Agricultural Conservation Practices and Related Issues: Reviews of the State of the Art and Research Needs A Conservation Effects Assessment Bibliography Special Reference Briefs Series no. SRB 2004-04 Compiled by Joseph R. Makuch Stuart R. Gagnon Ted J. Sherman Water Quality Information Center National Agricultural Library Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture 1815 citations

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National Agricultural Library Cataloging Record: Makuch, Joseph R. Agricultural conservation practices and related issues : reviews of the state of the art and research needs. (Special reference briefs ; NAL-SRB. 2004-04) 1. Agricultural conservation--United States--Bibliography. 2. Agriculture--Research--United States--Bibliography. I. Gagnon, Stuart R. II. Sherman, Ted J. III. Water Quality Information Center (U.S.) IV. Title. aZ5071.N3 no. 2004-04

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Agricultural Conservation Practices and Related Issues: Reviews of the State of the Art and Research Needs, Special Reference Brief 2004-04. U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. This bibliography is one in a multi-volume set developed by the Water Quality Information Center at the National Agricultural Library in support of the U.S. Department of Agricultures Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP). This bibliography is a guide to recent literature covering agricultural conservation practices and associated issues. This bibliography provides people working in the area of agriculture and the environment with information resources to help them design and implement productive agricultural systems that foster environmental protection and improvement. Keywords: conservation practices, agricultural research, objectives, new methods, conservation programs, Farm Bill Mention of trade names or commercial products in this report is solely for the purpose of providing specific information and does not imply recommendation or endorsement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface 1 About This Bibliography 2 Agricultural Conservation Practices and Related Issues:

Reviews of the State of the Art and Research Needs 3

Subject Index 325 Author Index 375

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Preface

This is one in a series of bibliographies developed by the Water Quality Information Center at the National Agricultural Library in support of the U.S. Department of Agricultures Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP).

The purpose of CEAP is to study the environmental effects of conservation practices implemented through various U.S. Department of Agriculture conservation programs. CEAP will evaluate conservation practices and management systems related to nutrient, manure, and pest management; buffer systems; tillage; irrigation and drainage practices; wetland protection and restoration; and wildlife habitat establishment. More information about CEAP is available at www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/nri/ceap/.

The current titles in this series are Environmental Effects of U.S. Department of Agriculture Conservation Programs

Special Reference Brief 2004-01 Implementing Agricultural Conservation Practices: Barriers and Incentives

Special Reference Brief 2004-02 Data and Modeling for Environmental Credit Trading

Special Reference Brief 2004-03 Agricultural Conservation Practices and Related Issues: Reviews of the State of the Art

and Research Needs Special Reference Brief 2004-04 Each of the documents, as well as bibliographies on similar topics, is accessible online from the Water Quality Information Center at www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/.

The center gratefully acknowledges the following organizations who granted permission to use their citations and/or abstracts in these bibliographies.

BIOSIS, a Thomson business www.biosis.com

CAB International/CABI Publishing www.cabi-publishing.org

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) www.csa.com The H. W. Wilson Company

www.hwwilson.com Midwest Plan Service

www.mwpshq.org

National Information Services Corporation (NISC)

www.nisc.com Natural Resource, Agriculture and

Engineering Service (NRAES) www.nraes.org

OCLC Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS International)

www.pais.org Thomson ISI

www.isinet.com Thomson Zoological, LTD

www.biosis.com In addition, support from the Natural Resources Conservation Service for the development of these bibliographies is greatly appreciated. Joseph R. Makuch, Ph.D. Coordinator Water Quality Information Center

http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/nri/ceap/http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/http://www.biosis.comhttp://www.cabi-publishing.orghttp://www.csa.comhttp://www.hwwilson.comhttp://www.mwpshq.orghttp://www.nisc.comhttp://www.nraes.orghttp://www.pais.orghttp://www.isinet.comhttp://www.biosis.com

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About This Bibliography This bibliography is a guide to recent literature covering agricultural conservation practices and associated issues. It is intended to provide people working in the area of agriculture and the environment with information resources they can use to help design and implement productive agricultural systems that foster environmental protection and improvement. A range of conservation practices and environmental issues associated with agricultural landscapes is covered. Rather than being a listing of the many individual studies done on conservation practices, this bibliography focuses on literature reviews, summary articles, white papers and booksdocuments where information has already been combined and synthesized from many sources. Taken as a whole, the bibliography is an overview of the current understanding of conservation practices, including the research needed to improve practices. There are 1,815 citations with abstracts (when available) in this bibliography. Citations were found through literature searches of the AGRICOLA database, produced by the National Agricultural Library, and several commercial bibliographic databases. In addition, Water Quality Information Center staff created citations for documents that were located by other means. Documents cited were published from 1993 through 2003 (with a few included from early 2004). URLs are provided for online documents that are freely available. The inclusion or omission of a particular citation does not imply endorsement or disapproval. Citations are arranged alphabetically by title. To locate information on a specific topic, for example, conservation tillage, use the subject index beginning on page 325. To ensure that you see all the relevant citations for a particular topic, be sure to also look up related terms in the subject index, for example, no till, ridge till, etc., from the example above. An author index is also available beginning on page 375. To obtain a specific document, please contact your local library. Information on how to obtain documents from the National Agricultural Library can be found at www.nal.usda.gov/ddsb/.

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Agricultural Conservation Practices and Related Issues: Reviews of the State of the Art and Research Needs

1. 1998 Literature Review. Water Environment Research 70 (4): 385-976. (1998) NAL Call #: TD419.R47; ISSN: 1047-7624 Descriptors: environmental monitoring/ waste treatment/ wastewater treatment/ agricultural wastes/ sediment transport/ groundwater/ nonpoint source pollution Abstract: This issue is comprised of 46 different reviews on environmental topics in six categories: Measurement and Monitoring of Pollutants; Treatment Systems; Industrial Wastes; Hazardous Wastes; Fate and Effects of Pollutants; and Administration.

2. Abatement of volatile organic sulfur compounds in odorous emissions from the bio-industry. Smet, E and Van Langenhove, H Biodegradation 9 (3-4): 273-284. (1998); ISSN: 0923-9820 Descriptors: volatile organic sulfur compounds: abatement, pollutants/ biodegradation/ biotechnology/ odorous emissions: treatment/ wastewater treatment Abstract: Compounds of interest in this work are methanethiol (MeSH), dimethyl sulfide (Me2S), dimethyl polysulfides (Me2Sx) and carbon disulfide (CS2) since these volatiles have been identified as predominant odorants in the emission of a wide range of activities in the bio-industry (e.g. aerobic waste water treatment plants, composting plants, rendering plants). In these processes, the occurrence of volatile organic sulfur compounds is mainly related to the pre