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Cade-Menun, Barbara, Ph. D.

Nutrient Cycling Scientist

Contact Information:

PO Box 1030
Swift Current, Saskatchewan S9H 3X2
Telephone: 306-778-7245
Fax: 306-778-3188
Email: barbara.cade-menun@agr.gc.ca

Areas of Expertise:

  • P cycling in soil, manure and water
  • 31P NMR spectroscopy

Current Projects:

  • Changes in P forms and concentrations in in soils of long-term rotation plots
  • Changes in P forms and concentrations in soils under different crops
  • Changes in P forms and concentrations in water from changing urbanization and land use

Affiliations:

  • Member, Pacific Regional Society of Soil Science
  • Member, Canadian Society of Soil Science
  • Member, Soil Science Society of America
  • Member, American Geophysical Union
  • Member, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography

Recent Publications:

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2006:

  • Cade-Menun, B.J. and Paytan, A. (2006). "Temporal and Depth Trends in P Forms in Settling Ocean Particulate Matter from Monterey Bay, CA.", 13th Ocean Sciences Meeting, Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, HI, USA, February 20-24, 2006. (Abstract)
  • Cade-Menun, B.J., Navaratnam, J.A., and Walbridge, M.R. (2006). "Characterizing Dissolved and Particulate Phosphorus in Water with ³ıP Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.", Environmental Science & Technology, 40(24), pp. 7874-7880. DOI: 10.1021/es061843e S0013-936X(06)01843-8
  • George, T.S., Turner, B.L., Gregory, P.J., Cade-Menun, B.J., and Richardson, A.E. (2006). "Depletion of organic phosphorus from Oxisols in relation to phosphatase activities in the rhizosphere.", European Journal of Soil Science, 57(1), pp. 47-57. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2006.00767.x
  • He, Z.Q., Honeycutt, C.W., Ohno, T., Cade-Menun, B.J., and Hunt, J.F. (2006). "Phosphorus features in FT-IR spectra of natural organic matter.", Chinese Journal of Geochemistry, 25(Suppl. 1), pp. 259-260. DOI: 10.1007/BF02840247
  • He, Z.Q., Ohno, T., Cade-Menun, B.J., Erich, M.S., and Honeycutt, C.W. (2006). "Forms and bioavailability of phosphorus associated with natural organic matter.", Chinese Journal of Geochemistry, 25(Suppl. 1), pp. 259. DOI: 10.1007/BF02840246
  • He, Z.Q., Ohno, T., Cade-Menun, B.J., Erich, M.S., and Honeycutt, C.W. (2006). "Spectral and chemical characterization of phosphates associated with humic substances.", Soil Science Society of America Journal (SSSAJ), 70(5), pp. 1741-1751. DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2006.0030
  • Hill, J.E., Cade-Menun, B.J., and Elimelech, M. (2006). "Biotic and Abiotic Factors Contributing to P Movement in the Landscape.", 18th World Congress of Soil Science, Philadelphia, PA, USA, July 9-15, 2006. (Abstract)
  • McDowell, R.W., Stewart, I., and Cade-Menun, B.J. (2006). "An Examination of Spin-Lattice Relaxation Times for Analysis of Soil and Manure Extracts by Liquid State Phosphorus-31 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.", Journal of Environmental Quality, 35(1), pp. 293-302. DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0285
  • McLaughlin, K., Cade-Menun, B.J., and Paytan, A. (2006). "The oxygen isotopic composition of phosphate in Elkhorn Slough, California: A tracer for phosphate sources.", Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 70(3), pp. 499-506. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.06.030
  • Smith, M.T.E., Cade-Menun, B.J., and Tibbett, M. (2006). "Soil phosphorus dynamics and phytoavailability from sewage sludge at different stages in a treatment stream.", Biology and Fertility of Soils, 42(3), pp. 186-197. DOI: 10.1007/s00374-005-0014-0

2005:

  • Cade-Menun, B.J. (2005). "Characterizing phosphorus in environmental and agricultural samples by ³ıP nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.", Talanta, 66(2), pp. 359-371. DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2004.12.024
  • Cade-Menun, B.J. (2005). "Using phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to characterize phosphorus in environmental samples.", in Turner, B.L., Frossard, E., and Baldwin, D. (eds.) - Organic Phosphorus in the Environment, CABI Publishing, Chapter 2, pp. 21-44.
  • Cade-Menun, B.J., Benitez-Nelson, C.R., Pellechia, P.J., and Paytan, A. (2005). "Refining ³ıP nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for marine particulate samples: Storage conditions and extraction recovery.", Marine Chemistry, 97(3-4), pp. 293-306. DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2005.05.005
  • Condron, L.M., Turner, B.L., and Cade-Menun, B.J. (2005). "Chemistry and dynamics of soil organic phosphorus.", in Sims, J.T., and Sharpley, A.N. (eds.) - Phosphorus: Agriculture and the Environment, American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Chapter 4, pp. 87-121.
  • Paytan, A. and Cade-Menun, B.J. (2005). "Organic Matter Composition, Recycling Susceptibility and the Effectiveness of the Biological Pump - An Evaluation using NMR Spectra of Marine Plankton.", 2005 AGU Fall Meeting, Moscone Center West, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 5-9, 2005. (Abstract)
  • Toor, G., Cade-Menun, B.J., and Sims, J.T. (2005). "Establishing a Linkage between Phosphorus Forms in Dairy Diets, Feces, and Manures.", Journal of Environmental Quality, 34(4), pp. 1380-1391. DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.0232
  • Toor, G., Condron, L.M., Cade-Menun, B.J., Di, H.J., and Cameron, K.C. (2005). "Preferential phosphorus leaching from an irrigated grassland soil.", European Journal of Soil Science, 56(2), pp. 155-168. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2004.00656.x
  • Turner, B.L., Cade-Menun, B.J., Condron, L.M., and Newman, S. (2005). "Extraction of soil organic phosphorus.", Talanta, 66(2), pp. 294-306. DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2004.11.012