Establishing a standard protocol for soil texture analysis using the laser diffraction technique

ISPC Scott, K Nouwakpo, D Bjorneberg… - Soil Science Society …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Optical methods including laser diffraction have been increasingly used to measure soil
texture and particle size distribution. However, they have not been adopted yet as a routine …

[HTML][HTML] Determination of aggregate stability in kaolinitic subsoils using an energy-based, laser diffraction method

YN Gonzalez, AR Bacon, G Maltais-Landry - Geoderma, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Traditional aggregate stability methodologies, such as wet sieving, rainfall simulation, and
chemical dispersion, measure aggregate size, rather than stability. Sonication methods …

Creek System and Regional Patterns of Juncus roemerianus Stress and Links to Salt Marsh Loss on the Florida Gulf Coast

SA Verhulst, MP Conlin, PN Adams, CR Adams - Wetlands, 2025‏ - Springer
Sea-level rise and adverse environmental conditions (eg, drought, herbivory, and altered
sedimentation and hydrology) stress coastal salt marsh vegetation, leading to reduced …

Evaluating methodological parameters to quantify particle size of organic soil material with laser diffraction

DJ Colopietro, J Pachon, A Bacon… - Soil Science Society …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The recognition that texture is a “master soil property” points toward the need for actual
quantification of particle size in organic soil material. Using a multi‐wave particle size …

Long‐term integration of bahiagrass into a cover‐cropped and strip‐tilled peanut–cotton rotation has a limited effect on soil carbon and other soil properties

G Maltais‐Landry, M James, C Wilson… - Soil Science Society …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Integrating a perennial forage grass like bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum Flugge) into the
traditional rotation of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) and peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) …

Development of sandy soil properties within subtropical residential landscapes

RA Fox, AR Bacon, HA Enloe, EZ Bean - SN Applied Sciences, 2023‏ - Springer
Urbanization is homogenizing residential developments and soils across a wide climate
gradient of the United States. Land development practices commonly install landscapes on …

Edaphic distinctiveness of Florida subtropical calcareous wet grasslands1

JM Fill, SL Orzell, E Bridges… - Journal of the Torrey …, 2024‏ - meridian.allenpress.com
Subtropical calcareous wet grasslands (SCWG) are pyrogenic hyper-seasonal grasslands
with exceptional vascular plant biodiversity and conservation value in south-central Florida …

Combined effect of a pretreatment and optical settings on the laser diffraction particle size distribution of soils and sediments

F Gresina, Z Szalai, D Zacháry, K Kiss… - Journal of Soils and …, 2025‏ - Springer
Purpose The two main challenges in providing good quality granulometric data are the
limitations of laser diffraction method and the insufficient chemical pretreatments. The …

Effect of soil particle size and extraction method on the oral bioaccessibility of arsenic

NG Odezulu, YW Lowney, KM Portier… - Journal of Toxicology …, 2022‏ - Taylor & Francis
Recent findings indicate that incidental ingestion of soil by humans primarily involves soil
particles< 150 µm, rather than< 250 µm-sized fraction previously used for most oral …

Morphologic and hydrologic distinctions between shallow and deep podzolized carbon in the southeastern United States Coastal Plain

AR Bacon, YN Gonzalez, KR Anderson - Geoderma, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Podzolization imparts soils and landforms of the southeastern United States Coastal Plain
with two distinct pools of organic carbon (C), referred to as shallow podzolized C (SPC) and …