Courses
Fertilizers and soil fertility SSC 051
Principles of soil science SSC 012
Wetland Soils SSC 470/570
Research Interests
Wetland restoration, creation and mitigation
Restoration and Management of Coastal Dune Vegetation [pdf version]
Restoration of Land Following Phosphate Mining
Education

North Carolina State University, Soil Science, B.S. 1967; M.S. 1969; Ph.D.1973 (Ecology minor)

 

Professional Experience

DEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY

1995 - Present Professor
1988 - 1995 Associate Professor
1982 - 1988 Assistant Professor
1981- 1982 Senior Researcher/Visiting Assistant Professor
1974 -1981 Research Associate
1972 - 1973 Research Assistant

CENTER FOR WETLAND RESOURCES, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

1988 Visiting Assistant Professor

 

Relevant publications

Broome, S.W. and E.D. Seneca. 1992. Creation and Restoration of Tidal Marshes. pp. 193 - 197. In : Proceedings of the Fourth Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Region Information Transfer Meeting, September 1991. U.S. Department of the Interior. Minerals Management Service, Herdon Virginia. pp. 218.

House, C.H., S.W. Broome and M.T. Hoover. 1993. Treatment of Domestic Wastewater by a constructed upland-wetland wastewater treatment system. UNC-WRRI-93-277 Water Resources Research Institute of UNC Report No. 277.

Hoefnagels, M.H., S.W. Broome and S.R. Shafer. 1993. Vesicular-arbuscular (VA) mycorrihizae in salt marshes in North Carolina. Estuaries 16: 851-858.

Craft, C.B., E.D. Seneca and S.W. Broome. 1993. Vertical accretion in regularly and irregularly flooded estuarine marshes. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 37: 371-376.

House, C.H., S.W. Broome and M.T. Hoover. 1994. Treatment of nitrogen and phosphorus by a constructed upland-wetland wastewater treatment system. Water Science and Technology 20: 177-184.

Broome, S.W., L.A., Mendelssohn and K.L. McKee. 1995. Relative growth of Spartina patens (AIT), MUHL and Scirpus olneyi Gray as affected by salinity and flooding depth. Wetlands : 15:20-30.

 

Useful links

Wetlands

Wetland Plant Suppliers

Dune Plant Suppliers

Baseball

Dune Vegetation Slides

 

Contact Information

N.C. State University
Department of Soil Science
Box 7619 Williams Hall
Raleigh, NC 27695-7619
Phone : (919) 513-2555
Fax : (919) 515-2167
E-Mail : stephen_broome@ncsu.edu