{"_id":"4czS45nKHjfoadqRv","bibbaseid":"fitzgerald-transformationsofsulphateinforestedandagriculturallands-1982","downloads":0,"creationDate":"2018-08-10T13:53:08.937Z","title":"Transformations of sulphate in forested and agricultural lands","author_short":["Fitzgerald, J. W."],"year":1982,"bibtype":"article","biburl":"https://utexas.box.com/shared/static/1aa39ptglchcfuw9c04ozm0pqjlxu4rw.bib","bibdata":{"bibtype":"article","type":"article","title":"Transformations of sulphate in forested and agricultural lands","url":"http://cwt33.ecology.uga.edu/publications/2146.pdf","abstract":"The physiochemical and biological fates of exogenous inorganic sulphate in agricultural and forest soils were considered. Emphasis was given to the capacities of these soils to adsorb sulphate and to convert the sulphur of the remaining non-adsorbed anion into soil organic sulphur. While agricultural and forest systems can differ substantially in capacity for sulphate adsorption, both systems can incorporate sulphate as ester sulphate into organic matter. Ester-linked sulphur may also represent the form of soil organic sulphur which is reconverted to inorganic sulphate in response to plant growth. Existing evidence suggests that the formation of soil organic sulphur is regulated by energy availability, whereas the reconversion process may be dictated by levels of available inorganic sulphate. Emphasis was also given to the possibility, based upon the limited information available on the biological fate of sulphate, that generalizations and comparisons relating to forested and agricultural systems may be premature at present. Further detailed study of sulphate adsorption and biological fate is warranted in view of the increasing environmental importance of sulphate as a major constituent of acidic precipitation.","journal":"Proceedings:International Sulphur '82 Conference, London","author":[{"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Fitzgerald"],"firstnames":["J.","W."],"suffixes":[]}],"year":"1982","keywords":"CWT","bibtex":"@article{fitzgerald_transformations_1982,\n\ttitle = {Transformations of sulphate in forested and agricultural lands},\n\turl = {http://cwt33.ecology.uga.edu/publications/2146.pdf},\n\tabstract = {The physiochemical and biological fates of exogenous inorganic sulphate in agricultural and forest soils were considered. Emphasis was given to the capacities of these soils to adsorb sulphate and to convert the sulphur of the remaining non-adsorbed anion into soil organic sulphur. While agricultural and forest systems can differ substantially in capacity for sulphate adsorption, both systems can incorporate sulphate as ester sulphate into organic matter. Ester-linked sulphur may also represent the form of soil organic sulphur which is reconverted to inorganic sulphate in response to plant growth. Existing evidence suggests that the formation of soil organic sulphur is regulated by energy availability, whereas the reconversion process may be dictated by levels of available inorganic sulphate. Emphasis was also given to the possibility, based upon the limited information available on the biological fate of sulphate, that generalizations and comparisons relating to forested and agricultural systems may be premature at present. Further detailed study of sulphate adsorption and biological fate is warranted in view of the increasing environmental importance of sulphate as a major constituent of acidic precipitation.},\n\tjournal = {Proceedings:International Sulphur '82 Conference, London},\n\tauthor = {Fitzgerald, J. W.},\n\tyear = {1982},\n\tkeywords = {CWT}\n}\n\n","author_short":["Fitzgerald, J. W."],"key":"fitzgerald_transformations_1982","id":"fitzgerald_transformations_1982","bibbaseid":"fitzgerald-transformationsofsulphateinforestedandagriculturallands-1982","role":"author","urls":{"Paper":"http://cwt33.ecology.uga.edu/publications/2146.pdf"},"keyword":["CWT"],"downloads":0},"search_terms":["transformations","sulphate","forested","agricultural","lands","fitzgerald"],"keywords":["cwt"],"authorIDs":[],"dataSources":["gCjo799mKWJtJmSdX"]}