pesticide fate and removal in constructed wetlands. With G. K. Stearman, L. J. Weathers, and D. B. George (all at Ten. Tech. University). U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, CSRS, Nat. Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program,Water Resources Assessment and Protection Program.
1999-00. Microbial biodegradation of small-scale oil spills. Phase I. Bugz, Inc., Chattanooga, TN.
1997-99. Significance of different sources of organic sulfur to forest surface soils. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, CSRS, Nat. Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, Strengthening Awards.
1997-99. Monitoring fecal coliforms in stormwater discharge as part of the ambient monitoring program required in the NPDES permit (Chattanooga, TN). City of Chattanooga, Stormwater Management Division.
1997-98. Carbon and sulfur transformations in Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project (MOFEP) surface soils: Year one post harvest. Missouri Department of Conservation.
Sample Publications
Spratt, H. G., Jr. 2002. The impact of timber harvest on surface soil microbial community activity in clear-cut Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project plots. p196-211. In S. R. Shifley and J. Kabrick (eds), Proceedings of the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project Symposium, Natural Areas Association Conference, St. Louis, MO. Gen. Tech. Rep. GTR NC-227. St. Paul, MN: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station.
Spratt, H. G., Jr. 1998. Organic sulfur and the retention of nutrient cations in forest surface soils. Wat. Air Soil Pol. 105:305-317.
Spratt, H. G., Jr. 1997. Aspects of carbon and sulfur transformations in MOFEP surface soils: Pretreatment conditions. pp. 69-105. In B. L. Brookshire and S. R. Shifley (eds), Proceedings of the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project Symposium: An experimental approach to landscape research. St. Louis, MO. Gen. Tech. Rep. GTR NC-193. St. Paul, MN: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station.
Spratt, H. G., Jr. 1997. Microbial sulfur transformations in A-horizon soils of a Missouri Ozark forest managed for timber production by clear-cutting. Soil Biol. Biochem. 29:1639-1646.
Morgan, M. D., M. H. Diegmann, and H. G. Spratt, Jr. 1996. Fate of anthropogenic sulfur in a cedar-dominated wetland. In D. D. Adams, S. P. Seitzinger, and P. M. Crill (eds), Cycling of reduced gases in the hydrosphere. Mitt. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 25:125-135.
Spratt, H. G., Jr., E. C. Siekmann, and R. E. Hodson. 1994. Microbial manganese oxidation in salt marsh surface sediments using a leuco crystal violet manganese oxide detection technique. Est. Coast. Shelf. Sci. 38:91-112.
Spratt, H. G., Jr., and R. E. Hodson. 1994. The effect of changing water chemistry on rates of manganese oxidation in surface sediments of a temperate salt marsh and a tropical mangrove estuary. Est. Coast. Shelf. Sci. 38:119-135.
Morgan, M. D., L. Lynch, M. Diegmann, and H. G. Spratt, Jr. 1994. Hydrologic control of sulfur biogeochemistry in an acidic freshwater wetland. Verh. Internat. Berein. Limnol. 25:1311-1314.