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Soil Protection and Remediation Group Publications 1986-1990

Books

  1. McGrath, S.P. and Loveland, P.J. (1992) The Soil Geochemical Atlas of England and Wales. Blackie, Glasgow.

Papers published in refereed journals

  1. Brookes, P.C., Heijnen, Caroline, E., McGrath, S.P. and Vance, E.D. (1986) Soil microbial biomass estimates in soils contaminated with metals. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 18, 383-388.
  2. McGrath, S.P., Sanders, J.R., Laurie, S.H. and Tancock, N.P. (1986) Experimental determinations and computer predictions of trace metal ion concentrations in dilute complex solutions. The Analyst 111, 459-465.
  3. Brookes, P.C., McGrath, S.P. and Heijnen, C.E. (1986) Metal residues in soils previously treated with sewage-sludge and their effects on growth and nitrogen fixation by blue-green algae. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 18, 345-353.
  4. Stafford, E.A. and McGrath, S.P. (1986) The use of acid insoluble residue to correct for the presence of soil-derived metals in the gut of earthworms used as bio-indicator organisms. Environmental Pollution (Series A) 42, 233-246.
  5. Sanders, J.R., McGrath, S.P. and Adams, T.M. (1986) Zinc, copper and nickel concentrations in ryegrass grown on sludge-contaminated soils of different pH. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 37, 961-968.
  6. Byers, M., McGrath, S.P. and Webster, R. (1987) A survey of the sulphur content of wheat grown in Britain. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 38, 151-160.
  7. Sanders, J.R., McGrath, S.P. and Adams, T.M. (1987) Zinc, copper and nickel concentrations in soil extracts and crops grown on four soils treated with metal-loaded sewage sludges. Environmental Pollution 44, 193-210.
  8. McGrath, S.P. (1987) Computerized quality control, statistics and regional mapping of the concentrations of trace and major elements in the soil of England and Wales. Soil Use and Management 3, 31-38.
  9. Brookes, P.C. and McGrath, S.P. (1987) Adenylate energy charge in metal-contaminated soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 19, 219>-220.
  10. Sanders, J.R. and McGrath, S.P. (1988) Experimental measurements and computer predictions of copper complex formation by soluble soil organic matter. Environmental Pollution 49, 63-76.
  11. McGrath, S.P., Sanders, J.R. and Shalaby, M.H. (1988) The effect of soil organic matter levels on soil solution concentrations and extractabilities of manganese, zinc and copper. Geoderma 42, 177-188.
  12. McGrath, S.P., and Brookes, P.C. and Giller, K.E. (1988) Effects of potentially toxic metals in soil derived from past applications of sewage sludge on nitrogen fixation by Trifolium repens L. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 20, 415-424.
  13. Goulding, K.W.T., McGrath, S.P. and Johnston, A.E. (1989) Predicting the lime requirement of soils under permanent grassland and arable crops. Soil Use and Management 5, 54-57.
  14. Giller, K.E., McGrath, S.P. and Hirsch, P.R. (1989) Absence of nitrogen fixation in clover grown on soil subject to long term contamination with heavy metals is due to survival of only ineffective Rhizobium. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 21, 841-848.
  15. McGrath, S.P. and Lane, P.W. (1989) An explanation for the apparent losses of metals in a long-term field experiment with sewage sludge. Environmental Pollution 60, 235-256.
  16. Wild, S.R., McGrath, S.P. and Jones, K.C. (1990) The polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) content of archived sewage sludges. Chemosphere 20, 703-716.
  17. Koomen, I., McGrath, S.P. and Giller, K.E. (1990) Mycorrhizal infection of clover is delayed in soils contaminated with heavy metals from past sewage sludge applications. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 22, 871-873.
  18. Wild, S.R., Waterhouse, K.S., McGrath, S.P. and Jones, K.C. (1990) Organic contaminants in an agricultural soil with a known history of sewage sludge amendments: polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. Environmental Science and Technology 24, 1706-1711.

Chapters in books and conference proceedings

  1. McGrath, S.P. and Brookes, P.C. (1986) Effects of long-term sludge additions on microbial biomass and microbial processes in soil. In: Factors influencing sludge utilisation practices in Europe. Eds. H. Haeni, R.D. Davis and S. Gupta. Elsevier Applied Science Publishers, London, pp. 80-89.
  2. Brookes, P.C. and McGrath, S.P. (1986) Effects of heavy metal accumulation in field soils treated with sewage sludge on soil microbial processes and soil fertility. In: Microbial Communities in Soil, FEMS Symposium publication, Copenhagen, Eds. V. Jensen, A. Kjoller and L.H. Sorensen, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 327-343.
  3. McGrath, S.P. (1986) The range of metal concentrations in topsoils of England and Wales in relation to soil protection guidelines. In: Trace Substances in Environmental Health, Ed. D.D. Hemphill. Proceedings of the 2Oth Conference on Trace Substances in Environmental Health at University of Missouri-Columbia, 1986, pp. 242-252.
  4. McGrath, S.P., Cunliffe, C.H. and Pope, A.J. (1987) Lead, zinc, cadmium, copper and nickel concentrations in the topsoils of England and Wales. Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Geochemistry and Health, 16-17 April 1985, Ed. I. Thornton, Science Reviews Ltd., Middlesex, pp. 52-58.
  5. McGrath, S.P. (1987) Long-term studies of metal transfers following applications of sewage sludge. In: Pollutant Transport and Fate in Ecosystems. Eds. P.J. Coughtrey, M.H. Martin and M.H. Unsworth. Special Publication No.6 of the British Ecological Society, Blackwell Scientific, Oxford, pp.301-317.
  6. McGrath, S.P. and Till, A.R. (1987) Uptake of sulphur following foliar applications of elemental sulphur. Compte-rendus Symposium International du Soufre Elementaire en Agriculture, Vol. 1, Syndicat Français du Soufre, Marseille, pp. 369-370.
  7. McGrath, S.P., Brookes, P.C. and Giller, K.E. (1987) Long-term biological effects of applying metal-contaminated sewage sludge to soil. In: Heavy Metals in the Environment, Eds. S.E. Lindberg and T.C. Hutchinson, Vol.1, New Orleans, C.E.P., Edinburgh, pp. 372-376.
  8. Goulding, K.W.T., McGrath, S.P. and Johnston, A.E. (1988) Optimization of lime applications to soils under permanent grassland and arable crops. 7th I.A.O.P.N. Colloquium, Nyborg, Denmark, 1988. Paper 402, 6 pp.
  9. McGrath, S.P., Hirsch, P.R. and Giller, K.E. (1988) Effects of heavy metal contamination on the genetics of nitrogen-fixing populations of Rhizobium leguminosarum nodulating white clover. In: Environmental Contamination, Venice, (ed. A.A. Orio). C.E.P. Edinburgh, pp. 164-166.
  10. McGrath, S.P. (1989) Existing soil protection guidelines which limit concentrations of heavy metals in British soils. Published in: Beurteilung von Schwertmetallkontaminationen im Boden. Series: DECHEMA- Fachgespräche Umweltschutz. Dechema, Frankfurt pp. 107-118.
  11. McGrath, S.P., Brookes, P.C. and Giller, K.E. (1989) Investigations of the mobility, availability and effects of heavy metal contamination in soil. Published in: Beurteilung von Schwertmetallkontaminationen im Boden. Series: Dechema-Fachgesprche Umweltschutz. DECHEMA, Frankfurt pp. 341-344.
  12. Johnston, A.E., McGrath, S.P., Poulton, P.R. and Lane, P.W. (1989) Accumulation and loss of nitrogen from manure, sludge and compost: long-term experiments at Rothamsted and Woburn. In: Nitrogen in Organic Wastes Applied to Soils (Eds J.AA. Hansen and K. Henriksen), Academic Press, London, pp. 126-139.
  13. McGrath, S.P. and Smith, S. (1990) Chromium and nickel. In: Heavy Metals in Soils. (Ed. B.J. Alloway), Chapter 7, Blackie, Glasgow, pp.125-150.

Other publications

  1. McGrath, S.P. and Johnston, A.E. (1986) Sulphur -Crop Nutrient and Fungicide. Span (Progress in Agriculture) 29, 57-59.
  2. Brookes, P.C. and McGrath, S.P. (1986) Effects of metal residues from past applications of sewage-sludge on soil microbial biomass and N2-fixation. In: Proceedings 4th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Ljubljana, 1986, p.140.
  3. McGrath, S.P. (1986) Long-term effects of contaminants in soils. In: Commission of the European Communities. Concerted Action Treatment and Use of Organic Sludge and Liquid Agricultural Wastes COST 681 Report of the Community - Cost Concertation Committee on 1984-1985 activities. Part II Scientific Report Annex VII. SL/109/85 CEC Brussels, pp. 74-78.
  4. McGrath, S.P. and Johnston, A.E. (1987) Le Soufre en Grande-Bretagne. Perspectives Agricoles 111, Février, 45-47.
  5. McGrath, S.P., Brookes, P.C. and Giller, K.E. (1987) Long-term biological effects of metals after applications of sewage sludge. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 40, 320-322.
  6. Giller, K.E., McGrath, S.P. and Brookes, P.C. (1987) Suppression of nitrogen fixation in clover on soil contaminated with heavy metals. In: Meeting on Plant and Soil Nitrogen Metabolism, Sussex, 1987. London: AFRC, p.68.
  7. Hirsch, P.R., Giller, K.E. and McGrath, S.P. (1988) Rhizobia isolated from root nodules of clover grown on soils with heavy metal contamination. In: Nitrogen Fixation: Hundred Years After (Ed. H. Bothe, F.J. de Bruijn and W.E. Newton), p. 816. Gustav Fischer: Stuttgart, New York.
  8. Giller, K.E., McGrath, S.P. and Hirsch, P.R. (1988) Suppression of N2-fixation in clover on soil contaminated with heavy metals. In: Nitrogen Fixation: Hundred Years After (Ed. H. Bothe, F.J. de Bruijn and W.E. Newton), p.813. Gustav Fischer: Stuttgart, New York.
  9. Giller, K.E. and McGrath, S.P. (1988) Pollution by toxic metals on agricultural soils. Nature 335, 676.
  10. Giller, K.E. and McGrath, S.P. (1989) Muck, metals and microbes. New Scientist, 4 November 1989, pp.31-32.
  11. McGrath, S.P. (1989) Crop Growth and Composition. In: Soil Quality Assessment. (Ed. F.A.M. de Haan, Wageningen Agricultural University). EC Brussels, March 1989, 35 pp.
  12. Baker, A.J.M.B., McGrath, S.P. and Reeves, R.D (1990) The potential for use of metal-accumulating plants in the decontamination of soils polluted by heavy metals. In: Abstracts of Proceedings of International Conference on Metals in Soils, Waters, Plants and Animals. Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Georgia, USA, Abstract No. 188.
  13. McGrath, S.P. and K.W.T. Goulding (1990) Deposition of sulphur and nitrogen from the atmosphere. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 53, 426-427.
  14. McEwen, J., Yeoman, D.P. and McGrath, S.P. (1990) Effects of pH, phosphate and manganese on spring-sown Vicia faba L. FABIS Newsletter 27, 18-20.

Reports and other material

  1. Withers, P.J.A., Skinner, R.J. and McGrath, S.P. (1988) Report on sulphur deficiency in cereals, oilseed rape and grass. MAFF ADAS, 21 pp.