TY - CHAP

T1 - Pathogen and Nutrient Transfer Through and Across Agricultural Soils

AU - Oliver, David

AU - Heathwaite, Louise

PY - 2013

Y1 - 2013

N2 - Human activity can place heavy stress on agricultural soils across the world. Soil systems are continually manipulated in order to support the increase in crop yields and accommodate more intensive livestock production and thus provide the planet’s ever-growing population with a diverse array of ecosystem services, among which food production features highly. The recycling of livestock manures to land provides a sustainable solution to support the ecosystem services that soils provide and a host of benefits both in terms of improving soil structure and also soil fertility. However, livestock manures and feces may contain a high number of fecal microorganisms that pose a threat to human well-being and potentially large concentrations of nutrients harmful to the ecology of freshwater systems that the soils often buffer.

AB - Human activity can place heavy stress on agricultural soils across the world. Soil systems are continually manipulated in order to support the increase in crop yields and accommodate more intensive livestock production and thus provide the planet’s ever-growing population with a diverse array of ecosystem services, among which food production features highly. The recycling of livestock manures to land provides a sustainable solution to support the ecosystem services that soils provide and a host of benefits both in terms of improving soil structure and also soil fertility. However, livestock manures and feces may contain a high number of fecal microorganisms that pose a threat to human well-being and potentially large concentrations of nutrients harmful to the ecology of freshwater systems that the soils often buffer.

U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4614-5764-0_15

DO - 10.1007/978-1-4614-5764-0_15

M3 - Chapter

SN - 978-1-4614-5763-3

SP - 403

EP - 439

BT - Environmental Toxicology

A2 - Laws, Edward A.

PB - Springer

CY - New York

ER -