Effect of covering composting piles with mature compost on ammonia emission and microbial community structure of composting process.

abstract：:The frequency and intensities of dust exposures in and near farm fields, which potentially contribute to high intensity human exposure events, are undocumented due to the transient nature of local dust plumes and the difficulties of making accurate concentration measurements. The objective of this study is to measure ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Hiscox AL,Miller DR,Holmén BA,Yang W,Wang J

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gypsum has a long history as a soil amendment. Information on how flue gas desulfurization (FGD) gypsum affects soil, water, and plant properties across a range of climates and soils is lacking. We conducted a meta-analysis using data from 10 field sites in the United States (Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, New Mexico, No...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Kost D,Ladwig KJ,Chen L,DeSutter TM,Espinoza L,Norton LD,Smeal D,Torbert HA,Watts DB,Wolkowski RP,Dick WA

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:Use of organic by-products as soil amendments in agricultural production exemplifies a strategy for converting wastes to resources. The overall objective of this research was to evaluate the short- and intermediate-term effects of repeatedly amending sandy soil with paper mill residuals (PMR) and composted PMR in a ve...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Foley BJ,Cooperband LR

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intensive livestock operations can release odorous gases from stored or land-applied manure. We measured concentrations of dust and 14 odor-causing gases at increasing distances from four feedlots near Lethbridge, southern Alberta, Canada. Concentration was determined from the amount of total dust or gas accumulated i...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： McGinn SM,Janzen HH,Coates T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many attempts have been made worldwide to develop methods to identify the areas most threatened by soil degradation. Some soils in afflicted areas may be irreversibly degraded and thus have very little resilience (the ability to restore themselves). For the purpose of assessing the current state of soil degradation in...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Šarapatka B,Bednář M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incorporation of manure into cultivated soils is generally recommended to minimize nutrient losses. A 3-yr study was conducted to evaluate sediment and nutrient losses with different tillage methods (moldboard plow, heavy-duty cultivator, double disk, and no-incorporation) for incorporation of beef cattle manure in a ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Little JL,Bennett DR,Miller JJ

更新日期：2005-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-emergence herbicide residues were detected in domestic wells sampled near Tracy, CA. This study sought to determine the source of contamination by comparing soil distribution of diuron [N'-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-N,N-dimethylurea] and hexazinone [3-cyclohexyl-6-(dimethylamino)-1-methyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Prichard T,Troiano J,Marade J,Guo F,Canevari M

更新日期：2005-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorus (P) budgets for large watersheds are often used to predict trends in riverine P export. To test such predictions, we calculated annual P budgets for 1975-1995 for soils of the Maumee and Sandusky watersheds of northwestern Ohio and compared them with riverine P export from these watersheds. Phosphorus input...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Baker DB,Richards RP

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrated buffer zones (IBZs) have recently been introduced in the Northwestern Europe temperate zone to improve delivery of ecosystem services compared with the services associated with long-established vegetated buffer zones. A common feature of all the studied IBZ sites is that tile drainage, which previously disc...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Zak D,Stutter M,Jensen HS,Egemose S,Carstensen MV,Audet J,Strand JA,Feuerbach P,Hoffmann CC,Christen B,Hille S,Knudsen M,Stockan J,Watson H,Heckrath G,Kronvang B

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focused on the dissipation of propanil and 3,4 dichloroaniline (3,4 DCA) over time in the soil, field water, inlet water, and outlet water of paddy fields under three management systems: conventional water seeding (CON), conventional water seeding with supplied liquid manure (LMA), and dry seeding (DRY). Pr...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Milan M,Vidotto F,Piano S,Negre M,Ferrero A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immobilization of Pb in contaminated soils as pyromorphite [Pb(5)(PO(4))(3)Cl, OH, F] through the addition of various phosphate amendments has gained much attention in the remediation community. However, it is difficult to fully determine the speciation and amount of soil Pb converted to pyromorphite by previously...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Scheckel KG,Ryan JA

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malodors from pig manure storage pits are a problem lacking a cost-efficient solution particularly for small pig (Sus domestica) farms. The objective of this study was to reduce emissions of noxious odorants by changing the conditions in the pig manure to favor an altered microbial community. Sugars (maltose, lactose,...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Nykänen AM,Hämäläinen N,Kostia S,Mikola J,Romantschuk M

更新日期：2010-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the persistence and movement of a urea-type herbicide, isoproturon [IPU; 3-(4-isopropylphenyl)-1,1'-dimethylurea], in soil using a novel herbicide-detection device, the prototype of a portable electrochemical biosensor based on Photosystem II particles immobilized on printed electrodes, and evaluated ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Malý J,Klem K,Lukavská A,Masojídek J

更新日期：2005-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzyme catalyzed reactions are generally considered the rate-limiting step in organic matter degradation and may be significantly influenced by the structure and composition of plant communities. Changes in these rates have the potential to effect long-term peat accumulation and influence the topography of a wetland e...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Penton CR,Newman S

更新日期：2008-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of sorption of hydrophilic, weakly sorbing organic compounds in soil by conventional batch methods using a slurried suspension is often prone to considerable errors because small changes in the solution concentration on equilibration must be accurately determined. This difficulty is exacerbated for compo...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Ahmad R,Katou H,Kookana RS

更新日期：2005-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to determine the effect of bedding material (corn stover, soybean stover, wheat straw, switchgrass, wood chips, wood shavings, corn cobs, and shredded paper) on concentration of odorous volatile organic compounds (VOC) in bedded pack material and to determine the effect of bedding mat...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Spiehs MJ,Brown-Brandl TM,Parker DB,Miller DN,Berry ED,Wells JE

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Denitrifying bioreactors using woodchips or other slow-release carbon sources can be an effective method for removing nitrate (NO) from wastewater and tile drainage. However, the ability of these systems to remove fecal microbes from wastewater has been largely uninvestigated. In this study, reductions in fecal indica...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Rambags F,Tanner CC,Stott R,Schipper LA

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrated animal feeding operations are major sources of ammonia to the atmosphere. Control methods to reduce emissions include acidifying amendments, urease inhibitors, and absorbents. For beef cattle, decreasing crude protein (CP) in diets may be the most practical and cost-effective method to reduce ammonia emis...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Todd RW,Cole NA,Clark RN

更新日期：2006-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compares the performance of three bioretention media blends for N and P removal from simulated urban runoff in experimental mesocosms. TerraSolve, Biofilter, and "VT Mix" (Virginia Tech) were compared with and without vegetation at varying hydraulic residence times (HRTs). Adsorption isotherm experiments we...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Liu J,Sample DJ,Owen JS,Li J,Evanylo G

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Land application of biosolids is a beneficial-use practice whose ecological effects depend in part on hydrological effects. Biosolids were surface-applied to square 0.5-m2 plots at four rates (0, 7, 34, and 90 dry Mg ha(-1)) on each of three soil-cover combinations in Chihuahuan Desert grassland and shrubland. Infiltr...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Moffet CA,Zartman RE,Wester DB,Sosebee RE

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The widespread use of chromium (Cr) has a deleterious impact on the environment. A number of pathways, both biotic and abiotic in character, determine the fate and speciation of Cr in soils. Chromium exists in two predominant species in the environment: trivalent [(Cr(III)] and hexavalent [Cr(VI)]. Of these two forms,...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Choppala GK,Bolan NS,Megharaj M,Chen Z,Naidu R

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acidification of livestock manure can reduce emission of the greenhouse gases methane (CH) and nitrous oxide (NO), as well as ammonia (NH). We examined the relation between emission of these gases and transformation of organic matter as affected by acidification. Liquid cattle manure was acidified with sulfuric acid t...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Sommer SG,Clough TJ,Balaine N,Hafner SD,Cameron KC

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poultry litter treatment with alum (Al(2)(SO(4))(3) . 18H(2)O) lowers litter phosphorus (P) solubility and therefore can lower litter P release to runoff after land application. Lower P solubility in litter is generally attributed to aluminum-phosphate complex formation. However, recent studies suggest that alum addit...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Warren JG,Penn CJ,McGrath JM,Sistani K

更新日期：2008-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphogypsum (PG), a by-product of the phosphate fertilizer industry, reduces N losses when added to composting livestock manure, but its impact on greenhouse gas emissions is unclear. The objective of this research was to assess the effects of PG addition on greenhouse gas emissions during cattle feedlot manure comp...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Hao X,Larney FJ,Chang C,Travis GR,Nichol CK,Bremer E

更新日期：2005-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Fall application of anhydrous ammonia in Manitoba is common but its impact on nitrous oxide (NO) emissions is not well known. A 2-yr study compared application before freeze-up in late fall to spring pre-plant application of anhydrous ammonia on nitrous oxide (NO) emissions from a clay soil in the Red River Valley, Ma...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Tenuta M,Gao X,Flaten DN,Amiro BD

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subsurface tile drains in agricultural systems of the midwestern United States are a major contributor of nitrate-N (NO-N) loadings to hypoxic conditions in the Gulf of Mexico. Hydrologic and water quality models, such as the Soil and Water Assessment Tool, are widely used to simulate tile drainage systems. The Hoogho...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Moriasi DN,Gowda PH,Arnold JG,Mulla DJ,Ale S,Steiner JL,Tomer MD

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Declines in acidic deposition across Europe and North America have led to decreases in surface water acidity and signs of chemical recovery of soils from acidification. To better understand the link between recovery of soils and surface waters, chemical trends in precipitation, soils, and streamwater were investigated...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Siemion J,McHale MR,Lawrence GB,Burns DA,Antidormi M

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proper management of shallow coastal systems, which are vulnerable to nutrient enrichment, requires knowledge of land use impacts on nutrient discharges. This study quantified base flow nutrient concentrations and yields for 1 yr (May 2001-April 2002) from 14 first-order streams on the Virginia Eastern Shore (VaES) on...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Stanhope JW,Anderson IC,Reay WG

更新日期：2009-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:China's vegetable production has experienced a rapid growth in recent years. Total production amounted to 522.7 million Mg (1 Mg = 10 g) in 2009, which was more than nine times that in 1980 and represented >50% of the world production. Meanwhile, excessive use of animal manures and chemical fertilizers in vegetable fi...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Yan Z,Liu P,Li Y,Ma L,Alva A,Dou Z,Chen Q,Zhang F

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00