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{"title":"Side by side comparison of micro-vacuum dust collection versus dust wipe for Pb determination in household dust samples.","authors":"Chandima Wekumbura, Ganga M Hettiarachchi, Christina Sobin","doi":"10.1002/jeq2.70052","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jeq2.70052","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dust collection is essential for tracing lead sources and determining mitigation measures with accurate sampling and analysis. Two different simulated dust mixtures, Pb-contaminated soil and paint of three different lead concentrations, were used to test the comparability of a modified micro-vacuum sampling method to the currently recommended dust wipe method. The standard dust wipes and a modified micro-vacuum method (20 Lpm flow rate, 2 cm length Nalgene Tygon tube inlet, 2 min per 30 cm × 30 cm area) were used to collect dust and subsequent analysis. Bland-Altman's plots indicated very good agreement between methods, with minimal bias and acceptable variability. For Pb-containing soil dust at 1200 and paint dust at 1000 mg kg^-1 concentration of Pb, methods did not differ significantly. For lower lead concentration samples, the dust extraction method from vacuum cassettes was negatively affected, resulting in significantly lower lead loadings than the dust wipe method; in follow-up studies in selected samples, sonication facilitated more complete extraction (76%-91%) from vacuum cassettes. Overall, results suggested potential for developing a standardized micro-vacuum method with additional benefits for house dust collection.</p>","PeriodicalId":15732,"journal":{"name":"Journal of environmental quality","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144333194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Selecting performance indicators for farms and ranches engaged in collaborative agroecosystem research.","authors":"Megan Donovan, Sheri Spiegal, Nicole Kaplan, David Archer, Alycia Bean, Sarah E J Beebout, Brandon T Bestelmeyer, Patrick Clark, Alia DeLong, Ann-Marie Fortuna, Claire N Friedrichsen, David L Hoover, David Huggins, Peter J A Kleinman, Matthew M McIntosh, Chris S Renschler, John Ritten, Douglas R Smith, Nicholas P Webb, J D Wulfhorst","doi":"10.1002/jeq2.70051","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jeq2.70051","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The pace of global change complicates the assessment of the outcomes of agricultural management, hindering decision-making by producers, researchers, and consumers. The Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Network (LTAR) is in a unique position to advance monitoring to inform decision-making. Here, we describe how the network selected performance indicators designed to measure the trade-offs from various farming and ranching approaches. Indicator selection was motivated by the need for common indicators that apply to the diversity of LTAR sites, but they are intended for widespread use by producers and other managers via the Agricultural Performance Indicator and Context Knowledge System (AgPICKS). An initial set of domains, attributes, and indicators was developed via synthesis of structured conversations at national LTAR meetings. Early use revealed the need for a systematically inclusive process toward improvement. We designed and implemented an iterative decision-making protocol to reach a consensus for a new version. The indicator framework differs from others in its attention to production and social outcomes and its grounding in networked agricultural science. Next steps entail developing web tools and personnel for AgPICKS that use LTAR's data and knowledge ecosystem to guide users in setting benchmarks of the desired conditions for their prioritized indicators, collect data, and visualize data to assess how well their management meets their benchmarks, toward the accurate measurement of management outcomes in a changing world.</p>","PeriodicalId":15732,"journal":{"name":"Journal of environmental quality","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144333193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Greenhouse gas emissions altered by the introduction of a year-long fallow to continuous rice systems.","authors":"Zhenglin Zhang, Tommy L D Fenster, Bruce A Linquist","doi":"10.1002/jeq2.70055","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jeq2.70055","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Rice (Oryza sativa L.) production in California follows a norm of mono-cropping with little to no rotations or fallows. Both winter droughts, which lead to water restrictions, and spring rains, which inhibit field machinery operations, have resulted in increased fallow frequencies, where no crop is grown during the summer growing season. A 3-year field study was conducted to investigate summer and winter greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (CH₄ and N₂O) in three treatments: continuous rice (CR), rice following the introduction of a year-long fallow (FR), and the fallow phase (F). Summer CH₄ emissions were lower in FR than CR in 2 out of 3 years, averaging a 33% reduction across years. Particulate organic carbon and mineral-associated organic carbon levels in CR and FR were similar in the year with no treatment effect on CH₄ emissions-potentially due to differences in residue management. There were negligible summer CH₄ emissions in F. Summer N₂O emissions were low for all three treatments. Summer global warming potentials (GWP) accounted for more than 96% of annual GWP in CR (13,937 kg CO₂eq ha^-1) and FR (9,236 kg CO₂eq ha^-1). For F, the winter season accounted for 94% of the annual GWP (413 kg CO₂eq ha^-1) due to N₂O emissions. Overall, this study provides a valuable resource for quantifying changes in GHG emissions when fallow periods are introduced into rice monoculture in California.</p>","PeriodicalId":15732,"journal":{"name":"Journal of environmental quality","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144333192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Soil health and community well-being: A framework of intangible outcomes of sustainable agriculture.","authors":"Claire Friedrichsen, Hailey Wilmer, Courtney Hammond Wagner, Alia DeLong","doi":"10.1002/jeq2.70049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.70049","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Social outcomes of agricultural practice adoption are often excluded from adoption studies, particularly outcomes related to community well-being. In large part, this is because assessing the social well-being outcomes of sustainable agricultural practices lacks a widely accepted framework. This study fills the gap by identifying community well-being domains and attributes related to the impacts of agricultural management. Semi-structured interviews via Zoom with 42 underrepresented producers across the United States during the winter of 2021 captured producers' perceived broader community well-being outcomes of soil health management. Producers were selected to represent Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) network sites and interests, a national network of diverse cropping, livestock, and integrated agricultural research sites. Two rounds of coding, first inductive and then deductive, were based on the community well-being framework and the 4Cs of ecosystem assessment: conditions, capabilities, connections, and crosscutting. The data revealed three major domains of how soil health management contributes to the conditions, capabilities, and connections that underlie community well-being, aligning with the 4Cs framework. Within these three domains, we identify 16 attributes specific to agricultural management, including sense of place, recreation and tourism, and community safety, among others. These domains and associated attributes notably expand the range of measurable outcomes of soil health practice adoption. The new data contribute to the development of social sustainability indicators and efforts to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion within agricultural innovation. Additionally, this research provides an empirical, theoretically based framework of social sustainability indicators for agricultural sustainability assessments across the LTAR network.</p>","PeriodicalId":15732,"journal":{"name":"Journal of environmental quality","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144325929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact of dissolved organic matter chemical properties on perfluorooctane sulfonate solution binding affinities and adsorption on soils.","authors":"Yaniv Olshansky, John Lawhon, Ann Ojeda, Natalia Melina, Thorsten Knappenberger","doi":"10.1002/jeq2.70048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.70048","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The fate and bioavailability of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in soils is significantly influenced by its interactions with dissolved organic matter (DOM), which is elevated in soil solutions due to the land application of organic amendments. Evaluating the effects of DOM chemical properties on PFOS affinity and adsorption-desorption processes in soil is essential to better predict PFOS behavior in soils. We studied the interactions between PFOS and DOM from locally sourced and commercial organic amendments, including biosolids, animal manure, composts, and humic acid. Additionally, we measured PFOS adsorption on a kaolinitic Ultisol (Gwinnett) and adsorption-desorption on a smectitic Vertisol (Vaiden). PFOS affinity for DOM was strongly correlated with the humification index (HIX, r² = 0.94), protein-like fluorophores (C3, r² = 0.76), and aromaticity (specific UV absorption at 254 nm [SUVA₂₅₄], r² = 0.71). The presence of 100 mg C L⁻¹ DOM from biosolids and animal waste enhanced PFOS adsorption by up to 90%, whereas DOM from plant and terrestrial sources reduced adsorption by as much as 40%. Strong correlations were observed between PFOS adsorption enhancement on Gwinnett and C3 (r² = 0.72), SUVA₂₅₄ (r² = 0.68), and HIX (r² = 0.62). In contrast, PFOS adsorption on Vaiden was substantially lower and less influenced by DOM, though DOM type still affected PFOS adsorption-desorption hysteresis on Vaiden. This study offers a framework for using easily measurable DOM chemical properties to predict DOM's impact on PFOS fate and behavior in soils.</p>","PeriodicalId":15732,"journal":{"name":"Journal of environmental quality","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144302214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ecotoxicological effects of individual and combined treatments of chlortetracycline and oxytetracycline on seed germination and seedling growth of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).","authors":"Xiaoqian Liu, Jirong Zhu, Jin Liang, Fan Li, Rui Meng, Xuwei Ma, Minghua Xiong","doi":"10.1002/jeq2.70045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.70045","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A significant issue facing the world today is the antibiotics pollution of agroecosystems. Chlortetracycline (CTC) and oxytetracycline (OTC) are frequently detected antibiotics in soil. However, little is known about their ecotoxicological effects on crops. Here, the potential adverse effect of CTC and OTC individually and in combination on germination, growth, antioxidant enzyme, malondialdehyde (MDA), chlorophyll, and soluble protein (SP) in Triticum aestivum L. grown in soil contaminated with 1, 10, and 50 mg (CTC and/or OTC) × kg^-1 of soil was tested. The results showed that low concentrations (1 mg·kg^-1) of CTC, OTC, and combinations of antibiotics (CA) promoted seeds germination and root elongation, which were inhibited by high concentrations (50 mg·kg^-1) of CTC or OTC. CTC and/or OTC-exposure significantly reduced plant heights, with OTC having the most pronounced effects. Biomass accumulation was not evidently influenced by CTC or OTC but was significantly increased by their mixture. Peroxidase, superoxide dismutase, catalase activity, and MDA level increased with elevated CTC and/or OTC concentrations, indicating oxidative damage to wheat. Chlorophyll, carotenoid, and SP were decreased by exposure to low concentration of CTC and/or OTC but were slightly increased with the increase in concentration. Integrated biomarker response (IBR) analysis indicated CA (IBR = 13.00) had the most profound impact, followed by CTC (IBR = 12.49) and OTC (IBR = 11.97) had the least influence at the highest concentration (50 mg·kg^-1). These results contribute to a deeper understanding of the physiological toxicity of CTC and oxytetracycline alone and in combination on wheat and provide a basis for further assessment of their potential ecological risks.</p>","PeriodicalId":15732,"journal":{"name":"Journal of environmental quality","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144258194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"PFAS in biotic and abiotic matrices in coastal and estuarine ecosystems: Temporal and seasonal distribution, discharge and environmental impacts.","authors":"Mohammad Nazmul Ehsan, Md Nahid Pervez, S M Masum Alam, Yanna Liang, Vincenzo Naddeo","doi":"10.1002/jeq2.70047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.70047","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Besides freshwater ecosystems such as lakes and rivers, estuaries and coastal regions are crucial to the global distribution of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) through the ocean and their impacts and transport throughout the food web. This review includes a comprehensive assessment of the concentration and distribution of legacy and emerging PFAS compounds in living species, such as plants and aquatic creatures, as well as in abiotic components, such as surface water and sediment within estuarine ecosystems. This paper also explores the temporal and seasonal patterns of PFAS emissions, as well as the fate of both long- and short-chain PFAS compounds. Furthermore, it discusses the partitioning behavior, bioaccumulation, and trophic magnification of PFAS in estuarine environments. PFAS are widespread in estuary sediment and surface water, and sediments continue to serve as a significant reservoir for these substances. The temporal trend suggests that the introduction of legislation and the gradual phaseout of some PFAS groups may have led to a decrease in their concentration levels. Elevated levels of PFAS in estuary aquatic animals and their ability to bioaccumulate and biomagnify in aquatic food webs could lead to long-term negative health effects on the surrounding population and ecosystem.</p>","PeriodicalId":15732,"journal":{"name":"Journal of environmental quality","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144248194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Delaying application and injecting nitrogen fertilizer with urease and nitrification inhibitors decreased nitrous oxide emissions and enhanced corn yields.","authors":"A L Woodley, C F Drury, X Y Yang, L A Phillips, W D Reynolds, W Calder, T O Oloya","doi":"10.1002/jeq2.70044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.70044","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Early season nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions following nitrogen fertilizer application can be significant if spring rains lead to anaerobic conditions before the crop is established and able to utilize the applied N. However, delaying fertilizer application by 4-5 weeks after planting usually results in warmer temperatures which promote ammonia (NH₃) volatilization losses. This 3-year study on a clay loam soil compared NH₃ losses, N₂O emissions, and corn (Zea mays L.) grain yields for pre-plant urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) injection versus side-dress UAN injection using no inhibitors, a urease inhibitor, or a urease and nitrification inhibitor. Side-dress N-application resulted in 13% greater corn grain yields compared to pre-plant N application when averaged over the inhibitor treatments. Pre-plant UAN with a urease inhibitor had 59% greater N₂O emissions (2.15 kg N ha^-1) than pre-plant injected UAN with a urease and nitrification inhibitor (1.35 kg N ha^-1); pre-plant UAN injection with no inhibitors produced intermediate N₂O losses (1.89 kg N ha^-1). Delaying UAN application to side-dress in 2015, the year with above-normal spring precipitation, decreased N₂O emissions (1.24 kg N ha^-1) by 52% compared to pre-plant UAN (2.56 kg N ha^-1); however, side-dress application had minimal impact on N₂O in the subsequent 2 years which had drier spring conditions. The dual urease and nitrification inhibitor treatment reduced yield-scaled N₂O emissions by 37% compared to urease only when averaged over the timing treatments. Side-dress N application reduced yield-scaled N₂O emissions by 28% compared to pre-plant application when averaged over the inhibitor treatments. Urease plus nitrification inhibitors combined with side-dress UAN application increased corn yields and decreased N₂O losses, whereas urease inhibitors alone increased N₂O emissions.</p>","PeriodicalId":15732,"journal":{"name":"Journal of environmental quality","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144234252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Testing Wisconsin P index assessments across cropping systems.","authors":"Laura Good, Hava Blair, Jessica Sherman, Eric Young","doi":"10.1002/jeq2.70042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.70042","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Managing agricultural runoff phosphorus (P) often requires understanding management effects on both dissolved P (DP) and particulate (sediment-bound) P (PP). The Wisconsin P index (WPI) allows producers to assess land management effects on runoff P by estimating annual P losses in mass per unit area. We used monitoring data to test the WPI's ability to identify P loss tradeoffs between tilled corn silage and perennial forage cropping systems and WPI's sensitivity to treatment differences within each cropping system. Overall, WPI P loss estimates were supported by monitoring results, with higher total P losses for the corn system dominated by PP (84%) and smaller losses from the perennial forage system dominated by DP (86%). Notably, the WPI also distinguished most treatment differences within systems. Greater than 50% of annual runoff occurred during winter for both systems and was generally underestimated by WPI. However, when measured suspended sediment, precipitation, and runoff were used in the WPI, stronger relationships between measured and estimated PP kg ha^-1 year^-1 (r²= 0.94-0.95) and DP kg ha^-1 year^-1 (r²= 0.63-0.91) were observed. The WPI also underestimated sediment P concentration and DP loss from hay while overestimating DP loss from corn, highlighting specific opportunities for improvement. The WPI is embedded in nutrient management planning software widely used in Wisconsin (available online at snapplus.wisc.edu); however, the model can be adapted to other cold climate regions to support both crop production and environmental sustainability goals.</p>","PeriodicalId":15732,"journal":{"name":"Journal of environmental quality","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144208695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Long-term cover cropping and nitrogen fertilization impacts on net global warming potential of continuous no-till cotton cropping system.","authors":"Jashanjeet Kaur Dhaliwal, Facundo Lussich, Sindhu Jagadamma, Aaron Smith, Debasish Saha","doi":"10.1002/jeq2.70046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.70046","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The introduction of cover crops, owing to their positive effects on soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration, is a potential management practice that can mitigate agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. In this study, we leveraged a 42-year-old continuous cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) experiment under no tillage, to evaluate the effect of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa; HV) and no cover crop (NC) under N rates of 0 (no fertilizer [NF]) and 67 kg N ha^-1 (fertilized [F]), on net global warming potential (GWP) and greenhouse gas intensity (GHGI). The annual SOC sequestration rate was not significantly different in the F (115.1 kg ha^-1 year^-1) and HV (107.4 kg ha^-1 year^-1) treatments compared to the NF (103.2 kg ha^-1 year^-1) and NC (110.8 kg ha^-1 year^-1) treatments. Soil under HV and F treatments behaved as a net source of GHGs in 2022, with a GWP of 243 and 294 kg CO₂-eq ha^-1 year^-1, respectively. By contrast, in 2023, these treatments were net sinks of GHGs. Despite the increase in cotton lint yield under legume cover cropping and N fertilization, the GHGI followed the same trend as the net GWP, being net source of GHG in 2022 and a net sink in 2023. Nearly all estimated C gains were offset by N₂O emissions under these treatments in 2022-2023. Our results indicate that GHG mitigation through the adoption of legume cover cropping within cotton systems in humid subtropical climates is constrained by low soil C sequestration potential and elevated N₂O emissions.</p>","PeriodicalId":15732,"journal":{"name":"Journal of environmental quality","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144208694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}