Evaluating the impact of turf-care products on soil biological health.

abstract：:The rapid economic and industrial growth of China, exemplified by a 10-fold increase in its gross domestic product in the past 15 years, has lifted millions of its citizens out of poverty but has simultaneously led to severe environmental problems. The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 2.4 million...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Zhang M,Xu J

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conservation tillage practices have become increasingly common in recent years to reduce soil erosion, improve water conservation, and increase soil organic matter. Research suggests that conservation tillage can stratify soil test phosphorus (P), but little is known about the effects on soil organic P. This study was...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Abdi D,Cade-Menun BJ,Ziadi N,Parent LÉ

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High levels of fecal bacteria are a concern for recreational waters; however, the source of contamination is often unknown. This study investigated whether direct sequencing of a bacterial gene could be utilized for detecting genetic differences between bacterial strains for microbial source tracking. A 525-nucleotide...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Ram JL,Ritchie RP,Fang J,Gonzales FS,Selegean JP

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to determine the fate of As, Mo, and V (trace elements, TEs) in the sediments of a constructed wetland in use for the remediation of potentially toxic trace element-contaminated agricultural drainwater. After three years of wetland operation, sediment cores were collected to determine changes...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Fox PM,Doner HE

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythromycin has been widely used in food-producing animals and in humans, and is frequently detected as an organic pollutant in U.S. streams. In batch experiments with homoionic clays, the Freundlich isotherms were determined at 10 and 25 degrees C. The adsorption of erythromycin A was strongly influenced by clay typ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Kim YH,Heinze TM,Kim SJ,Cerniglia CE

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Deckers Creek watershed in northern West Virginia (USA), containing a land area of 166 km2 (63 mi2), has a long history of industrial development and attendant environmental abuses from both land and water pollution practices. The water in Deckers Creek was sampled in 1974 at 29 locations along the main stem and r...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Stewart J,Skousen J

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eco-environmental quality assessment (EQA) is an intricate and challenging task that must take into account numerous natural, economic, political, and social factors, which are subject to multiple conflicting criteria. In this paper, a methodological reference framework is developed for EQA that combines the fuzzy Del...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Wang X,Cao Y,Zhong X,Gao P

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increase in endocrine-disrupting compounds in the environment has generated research focused on the behavior of these compounds in natural soil and water ecosystems. To understand how estrogens behave in the soil environment as a result of 25+ yr of wastewater irrigation, soils from Penn State's "Living Filter" wa...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Woodward EE,Andrews DM,Williams CF,Watson JE

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digestion of municipal wastewater biosolids is a necessary prerequisite to their beneficial use in land application, in order to protect public health and the receiving environment. In this study, 13 pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), 11 musks, and 17 polybrominated diphenyl ethers were analyzed in 84...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Guerra P,Kleywegt S,Payne M,Svoboda ML,Lee HB,Reiner E,Kolic T,Metcalfe C,Smyth SA

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Livestock impacts on total suspended solids (TSS) and pathogen (e.g., ) levels in rangeland streams are a serious concern worldwide. Herded stream crossings by domestic sheep () are periodic, necessary managerial events on high-elevation rangelands, but their impacts on stream water quality are largely unknown. We eva...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Clark PE,Moffet CA,Lewis GS,Seyfried MS,Hardegree SP,Pierson FB

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial mineralization of urea and uric acid in poultry litter results in the production of ammonia, which can lead to decreased poultry performance, malodorous emissions, and loss of poultry litter value as a fertilizer. Despite the fact that this is a microbial process, little is known about how the microbial popu...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Cook KL,Rothrock MJ Jr,Warren JG,Sistani KR,Moore PA Jr

更新日期：2008-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Canada's National Agri-Environmental Standards Initiative sought to develop an environmental benchmark for low-level waterborne pathogen occurrence in agricultural watersheds. A field study collected 902 water samples from 27 sites in four intensive agricultural watersheds across Canada from 2005 to 2007. Four of the ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Edge TA,El-Shaarawi A,Gannon V,Jokinen C,Kent R,Khan IU,Koning W,Lapen D,Miller J,Neumann N,Phillips R,Robertson W,Schreier H,Scott A,Shtepani I,Topp E,Wilkes G,van Bochove E

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical immobilization is a relatively inexpensive in situ remediation method that reduces soil contaminant solubility, but the ability of this remediation treatment to reduce heavy metal bioavailability and ecotoxicity to soil invertebrates has not been evaluated. Our objectives were to (i) assess the ability of che...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Conder JM,Lanno RP,Basta NT

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Is nitrate harmful to humans? Are the current limits for nitrate concentration in drinking water justified by science? There is substantial disagreement among scientists over the interpretation of evidence on the issue. There are two main health issues: the linkage between nitrate and (i) infant methaemoglobinaemia, a...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Powlson DS,Addiscott TM,Benjamin N,Cassman KG,de Kok TM,van Grinsven H,L'Hirondel JL,Avery AA,van Kessel C

更新日期：2008-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorus losses from arable soils contribute to eutrophication of freshwater systems. In addition to losses through surface runoff, leaching has lately gained increased attention as an important P transport pathway. Increased P levels in arable soils have highlighted the necessity of establishing a relationship betw...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Djodjic F,Börling K,Bergström L

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil N2O emissions from three corn (Zea mays L.)-soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] systems in central Iowa were measured from the spring of 2003 through February 2005. The three managements systems evaluated were full-width tillage (fall chisel plow, spring disk), no-till, and no-till with a rye (Secale cereale L. 'Rym...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Parkin TB,Kaspar TC

更新日期：2006-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Water treatment residuals (WTRs) are a by-product of municipal drinking water treatment plants and can have the capacity to adsorb tremendous amounts of P. Understanding the WTR phosphorus adsorption process is important for discerning the mechanism and tenacity of P retention. We studied P adsorbing mechanism(s) of a...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Ippolito JA,Barbarick KA,Heil DM,Chandler JP,Redente EF

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was used by the USEPA to establish new recreational water quality criteria in 2012 using the indicator bacteria enterococci. The application of this method has been limited, but resource managers are interested in more timely monitoring results. In this study, we evaluated...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Byappanahalli MN,Nevers MB,Shively DA,Spoljaric A,Otto C

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biosolids can be a source of metals and metal nanoparticles. The objective of this study was to quantify and characterize the accumulation and transport of silver (Ag) in a natural soil that has received agronomically recommended rates of biosolids as fertilizer from 1994 to 2017. Total Ag concentrations were measured...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Taylor SE,Pearce CI,Chowdhury I,Kovarik L,Leavy I,Baum S,Bary AI,Flury M

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfur received extensive study as an input to terrestrial ecosystems from acidic deposition during the 1980s. With declining S deposition inputs across the eastern United States, there have been many studies evaluating ecosystem response, with the exception of agricultural watersheds. We used long-term (22 and 18 yr)...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： David MB,Gentry LE,Mitchell CA

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An emerging poultry manure management practice is in-house windrowing to disinfect the litter. However, this practice is likely to increase emissions of ammonia (NH) and nitrous oxide (NO) from the windrowed litter. The objective of this study was to quantitatively compare NH and NO emissions from broiler houses with ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Ro KS,Moore PA,Szogi AA,Millner PD

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the long-term fate of the fungicide triticonazole (TTZ; 5-[(4-chlorophenyl)methylene]-2,2-dimethyl-1-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-ylmethyl)cydopentanol) applied at a normal field dose (8.9 g ha(-1)) via seed treatment, which is the normal alternative in practice. The TTZ was applied to wheat (Triticum aesti...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Börjesson E,Stenström J,Johnsson L,Torstensson L

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most states in the USA have adopted P Indexing to guide P-based management of agricultural fields by identifying the relative risk of P loss at farm and watershed scales. To a large extent, this risk is based on hydrologic principles that frequently occurring storms can initiate surface runoff from fields. Once initia...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Sharpley AN,Kleinman PJ,Heathwaite AL,Gburek WJ,Weld JL,Folmar GJ

更新日期：2008-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Degradation of selected pesticides was conducted in a turfgrass soil from a golf course under open (i.e., allowing gas exchange with atmosphere) and sealed systems. The time required for 50% of the initial dose of fenitrothion (O,O-dimethyl O-4-nitro-m-tolyl phosphorothioate), diazinon (O,O-dimethyl O-2-isopropyl-6-me...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Suzuki T,Yaguchi K,Suzuki S,Suga T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Municipal programs for turfgrass establishment recommend large volume-based application rates of composted municipal biosolids (CMB). This study compared runoff water quality among combinations of two common turfgrass establishment practices and two CMB sources. Bryan- or Austin-CMB were incorporated into 5 cm of soil...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Hansen NE,Vietor DM,Munster CL,White RH,Provin TL

更新日期：2007-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:County-level agricultural statistics were aggregated at the watershed level to provide estimates of trends in land use and agricultural management in the Maumee and Sandusky River watersheds during the period 1975-1995. Average farm size increased by 40% or more, but the number of farms decreased by nearly 40%; the to...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Richards RP,Baker DB,Eckert DJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A biostimulation study was conducted on mining waste residue with nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus) and/or liming agent (ash or CaCO3 ) amendment to assess petroleum hydrocarbon (PHC) biodegradation efficiency by indigenous microorganisms. Compounds accumulated and/or released by treated samples were also monitored t...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Jugnia LB,Drouin K,Thériault P

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrated animal feeding operations emit trace gases such as ammonia (NH₃), methane (CH₄), carbon dioxide (CO₂), and nitrous oxide (N₂O). The implementation of air quality regulations in livestock-producing states increases the need for accurate on-farm determination of emission rates. The objective of this study w...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Leytem AB,Dungan RS,Bjorneberg DL,Koehn AC

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing interest in the role that urban forests can play as urban microclimate modifiers. Tree shade and evapotranspiration affect energy fluxes and mitigate microclimate conditions, with beneficial effects on human health and outdoor comfort. The aim of this study was to investigate surface temperature () va...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Napoli M,Massetti L,Brandani G,Petralli M,Orlandini S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Langmuir model is commonly used for describing the sorption behavior of reactive solutes to surfaces and is often fit to sorption data using nonlinear least squares regression. An important assumption of least squares regression is that the predictor variable is error free. In the case of sorption data, this assum...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Bolster CH

更新日期：2008-08-08 00:00:00