Dr. Barbara Cade-Menun

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Research Scientist

My research focuses on nutrient cycling and minimizing nutrient loss from agriculture. Specifically, I am a phosphorus (P) biogeochemist. I study how P cycles in soil and water, using techniques that range from simple extractions to advanced spectroscopic methods such as 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (P-NMR)  and P k-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure  spectroscopy (P-XANES). I do my P-NMR work at the Saskatchewan Structural Sciences Centre at the University of Saskatchewan, and my P-XANES work at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) in Saskatoon. Using these advanced techniques, I have examined P forms and concentrations in soils, manure, plants, and snowmelt runoff. This will help to ensure that crops get the P they need, while minimizing P loss to water where it can cause harmful algal blooms.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Box 1030, Gate 3, Airport Road, Swift Current, SK S9H 3X2

Current research and/or projects

Dr. Cade-Menun’s current research investigates agro-environmental health, focusing on soil phosphorus cycling and soil health in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec and British Columbia.

Research and/or project statements

  • The effect of management practices such as tillage and fertilization on soil phosphorus forms and cycling.

  • Soil acidification from long-tern nitrogen fertilization.

  • Practices that minimize nutrient loss from land to water.

  • Phosphorus forms and cycling in aquatic ecosystems.

Education and awards

B. Sc. (Hons.), Biology, Queen’s University, 1986

M. Sc., Soil Science (Soil Biology), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC,1989

Ph. D., Soil Science (Forest Soils, Soil Chemistry), University of British Columbia, 1995

 

Fellow, Canadian Society of Soil Science, 2017

Fellow, Soil Science Society of America, 2016

Editor’s Citation for Excellence as Associate Editor, Journal of Environmental Quality, 2014

Editor’s Citation for Excellence in Manuscript Review, Journal of Environmental Quality, 2012

Editor’s Citation, top referee in 2008, Analytica Chimica Acta, 2008

International experience and/or work

Dr. Cade-Menun has collaborated internationally with scientists in China, England, France, Ireland, Israel, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Spain and the USA (with various universities and the USDA).  

Key publications

  1. LIU, C., JIANG, X., MA, Y., CADE-MENUN, B.J. (2017). Pollutant and Soil Types Influence Effectiveness of Soil-Applied Absorbents in Reducing Rice Plant Uptake of Persistent Organic Pollutants. Pedosphere, [online] 27(3), 537-547. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1002-0160(17)60349-7

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  2. Cade-Menun, B.J., Bainard, L.D., LaForge, K., Schellenberg, M., Houston, B., Hamel, C. (2017). Long-term agricultural land use affects chemical and physical properties of soils from southwest Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, [online] 97(4), 650-666. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2016-0153

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  3. Defforey, D., Cade-Menun, B.J., Paytan, A. (2017). A new solution 31P NMR sample preparation scheme for marine sediments. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, [online] 15(4), 381-393. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10166

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  4. Jiang, X., Bol, R., Cade-Menun, B.J., Nischwitz, V., Willbold, S., Bauke, S., Vereecken, H., Amelung, W., Klumpp, E. (2017). Colloid-bound and dissolved phosphorus species in topsoil water extracts along a grassland transect from Cambisol to Stagnosol. Biogeosciences, [online] 14(5), 1153-1164. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-1153-2017

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  5. Cade-Menun, B.J., Doody, D.G., Liu, C.W., Watson, C.J. (2017). Long-term changes in grassland soil phosphorus with fertilizer application and withdrawal. Journal of Environmental Quality, [online] 46(3), 537-545. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/jeq2016.09.0373

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  6. Weyers, E., Strawn, D.G., Peak, D., Moore, A.D., Baker, L.L., Cade-Menun, B. (2016). Phosphorus speciation in calcareous soils following annual dairy manure amendments. Soil Science Society of America Journal, [online] 80(6), 1531-1542. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2016.09.0280

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  7. Abdi, D., B.J. Cade-Menun, N, Ziadi, Y. Shi, G. Bélanger, J. Lajeunesse, J. Lafond. 2016. Modeling 31P-NMR P forms in Canadian grasslands using compositional analysis with balances. Affiche scientifique présentée au Organic Phosphorus Workshop 2016, 5-9 septembre 2016, Lake District, England.

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  8. Abdi, D., Cade-Menun, B.J., Ziadi, N., Tremblay, G.F., Parent, L.É. (2016). Visible near infrared reflectance spectroscopy to predict soil phosphorus pools in chernozems of Saskatchewan, Canada. Geoderma Regional, [online] 7(2), 93-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2016.02.004

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  9. Shu, W., Price, G.W., Sharifi, M., Cade-Menun, B.J. (2016). Impact of annual and single application of alkaline treated biosolids on soil extractable phosphorus and total phosphorus. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, [online] 219 111-118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2015.12.009

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  10. Schneider, K.D., Cade-Menun, B.J., Lynch, D.H., Paul Voroney, R. (2016). Soil phosphorus forms from organic and conventional forage fields Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition. Soil Science Society of America Journal, [online] 80(2), 328-340. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2015.09.0340

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  11. Liu, C.Y., Cade-Menun, B.J., Xu, X.H., Fan, J.L. (2016). Electron donor substances and iron oxides stimulate anaerobic dechlorination of DDT in a slurry system with hydragric acrisols. Journal of Environmental Quality, [online] 45(1), 331-340. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/jeq2015.07.0406

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  12. Iwaasa, A.D., Acharya, S.N., Coulman, B., Cade-Menun, B.J., and Sottie, E.T. (2015). "Bale grazing feeding strategies and alternative forages to consider for drier grazing environments.", BC Cattlemen’s Association – Maximizing our Forage Workshop and Field Day, Bar K Ranch, Prince George, BC, Canada, October 23, 2015.

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  13. Bainard, L.D., Hamel, C., Cade-Menun, B.J., Chagnon, P.-L., LaForge, K., and Gan, Y.T. (2015). "Dissecting the impact of land use on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in a semiarid prairie landscape.", 8th International Conference on Mycorrhiza, Flagstaff, AZ, USA, August 3-7, 2015, pp. 29.

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  14. Liu, J.Q., Cade-Menun, B.J., Yang, J., Hu, Y.F., Liu, C.W., Bainard, L.D., LaForge, K., and Hamel, C. (2015). "Phosphorus speciation in soils under different land use in southwestern Saskatchewan.", Canadian Light Source Meeting, May 4, 2015.

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  15. Abdi, D., Cade-Menun, B.J., Ziadi, N., Shi, Y.Z., Bélanger, G., Lajeunesse, J., and Lafond, J. (2015). "The influence of phosphorus fertilization on grassland soil phosphorus forms: A 31P-NMR study.", Canadian Soil Science Society (IUSS-CSSS-AQSSS) Conference, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, July 5-10, 2015, Presentation.

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  16. Abdi, D., Cade-Menun, B.J., Ziadi, N., Parent, L.É. (2015). Compositional statistical analysis of soil 31P-NMR forms. Geoderma, [online] 257-258 40-47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.03.019

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  17. Cade-Menun, B.J. (2015). Improved peak identification in 31P-NMR spectra of environmental samples with a standardized method and peak library. Geoderma, [online] 257-258 102-114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.12.016

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  18. Cade-Menun, B.J., He, Z., Dou, Z. (2015). Comparison of Phosphorus Forms in Three Extracts of Dairy Feces by Solution 31P NMR Analysis. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, [online] 46(13), 1698-1712. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2015.1047512

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  19. Cade-Menun, B.J., He, Z., Zhang, H., Endale, D.M., Schomberg, H.H., Liu, C.W. (2015). Stratification of phosphorus forms from long-term conservation tillage and poultry litter application. Soil Science Society of America Journal, [online] 79(2), 504-516. http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2014.08.0310

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  20. Giles, C.D., Cade-Menun, B.J., Liu, C.W., Hill, J.E. (2015). The short-term transport and transformation of phosphorus species in a saturated soil following poultry manure amendment and leaching. Geoderma, [online] 257-258 134-141. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.08.007

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Contact

Research facility

Swift Current Research and Development Centre
1 Airport Road
Swift Current, SK S9H 3X2
Canada

Expertise

Agriculture›Agro-Ecosystem productivity and health
Agriculture›Nuclear magnetic resonance
Agriculture›Soil science›Nutrient cycling
Environment›Water›Nutrients›Agriculture

Affiliations

Dr. Cade-Menun is an adjunct professor at the University of Regina and the University of Saskatchewan. She is a member (and was President in 2015) of the Canadian Society of Soil Science. She is also a member of the Soil Science Society of America and the Association of Scientists of Limnology and Oceanography.

Language

English