Refereed Publications

1. Miller, M.N., Zebarth, B.J., Dandie, C.E., Burton, D.L., Goyer, C. and Trevors, J.T. 2008. Crop residue influence on denitrification, N2O emissions and denitrifier community abundance in soil. Soil Biol. Biochem. Accepted May 18, 2008. (R=2; IF=2.62; C=0)
2. Sharifi, M., Zebarth, B.J. Burton, D.L., Grant, C.A., Hajabbasi, M.A. and Abbassi-Kalo, G. 2008. Sodium Hydroxide Direct-Distillation: A Method for Estimating Total Nitrogen in Soil. Submitted to Com. Soil Sci. Pl. Anal. Accepted April 23, 2008. (R=3; IF=0.30; C=0).
3. Bailey, J.A., Gordon, R., Burton, D.L., Yiridoe, E., Sheeran, M. Factors which influence Nova Scotia farmers in implementing energy efficiency and renewable energy measures. International Journal of Energy. Accepted April 15, 2008. (R=3; IF=0.72; C=0)
4. VanderZaag, A.C., Gordon, R.J., Burton, D.L., Jamieson, R.C. and Stratton, G.W. 2008. Ammonia emissions from surface flow and subsurface flow constructed wetlands treating dairy wastewater. J. Envir. Qual. Accepted April 9, 2008. (R=3; IF=2.27; C=0).
5. Sharifi, M., Zebarth, B.J., Burton, D.L., Porter, G.A. and Grant, C.A. 2008. Organic amendment history and crop rotation effects on soil nitrogen mineralization potential and soil nitrogen supply in a potato cropping system. Agronomy J. Accepted April 6, 2008. (R=2; IF=1.27; C=0).
6. Wilson, J., Zheljazkov, V., Rathgeber, B., Burton, D. and Caldwell, C. 2008. Reduction of Phosphorus availability in Poultry and Diary Manure by Mineral Amendments. J. Soil Sci. Pl Nut. Accepted Feb 12, 2008. (R=3; IF=0.44; C=0).
7. Bailey, J.A., Gordon, R., Burton, D.L., and Yiridoe, E. 2008. Energy Conservation on Nova Scotia (NS) Farms: Baseline Energy Data. Energy (doi:10.1016/j.energy.2008.02.010) (R=3; IF=0.95; C=0)
8. Mkhabela, M.S., Gordon, R., Smith, E., Madani, A. and Burton, D. 2008. Measurement of odour emissions und micrometeorological techniques following application of hog slurry to grass. Can. Biosys. Engineering (accepted). (R=3; IF=?; C=0)
9. Sharifi, M., Zebarth, B.J., Burton, D.L., Grant, C.A., Bittman, S., Drury, C.F., McConkey, B.G., and Ziadi, N. 2008. Response of Soil Potentially Mineralizable N and Availability Indices of N to Tillage System. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. (accepted) (R=2; IF=1.87; C=0)
10. Mkhabela, M.S., Gordon, R., Burton, D., Madani, A., and Hart, W. 2008. Nitrous oxide emissions and soil mineral nitrogen status following application of hog slurry and inorganic fertilizers to acidic soils under forage grass. Can. J. Soil Sci. 88, 145-151. (R=2; IF=0.76; C=0)
11. Mkhabela, M.S., Madani, A., Gordon, R., Burton, D., Cudmore, D., Elmi, A. and Hart, W. 2008. Gaseous and leaching nitrogen losses from no-tillage and conventional tillage systems following surface application of cattle manure. Soil & Tillage Res. 98, 187-199. (R=2; IF=1.62; C=0)
12. Gillam, K.M., Zebarth B.J., and Burton, D.L. 2008. Nitrous oxide emissions from denitrification and the partitioning of gaseous losses as affected by nitrate and carbon addition and soil aeration. Can. J. Soil Sci. 88, 133-143. (R=1; IF=0.76; C=0)
13. Burton, D.L., Zebarth, B.J., Gillam, K.M. and MacLeod, J.M. 2008. Effect of split application of fertilizer nitrogen on N2O emissions from potatoes. Can. J. Soil Sci. 88, 229-239. (R=1; IF=0.76; C=0)
14. Burton, D.L., Li, X. and Grant, C.A. 2008. Influence of fertilizer nitrogen source and management practices on N2O emissions from two Black Chernozemic soils. Can. J. Soil Sci. 88, 219-227. (R=1; IF=0.76; C=0)
15. Zebarth B.J., Rochette P., Burton, D.L., and Price, M. 2008. Effect of fertilizer nitrogen management on N2O emissions in commercial corn fields. Can. J. Soil Sci. 88, 189-195. (R=3; IF=0.76; C=0)
16. Zebarth B.J., Rochette P., and Burton, D.L. 2008. Growing season N2O emissions from spring barley production as influenced by fertilizer nitrogen rate. Can. J. Soil Sci. 88, 197-205. (R=3; IF=0.76; C=0)
17. Tiessen, K.H.D., Flaten, D.N., Bullock, P.R., Grant, C.A., Karamanos, R.E., Burton, D.L., and Entz, M.H. 2008. Interactive effects of landscape position and time of application on the response of spring wheat to fall-banded urea. Agronomy J. 100, 557-563. (R=3; IF=1.27; C=0).
18. Sharifi, M., Zebarth, B.J., Burton, D.L., Grant, C.A., Porter, G.A., Cooper, J.M., Leclerc, Y., Moreau, G. and Arsenault, W.J. 2007. Evaluation of laboratory-based indices of nitrogen availability as predictors of field-based estimates of soil nitrogen supply in potato production. Plant and Soil 301, 203-214. (R=2; IF=1.50; C=0).
19. Dandie, C.E., Miller, M.N., Burton, D.L., Zebarth, B.J., Trevors, J.T. and Goyer, C. 2007. Nitric-oxide reductase-targeted real-time PCR quantification of denitrifier populations in soil. Appl. Environ. Micro. 73, 4250-4258. (R=2; IF=3.53; C=0).
20. Sharifi, M., Zebarth, B.J., Burton, D.L., Grant, C.A. and Cooper, J.  2007. Evaluation of Some Indices of Potentially Mineralizable Nitrogen in Soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 71, 1233-1239. (R=2; IF=1.87; C=1),
21. Dandie, C.E., Burton, D.L., Zebarth, B.J., Trevors, J.T. and Goyer, C. 2007. Analysis of denitrification genes and comparison of nosZ, cnorB and 16S rDNA from culturable denitrifying bacteria in potato cropping systems. Sys. Appl. Micro. 30, 128-138.(R=2; IF=2.04; C=2).
22. Thyssen, G., Percival, D., Burton, D. and Sanderson, K. 2006. Effect of nitrogen fertilizers on ammonia volatilization in wild blueberry production. Can. J. Plant Sci. 86, 1383-1386. (R=3; IF=0.48; C=0).
23. Tiessen, K.H.D., Flaten, D.N., Bullock, P.R., Burton, D.L., Grant, C.A., and Karamanos, R.E.  2006. Transformation of fall-banded urea: effect of application date, landscape position and fertilizer additive effects. Agronomy J. 98, 1460-1470. (R=3; IF=1.27; C=0).
24. Mkhabela, M.S., Gordon, R., Burton, D., Madani, A., Hart, W. and Elmi, A. 2006. Ammonia and nitrous oxide emissions from two acidic soils of Nova Scotia fertilized with liquid hog manure mixed with or without dicyandiamide. Chemosphere 65, 1381-1387. (R=2; IF=2.44; C=1).
25. Mkhabela, M.S., Gordon, R., Burton, D., Madani, A. and Hart, W. 2006. Effect of lime, dicyandiamide and soil water content on ammonia and nitrous oxide emissions following application of liquid hog manure to a marshland soil. Plant and Soil 284, 343-353.(R=2; IF=1.50; C=0).
26. Hendzel, L.L., Matthews, C.J.D., Venkiteswaran, J. J., St. Louis, V.L., Burton, D. L., Joyce, E. M., and Bodaly, R.A. Nitrous Oxide (N2O). 2005. Fluxes in Three Experimental Boreal Forest Reservoirs. Envir. Sci. and Tech. 39, 4353-4360. (R=2; IF=4.04; C=2).
27. Elmi, A., Burton, D.L., Gordon, R. and Madramootoo, C. 2005. Impacts of water table management on N2O and N2 from a sandy loam soil in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Nut. Cycl. Agroecosys. 72, 229-240. (R=3; IF=0.94; C=0).
28. Elmi, AA., Astatkie, T., Madramootoo, C., Gordon, R. and Burton, D.L. 2005. Assessment of denitrification gaseous end-products in the soil profile under two water table management practices using repeated measures analysis. J. Env. Qual. 34, 446-454. (R=3; IF=2.27; C=1).
29. Boadi D.A., Wittenberg, K. M., Scott, S.L., Burton, D.L., Buckley, K., Small, J. A., and Ominski, K.H. 2004. Effect of diet on enteric and manure pack greenhouse gas emissions from a feedlot. Can. J. Animal Sci. 84: 445-453. (R=2; IF=0.77; C=7).
30. Florinsky, I.V., McMahon, S. and Burton, D.L. 2004. Topographic control of soil microbial activity: A case study of denitrifiers. Geoderma 119, 33-53. (R=1; IF=2.12; C=10).
31. Timmerman, M.D. Fuller, L .G. and Burton, D.L. 2003. The effects of a crude oil spill on microbial indices of soil biological quality. Can. J. Soil Sci. 83, 173-181. (R=2; IF=0.76; C=1).
32. Lemke, R., Goddard, T., Hahn, D., Burton, D.L., Ellert, B., Farrell, R., Monreal, M. and Noot., D. 2002. An Inter-Laboratory Comparison of Nitrous Oxide Analysis in Western Canada. Com. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 33, 2705-2713.(R=3; IF=0.30; C=0).
33. Banerjee, M.R., Burton, D.L., and McCaughey, W.P. 2000. An investigation on the effects of grazing system, stocking-rate and season on soil biological quality. J. Range Manag. 53, 127-133 (R=1; IF=0.86; C=6).
34. Banerjee, M.R., Burton, D.L., and Grant, C.A. 1999. Influence of urea fertilization and urease inhibitor on the size and activity of the soil microbial biomass under conventional and zero tillage at two sites. Can. J. Soil Sci. 79, 255-263. (R=1; IF=0.76; C=4)
35. Burton, D.L., Bergstrom, D.W., Covert, J.A., Wagner-Riddle, C. and Beauchamp, E.G. 1997. Three methods to estimate N2O fluxes as impacted by agricultural management. Can. J. Soil Sci. 77, 125-134. (R=1; IF=0.76; C=17)
36. Banerjee, M.R. Burton, D.L. and Depoe, S. 1997. Impact of sewage sludge application on soil biological characteristics. Agr. Ecosys. Environ. 66, 241-249. (R=1; IF=1.83; C=41).
37. Berry, K.A.T. and Burton, D.L. 1997. Natural attenuation of diesel fuel in heavy clay soil. Can. J. Soil Sci. 77, 469-477. (R=1; IF=0.76; C=7).
38. Cho, C.M., Burton, D.L. and Chang, C. 1997a. Kinetic formulation of oxygen consumption and denitrification processes in soil. Can. J. Soil Sci. 77, 253-260. (R=2; IF=0.76; C=8)
39. Cho, C.M., Burton, D.L. and Chang, C. 1997b. Denitrification and fluxes of nitrogenous gases from soil under steady state oxygen distribution. Can. J. Soil Sci. 77, 261-269. (R=2; IF=0.76; C=8).
40. Goh, T.B., Banerjee, M.R, Tu, S. and Burton, D.L. 1997. Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae-mediated uptake and translocation of P and Zn by wheat in a calcareous soil. Can. J. Plant Sci. 77, 339-346. (R=3; IF=0.48; C=4).
41. Beauchamp, E.G., Bergstrom, D.W. and Burton, D.L. 1996. Denitrification and nitrous oxide production in soil fallowed or under alfalfa or grass. Com. Soil Sci. Pl. Anal. 27, 87-99. (R=2; IF=0.3; C=16)
42. Burton, D.L. and Beauchamp, E.G. 1994. Profile nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide concentrations in a soil subject to freezing.  Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 58, 115-122. (R=1 ; IF=1.87; C=97).
43. Burton, D.L. and McGill, W.B. 1992. Spatial and temporal fluctuation in biomass, nitrogen mineralizing reactions and mineral nitrogen in a soil cropped to barley. Can. J. Soil Sci. 72, 31-43. (R=1; IF=0.76; C=24).
44. Burton, D.L. and McGill, W.B. 1991. Inductive and repressive effects of carbon and nitrogen on L-histidine ammonia-lyase activity in a black chernozemic soil. Soil Biol. Biochem. 23, 939-946. (R=1; IF=2.62; C=3)
45. Burton, D.L., Gower, D., Rutherford, M., and McGill, W.B. 1989. Amino acid interference in the colorimetric determination of ammonium in soil extracts. Comm. Soil Sci. Pl. Anal. 20, 555-565. (R=1; IF=0.3; C=12)
46. Burton, D.L. and McGill, W.B. 1989. Role of enzyme stability in controlling histidine deaminating activity in soil. Soil Biol. Biochem. 21, 903-910. (R=1; IF=2.62; C=7)
47. Burton, D.L. and Beauchamp, E.G. 1986. Nitrogen losses from swine housings. Agric. Wastes 15, 59-74. (R=1; IF=?; C=18).
48. Burton, D.L. and Beauchamp, E.G. 1985. Denitrification rate relationships with soil parameters in the field. Comm. Soil Sci. Pl. Anal. 16, 539-549. (R=1; IF=0.30; C=60)
49. Burton, D.L. and Beauchamp, E.G. 1984. Field techniques using the acetylene blockage of nitrous oxide reduction to measure denitrification. Can. J. Soil Sci. 64, 555-562. (R=1; IF=0.76; C=13).