Advances in Soil Science

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Chemistry of Phosphorus Transformations in Soil.
• I. Introduction.
• II. Physicochemical Processes Governing Phosphorus Concentration in Soil Solution.
• III. Reactions of Phosphorus Fertilizers in Soil.
• IV. Chemistry of Phosphorus Transformations in Submerged Soil.
• V. Soil Organic Phosphorus.
• VI. Phosphorus Management Options.
• VII. Unresolved Challenges.
• References.
• Equilibrium-Based Modeling of Chemical Sorption on Soils and Soil Constituents.
• II. Selection of Solid and Aqueous Phase Components for Validating a Proposed Model.
• III. In Search of a Model: The Tools for Soil Chemists.
• IV. Use of Equilibrium-Based Models in Combination with Other Approaches for Modeling Sorption Reactions.
• Determination of Nutrient Availability and Elemental Toxicity by AB-DTPA Soil Test and ICPS.
• II. Theoretical Principles of the Ammonium Bicarbonate-DTPA (AB-DTPA) Soil Test.
• III. Theoretical Principles of Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICPS).
• IV. Elements Extracted with Ammonium Bicarbonate-DTPA.
• V. Analysis of Ammonium Bicarbonate-DTPA Extracts Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectometry.
• VI. Interpretation of Results.
• VII. Conclusions.
• Effects of Sewage Sludge Application on Soil Microbial Processes and Soil Fertility.
• II. Effects of Sewage Sludge and Heavy Metals on Soil Microbial Processes.
• III. Resistance of Soil Microorganisms to Elevated Heavy Metal Concentrations in Soil.
• IV. Conclusions.
• Estimating Soil Water Retention from Soil Physical Properties and Characteristics.
• II. Soil Physical Properties and Characteristics.
• III. Approaches for Estimating Soil Water Retention from Soil Physical Properties and Characteristics.
• IV. Water Retention Data Bases.
• V. Conclusions.