Nate Winkler Present His Results

Undergraduate student and Coastal Fellow Nate Winkler presented the results of his research at the URI Coastal Fellows poster presentation December 12, 2012. His poster was titled: "Using Seaweed as a Soil Amendment: Effects on Soil Phosphorus When Growing Sweet Corn (Zea mays L.var. rugosa). Nate's project involves analyzing how seaweed amendments affect the size of different soil phosphorus pools - water-, bicarbonate-, and sodium hydroxide-extractable. He's been working closely with graduate student and mentor Angela Possinger. Nate will continue his work on seaweed amendments and soil P in the spring semester, looking at effects on soil phosphatase activity.