Name: Philip Charles Brookes
Curriculum Vitae
Date of birth: 26 March 1951
Current position: Lawes Research Fellow.
Address: Soil Science Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 2JQ
Biomass Group Web Page: http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/aen/smbweb1/
Email: philip.brookes@bbsrc.ac.uk
Phone: 0044 15827 63133
Fax: 0044 1587 760981
Current Employment: Lawes Agricultural Research Fellow in Soil Science Department at
Rothamsted Research. Current research includes: soil biochemistry, soil microbial biomass, soil organic matter, nutrient cycling, survival mechanisms of soil micro-organisms, chemistry and biology of soil inorganic and organic phosphorus,
Qualifications etc:
1972 First Class Honours degree in Applied Zoology and Chemistry (Coventry University).
1976 PhD in Plant Nutrition (Coventry University).
1997 DSc in Soil Science (Coventry University).
Web of Science: In top 1 % of Most Highly Cited Researchers.
‘H’ factor: 40
Author of four of ten most highly cited papers in Soil Biology & Biochemistry. http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/332/description#description
Posts held:
1976 Appointed as Scientific Officer at Rothamsted Experimental Station.
1979 Promoted to Higher Scientific Officer at Rothamsted Experimental Station.
1982 Promoted to Senior Scientific Officer at Rothamsted Experimental Station.
1988 Promoted to Grade B4 at Rothamsted Research, formally Rothamsted Experimental Station.
2002 Individual Merit Promotion to Grade B3 at Rothamsted Research, formally Rothamsted
Experimental Station.
Honorary positions:
2009 Honorary Professor (Tang Yongquian Endowment Chair), Zhejiang University, Hangzhao, China
2003 Honorary Professor at Hunan Agricultural University, Hunan, China.
2003 Honorary Senior Teaching Professor (Academica Sinica) at Agricultural University of China,
Beijing, China.
2002 Honorary Professor at North-West University, Jangling, China.
2000 Honorary Professor of soil science at Coventry University, UK.
1998 Honorary Senior Teaching Professor (China Academy of Sciences) at Institute of Sub-Tropical
Agriculture, Changsha, China.
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A = Research papers
B = General papers
C = Articles in popular press
Published papers
A 289 LUO Y., DURENKAMP M., DE NOBILI M., LIN Q., DEVONSHIRE
B.J., BROOKES P.C.
2012. Microbial biomass growth, following incorporation of biochars produced at 350 o
C or 700 o
C, in a silty-clay loam soil of high and low pH.
Soil Biology & Biochemistry (In Press)
A 288 YUAN H., GE T., ZOU S., WU X., LIU S., ZHOU P, BROOKES P., J.
WU. 2012 Effect of land use on the abundance and diversity of autotrophic bacteria as measured by ribulose-1,5-biphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RubisCO) largesubunit gene abundance in soils. Biology and Fertility of Soils (In Press).
A 277 STOCKMANN U., ADAMS A. M., CRAWFORD J. W, FIELD D. J. ;
NAKAARCHCHI N., JENKINS M., MINASNY B., MCBRATNEY A. B; DE
REMY COURCELLES., SINGH K., WHEELER I, ABBOTT L., ANGERS D.,
BALDOCK J., BIRD M., BROOKES P. C., CHENU C., JASTROW J., LAL R.,
LEHMANN J., O'DONNELL A. G., PARTON W. J., WHITEHEAD D.,
ZIMMERMANN M. 2012 The knowns, known unknowns and unknowns of sequestration of soil organic carbon. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. (In
Press).
A 276 BROOKES P.C., ACIEGO PIETRI J.C., WU Y., XU J. 2012
Microbial indicators of soil quality in upland soils. Chinese Book Chapter. (In Press).
A 275
GE T., YUAN H, ZHU H., N. SAN’AN, LIU C., XIAO H., TONG C.,
WU J., BROOKES P. C. 2012. Biological carbon assimilation and dynamics in a flooded rice – soil system. Soil Biology & Biochemistry (In Press).
A 274 LUO Y., DURENKAMP M., DE NOBILI M., LIN Q. BROOKES
P.C. 2011. Soil priming effects and the mineralisation of biochar following its incorporation to soils of different pH. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 43, 2304-14.
A 273 WU Y., KEMMITT S., WHITE R. P., XU J., BROOKES P C. 2012.
Carbon dynamics in a 60 year fallowed loamy-sand soil compared to that in a 60 year permanent arable or permanent grassland UK soil. Plant and Soil (In Press).
A 272 ROUSK, J., BROOKES, P.C., BÅÅTH, E. 2011. Fungal and bacterial growth responses to N fertilization and pH in the 150-year ‘Park Grass’ UK grassland experiment. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 76, 89-99.
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A 271 REDMILE-GORDON M., BROOKES P.C.
2011 Evaluation of substitutes for paraquat in soil microbial ATP determinations using the trichloroacetic acid based reagent of Jenkinson and Oades (1979). Soil Biology & Biochemistry 43,
1098-1100.
A 270 ROUSK, J., BROOKES, P.C., GLANVILLE H., JONES, D.L., 2011.
Lack of correlation between turnover of low-molecular weight dissolved organic carbon and differences in microbial community composition or growth across a soil pH gradient. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77, 2791-2795 .
A 269
FERNÁNDEZ-CALVIÑO, D., ROUSK, J., BROOKES, P.C.,
BÅÅTH, E., 2011. Bacterial pH-optima for growth track soil pH, but are higher than expected at low pH. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 43, 1569-1575.
A 268 ROUSK, J., BROOKES, P.C., BÅÅTH, E., 2010b. Investigating the opposing pH relationships of fungal and bacterial growth in soil. Soil Biology &
Biochemistry 42, 926-934 .
A 267 ROUSK, J., BÅÅTH, E., BROOKES, P.C., LAUBER, C.L.,
LOZUPONE, C., CAPORASO, J.G., KNIGHT, R., FIERER, N. 2010 Soil bacterial and fungal communities across a pH gradient in an arable soil. The ISME Journal 4,
1340-1351.
A 266 ROUSK J., BROOKES P.C, . BÅÅTH E. (2010) The microbial PLFA composition as affected by pH in an arable soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry . 42,
516–520.
A 265 BROOKES P.C., LIN Q., AYAGA G., WU J. (2010) Soil phosphorus –from feast to famine. World Agriculture 1, 29-36.
A 264
ROUSK, J., BÅÅTH, E. BROOKES, P. C., LAUBER C.L.,
LOZUPONE C., CAPORASO J.C.4, KNIGHT R., N. FIERER N. (2010) Soil bacterial and fungal communities across a pH gradient in an arable soil. The ISME
Journal 4, 76, 89-99.
A 263 JENKINS, S.N., RUSHTON S. P., LANYON C.V., WHITELEYA.S.,
IAN S. WAITE1, BROOKES P.C., EVERSHED R.P., O’DONNELL G.A. ( 2010)
Taxon-specific responses of soil bacteria to the addition of low level substrate-C inputs. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. (In Press)
A 262 BLACKWELL M.S.A., WILLIAMS J.K., SNARS K.E., BROOKES
P.C., DE LA FUENTE-MARTINEZ N., MICHALLON L., MURRAY P.J.,
HAYGARTH P.M. (2009) Significance of root-attached soil and soil preparation for microbial biomass ophosphorus measurement. Soil Science Society of America
Journal. 73, 1861-1863.
B 261 BROOKES P.C., KEMMITT S., XU JIANMING XU., BROOKES
P.C. (2009) Effects of soil management from fallow to grassland on soil microbial and
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organic carbon dynamics. International Symposium: Molecular Environmental Soil
Sciences at the Interfaces of the Earth’s Critical Zone. Hangzhao, China.. October
10–14, 2009.
B 260 BROOKES, P.C., KEMMITT, S. (2009) The mechanism of mineralisation of soil organic matter – a new hypothesis. Keynote Lecture. ResMo
2009 meeting, Materieres Organiques et Environment 25 to 27 January, 2009
B 259 BROOKES, P. C., HIRSCH P., GILLIAM L., SOHI S., WILLIAMS
J., CLARK I., MURRAY P., (2009) Are long-term changes in soil organic matter reflected in the soil communities? ASA-CSSA-SSSA meeting . November 2009,
Pittsberg, USA.
B 258 BROOKES P.C., KEMMITT,S., WU, Y. (2009) The mechanism of mineralisation of soil organic matter by the soil microbial biomass – Introducing the
Regulatory Gate Hypothesis. Keynote Lecture. ASA-CSSA-SSSA meeting.
November
2009, Pittsberg, USA.
A 257 NEWTON, C.M. GOMES, L. L., SMALLA K., NANNIPIERI P,
BROOKES P. C., RENELLA G. (2009) Effects of Cd and Zn enriched sewage sludge on soil bacterial and fungal communities. European Journal of Soil Science
(Submitted)
A 256 BLACKWELL M.S.A., BROOKES P.C. , DE LA FUENTE-
MARTINEZ, N. H. GORDON, MURRAY P.J., SNARS K., WILLIAMS J., BOL R.,
HAYGARTH P.M. (2010) Phosphorus solubilization and transfer to surface waters from the soil microbial biomass following drying-rewetting and freezing-thawing.
Advances in Agronomy
106, 1-35.
A 255 WU, Y. W., HAIZHEN, W., XU J., KEMMITT S, BROOKES, P. C.
(2009) Changes in the soil microbial community structure with latitude in eastern
China, based on phospholipid fatty acid analysis. Applied and Environmental
Microbiology (In Press).
A 254 GICHANGI, E. M., MNKENI, P. N. S. BROOKES P. C. (2009)
Effects of goat manure and inorganic phosphate addition on soil inorganic and microbial biomass phosphorus fractions under laboratory incubation conditions. Soil
Science and Plant Nutrition (In Press).
A 253 Y. WU , S. KEMMITT, J. XU, P C. BROOKES (2009) Substrate addition is much more important in driving soil microbial processes than differences in microbial biomass, activity or community structure. Soil Biology & Biochemistry
(Submitted).
A 252 WU Y, NA DING N., XU J
.,
, WU J., BROOKES P. C. (2009) Effects of different soil weights, storage times and extraction methods on soil phospholipid fatty acid analyses. Geoderma 150, 171-178.
A 251 ROUSK, J., BROOKES, P.C., Bååth, E., (2009) Contrasting soil pH effects on fungal and bacterial growth suggests functional redundancy in carbon mineralisation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75, 1589-1596.
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A 250 ASHMAN M.R., HALLETT P. D., BROOKES P.C., ALLEN J. (2009)
Evaluating soil stabilisation by biological processes using step-wise aggregate fractionation. Soil and Tillage Research. 102, 209 -215.
A 249 BROOKES , P. C., KEMMITT S.J., ADDISCOTT T.M., BIRD N. (2009)
Comments on the paper by Kemmitt et al. (2008 'Mineralization of native soil organic matter is not regulated by the size, activity or composition of the soil microbial biomass -
A new perspective' [Soil Biology & Biochemistry 40, 61-73]: The biology of the
Regulatory Gate, Reply. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 14, 440 – 443.
A 248 ACIEGO PIETRI J. C., BROOKES P. C. (2009) Substrate inputs and pH as factors controlling microbial biomass, activity and community structure in an arable soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 41,1396-1405..
A 247 SNARS, K., WHITE, R., BLACKWELL, M.S.A., WILLIAMS, J.K.,
MURRAY P.J., HAYGARTH, P.M., BROOKES, P. C. (2008) Effects of waterlogging and air-drying and rewetting cycles on turnover times of microbial biomass phosphorus in UK grassland and arable soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry.
(Submitted).
B 246 BROOKES P. C., KEMMITT S. (2008) The mechanism of mineralisation of soil organic matter by the soil microbial biomass – A new hypothesis. FertBio 2008. Conference publication.
A 245 ACIEGO PIETRI J.A., BROOKES P. C. (2008) Nitrogen mineralization along a pH gradient of a silty-loam UK soil. Soil Biology &
Biochemistry. 40, 797 – 802.
A 244 ACIEGO PIETRI, J. A., BROOKES, P. C. (2008) Relationships between soil pH and microbial properties in a UK arable soil. Soil Biology &
Biochemistry 40, 1856 – 1861.
B 243
DELL’ABATE
T. M., BAROCCIO F., CERRI C. E. P., CERRI C. C.,
POWLSON D. S., BROOKES P. C. (2008) Impact of land use change and management on soil organic matter pools in tropical environment. 5th International
Congress of the European Society for Soil Conservation "Soils changing in a changing World: the soils of tomorrow", Palermo, Italy, 25-30 June 2007.
A 242 KEMMITT S. J., LANYON C. V. WAITE I. S. WEN Q.,
ADDISCOTT T. M., BIRD N. R. A., O’DONNELL, T., BROOKES P. C. (2008)
Mineralisation of native soil organic matter is not regulated by the size, activity or composition of the soil microbial biomass. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 40, 61-73.
B 241 OVERTHROW R. B., BROOKES P. C. (2007) Influence of green manuring in wheat rotations under different cultivation systems. HGCA Project
Report No. 44. 51 pp.
B 240 DUNGAIT J. A., J, KEMMITT S. J., LANYON C. V., MICHALLON
L., O'DONNELL A. G., EVERSHED R. P., BROOKES P. C. (2007) Investigation of the 'trigger molecule' response using
13
C stable isotope probing of microbial membrane fatty acids. Goldschmidt 2007 (In Press).
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A 239 ZHAO X., ZHONG X., BAO H., LI H., LI G.,. TUO D., LIN Q.,
BROOKES. P. C. (2007) Relating soil P concentrations at which P movement occurs to soil properties in Chinese agricultural soils. Geoderma 142, 237 – 244.
A 238 DE NOBILI M., CONTIN M., MAHIEU N., RANDALL E.,
BROOKES P. C. (2007). Role of organic matter stabilisation in carbon sequestration.
Biology and Fertility of Soils. (In Press).
A 237 RENNELLA G., CHAUDRI A. M., FALLOON C M., LANDI L.,
NANNIPIERRI P., BROOOKES P. C. (2006) Effects of Cd, Zn, or both on soil microbial biomass and activity in a clay loam soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils 43,
751-758..
B 236 SNARS K., BROOKES P.C., SWAIN, A., BLACKWELL M.S.A.,
WILLIAMS, J., HAYGARTH, P.M., MURRAY, P.J. (2007). The impacts of organic matter incorporation and hydrological stress on microbial biomass phosphorus dynamics . 5th International Phosphorus Workshop (IPW5), Silkeborg, Denmark 3-7
September 2007.
B 235 BLACKWELL, M.S.A. WILLIAMS, J. HAYGARTH, P.M.,
MURRAY, P.J., BROOKES, P.C., SNARS, K., SWAIN, A. (2007) The impacts of wetting and drying on microbial biomass phosphorus and phosphorus mobilisation in agricultural soils. 5th International Phosphorus Workshop (IPW5), Silkeborg,
Denmark 3-7 September 2007 .
B 234 KEMMITT S. J., LANYON C. V., O’DONNELL, T. BROOKES P.
C. (2006) Regulation of soil organic matter mineralisation. 11th International
Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Conference Abstract. Vienna, August 2006.
B 233 KEMMITT S. J., LANYON C. V., WAITE I. S., WEN Q.,
BROOKES P. C., O’DONNELL, T. (2006) Multivariate modelling of 16S and 18S
DDGE fingerprints to investigate succession and community response in fumigated soils. 11th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Conference Abstract.
Vienna, August 2006.
A 232 BROOKES, P. C., CAYUELA GARCIA M., CONTIN M. DE
NOBILI M., KEMMITT S., MONDINI C. (2007) The mineralisation of fresh and humified soil organic matter by the soil microbial biomass. Waste Management (In press).
B 231 CONTIN M., DE NOBILI M., MONDINI C., BROOKES P. C. (2006)
Life in an extreme environment – Living For 100 Years In An Air-Dried Soil! 11th
International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Conference Abstract. Vienna,
August 2006.
B 230 CONTIN M., DE NOBILI M., MONDINI C., BROOKES P. C. (2006)
Evaluating the ‘trigger response’ of the soil microbial biomass. 1SME, Vienna,
August 2006.
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B 229 SNARS, K.E., SWAIN, A., BROOKES, P.C., BLACKWELL, M.S.A,
HAYGARTH, P.M., MURRAY, P.J., STAMP, J. (2006) Modifications to fumigation extraction to permit better analysis of field soils and ease of measurement. Brazilian
Conference.
A 228 AYAGA, G. & BROOKES, P.C. (2006) Enhanced biological cycling of phosphorus increases its availability to crops in low-input sub-Saharan farming systems. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38, 81-90.
B 227 BROOKES P. C. (2006) Foreword to Book (in Chinese): (Modern Soil
Microbial Ecology - Methods and Application) by Jinshui Wu and Qimei Lin.
A 226 STOCKDALE, L., BROOKES, P. C. (2006) Detection and quantification of the soil microbial biomass- impacts on the management of agricultural soils. Journal of Agricultural Science 144, 283-302.
A 225 ZHAO X., LIN, Q., BROOKES P. C. (2006) Reply to Young et al.
(2005) on the paper of Zhao et al. Soil Biology & Biochemistry (2005) Does ergosterol concentration provide a reliable estimate of soil fungal biomass? Soil Biology &
Biochemistry 38, .1502-1503.
B 224 VORONEY R. P., BROOKES P. C., BAYAERT R. P. (2006) Soil
Microbial Biomass C, N, P and S. (Book Chapter, in press).
A 223 DE NOBILI M., CONTIN C., BROOKES P. C. (2006) Microbial biomass dynamics in air-dried soils that have been stored for many decades. Soil
Biology and Biochemistry. 38, 1638-1644.
B 222 BROOKES P. C. (2006) Principles and Methodologies of Measuring
Microbial Activity and Biomass in Soil. In: Methods in Forensic Science. Edited by
Mark Tibbett (in Press).
B 221 BROOKES P. C., JOERGENSEN R. G. (2005) Microbial biomass measurements by fumigation-extraction. In: Microbiological Methods for Assessing
Soil Quality. (Eds: J. Bloem, D. W. Hopkins and A Benedetti). pp 77-83. CABI,
Wallingford.
B 220 BENEDDETI A., BROOKES P. C., LYNCH J. M. (2005) Part 1:
Approaches to Defining, Monitoring, Evaluating and Managing Soil Quality. In:
Microbiological Methods for Assessing Soil Quality. (Eds: J. Bloem, D. W. Hopkins and A Benedetti). pp 63-70. CABI, Wallingford.
A 219 MONDINI C., CAYUELA M.L, SANCHEZ-MONEDERO M.A.,
ROIG A., BROOKES P.C. (2005) Soil microbial biomass activation by trace amounts of readily available substrate. Biology and Fertility of Soils 42, 519-542..
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A 218 LU J., FORTUNE S, BROOKES P. C. (2005) Assesment of phosphorus leaching losses from arable land. Plant and Soil. 269, 98-108.
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A 217 YANG X., BROOKES P. C., SHENG X. L. (2005) Preliminary study on mechanism of phosphorus leaching on loessial soil. Pedosphere (In Press).
A 216 JOERGENSEN R. G. & BROOKES P. C. (2005) Quantification of soil microbial biomass by fumigation extraction. In: Manual of Soil Analysis (Eds. R.
Margesin & F. Shinner) pp. 281-296. Springer.
B 215 GOULDING, K.W.T., BROOKES, P.C. & POULTON, P.R. (2005)
The contribution of Rothamsted’s long-term experiments to understanding losses of fertilisers to the environment and improving fertiliser use efficiency. Proceedings
International Workshop ‘Where do fertilisers go?’ Villa Carlotta, Belgirate, Italy. June
28-29 2005.
A 214 ABAYE, D.W. & BROOKES, P.C. (2005) Relative importance of substrate type and previous soil management in synthesis of microbial biomass and substrate mineralisation. European Journal of Soil Science 57, 179-189.
A 213 WATTS, C.W., WHALLEY, R., WHITMORE, A.P. & BROOKES,
P.C (2005) Biological and physical processes involved in that mediate microaggregation of clays Soil Science 170, 573-583.
A 212 FORTUNE, S., LU, J., ADDISCOTT, T.M. & BROOKES, P.C.
(2005) Assessment of phosphorus leaching from arable land. Plant and Soil 269, 99-
108
A 211 ABAYE, D.A., LAWLOR, K., HIRSCH, P.R. & BROOKES, P.C.
(2005) Changes in the microbial community of an arable soil caused by long-term metal contamination. European Journal of Soil Science 56, 93 102
A 210 WU, J. & BROOKES, P.C. (2005) The proportional mineralization of microbial biomass and organic matter caused by air-drying and rewetting of a grassland soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 37, 507-515
A 209 ZHAO, X.R., LIN, Q., BROOKES, P.C. (2005) Does soil ergosterol concentration provide a reliable estimate of soil fungal biomass? Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 37, 311-317
A 208 LU, J., FORTUNE, S. and BROOKES, P.C. (2004) P fractions in drainage waters from the Broadbalk continuous wheat experiment at Rothamsted.
Pedosphere 14, 235-240
A 207 JENKINSON, D.S., BROOKES, P.C. and POWLSON, D.S. (2004)
Citation Classics. Measuring soil microbial biomass. Soil Biology and Biochemistry
36, 5-7
A 206 MCDOWELL, R.W., MAHIEU, N., BROOKES, P.C. & POULTON,
P.R. (2004) Mechanisms of phosphorus solubilisation in a limed soil as a function of pH. Chemosphere 51, 685-692
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C 205 BROOKES, P.C., FORTUNE, S. & ADDISCOTT, T.M. (2003)
Quantifying P leaching losses under field conditions. 2nd International Symposium on
Phosphorus Dynamics in the Soil-Plant Continuum. Perth, Western Australia. 21-26
September 2003
B 204 MURPHY, D.V., STOCKDALE, E.A., BROOKES, P.C. &
GOULDING, K.W.T. (2003) Impact of microorganisms on chemical transformations in soil. In: Soil Biology and Fertility – A Key to Sustainable Land Use in Agriculture.
L.K. Abbott & Murphy, D.V., (eds). pp 37-59. Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht
B 203 BROOKES, P.C. (2003) Microbial parameters as indicators of toxic effects of heavy metals on the soil ecosystem. In Bioavailability, Toxicity and Risk
Relationships in ecosystems. R. Naidu, V.V.S.R. Gupta, S. Rogers, R.S. Kookana,
N.S. Bolan & D.C. Adriano (eds) pp 85-108. Science Publishers, Plymouth.
A 202 CASTELLAZZI, M.C., BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (2003)
Distribution of microbial biomass down soil profiles under regenerating woodland.
Soil Biology and Biochemistry 36 1485-1489
A 201 HARGREAVES, P., BROOKES, P.C., ROSS, G.J.S. & POULTON,
P.R. (2003) Evaluating soil microbial biomass carbon as an indicator of long-term environmental change. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 35, 401-407
A 200 DELL'ABATE, M.T., BENEDETTI, A. & BROOKES, P.C. (2003)
Hyphenated techniques of thermal analysis for humic substances characterisation.
Journal of Separation Science. 26, 433-440
A 199 ASHMAN, M.R., HALLETT, P.D. & BROOKES, P.C. (2003) Are the links between soil aggregate size class, soil organic matter and respiration rate artefacts of the fractionation procedure? Soil Biology and Biochemistry 35, 435-444
A 198 BLAKE, L., HESKETH, N., FORTUNE, S. & BROOKES, P.C.
(2002) Assessing phosphorus ‘Change-Points’ and leaching potential by isotopic exchange and sequential fractionation. Soil Use and Management 18, 199-207
A 197 KOUNO, K., WU, J. & BROOKES, P.C. (2002) Turnover of biomass
C and P in soils following incorporation of glucose or ryegrass. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 24, 617-622
A 196 McDOWELL, R.W., BROOKES, P.C., MAHIEU, N., POULTON,
P.R., JOHNSTON, A.E. & SHARPLEY, A.N. (2002) The effect of soil acidity on potentially mobile phosphorus in a grassland soil. Journal of Agricultural Science
139, 27-36
A 195 AYAGA, G. & BROOKES, P.C. (2002) Enhanced biological cycling of phosphorus increases its availability to crops in low-input sub-Saharan farming systems. In: Abstracts 17th World Congress of Soil Science, Bangkok 14-21 August
2002 p.1708
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C 194 ADDISCOTT, T.M., HESKETH, N. & BROOKES, P.C. (2002)
Patterns of loss of bromide, phosphate, triallate and chlordane from sandy soils in lysimeters. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Rhizosphere, Preferential
Flow and Bioavailability. A Holistic View of Soil to Plant Transfer. Centro Stefano
Franscini, ‘Monte Verita, Switzerland. 21-26 September 2002
B 193 ADDISCOTT, T.M., HESKETH, N. & BROOKES, P.C. (2002)
Patterns of loss of bromide, phosphate, triallate and chlordane from sandy soil in lysimeters. Proceedings of the International Workshop on colloids and colloidallyfacilitated transport of contamination in soils and sediments. Tjele, Denmark, 19-20
September 2002
B 192 ADDISCOTT, T.M. & BROOKES, P.C. (2002) What governs nitrogen losses from forests? Nature, 418, p.604. 8th August 2002
A 191 RENELLA, G., BROOKES, P.C. & NANNIPIERI, P. (2002)
Cadmium and zinc toxicity to soil microbial biomass and activity. Developments in
Soil Science 28B, 267-273
C 190 CONTIN, M., JENKINSON, D.S. & BROOKES, P.C. (2002)
Measurement of ATP in soil: correcting for incomplete recovery. Soil Biology &
Biochemistry 34, 1381-1383
A 189 MCDOWELL, R.W., CONDRON, L.M., MAHIEU, N., BROOKES,
P.C., POULTON, P.R. & SHARPLEY, A.N. (2002) Analysis of potentially mobile phosphorus in arable soils using solid state nuclear magnetic resonance. Journal of
Environmental Quality 31, 450-456
A 188 POWLSON, D.S., HIRSCH, P.R. & BROOKES, P.C. (2001) The role of soil microorganisms in soil organic matter conservation in the tropics. Nutrient
Cycling in Agroecosystems 61, 41-51
A 187 RENELLA, G., CHAUDRI, A.M. & BROOKES, P.C. (2002) Fresh additions of heavy metals do not model long-term efects on microbial biomass and activity. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 34, 121-124
A 186 WATTS, C.W., WHALLEY, W.R., LONGSTAFF, D.J., WHITE,
R.P., BROOKES, P.C. & WHITMORE, A.P. (2001) Aggregation of a soil with different cropping histories following the addition of organic materials. Soil Use and
Management 17, 262-268
C 185 BROOKES, P.C. (2001) The value of microbial parameters as indicators of soil pollution by heavy metals. COST Action 831, Joint meeting of
Working Groups, Biotechnology of Soil Monitoring, Conservation and Remediation,
Round Table: Defining Soil Quality 258-259
A 184 BROOKES, P.C. (2001) The soil microbial biomass :concept, measurement and applications in soil ecosystem research. Microbes and
Environments 16, 131-140
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B 183 ABAYE, D. & BROOKES, P.C. (2001) Lipid fractions and derivatives as measures of microbial identification, classification and community structure. In:
Nutrient metabolisms and bioremediation by soil microorganisms. Ed. S. Kanazawa.
Monbu-Kagakushu University Press, Japan pp 1-28
B 182 ABAYE, D. & BROOKES, P.C. (2001) Lipid fractions and derivatives as measures of microbial identification, classification and community structure.
Proceedings of Chiba University International Symposium ‘Microbial diversity and environmental remediation in biosphere’, Nishi-Chiba, Japan, 6 July 2001
B 181 ABAYE, D., LAWLOR, D., HIRSCH, P.R. & BROOKES, P.C.
(2001) Microbial diversity in heavy metal contaminated soils – microbial indicators of soil quality. Proceedings of Chiba University International Symposium ‘Microbial diversity and environmental remediation in biosphere’, Nishi-Chiba, Japan, 6 July
2001
A 180 DE NOBILI, M., CONTIN, M., MONDINI, C. & BROOKES, P.C.
(2001) Soil microbial biomass is triggered into activity by trace amounts of substrate.
Soil Biology and Biochemistry 33, 1163-1170
A 179 HESKETH, N., BROOKES, P.C. & ADDISCOTT, T.M. (2001) Effect of suspended soil material and pig slurry on the facilitated transport of pesticides phosphate and bromide in sandy soil. European Journal of Soil Science 52, 287-296
A 178 MCDOWELL, R.W., SHARPLEY, A.N., BROOKES, P.C. &
POULTON, P.R. (2001) Relationship between soil test phosphorus release to solution. Soil Science 166, 137-149
C 177 BROOKES, P.C. (2001) Through the eye of the needle. Professorial
Inaugural Lecture, University of Coventry, 24 January 2001
A 176 CONTIN, M., TODD,A., & BROOKES, P.C. (2001) The ATP concentration in the soil microbial biomass. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 33, 701-
704
B 175 BROOKES, P.C. (2000) Changes in soil microbial properties as indicators of adverse effects of heavy metals. Rendiconti Accademia Nazionale delle
Scienze detta dei XL. Memoire di Scienze Fisiche e Naturali 118, Vol XXIV, 205-227
B 174 GOULDING, K.W.T., MURPHY, D.V., MACDONALD, A.,
STOCKDALE, E.A., GAUNT, J.L., BLAKE, L., AYAGA, G. & BROOKES, P.C.
(2000) The role of soil organic matter and manures in sustainable nutrient cycling.
Eds R.M. Rees, B.C. Ball, C.D. Campbell and C.A. Watson. British Society of Soil
Science
B 173 BROOKES, P.C., DE NOBILI, M., CONTIN, M. & MONDINI, C.
(2000) The survival strategy of the soil microbial biomass. 16th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology, p199
A 172 CONTIN, M., CORCIMARU, S., DE NOBILI, M. & BROOKES, P.C.
(2000) Temperature changes and the ATP concentration of the soil microbial biomass.
Soil Biology and Biochemistry 32, 1219-1225
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A 171 POWLSON, D.S., HIRSCH, P.R. & BROOKES, P.C. (2001) The role of soil microorganisms in soil conservation in the tropics. Nutrient Cycling in
Agroecosystems Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands 2001. 61: 1/2,
41-51
B 170 BROOKES, P.C. (2000) The role of soil microbial biomass measurements in understanding microbial diversity: function relationships.
Proceedings of BSSS Conference, Eurosoil 2000 4-6 September 2000, University of
Reading
B 169 HESKETH, N., HECKRATH, G. & BROOKES, P.C. (1999) Towards developing an index of phosphorus mobility in agricultural soils. Proceedings of a
Conference Diffuse Pollution and Agriculture II, 9-11 April 1997, Edinburgh
A 168 HESKETH, N. & BROOKES, P.C. (2000) Development of an indicator for risk of phosphorus leaching. Journal of Environmental Quality 29, 105-
110
B 167 ABAYE, D., LAWLOR, D., HIRSCH, P.R. & BROOKES, P.C.
(2000) Soil microbial fatty acids as indicators of soil quality. Proceedings of BSSS
Conference, Eurosoil 2000 4-6 September 2000, University of Reading
B 166 DE NOBILI, M., CONTIN, M., MONDINI, C. & BROOKES, P.C.
(2000) The survival strategy of the soil microbial biomass . Proceedings of BSSS
Conference, Eurosoil 2000 4-6 September 2000, University of Reading
B 165 HESKETH, N. & BROOKES, P.C. (2000) The leaching of soil phosphorus from soil to water – 150 years of getting it wrong. Proceedings of BSSS
Conference, Eurosoil 2000 4-6 September 2000, University of Reading
A 164 CONTIN, M., TODD, A. & BROOKES, P.C. (2001) The ATP concentration in the soil microbial biomass. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 33, 701-
704
A 163 DE NOBILI, M., CONTIN, M., MONDINI, C. & BROOKES, P.C.
(2001) The soil microbial biomass is stimulated into activity by trace amounts of substrate. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 33: 9, 1163-1170
B 162 BROOKES, P.C. & GRACE, C. (1999) The soil microbial biomass as an indicator of heavy metals. CLACS 99, 14 Congresso Latino Americano de la
Ciencia DELL'ABATE, M.T. Suelo, p518. CDROM Multimedia Communications
A 161 HESKETH, N., BROOKES, P.C. & ADDISCOTT, T.M. (2000)
Differences in transport between phosphate, triallate, chlordane and bromide in sandy soil Journal of Environmental Quality 52, 287-296
B 160 BROOKES, P.C. (1999) Microbial parameters as indicators of toxic effects of heavy metals in the soil ecosystem. In: 4th International Conference on
Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, Berkeley, California, USA, 23-26 June 1997.
Science Publishers, Inc.,Enfield, USA: 2003. 85-108
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A 159 DE NOBILI, M., BROOKES, P.C., CONTIN, M., MAHIEU, N. &
RANDALL, E.W. (1999) Qualitative and quantitative changes in free nad mineral bound humic and fulvic acids in the Broadbalk Classical Experiment at Rothamsted.
Humic Substances in the Environment 1, 17-21
B 158 HECKRATH, G.. BROOKES, P.C. & BLUME, H-P. (1999)
Phosphorus balances and P losses by preferential flow in the Broadbalk long-term experiment at Rothamsted. In: Proceedings of an International Symposium, Halle, 5
June 1999
A 157 CONTIN, M., CORCIMARU, S., DE NOBILI, M. & BROOKES, P.C.
Temperature changes and ATP concentration of the soil microbial biomass Soil
Biology and Biochemistry 2000. 32, 1219-1225
B 156 TWOMLOW, S., RICHES, C., O’NEILL, D., BROOKES, P.C. &
ELLIS-JONES, J. (1999) Sustainable dryland smallholder farming in sub-Saharan
Africa. Annals of the Forest Zone
B 155 HECKRATH, G., POULTON, P.R., BROOKES, P.C. & BLUME, H.-
P. (1999) Phosphorus balances and P losses by preferential flow in the Broadbalk
Continuous Wheat Experiment at Rothamsted. In: Proceedings of an International
Symposium, 3-5 June 1999 Halle, Germany
A 154 McDOWELL, R.W., SHARPLEY, A.N., CONDRON, L.M.,
HAYGARTH, P.M. & BROOKES, P.C. (2001) Processes controlling soil phosphorus release to runoff and implications for agricutural management. Nutrient Cycling in
Agroecosystems 59, 269-284
A 153 LIN, Q. & BROOKES, P.C. (1999) Comparison of selective inhibition and biovolume measurements of microbial biomass and its community structure in unamended, ryegrass-amended, fumigated and pesticide-treated soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 31, 1999-2014
A 152 LIN, Q. & BROOKES, P.C. (1999) Arginine ammonification as a method to estimate soil microbial biomass and microbial community structure. Soil
Biology and Biochemistry 31, 1985-1997
A 151 LIN, Q. & BROOKES, P.C. (1999) An evaluation of the substrateinduced respiration method. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 31, 1969-1983
A 150 BARAJAS ACEVES, M., GRACE, C., ANSORENA, J., BROOKES,
P.C. (1999) Soil microbial biomass and organic C in a gradient of zinc concentrations in soils around a mine spoil tip. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 31, 867-876
B 149 BROOKES, P.C. & HESKETH, N. (1998) Developing an indicator to predict the risk of soil phosphorus movement in drainage water. In: Abstracts of the
OECD sponsored workshop on practical and innovative measures for the control of agricultural phosphorus losses to water, Antrim 16-19 June 1998
A 148 HESKETH, N., BROOKES, P.C. & ADDISCOTT, T.M. (1998)
Chlordane transport in a sandy soil: effects of suspended soil material and pig slurry.
European Journal of Soil Science 49, 709-716
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A 147 HARAN, K., BROOKES, P.C., ANDERSON, J.M. & ZAKARIA,
Z.Z. (1998) Microbial biomass and soil organic matter dynamics in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) plantations, West Malaysia. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 30, 547-
552
B 146 HESKETH, N. & BROOKES, P.C. (1998) The leaching of soil phosphorus: a hundred years of getting it wrong. In: Proceedings of 16th World
Congress of Soil Science, 20-26 August 1998, Montpellier, France
B 145 BROOKES, P.C., HECKRATH, G., POULTON, P.R. & GOULDING,
K.W.T. (1998) Phosphorus movement in drainage water from the Broadbalk experiment. In: Proceedings of the 16th World Congress of Soil Science, 20-26
August 1998, Montpellier, France
B 144 AGOSTINI, F., BRADBURY, N., SMITH, & BROOKES, P.C. (1998)
Modelling microbial biomass dynamics following straw incorporation. In:
Proceedings of the 16th World Congress of Soil Science, 20-26 August 1998
A 143 GRISI, B., GRACE, C., BROOKES, P.C., BENEDETTI, A. &
DELL'ABATE, M.T. (1998) Temperature effects on organic matter and microbial biomass dynamics in temperate and tropical soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 30,
1309-1315
B 142 BROOKES, P.C., TIWARI, B.K. & GRACE, C. (1997) The role of microbial parameters in monitoring soil pollution by chromium. In: Chromium
Environmental Issues , Proceedings of chromium environmental issues workshop,
April 1996, Rome. Eds. S. Canali, F. Tittarelli and P. Sequi. Franco-Angeli, pp 40-59
B 141 THOMAS, D., HECKRATH, G. & BROOKES, P.C. (1997) Evidence of phosphorus movement from Broadbalk soils by preferential flow. In: Phosphorus loss from Soil to Water. Eds. H. Tunney, O.T.Carton, P.C. Brookes, & A.E. Johnston.
CAB International, pp 369-370
B 140 BROOKES, P.C. (1997) Microbial parameters as indicators of toxic effects of heavy metals in the soil ecosystem. In: Proceedings of the 4th International
Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, 23-26 June 1997, Berkeley,
California. Science Publishers Inc., Enfield, USA. pp 85-108
B 139 HECKRATH, G., BROOKES, P.C., POULTON, P.R. & GOULDING,
K.W.T. (1997) Phosphorus losses in drainage water from an arable silty clay loam soil. In: Phosphorus loss from soil to water. Eds H. Tunney, O.T.Carton, P.C.
Brookes, & A.E. Johnston. CAB International, pp 367-369
C 138 GOULDING, K.W.T. & BROOKES, P.C. (1997) Phosphorus losses to water. BBSRC Business, July 1997, pp. 12-13
A 137 TUNNEY, H., CARTON, O.T., BROOKES, P.C. & JOHNSTON,
A.E. (eds.) (1997) Phosphorus loss from soil to water. CAB International , pp 467
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B 136 BROOKES, P.C., CATT, J.A., FARINA, R., HECKRATH, G.,
HOWSE, K.R., & THOMAS, D. (1996) The movement of phosphate from soil to water. Soil Use and Management 12, 224
B 135 DE NOBILI, M., CONTIN, M., & BROOKES, P.C. (1996) Il ruolo della sostanza organica DELL'ABATE, M.T. terreno per la sopravivenza della biomassa microbica: modificazioni qualitative durante l’incubazione di terreni a diverso contenuto di carbonio organico. Proceedings of Humic Substances Meeting,
Udine, Italy, December 1996, p.29
A 134 DE NOBILI, M., DIAZ-RAVINA, M., BROOKES, P.C. &
JENKINSON, D.S. (1996) Adenosine 5’-triphosphate measurements in soils containing recently added glucose. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 28, 1099-1104
A 133 GOULDING, K.W.T., MATCHETT, L.S., HECKRATH, G.,
WEBSTER, C.P., BROOKES, P.C., & BURT, T.P.(1996) Nitrogen and phosphorus flows from agricultural hillslopes. In: M.G. Anderson and S.M. Brooks (Eds)
Advances in Hillslope Processes, Volume 1, pp. 213-227
A 132 WU, J., BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1996) Evidence for the use of a control in the fumigation-incubation method for measuring microbial biomass carbon in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 28, 511-518
A 131
BROOKES, P.C. (1996) Le proprietá microbiologiche come potenziali indicatori nel monitoraggio dell’inquinamento dell’inquinamento del suolo. Bollettino della Società Italiana della Scienza del Suolo, 6, 89-122
B 130 DE NOBILI, M., BROOKES, P.C., CONTIN, M., MAHIEU, N. &
RANDALL, E.W. (1996) Qualitative and quantitative changes in free and mineralbound humic and fulvic acids in the Broadbalk classical experiment at Rothamsted.
Proceedings of the 8th International Humic Substances Society Meeting, p.26
B 129 PRIETO-FERNANDEZ,A., DIAZ-RAVINA, M., ACEA, M.J.,
BROOKES, P.C. & CARBALLAS, T. (Submitted) Microbial biomass in a forest soil after heating and organic amendments. Proceedings of a meeting on ‘The role of humic substances in the ecosystem and in environmental protection’.
B 128 GOULDING, K.W.T., BROOKES, P.C. (1996) Phosphorus losses to water. ARIA Newsletter 1996, pp16-18
B 127 HIGASHIDA, S. & BROOKES, P.C. (1995) Measurement of ergosterol as an indicator of fungal biomass in soil. Proceedings of Japanese Soil
Microbiological Society, Japan, May 1995
A 126 CHANDER, K., BROOKES, P.C. & HARDING, S.A. (1995)
Microbial biomass dynamics following addition of metal-enriched sewage sludges to a sandy loam. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 27, 1409-1421
A 125 BROOKES, P.C., HECKRATH, G., DE SMET, J., HOFMAN, G. &
VANDERDEELEN, J. (1997) Losses of phosphorus in drainage water. In: P loss from soil to water. Eds H. Tunney, O.T.Carton, P.C. Brookes, & A.E. Johnston. CAB
International, pp 253-271
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B 124 BROOKES, P.C. (1995) Measurement, properties and role of the soil microbial biomass in organic matter dynamics and the maintenamce of soil fertility.
In: Integrated plant nutrition systems, Report of an Expert Consultation, Rome, 13-15
December 1993. Eds. R. Dudal and R.N. Roy, pp 113-128
A 123 HART, M.R. & BROOKES, P.C. (1997) Soil microbial biomass and mineralisation of soil organic matter after 19 years of cumulative field applications of pesticdes Soil Biology and Biochemistry 28, 1641-1649
A 122 LIN, Q. & BROOKES, P.C. (1996) Comparison of methods to measure microbial biomass in unamended, ryegrass-amended and fumigated soils.
Soil Biology and Biochemistry 28, 933-939
A 121 CONTIN, M., DE NOBILI, M. & BROOKES, P.C. (1995)
Comparisons of two methods for extraction of ATP from soil. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 27, 1371-1376
A 120 HART, M.R. & BROOKES, P.C. (1996) Effects of two ergosterolinhibiting fungicides on soil ergosterol and microbial biomass. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 28, 885-592
A 119 HECKRATH, G., BROOKES, P.C. POULTON, P.R. & GOULDING,
K.W.T. (1995) Phosphorus leaching from soils containing different P concentration in the Broadbalk experiment. Journal of Environmental Quality 24, 904-910
A 118 CHANDER, K. & BROOKES, P.C. (1994) Effects of Zn, Cu and Ni in sewage sludge applied songly and in combination on microbial biomass in a sandy loam soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 26, 103-110
B 117 BROOKES, P.C. (1986) Soil microbial phosphorus dynamics in agricultural ecosystems. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 37, 19
B 116 LIN, Q. & BROOKES, P.C. (1994) Measuring the community structure of the soil microbial biomass. Abstract of the 15th World Congress of Soil
Science, Mexico, pp. 83-84
B 115 BARAJAS ACEVES, M. & BROOKES, P.C. (1994) Effects of heavy metals from a mine in Gipuzkoa, Spain, on soil microbial biomass and organic matter dynamics. Abstract of the 15th World Congress of Soil Science, Mexico, pp.60-61
B 114 BROOKES, P.C. & CHANDER, K. (1994) Effects of heavy metals at around current permitted EC limits on the synthesis and turnover of the soil microbial biomass. Abstract of the 15th World Congress of Soil Science, Mexico, pp.58-59
A 113 BROOKES, P.C. (1995) The use of microbial parameters in monitoring soil pollution by heavy metals. Biology and Fertility of Soils 19, 269-279
A 112 HUYSMAN, F., VERSTRAETE, W. & BROOKES, P.C. (1994)
Effect of manuring practices and increased copper concentrations on soil microbial populations. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 26, 103-110
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B 111 KOUNO, K., LUKITO, H.P., ANDO,T. & BROOKES, P.C. (1994)
Microbial biomass P dynamics in soil. Abstract of the 15th World Congress of Soil
Science, Mexico, pp.85-86
B 110 KOUNO, K. & BROOKES, P.C. (1993) The turnover of biomass C and P in soil following the incorporation of glucose and cellulose. Abstracts of the
1993 Meeting of Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Okinawa,
Japan, 39, p.33
C 109 BROOKES, P.C. & POWLSON, D.S. (1993) A problem with straw?
Agriculture International 45, 10-11
A 108 KERRY, B.R., KIRKWOOD, N.A., DENDOOVEN, L. LEIJ, F.A.A.,
BARBA, J., LEIJDONS, M.B. & BROOKES, P.C. (1993) Growth and survival of verticillium Chlamydozporum Goddard, a parasite of nematodes in soil. Biocontrol
Science and Technology 3, 355-365
B 107 LIN, Q. & BROOKES, P.C. (1993) Measurement of the community structure of the soil microbial biomass. Proceedings of Beyond the Biomass
Conference, Wye College, March 1993. Abstract No. 18 Session 1
C 106 DE NOBILI, M., DIAZ-RAVIÑA, M., CHANDER, K. & BROOKES,
P.C. (1993) Problems with ATP measurements as an index of biomass in glucoseamended soils. Proceedings of Beyond the Biomass Conference, Wye College, March
1993 Poster Session 2 and Abstract No. 5
C 105 BROOKES, P.C. (1993) The potential of microbiological parameters as indicators in soil pollution monitoring. Proceedings of Soil Monitoring Workshop,
Monte Verità, Ascona, 24 pp.
B 104 BROOKES, P.C. (1992) Current research into the soil microbial biomass. Proceedings of Choseki Seminar, Yamaguchi, Japan, pp. 23-29
C 103 BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1992) The enhancer lies in the soil. The Guardian, 3 April 1992
C 102 WU, J., KOUNO, K., BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1992)
Microbial biomass C and P dynamics during decomposition of glucose and plant material in soil. 6th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Barcelon, Spain p 166
C 101 OCIO, J.A., POULTON, P.R. & BROOKES, P.C. (1992) Microbial transformations of N following field incorporation of straw at cereal harvest. 6th
International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Barcelon, Spain p 265
C 100 LIN, Q. & BROOKES, P.C. (1992) Towards a measurement of the community structure of the soil microbial biomass. 6th International Symposium on
Microbial Ecology, Barcelon, Spain p 129
A 99 WU, J., BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1993) Formation and destruction of microbial biomass during the decomposition of glucose and ryegrass in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 25, 1435-1441
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B 98 HART, M.R. & BROOKES, P.C. (1992) Effects of pesticides on the soil microbial biomass and microbial activity. International Symposium on the Environmental Aspects of Pesticide Microbiology, Sigtuna, Sweden, p.166.
B 97 OCIO, J.A., BROOKES, P.C., POULTON, P.R. & CORCUERA, P.
(1992) El enterrado de la paja de cereal como practica para reducir la contaminacion de las aguas por nitratos. Zaragoza Nitrogen Workshop, Spain.
A 96 CHANDER, K. & BROOKES, P.C. (1993) Residual effects of zinc, copper and nickel in sewage sludge on microbial biomass in a sandy loam.
Soil Biology and Biochemistry 25, (9), 1231-1239.
A 95 CHANDER, K. & BROOKES, P.C. (1992) Synthesis of microbial biomass from added glucose in metal-contaminated and non-contaminated soils following repeated fumigation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 24, 613-614.
A 94 HUYSMAN, F., VERSTRAETE, W. & BROOKES, P.C. (1992)
Effect of manuring practices and increased copper concentration on soil microbial populations. Soil Biology and Biochemistry (submitted).
B 93 JOERGENSEN, R.G. & BROOKES, P.C. (1991) Die bestimmuny der mikrobiellen Biomasse des Bodens mit der Fumigations-Extractions-Methode.
B 92 OCIO, J.A., BROOKES, P.C. & CORCUERA, P. (1991) Estudio sobre el enterrado de la paja de cereal (2). Sustrai 23, 21-23.
B 91 OCIO, J.A., BROOKES, P.C. & CORCUERA, P. (1991) Estudio sobre el enterrado de la paja de cereal (1). Sustrai 22, 38-41.
B 90 CHANDER, K. & BROOKES, P.C. (1991) Effects of heavy metals, at around currently permitted EC soil limits, in soil microbial biomass and microbial activity. SETAC-EUROPE Founding Conference, April 1991 University of Sheffield.
Abstract No 18.
A 89 CHANDER, K. & BROOKES, P.C. (1991) Is the dehydrogenase assay invalid as a method to estimate microbial activity in copper-contaminated soils? Soil
Biology and Biochemistry 23, 909-915.
A 88 VANCE, E.D., BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1991)
Confirmation of a law relating to the size of non-hyphal organisms to their contribution to soil biovolume. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 23, 1097-1098.
A 87 CHANDER, K. & BROOKES, P.C. (1991) Microbial biomass dynamics during the decomposition of glucose and maize in metal-contaminated and non-contaminated soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 23, 917-925.
A 86 CHANDER, K. & BROOKES, P.C. (1991) Effects of heavy metals from past applications of sewage sludge on microbial biomass and organic matter accumulation in a sandy loam and silty loam UK soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry
23, 927-932.
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A 85 CHANDER, K. & BROOKES, P.C. (1991) Plant inputs of carbon to metal-contaminated and non-contaminated soil and effects on the synthesis of soil microbial biomass. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 23, 1169-1177.
A 84 INUBUSHI, K., BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1991) Soil microbial biomass C, N and ninhydrin-N in aerobic and anaerobic soils measured by the fumigation-extraction method. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 23, 737-741.
A 83 OCIO, J.A., MARTINEZ, J. & BROOKES, P.C. (1991) Contribution of straw-derived N to total microbial biomass N following incorporation of cereal straw to soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 23, 655-659.
B 82 BROOKES, P.C., INUBUSHI, K., WU, J. & PATRA, D. (1991)
Properties of the soil microbial biomass. Japanese Journal of Soil Science and Plant
Nutrition 62, 79-84.
B 81 BROOKES, P.C., WU, J. & OCIO, J.A. (1991) Soil microbial biomass dynamics following the addition of cereal straw and other substrates to soil. The
Ecology of Cereal Fields. Conference of British Ecological Society, Cambridge.
Blackwell Scientific, pp. 95-111.
A 80 OCIO, J.A., BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1991) Field incorporation of straw and its effects on soil microbial biomass and soil inorganic N.
Soil Biology and Biochemistry 23, 171-176.
B 79 BROOKES, P.C., JORGENSEN, R.G. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1990)
The ATP content and adenylate energy charge of the soil microbial biomass and the effects of temperature on microbial survival and the mineralization of soil organic matter. Proceedings 14th International Congress of Soil Science, Kyoto, Japan.
Volume III, p.239.
A 78 OCIO, J.A. & BROOKES, P.C. (1990) An evaluation of methods for measuring the microbial biomass in soils following recent additions of wheat straw and the characterization of the biomass that develops. Soil Biology and Biochemistry
22, 685-694.
A 77 WU, J., JOERGENSEN, R.G., POMMERENING, B., CHAUSSOD,
R. & BROOKES, P.C. (1990) Measurement of soil microbial biomass C by fumigation-extraction - an automated procedure. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 22,
1167-1169.
A 76 PATRA, D.D., BROOKES, P.C., COLEMAN, K. & JENKINSON,
D.S. (1990) Seasonal changes of soil microbial biomass in an arable and a grassland soil which have been under uniform management for many years. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 22, 739-742.
A 75 JOERGENSEN, R.G. & BROOKES, P.C. (1990) Ninhydrin-reactive nitrogen measurements of microbial biomass in 0.5 M K2SO4 soil extracts. Soil
Biology and Biochemistry 22, 1023-1027.
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A 74 OCIO, J.A. & BROOKES, P.C. (1990) Soil microbial biomass measurements in sieved and unsieved soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 22, 999-
1000.
A 73 JOERGENSEN, R.G., BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1990)
Survival of the soil microbial biomass at elevated temperatures. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 22, 1129-1136.
A 72 BROOKES, P.C., OCIO, J.A. & WU, J. (1990) The soil microbial biomass: its measurement, properties and role in soil nitrogen and carbon dynamics following substrate incorporation. Soil Microorganisms 35, 39-51.
A 71 JOERGENSEN, R.G., BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1989)
Some relationships between microbial ATP and soil microbial biomass, measured by the fumigation-extraction procedure, and soil organic matter. Mitteilgn. Dtsch.
Bodenkundl. Gesellsch. 59, 585-588.
B 70 BROOKES, P.C., OCIO, J.A. & WU, J. (1989) The role of the soil microbial biomass in substrate decomposition and in the turnover of soil organic matter. Congresso Interdivisionale della Societa Chimica Italiana, Perugia, Italy.
October 1989, p. 153.
B 69 OCIO, J.A. & BROOKES, P.C. (1989) The fumigation-extraction method: A breakthrough in measuring biomass in soils following straw incorporation.
5th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology Kyoto, Japan. August 1989, p.142.
B 68 BROOKES, P.C. & VERSTRAETE, W. (1989) The functioning of soil as an ecosystem. In: Soil Quality Assessment (F. de Haan, Wageningen Agricultural
University, Ed.). EC Brussels, March 1989, 41 pp.
B 67 WU, J., BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1989) Measuring the dynamics of the turnover of biomass carbon in soil. 5th International Symposium on
Microbial Ecology, Kyoto, Japan, August 1989, p. 148.
B 66 BROOKES, P.C. (1989) The microbial biomass in soil. 5 th
International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Kyoto, Japan, August 1989, p. 69.
B 65 INUBUSHI, K., BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1989) A comparison of the fumigation-extraction, fumigation-incubation and ATP methods for-measuring microbial biomass in waterlogged soils. 5th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Kyoto, Japan, August 1989, p.69.
A 64 INUBUSHI, K., BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1989) The influence of paraquat on the extraction of adenosine triphosphate from soil by trichloroacetic acid. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 21, 741-742
A 63 WIDMER, P., BROOKES, P.C. & PARRY, L.C. (1989) Microbial biomass nitrogen measurements in soils containing large amounts of inorganic nitrogen. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 21, 865-867.
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A 62 INUBUSHI, K., BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1989)
Adenosine 5' triphosphate and adenylate energy charge in waterlogged soil. Soil
Biology and Biochemistry 21, 733-739.
A 61 SAFFIGNA, P.G., POWLSON, D.S., BROOKES, P.C. & THOMAS,
G.A. (1989) Influence of tillage and sorghum residues on soil organic matter and soil microbial biomass in an Australian vertisol. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 21, 759-
765.
B 60 BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1988) Adenylate energy charge and ATP levels in the soil microbial biomass. In: ATP Luminescence. Rapid
Methods in Microbiology (Eds. P.E. Stanley, B.J. McCarthy & R. Smither) pp. 119-
127. Blackwell Scientific Publications.
B 59 OCIO, J.A. & BROOKES, P.C. (1988) The use of ATP measurements in soil microbial biomass studies. In: ATP Luminescence. Rapid Methods in
Microbiology (Eds. P.E. Stanley, B.J. McCarthy & R. Smither), pp. 129-136.
Blackwell Scientific Publications.
A 58 McGRATH, S.P., BROOKES, P.C. & GILLER, K.E. (1988). Effects of potentially toxic metals in soil derived from past applications ofsewage sludge on nitrogen fixation by Trifolium repens L. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 20, 415-424.
B 57 WU, J. & BROOKES, P.C. (1988) Microbial biomass and organic matter relationships in arable soils Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 45,
138-139.
B 56 BROOKES, P.C. & OCIO, J.A. (1988) Cambios en la biomasa microbiana y la materia organica del suelo tras el enterrado de paja de cereal. II
Congreso Nacional de la Ciencia del Suelo, l39-146.
B 55 INUBUSHI, K., BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1988)
Effects of waterlogging on soil microbial biomass. II. Comparisons of three methods for determining biomass: The fumigation extraction, fumigation incubation and ATP methods, JSSSPN Annual Meeting, Koke, April 1988 p.47
B 54 BROOKES, P.C. (1988) The adenylate energy charge ratio and ATP concentration of the soil microbial biomass. Proceedings IV International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, 1986, pp 673-678.
B 53 SAFFIGNA, P.G., POWLSON, D.S., BROOKES, P.C., STANDLEY,
J., THOMAS, G. & HUNTER, H. (1988) Influence of tillage and sorghum residues on carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in the soil microbial biomass of a vertisol in central
Queensland. National Soils Conference, Brisbane, 1984. p.377.
B 52 INUBUSHI, K., BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1987)
Effects of waterlogging on microbial biomass in soil. I. Changes in ATP contents and
AEC. Third Conference of the Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology, Kyoto,
December 12-13, 1987
A 51 BROOKES, P.C. (1987) ATP and adenylate energy charge measurements in soil. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 40, 129-130.
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B 50 GILLER, K.E., McGRATH, S.P. & BROOKES, P.C. (1987)
Suppression of nitrogen fixation in clover on soil contaminated with heavy metals. In:
Meeting on Plant and Soil Nitrogen Metabolism, Sussex 1987. London: AFRC, p.68.
B 49 BROOKES, P.C. (1987) The adenylate energy charge ratio and ATP concentration of the soil microbial biomass. In: Perspectives in Microbial Ecology
(Eds. F. Megusar & M. Gantar) pp 673-678. Mldinska Knijiga
A 48 VANCE, E.D., BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1987) An extraction method for measuring soil microbial biomass C. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 19,
703-707
A 47 VANCE, E.D., BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1987)
Microbial biomass measurements in forest soils: the use of the chloroform fumigation-incubation method in strongly acid soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry
19, 697-702
A 46 VANCE, E.D., BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1987)
Microbial biomass measurements in forest soils: determination of kc values and tests of hypotheses to explain the failure of the chloroform fumigation-incubation method in acid soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 19, 689-696
A 45 BROOKES, P.C. & McGRATH, S.P. (1987) Adenylate energy charge in metal-contaminated soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 19, 219-220
A 44 BROOKES, P.C., NEWCOMBE, A.D. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1987)
Adenylate energy charge measurements in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 19,
211-217
A 43 SHEN, S.M., BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1987) Soil respiration and the measurement of microbial biomass C by the fumigation technique in fresh and in air-dried soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 19, 153-158
B 42 VANCE, E.D. & BROOKES, P.C. (1987) Measurement of microbial biomass in soil. In: Chemical Analysis in Environmental Research ITE Symposium
Series Nov 1985, pp 68-78
A 41 POWLSON, D.S., BROOKES, P.C. & CHRISTENSEN, B.T (1987)
Measurement of soil microbial biomass provides an early indication of changes in total organic matter due to straw incorporation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 19,
159-164.
B 40 BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1986) Adenylate energy charge measurements in soil. 4th International symposium on Microbial Ecology
Conference Proceedings , Ljubljana, August 1986 p 78.
B 39 BROOKES, P.C. & McGRATH, S.P. (1986) Effects of metal residues from past applications of sewage-sludge on soil microbial biomass and N2-fixation.
4th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Conference Proceedings.
Ljubljana, August 1986, p 140
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A 38 BROOKES, P.C., McGRATH, S.P. & HEIJNEN, C. (1986) Metal residues in soils previously treated with sewage-sludge and their effects on growth and nitrogen fixation by blue-green algae. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 18, 345-354
A 37 BROOKES, P.C., HEIJNEN, C. & McGRATH, S.P. (1986) Soil microbial biomass measurements in soils contaminated with metals. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 18, 383-388
B 36 BROOKES, P.C., POWLSON, D.S. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1986)
Microbial phosphorus in soils. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 37, p19
B 35 BROOKES, P.C. & McGRATH, S.P. (1986) Effects of heavy metal accumulation in field soils treated with sewage-sludge on soil microbial processes and soil fertility. In: Microbial Communities in Soil. FEMS Symposium publication (L. H.
Sorensen and A. Kjoller, eds.) Elsevier pp 327-343
D 34 McGRATH, S.P. & BROOKES, P.C. (1985) Metals do persist. Crops
Weekly 22.3.85
B 33 BROOKES, P.C., VANCE, E.D. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1985)
Measurement of microbial biomass nitrogen in forest soils. Agronomy Abstracts
1985. American Society of Agronomy p 154
B 32 VANCE, E.D., BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1985)
Interpretations of microbial biomass measurements in forest soils. Agronomy
Abstracts 1985. American Society of Agronomy p 226
B 31 VANCE, E.D., BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1985) Why the chloroform fumigation method does not work in acid soils. FEMS Symposium,
Conference Proceedings, Copenhagen 1985 p35
B 30 BROOKES, P.C. & McGRATH, S.P. (1985) The response of the soil microbial biomass to heavy metals in soils previously treated with sewage sludge.
FEMS Symposium, Conference Proceedings. Copenhagen 1985 p46
B 29 McGRATH, S.P. & BROOKES, P.C. (1985) Effects of long-term sludge additions on microbial biomass and microbial processes in soil. In: Factors
Influencing Sludge Utilisation Practices in Europe (Eds H. Haeni, R.D. Davis and S.
Gupta) Elsevier Applied Science Publishers, London, pp 80-89
B 28 BROOKES, P.C. KLEIN, D.A., McGRATH, S.P. & PATRA, D.D
(1985) Effects of heavy metals from sewage-sludge on soil microbial biomass and. activity. Canadian Society of Microbiologists Annual Meeting Conference
Proceedings June 9-13 1985. Halifax, Nova Scotia p67
B 27 BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1985) A direct extraction method for measuring soil microbial biomass nitrogen. Canadian Society of
Microbiologists Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings June 9-13 1985. Halifax,
Nova Scotia, p67
A 26 BROOKES, P.C., LANDMAN, A., PRUDEN, G. & JENKINSON,
D.S. (1985) The effects of chloroform fumigation on the release and extractability of
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soil nitrogen 2. A rapid direct extraction method for measuring microbial biomass nitrogen in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 17, 837-842
A 25 BROOKES, P.C., KRAGT, J.F., POWLSON, D.S. & JENKINSON,
D.S. (1985) The effects of chloroform fumigation in the release and extractability of soil nitrogen 1. The effects of increasing fumigation time and fumigation temperature.
Soil Biology and Biochemistry 17, 831-835
B 24 BROOKES, P.C. (1985) Measurement of microbial biomass and activity in soil. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 36, p269
B 23 SAFFIGNA, P.G., POWLSON, D.S. & BROOKES, P.C. (1984)
Influence of tillage and sorghum residues on carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in the microbial biomass of a vertisol in central Queensland. Proceedings of the Australian
National Soils Conference p47
B 22 BROOKES, P.C., POWLSON, D.S. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1984) The role of microbes in grassland soils. In: ‘Money from Grass’ (Ed A.J. Corrall) British
Grassland Society Occasional Symposium No. 15, p76
B 21 BROOKES, P.C., POWLSON, D.S. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1984) The microbial biomass in soil. Ecological Interactions in the Soil Environment. British
Ecological Society Conference Proceedings. pp 123-125
A 20 BROOKES, P.C. & McGRATH, S.P., (KLEIN, D.A., ELLIOTT, E.T.)
(1984) Effects of heavy metals on biomass and microbial activity in field soils treated with sewage sludge. International Conference on Environmental Contamination,
Conference Proceedings, pp 123-125
A 19 BROOKES, P.C. & McGRATH, S.P (1984) The effects of metal toxicity on the soil microbial biomass. Journal of Soil Science 35, 341-346
A 18 BROOKES, P.C., POWLSON, D.S. & Jenkinson, D.S. (1984)
Phosphorus in the soil microbial biomass. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 16, 169-175
B 17 BROOKES, P.C. & Jenkinson, D.S. (1983) A survival strategy for the soil microbial biomass. Abstracts of the Third International Symposium on Microbial
Ecology p62
B 16 BROOKES, P.C. & JENKINSON, D.S. (1983) Soil microbial biomass phosphorus . Abstracts of the Symposium on Biological Processes and Soil Fertility
ISSS (Commissions III & IV) and BSSS. p74
D 15 BROOKES, P.C. (1983) In the soil. New Scientist 97, p393
A 14 BROOKES, P.C. MATTINGLY, G.E.G., (WHITE, R.P.) &
MITCHELL, J.D.D (1983) Relationships between labile P, NaHCO3-soluble P, and mobilisation of non-labile P, in soils treated with inorganic phosphate fertilizers and organic manures. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 34, 335-344
A 13 BROOKES, P.C., TATE, K.R., Jenkinson, D.S. (1983) The adenylate charge of the soil microbial biomass. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 15, 9-16
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C 12 BROOKES, P.C., POWLSON, D.S. & TATE, K.R. (1982) The secret life of the soil. New Scientist 96, p564
A 11 BROOKES, P.C., POWLSON, D.S. & Jenkinson, D.S. (1982)
Measurement of microbial biomass phosphorus in soil. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 14, 319-329
A 10 BROOKES, P.C. (1982) Correction for seed-phosphorus effects in Lvalue determinations. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 33, 329-335
B 9 BROOKES, P.C., POWLSON, D.S. & Jenkinson, D.S. (1981)
Microbially bound phosphates in soils. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
32, p632
A 8 BROOKES, P.C. & POWLSON, D.S. (1981) Preventing phosphorus losses during perchloric acid digestion of sodium bicarbonate soil extracts. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 32, 671-674
A 7 BROOKES, P.C. & WIGSTON, D.L. & BOURNE, W.F. (1980) The dependence of Quercus robur and Q. petraea seedlings on cotyledon potassium, magnesium, calcium and phosphorus during the first year of growth. Forestry 53, 167-
177
B 6 BROOKES, P.C. & POWLSON, D.S. (1980) Effects of chloroform fumigation on soil phosphorus. Abstracts of the 2nd International Symposium on
Microbial Ecology, p.133
B 5 JOHNSTON, A.E. & BROOKES, P.C. (1979) Yields of, and P, K, Ca,
Mg uptakes by, crops grown in an experiment testing the effects of adding peat to a sandy loam soil at Woburn, 1963-77. Rothamsted Experimental Station. Report for
1978, Part 2, 83-98
A 4 BROOKES, P.C., GILDON, A., LANE, P.W., JOHNSTON, A.E.
(1979) Effects of different watering methods, soil weights, soil diluents and soil coverings on the yield and nutrient uptake of ryegrass grown in a controlled environment. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 30, 528-531
A 3 BROOKES, P.C. & WIGSTON, D.L. (1979) Variation of morphological and chemical characteristics of acorns from populations of Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl., Q. robur L. and their hybrids. Watsonia 12, 315-324
A 2 BROOKES, P.C. (1978) Control of evaporation and surface accumulation of nutrients in sand-culture experiments with oak seedlings. Journal of
Applied Ecology 15, 635-637
B 1 BROOKES, P.C. & WIGSTON, D.L.(1975) Some parameters of oakmast. Watsonia 10, 463-464
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