Dr Mike McLaughlin

Research Interests

Soil and environmental chemistry, fertiliser formulations and crop nutrition, the behaviour and toxicity of nutrients and contaminants in the soil-plant system, the assessment and remediation of contaminated soils, and use of advanced techniques to measure and monitor nutrients and pollutants in the environment.

Publications

2007-2010

Book Chapters

1)             McLaughlin, M.J., Lofts, S., Warne, M. St.J., Amorim, M.J.B., Fairbrother, A., Lanno, R., Hendershot, W., Schelkat, C.E., Ma, Y., Paton, G.J. 2010. Derivation of ecologically based soil standards for trace elements. In Soil Quality Standards, Eds. G. Merrington and I. Schoeters, SETAC Press, Pensacola, Florida (in press).

2)             Merrington, G., Schoeters, I., Warne, M., Hale, B., and McLaughlin, M.J. 2010. Recommendations for the derivation of interpretable and implementable soil quality standards for trace elements. In Soil Quality Standards, Eds. G. Merrington and I. Schoeters, SETAC Press, Pensacola, Florida (in press).

3)             McLaughlin, M.J., Smolders, E., Degryse, F., and Rietra, R. 2010. Uptake of metals from soil into vegetables. In Dealing with Contaminated Sites – from Theory to Practical Application, Ed. F. Swartjes.

4)             Holm, P.E., Jensen, L.S., and McLaughlin, M.J. 2010. Utilization of biologically treated waste on land. In Solid Waste Technology and Management. Edited by Thomas H. Christensen. 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

5)             Stacey, S.P., McLaughlin, M.J., Hettiarachchi, G. 2010. Fertilizer-borne trace elemental contaminants in soil.  In Trace Elements in Soils, Ed. P. Hooda, Blackwell Scientific.

6)             Smolders, E., McGrath, S., Fairbrother, A., Hale, B.A., Lombi, E., McLaughlin, M., Rutgers, M., Van der Vliet, L. 2007. Hazard assessment of inorganic metals and metal substances in terrestrial systems. pp. 113-133. In Assessing the Hazard of Metals and Inorganic Metal Substances in Aquatic and Terrestrial Systems, Eds., Adams, W.J. and Chapman, P.M., CRC Press (Taylor and Francis), Boca Raton. 

7)             Hamon R.E., Stacey S., Lombi E., McLaughlin M. J. 2007. Natural attenuation: implications for trace metal/metalloid nutrition. pp.173-195. In Natural Attenuation of Trace Element Availability in Soils, Eds Hamon R., McLaughlin M., Lombi E. SETAC Press, Pensacola/ Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton.

8)             Lombi, E. Stevens, D.P., Hamon, R.E. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2007. Biological assessment of natural attenuation of metals in soils. pp.41-55. In Natural Attenuation of Trace Elements in Soils, Hamon R.E., McLaughlin M.J., Lombi E. (eds). SETAC Press, Pensacola/ Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton.

9)             Stevens, D. and McLaughlin M. 2006. Managing risks to soil and plant health from inorganic elements in irrigation waters. pp. 139-146. In “Growing Vegetables with Reclaimed Water”, Stevens, D. (Ed.), Kelly, J, McLaughlin, M., and Unkovich, M. (Assoc Eds), CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

10)         Hedley, M.J. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2005. Reactions of phosphate fertilizers and by-products in soils. pp. 181-252. In “Phosphorus:  Agriculture and the Environment” (Agronomy Monograph no. 46), American Society of Agronomy/Crop Science Society of America/Soil Science Society of America, Madison, Wisconsin.

Journal papers

1)             Mason, S., McNeill, A., McLaughlin, M.J. and Zhang, H. 2010. Prediction of wheat response to an application of phosphorus under field conditions using diffusive gradients in thin-films (DGT) and extraction methods. Plant Soil (in press).

2)             Wen, J., McLaughlin, M.J., Stacey, S.P., and Kirby, J.K. 2010. Is rhamnolipid biosurfactant useful in cadmium phytoextraction? J. Soils Sed. (in press).

3)             Noack, S.R., McBeath, T.M. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2010. Potential for foliar phosphorus fertilisation of dryland cereal crops: A review. Crop and Pasture Science (in press).

4)             Baisoli, M., Kirby, J.K., Hettiarachchi, G.M., Ajmone-Marsan, F., and McLaughlin, M.J.  2010. Copper lability in soils subjected to intermittent submergence. J. Environ. Qual. (in press).

5)             Pritchard, D.L., Penney, N., McLaughlin, M.J., Rigby, H. and Schwarz, K. 2010. Land application of sewage sludge (biosolids) in Australia: risks to the environment and food crops. Water Sci. Technol. 62(1) 48-57.

6)             Cornelis, G., Kirby J.K., Beak, D., Chittleborough, D. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2010. A method for determination of retention of silver and cerium oxide manufactured nanoparticles in soils. Environ. Chem. 7(3): 298-308.

7)             Li, B., Ma, Y.B., McLaughlin, M.J., Kirby, J., Cozens, G., Liu, J.F. 2010. Influences of soil properties and leaching on copper toxicity to barley root elongation. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 29(4): 835-842.

8)             Wakelin, S.A., Chu, G.X., Broos, K., Clarke, K.R., Liang, Y.C., and McLaughlin, M.J. 2010. Structural and functional response of soil microbiota to addition of plant substrate are moderated by soil Cu levels. Biol. Fert. Soils 46(4), 333-342.

9)             Wakelin, S.A., Chu, G.X., Lardner, R., Liang, Y.C., and McLaughlin, M.J. 2010. A single application of Cu to field soil has long-term effects on bacterial community structure, diversity, and soil processes. Pedobiologia 53(2) 149-158.

10)         Hettiarachchi, G.M., Lombi, E., McLaughlin, M.J., Chittleborough, D. and Johnston, C. 2010. Chemical behavior of fluid- and granular-Mn and Zn fertilizers in alkaline soils. Aust. J. Soil Res. 48(3), 238-247.

11)         Heemsbergen, D., Warne, M. St. J., Broos, K., Bell, M.,  McLaughlin, M.J., Whatmuff, M., Nash, D., Barry, G., Pritchard, D., and Penney, N. 2010.  Bioavailability of zinc and copper in biosolids compared to their soluble salts. Environ. Pollut. 158(5): 1907-1915.

12)         Donner, E., Broos, K., Heemsbergen, D., Warne, M. McLaughlin, M.J, Hodgson, M.E., and Nortcliff, S. 2010. Biological and chemical assessment of zinc ageing in field soils. Environ. Pollut. 158(1): 339-345.

13)         Mertens, J., Wakelin, S.A., Broos, K., McLaughlin, M.J. and Smolders, E. 2010. Extent of copper tolerance and consequences for functional stability of the ammonia-oxidizing community in long-term copper-contaminated soils. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 29(1): 27-37.

14)         Wen, J., Stacey, S.P., McLaughlin, M.J., and Kirby, J.K., 2009. Biodegradtion of rhamnolipid, EDTA and citric acid in cadmium and zinc contaminated soil. Soil Biol. Biochem. 41: 2214-2221.

15)         Smolders, E., Oorts, K., Van Sprang, P., Schoeters, I., Janssen, C., McGrath, S.P. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2009. Toxicity of trace metals in soil as affected by soil type and ageing after contamination: using calibrated bioavailability models to set ecological standards. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 28(8): 1633-1642.

16)         Wang, X., Ma, Y., Hua, L., and McLaughlin, M.J. 2009. Identification of hydroxyl copper toxicity to barley root elongation in solution culture. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 28(3): 662-667

17)         Heemsbergen, D., Warne, M. St. J., Broos, K., Bell, M.,  Nash, D., McLaughlin, M.J., Whatmuff, M., Barry, G., Pritchard, D., and Penney, N. 2009.  Application of phytotoxicity data to a new Australian soil quality guideline framework for biosolids. Sci. Tot. Environ. 407: 2546-2556.

18)         Guppy, C.N. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2009. Options for increasing the biological cycling of phosphorus in low-input and organic agricultural systems  Crop Past. Sci. 60(2): 116-123.

19)         Nolan, A., May, Y., Lombi, E. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2009. Speciation and isotopic exchangeability of nickel in soil solutions. J. Environ. Qual. 38: 485-392.

20)         Wendling, L., Ma, Y., Kirby, J. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2009. A predictive model of the effects of aging on cobalt fate and behavior in soil. Environ. Sci. Technol. 43: 135-141.

21)         Wendling, L.A., Kirby, J.K. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2009. Aging effects on cobalt availability in soils. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 28(8): 1609-1617

22)         Warne, M. St. J., Heemsbergen, D., McLaughlin, M., Bell, M., Broos, K., Whatmuff, M., Barry, G., Nash, D., Pritchard, D., and Penney, N. 2008. Models for the field-based toxicity of copper and zinc salts to wheat in eleven Australian soils and comparison to laboratory-based models.  Environ. Pollut. 156: 707-714.

23)         McBeath, T.M., Lombi, E., McLaughlin, M.J., and Bünemann, E. 2008. Exchangeability of orthophosphate and pyrophosphate in soils: A double isotope labelling study. Plant Soil 344(1-2): 243-252.

24)         Klaine, S.J., Alvarez, P.J.J., Batley, G.E., Fernandes, T.F., Handy, R.D., Lyon, D., Mahendra, S., McLaughlin, M.J., and Lead, J. R. 2008. Nanomaterials in the environment: Behaviour, fate, bioavailability and effects. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 27(9): 1825-1891.

25)         Stacey, S.P., Oosterhuis, D., and McLaughlin, M.J. 2008. The effect of chelating agents on the foliar sorption of zinc fertilisers. Americas J. Plant Sci. Biotech. 2(2): 69-73.

26)         McBeath, T.M., Lombi, E., McLaughlin, M.J., and Bünemann, E. 2008. Isotopic exchangeability, hydrolysis and mobilisation reactions of pyrophosphate in soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 72: 1337-1343.

27)         Stacey, S.P., McLaughlin, M.J., Çakmak, I., Hettiarachchi, G., Scheckel, K., and Karkkainen, M. 2008. Root uptake of lipophilic zinc-rhamnolipid complexes. J. Sci. Food Agric. 56(6): 2112-2117.

28)         Warne, M. StJ., Heemsbergen, D.A., Stevens, D., McLaughlin, M.J., Cozens, G., Whatmuff, M., Broos, K., Barry, G., Bell, M., Nash, D., Pritchard, D., and Penney, N. 2008. Modelling the toxicity of Cu and Zn salts to wheat in fourteen soils. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 27(4): 786-792.

29)         Weiss, D.J., Rehkämper, M., Schoenberg, R., McLaughlin, M.J., Kirby, J., Campbell, P.G.C., Arnold, T., Chapman, J., Peel, K., and Gioia, S. 2008. Application of non-traditional stable isotope systems to the study of sources and fate of metals in the environment. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42(3), 655-664.

30)         Hettiarachchi, G.M., McLaughlin, M.J., Scheckel, K., Chittleborough, D., Newville, M., Sutton, S. and Lombi, E. 2008. Evidence for different reaction pathways for liquid and granular micronutrients in a calcareous soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 72: 98-110.

31)         Wendling, L., Kirby, J. and McLaughlin, M.J. 2008. A novel technique to determine cobalt exchangeability in soils using isotope dilution. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42: 130-146.

32)         Lofts, S., Chapman, P., Dwyer, R., McLaughlin, M., Schoeters, I., Sheppard, S., Adams, W., Alloay, B., Antunes, P., Campbell, P., Daviers, B., Degryse, F., De Vries, W., Farley, K., Garrett, R., Green, A., Jan Groenenberg, B., Hale, B., Harrass, M., Hendershot, W., Keller, A., Lanno, R., Liang, T., Liu, W-L., Ma, Y., Menzie, C., Moolenaar, S., Piatkiewicz, P., Reimann, C., Rieuwerts, J., Santore, B., Sauve, S., Schuetze, G., Schlekat, C., Skeaff, J., Smolders, E., Tao, S., Wilkins, J., and Zhao, F. 2007. Critical loads of metals and other trace elements to terrerstrial environment. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41(18): 6326-6331.

33)         Broos, K., Macdonald, L.M., Warne, M. StJ., Heemsbergen, D.A., Barnes, M.B., Bell, M., and McLaughlin, M.J. 2007. Limitations of soil microbial biomass carbon as an indicator of soil pollution in the field. Soil Biol. Biochem. 39: 2693-2695.

34)         McBeath, T.M., McLaughlin, M.J., Armstrong, R.D., Bell, M.J., Bolland, M.D.A., Conyers, M.K., Holloway, R.E. and Mason, S.D. 2007. Predicting the response of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) to liquid and granular phosphorus fertilisers in Australian soils. Aust. J. Soil Res. 45(6): 448-458.

35)         McBeath, T.M., Lombi, E., McLaughlin, M.J., Bünemann, E. 2007. Pyrophosphate and orthophosphate addition to soils: sorption, cation concentrations and dissolved organic carbon. Aust. J. Soil. Res. 45(4): 237-245.

36)         McBeath, T.M., Lombi, E., McLaughlin, M.J., Bünemann, E. 2007. Polyphosphate speciation for soil and fertiliser analysis. Commun. Soil Sci and Plant Anal. 38(17-18): 2445-2460.

37)         Broos K., Warne, M.StJ., Heemsbergen, D.A., Stevens, D., Barnes, M.B., Correll, R.L., McLaughlin, M.J.. 2007. Soil factors controlling the toxicity of Cu and Zn to microbial processes in Australian soils. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 26(4): 583-590.

38)         McLaughlin, M.J., Warne, M.StJ., Stevens, D.P., Whatmuff, M.S., Heemsbergen, D., Broos, K., Barry, G., Bell, M.J., Nash, D., Pritchard, D. and Penney, N. 2007. Australia's National Biosolid Research Program - How it came about, and what has it discovered? Water Practice and Technology 2(4), art 88.

39)         Ozkutlu, F., Ozturk, L., Erdem, H., McLaughlin, M.J. and Cakmak, I. 2007. Leaf-applied sodium chloride promoted cadmium accumulation in Durum wheat grain. Plant and Soil 290: 323-331.

40)         Bhattacharya, P., Welch, A.H., Stollenwerk, K.G., McLaughlin, M.J., Bundschuh, J., and Panaullah, G. 2007. Arsenic in the environment: Biology and Chemistry. Sci. Tot. Environ. 379: 109-120.

41)         McBeath, T.M., Lombi, E., McLaughlin, M.J., Bünemann, E. 2007. Polyphosphate fertiliser solution stability with time, temperature and pH. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci.  170: 387-391.

42)         Bünemann, E., Marschner, P., McNeill, A., and McLaughlin, M.J. 2007. Measuring rates of gross and net mineralisation of organic phosphorus in soils. Soil Bio. Biochem. 39: 900-913.

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