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：:Agriculture in the midwestern United States is a major anthropogenic source of nitrous oxide (NO) and is both a source and sink for methane (CH), but the degree to which cropping systems differ in emissions of these gases is not well understood. Our objectives were to determine if fluxes of NO and CH varied among crop...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Osterholz WR,Kucharik CJ,Hedtcke JL,Posner JL

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：:An 8-yr field-scale study, 2005 to 2012, investigated effects of agricultural land use on nutrient and sediment losses during snowmelt runoff from four treatment fields in southern Manitoba. In 2005, two fields with a long-term history of annual crop (AC) production were planted to perennial forage (PF), while two oth...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Liu K,Elliott JA,Lobb DA,Flaten DN,Yarotski J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poultry litter (PL) is a by-product of broiler production. Most PL is land applied. Land-applied PL is a valuable nutrient source for crop production but can also be a route of environmental contamination with manure-borne bacteria. The objective of this study was to characterize the fate of pathogens, fecal indicator...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Cook KL,Netthisinghe AM,Gilfillen RA

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：:Scaling in situ soil water content time series data to a large spatial domain is a key element of watershed environmental monitoring and modeling. The primary method of estimating and monitoring large-scale soil water content distributions is via in situ networks. It is critical to establish the stability of in situ n...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Cosh MH,Starks PJ,Guzman JA,Moriasi DN

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Control methods are needed to abate NH losses from swine anaerobic lagoons to reduce the contribution of confined swine operations to air pollution. In a 15-mo meso-scale column study, we evaluated the effect of manure pretreatment on water quality, reduction of N losses, and sludge accumulation in swine lagoons using...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Szogi AA,Vanotti MB

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex variation in gas emissions from animal facilities has been shown in recent research reports. Uncertainties in these emission estimates are driving research activities concerning different animal species across the globe. Greenhouse gas (NO and CO) and NH concentrations were measured in a modern, tunnel-ventila...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Miles DM,Moore PA,Burns RT,Brooks JP

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many studies have measured denitrification in stream sediments, few have utilized these data with local water column and sediment measurements to develop a predictive model for NO uptake. In this study, sediment denitrification was measured from cores in five streams under various land uses in south-central M...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Guentzel KS,Hondzo M,Badgley BD,Finlay JC,Sadowsky MJ,Kozarek JL

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadmium (Cd) is a nonessential element that occurs at above-background concentrations in many New Zealand (NZ) soils. Most of this Cd is due to the historical application of single superphosphate that was made from Nauru phosphate rock containing between 400 and 600 mg Cd kg P. Pasture Cd uptake exacerbates the entry ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Reiser R,Simmler M,Portmann D,Clucas L,Schulin R,Robinson B

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contents and stable S isotope ratio (δS) values of total S, organic S, SO-S, and total reduced inorganic S (TRS) in typical limestone soil and yellow soil were analyzed in this study to examine the general distributions of S forms and their δS values in soils in karst areas of southwest China. Under a similar leve...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Zhang W,Liu CQ,Wang ZL,Zhang LL,Luo XQ

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Manure from beef cattle feedyards is a valuable source of nutrients and assists with maintaining soil quality. However, humification and decomposition processes occurring during feedyard manure's on-farm life cycle influence the forms, concentrations, and availability of carbon (C) and nutrients such as nitrogen (N) a...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Waldrip HM,He Z,Todd RW,Hunt JF,Rhoades MB,Cole NA

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrate lost from agricultural soils is an economic cost to producers, an environmental concern when it enters rivers and lakes, and a health risk when it enters wells and aquifers used for drinking water. Planting a winter wheat cover crop (CC) and/or use of controlled tile drainage-subirrigation (CDS) may reduce los...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Drury CF,Tan CS,Welacky TW,Reynolds WD,Zhang TQ,Oloya TO,McLaughlin NB,Gaynor JD

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stabilization of Pb on additions of P to contaminated soils and mine spoil materials has been well documented. It is clear from the literature that different P sources result in different efficacies of Pb stabilization in the same contaminated material. We hypothesized that the differences in the efficacy of Pb st...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Baker LR,Pierzynski GM,Hettiarachchi GM,Scheckel KG,Newville M

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing number of polluted watersheds and water bodies with total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) has resulted in increased research to find methods that effectively and universally identify fecal pollution sources. A fundamental requirement to identify such methods is understanding the microbial and chemical proce...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Hall KK,Evanshen BG,Maier KJ,Scheuerman PR

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are growing concerns regarding the fate of nutrients, especially phosphorus (P), from land application of animal waste. One approach being studied to reduce runoff losses of P is to treat manure or the soil receiving manure with chemical amendments such as gypsum. This study used rainfall simulations to examine ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Torbert HA,Watts DB

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coastal aquatic ecosystems are increasingly affected by diffuse source nutrient water pollution from agricultural activities in coastal catchments, even though these ecosystems are important from a social, environmental and economic perspective. To warrant sustainable economic development of coastal regions, we need t...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Roebeling PC,Rocha J,Nunes JP,Fidélis T,Alves H,Fonseca S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sediment delivery from hillslopes to rivers is spatially variable and may lead to long-term delays between initial erosion and related sediment yield at the watershed outlet. Consideration of spatial variability is important for developing sound strategies for water quality improvement and soil protection at the water...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Bonumá NB,Rossi CG,Arnold JG,Reichert JM,Minella JP,Allen PM,Volk M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of portable in situ ultraviolet-visual spectrometers has made possible the collection of water quality parameters at a high frequency in dynamic systems such as tidal marshes. The usefulness of this technology is inhibited by fouling of the instrument's optics. In this study, a spectrometer fitted wit...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Etheridge JR,Birgand F,Burchell MR,Smith BT

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of marginal lands for biofuel production has been proposed as a promising solution for meeting biofuel demands while avoiding food-feed-fuel conflicts. However, uncertainty surrounds whether marginal lands can be reliably located, as well as their inherent biofuel potential and the possible environmental impac...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Bandaru V,Izaurralde RC,Manowitz D,Link R,Zhang X,Post WM

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：:The short life span of many street trees in the Montreal downtown area may be due in part to higher than standard concentrations of trace metals in the tree pit soils. The effects of land use, soil organic matter, and time since tree planting in a given tree pit (soil age) were studied with respect to the total concen...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Kargar M,Jutras P,Clark OG,Hendershot WH,Prasher SO

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) loading from the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin (MARB) has been linked to hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. To describe where and from what sources those loads originate, SPAtially Referenced Regression On Watershed attributes (SPARROW) models were constructed for the MARB using geosp...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Robertson DM,Saad DA

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The water quality response to implementation of conservation measures across watersheds has been slower and smaller than expected. This has led many to question the efficacy of these measures and to call for stricter land and nutrient management strategies. In many cases, this limited response has been due to the lega...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Sharpley A,Jarvie HP,Buda A,May L,Spears B,Kleinman P

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wildfire has been shown to increase the short-term (1-3 yr) mobilization of mineral N and P in forest ecosystems of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Lake Tahoe Basin. The ensuing effects on tributary and lake water quality are uncertain. The purpose of this investigation was to assess the impacts on runoff water qualit...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Miller WW,Johnson DW,Gergans N,Carroll-Moore EM,Walker RF,Cody TL,Wone B

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stormwater infiltration basins, one of the typical stormwater best management practices, are commonly constructed for surface water pollution control, flood mitigation, and groundwater restoration in rural or residential areas. These basins have soils with better infiltration capacity than the native soil; however, th...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Xuan Z,Chang NB,Wanielista MP,Williams ES

更新日期：2013-07-01 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

abstract：:In the western United States, sugar beet processing for sugar recovery generates a lime-based waste product (∼250,000 Mg yr) that has little liming value in the region's calcareous soils. This area has recently experienced an increase in dairy production, with dairies using copper (Cu)-based hoof baths to prevent hoof...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Ippolito JA,Strawn DG,Scheckel KG

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Passage of agricultural runoff through vegetated drainage ditches has been shown to reduce the amount of pesticides, such as atrazine, exiting out of agricultural watersheds. Previous studies have found that microbial communities in soil from fields treated with atrazine display enhanced rates of atrazine degradation....

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Tyler HL,Khalid S,Jackson CR,Moore MT

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the extent to which development and road salting has affected Connecticut's groundwater. We gathered water quality data from different time periods between 1894 and the present and analyzed the data using maps generated with ESRI ArcGIS. Historical reports illustrate a statewide baseline trend of d...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Cassanelli JP,Robbins GA

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The New Zealand Greenhouse Gas Inventory (the NZ Inventory) uses country-specific data to quantify CH emissions from anaerobic ponds treating dairy farm effluent (315 Gg CO equivalent [CO-e] in 2009). In this study, we used literature data to: (i) evaluate the accuracy of the NZ Inventory's parameters used to quantify...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Chung ML,Shilton AN,Guieysse B,Pratt C

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restored riparian wetlands in the Upper Mississippi River basin have potential to remove sediment and nutrients from tributaries before they flow into the Mississippi River. For 3 yr we calculated retention efficiencies of a marsh complex, which consisted of a restored marsh and an adjacent natural marsh that were con...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Kreiling RM,Schubauer-Berigan JP,Richardson WB,Bartsch LA,Hughes PE,Cavanaugh JC,Strauss EA

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The variations in the quality of floodwaters from the upper Leichhardt River catchment (1113 km), Mount Isa, in northwest Queensland, Australia, were examined to better understand the impact of urban, mining, and industrial activity on receiving waters. Water sampling was conducted during the 2006-2007 wet season and ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Mackay AK,Taylor MP

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in surface land use may threaten groundwater quality and ecosystem integrity, particularly in shallow aquifers where links between groundwater and surface activities are most intimate. In this study we examine the response of groundwater ecosystem to agricultural land uses in the shallow alluvial aquifer of th...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Korbel KL,Hancock PJ,Serov P,Lim RP,Hose GC

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorus losses from agricultural soils is an important source of P in surface waters leading to surface water quality impairment. In addition to reducing P inputs, mitigation measures are needed to reduce P enrichment of surface waters. Because drainage of agricultural land by pipe drainage is an important pathway ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Groenenberg JE,Chardon WJ,Koopmans GF

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Farmed landscapes are engineered for productivity, and research suggests they contribute a disproportionate share of inorganic C to the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico. Here we use alkalinity and total organic C (TOC) measurements collected from the Raccoon River of Iowa to (i) evaluate inorganic and organic C co...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Jones CS,Schilling KE

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:In their natural state, river floodplains are heterogeneous and dynamic ecosystems that may retain and remove large quantities of nitrogen from surface waters. We compared the soil nitrogen dynamics in different types of habitat patches in a restored and a channelized section of a Thur River floodplain (northeast Swit...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Shrestha J,Niklaus PA,Frossard E,Samaritani E,Huber B,Barnard RL,Schleppi P,Tockner K,Luster J

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural fluctuations in light intensity may significantly affect the amount of CO assimilated by plants and ecosystems. Little is known, however, about the interactive effect of dynamic light conditions and atmospheric CO concentrations. The hypothesis that elevated CO concentration (EC; 700 μmol CO mol) increases pho...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Holišová P,Zitová M,Klem K,Urban O

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00