abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the influence of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)-degrading activity in the fate of fluoranthene in soils. Three soil samples with different degrading activities (an industrial soil, the same industrial soil after biostimulation, and an agricultural soil) were spiked with ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Vessigaud S,Perrin-Ganier C,Belkessam L,Denys S,Schiavon M

更新日期：2007-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The pastoral grazing of farmed red deer (Cervus elaphus) is common in New Zealand. However, red deer have a natural instinct to seek out water and wallow in it. Often, in headwater catchments, they will create a wallow in a wet area connected to a waterway. Aesthetically, wallowing areas can be unpleasant and give the...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： McDowell RW

更新日期：2007-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Field-scale relationships between soil test phosphorus (STP) and flow-weighted mean concentrations (FWMCs) of dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP) and total phosphorus (TP) in runoff are essential for modeling phosphorus losses, but are lacking. The objectives of this study were (i) to determine the relationships betwe...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Little JL,Nolan SC,Casson JP,Olson BM

更新日期：2007-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:During recent decades, a change in land use in the mountainous regions of Northern Thailand has been accompanied by an increased input of agrochemicals. We identified lateral water flow and pesticide transport pathways and mechanisms in a Hapludult on a sloped litchi orchard in Northern Thailand. During two rainy seas...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Kahl G,Ingwersen J,Nutniyom P,Totrakool S,Pansombat K,Thavornyutikarn P,Streck T

更新日期：2007-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Vegetation that develops spontaneously on metal-contaminated soils presents an opportunity to evaluate both metal bioavailability and the risks posed to biota. The behavior of Cd and Zn in the species of a spontaneously developed woodland, colonizing a canal embankment, has been investigated. Nitric-acid-extractable m...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Lepp NW,Madejón P

更新日期：2007-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:High intensity wildfire due to long-term fire suppression and heavy fuels buildup can render watersheds highly susceptible to wind and water erosion. The 2002 "Gondola" wildfire, located just southeast of Lake Tahoe, NV-CA, was followed 2 wk later by a severe hail and rainfall event that deposited 7.6 to 15.2 mm of pr...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Carroll EM,Miller WW,Johnson DW,Saito L,Qualls RG,Walker RF

更新日期：2007-05-25 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：:Acidification of mine wastes can lead to a series of environmental problems, such as acid drainage, heavy metal mobilization, and ecosystem degradation. Prediction of acid-forming potential is one of the key steps in management of sulfide-bearing mine wastes. In this paper, the acid-forming potential of 180 mine waste...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Liao B,Huang LN,Ye ZH,Lan CY,Shu WS

更新日期：2007-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Mobility of dissolved organic matter (DOM) strongly affects the export of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) from soils to surface waters. To study the sorption and mobility of dissolved organic C and P (DOC, DOP) in soil, the pH-dependent sorption of DOM to samples from Ap, EB, and Bt horizons from a Danish agricultural...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Gjettermann B,Styczen M,Hansen S,Borggaard OK,Hansen HC

更新日期：2007-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Theories suggest that rapid microbial growth rates lead to quicker development of metal resistance. We tested these theories by adding hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] to soil, sowing Indian mustard (Brassica juncea), and comparing rhizosphere and bulk soil microbial community responses. Four weeks after the initial Cr(VI...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Ipsilantis I,Coyne MS

更新日期：2007-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Swine manure contains considerable amounts of total (P) and soluble phosphorus (PO(4)-P) which may increase the soil P content when applied in excess to crop requirements and, consequently, risk water eutrophication. The feasibility of using magnesium (Mg) from the by-product of electrolysis and foundries (BPEF) for t...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Parent G,Bélanger G,Ziadi N,Deland JP,Laperrière J

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eutrophication of surface waters due to nonpoint source pollution from urban environments has raised awareness of the need to decrease runoff from roads and other impervious surfaces. These concerns have led to precautionary P application restrictions on turf and requirements for vegetative buffer strips. The impacts ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Steinke K,Stier JC,Kussow WR,Thompson A

更新日期：2007-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term application of phosphorus (P) with animal manure in amounts exceeding removal with crops leads to buildup of P in soil and to increasing risk of P loss to surface water and eutrophication. In most manures, the majority of P is held within inorganic forms, but in soil leachates organic P forms often dominate....

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Koopmans GF,Chardon WJ,McDowell RW

更新日期：2007-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Sand-sized particles (>63 microm) in whole storm water samples collected from urban runoff have the potential to produce data with substantial bias and/or poor precision both during sample splitting and laboratory analysis. New techniques were evaluated in an effort to overcome some of the limitations associated with ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Selbig WR,Bannerman R,Bowman G

更新日期：2007-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Farmers in eastern Colorado have commented that atrazine does not provide the length of weed control that they expected in fields that have received multiple applications of the herbicide. Multiple laboratory studies suggest that atrazine dissipates more rapidly in soils with a history of atrazine use compared with so...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Shaner DL,Henry WB

更新日期：2007-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Practical guidelines addressing the timing of manure and nutrient application must consider the concerns of the farm operators while ensuring the protection of the environment. An approach was developed and analyzed through case studies to determine the first recommended day in the spring, and the last in the fall, fo...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Fallow DJ,Brown DM,Lauzon JD,Parkin GW

更新日期：2007-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfonylurea herbicides are applied at relatively low rates (3 to 40 g ha(-1)) to control weeds in a variety of crops across the Canadian prairies. Because of their high phytotoxicity and the likelihood of their transport in surface runoff, there is concern about their possible impact to aquatic ecosystems. Little is ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Cessna AJ,Donald DB,Bailey J,Waiser M,Headley JV

更新日期：2006-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Acid waste bentonite is a byproduct from vegetable oil bleaching that is acidic (pH < 3.0) and hydrophobic. These materials are currently disposed of in landfills and could potentially have a negative impact on the effective function of microbes that are intolerant of acidic conditions. A study was undertaken using th...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Soda W,Noble AD,Suzuki S,Simmons R,Sindhusen LA,Bhuthorndharaj S

更新日期：2006-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term water quality records for assessing natural variability, impact of management, and that guide regulatory processes to safeguard water resources are rare for California oak woodland rangelands. This study presents a 20-yr record (1981-2000) of nitrate-nitrogen (NO(3)-N) and suspended sediment export from a ty...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Lewis DJ,Singer MJ,Dahlgren RA,Tate KW

更新日期：2006-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the reduction of nutrient loading between uplands and streams is sometimes considered evidence of the effect of wetlands acting as buffer zones, the influence of valley bottom wetlands (VBWs) on NO(3)(-) loading has seldom been assessed at the catchment scale. The objective of this study was to quantify the i...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Montreuil O,Merot P

更新日期：2006-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on limited data for the removal of radioactive (99)Tc by freshwater phytoplankton, it has been thought that phytoplankton are unsuitable for remediation of (99)Tc-contaminated waters. This work sought to verify the validity of this assumption by studying the removal of (99)TcO(4)(-) by freshwater and brackish wa...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Ishii N,Uchida S

更新日期：2006-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Fish are commonly used for monitoring the quality of waters receiving pulp mill effluents (PMEs). Isotopic assays of fish tissues have the potential to provide empirical evidence to link an effluent source to exposure. We show in a 45-d factorial laboratory experiment that different exposure pathways lead to isotopic ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Dubé MG,Benoy GA,Wassenaar LI

更新日期：2006-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of pesticide distribution and persistence in nursery recycling pond water and sediment is critical for preventing phytotoxicity of pesticides during water reuse and to assess their impacts to the environment. In this study, sorption and degradation of four commonly used pesticides (diazinon, chlorpyrifos, ch...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Lu J,Wu L,Newman J,Faber B,Merhaut DJ,Gan J

更新日期：2006-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A commonly used method of measuring enteric methane (CH4) emissions from ruminants is the SF6 tracer technique that measures respired and eructated CH4. However, within the animal, a small proportion of CH4 is produced post-ruminally and some of this may escape through the rectum. The comparison of emissions using a c...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： McGinn SM,Beauchemin KA,Iwaasa AD,McAllister TA

更新日期：2006-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The area under no-till (NT) in Brazil reached 22 million ha in 2004-2005, of which approximately 45% was located in the southern states. From the 1970s to the mid-1980s, this region was a source of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere due to decrease of soil carbon (C) stocks and high consumption of fuel by intensive till...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Amado TJ,Bayer C,Conceição PC,Spagnollo E,de Campos BH,da Veiga M

更新日期：2006-07-06 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：:We examined constraints on soil CO2 respiration in natural oak woodlands, and adjacent vineyards that were converted approximately 30 yr ago from oak woodlands, in the Oakville Region of Napa Valley, California. All sites were located on the same soil type, a Bale (variant) gravelly loam (fine-loamy, mixed, superactiv...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Carlisle EA,Steenwerth KL,Smart DR

更新日期：2006-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential excessive nutrient and/or microbial loading from mismanaged land application of organic fertilizers is forcing changes in animal waste management. Currently, it is not clear to what extent different rates of poultry litter impact soil microbial communities, which control nutrient availability, organic ma...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Acosta-Martínez V,Harmel RD

更新日期：2006-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Consumption of microbially contaminated ground water can cause adverse health effects and the processes involved in pathogen transport in aquifers need to be understood. The influences of distance, flow velocity, and colloid size on colloid transport were examined in homogenous pea-gravel media using an 8-m column and...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Close ME,Pang L,Flintoft MJ,Sinton LW

更新日期：2006-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil organic phosphorus (SOP) can greatly contribute to plant-available P and P nutrition. The study was conducted to determine the effects of organic amendments on organic P fractions and microbiological activities in paddy soils. Samples were collected at the Changshu Agro-ecological Experiment Station in Tahu Lake ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Yang C,Yang L,Jianhua L

更新日期：2006-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have reported a spectrum of sorption phenomena in soils, sediments, and organic matter isolates of those materials that are inconsistent with a partition model proposed in the late 1970s and early 1980s, a model predicated on a hypothesis that sorption is linear and noncompetitive. To explain these no...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Pignatello JJ,Lu Y,LeBoeuf EJ,Huang W,Song J,Xing B

更新日期：2006-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotics may appear in the environment when manure, sewage sludge, and other organic amendments are added to soils. There is concern that the presence of antibiotics in soils may lead to the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria which may spread to the rest of the environment. This paper aims at evaluating t...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Allaire SE,Del Castillo J,Juneau V

更新日期：2006-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorus (P) runoff from manure can lead to eutrophication of surface water and algae growth. This study evaluates the impacts of alternative P reduction practices on dairy farm net returns and on potential P runoff. The P control practices include dairy herd nutrient management, crop nutrient management, and runoff...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Bosch DJ,Wolfe ML,Knowlton KF

更新日期：2006-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of artificially drained organic soils is a very important issue, since the accelerated mineralization and sometimes peat fires alter physical and chemical properties of soils and the availability of plant nutrients. This study was performed to determine relatively short- and long-term effects of peat fi...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Dikici H,Yilmaz CH

更新日期：2006-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Fertilizer leaching affects farm profitability and contributes to nonpoint-source pollution of receiving waters. This work aimed to establish nitrate nitrogen export from La Violada Gully in relation to nitrogen fertilization practices in its basin (La Violada Gully watershed, VGW, 19,637 ha) and especially in La Viol...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Isidoro D,Quílez D,Aragüés R

更新日期：2006-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a critical need to accurately measure the concentrations of natural steroidal estrogens in flushed dairy manure wastewater (FDMW) to assess any potential risk of waterway contamination resulting from land application. Estrogens are a concern because low concentrations (10-100 ng L-1) in water can adversely af...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Hanselman TA,Graetz DA,Wilkie AC,Szabo NJ,Diaz CS

更新日期：2006-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Repeated manure application can lead to excessive soil test P (STP) levels and increased P concentration in runoff, but also to improved water infiltration and reduced runoff. Research was conducted to evaluate soil P tests in prediction of P concentration in runoff and to determine the residual effects of composted m...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Wortmann CS,Walters DT

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influence of soil properties and aging on Cu partitioning and toxicity was assessed on 10 artificial soils constituted using a statistical design considering pH (5.5 and 7.5), organic matter (1-30% [w/w]), and clay content (5-35% [w/w]). Total Cu as well as water-, CaCl2-, and diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTP...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Daoust CM,Bastien C,Deschênes L

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthropogenic nitrate (NO3-) within the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River basin and discharge to the Gulf of Mexico has been linked to serious environmental problems. The sources of this NO3- have been estimated by others using mass balance methods; however, there is considerable uncertainty in these estimates. Part of th...

journal_title：Journal of environmental quality

authors： Panno SV,Hackley KC,Kelly WR,Hwang HH

更新日期：2006-02-02 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