The soil quality benchmark sites represented the backbone to the AESA Soil QualityProgram. As such, they have provided extensive baseline soil information collected at alandscape scale that has been used extensively by researchers in western Canada. For example,the quality of the benchmark design and the data collected have resulted in peer reviewedpublications, and has attracted interest and collaboration from scientists at the universities ofManitoba, Alberta and Agriculture Agri-Food Canada. For example, although not reported here,the University of Manitoba, through an NSERC strategic grant, have calculated adsorptioncoefficients for the herbicide 2,4-D and estrogenic compounds (endocrine disruptors) for all ofthe Alberta benchmark sites. This is the only dataset of its kind in Canada and will prove usefulin the future as concerns continue to increase regarding chemical loadings and movementpotential in the environment.
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