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USDA-ARS-PSWMRU Building 3702, Curtin Road University Park, PA 16802
  • Phone: 814-863-3184
  • Fax: 814-863-0935
  • E-mail: pjk9@psu.edu

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Peter Kleinman

Peter Kleinman
Soil Scientist & Adjunct Associate Professor

Responsibilities and Interests:

Investigate processes controlling the fate of nutrients in landscapes and develop innovative management practices to minimize nutrient losses from agriculture. General interests include developing context-specific management recommendations through integrated, multidisciplinary research, improving understanding of how scale and complexity affect research inferences and combining the study of biophysical and social factors to promote the development and adoption of sustainable management practices. Advisor to students, state, federal and international organizations on nutrient management and related water quality issues.

Education:

Student Advisees:

Post doctoral

Ph.D.

M.S. students

Undergraduate honors students

Publications—Peer reviewed (updated April 2008):

2008

  1. García, A. M., T. L. Veith, P. J. A. Kleinman, C. A. Rotz, and L. S. Saporito. In press. Assessing manure management strategies through small-plot research and whole-farm modeling. J. Soil Water Conserv.
  2. Bryant, R. B., T. L. Veith, P. J. A. Kleinman, and W. J. Gburek. In press. Cannonsville Reservoir and Town Brook Watersheds: Documenting conservation efforts to protect New York City's drinking water. J. Soil Water Conserv.
  3. McDowell, R.W., Z. Dou, J.D. Toth, B.J. Cade-Menun, P.J.A. Kleinman, K. Soder, L. Saporito. In press. A comparison of phosphorus bioavailability in feed and dung of different dairy herds using 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. J. Environ. Qual. 37.
  4. Kleinman, P.J.A., and K.J. Soder. In press. Cycling and management of nitrogen and phosphorus on dairy farms in relationship to the role of grazing. In McDowell, R. (ed.), Impacts of pastoral grazing on the environment, CAB International, Oxon, UK.
  5. Vaughan, R.E., B.A. Needelman, P.J.A. Kleinman, and M.C. Rabenhorst. 2008. Morphology and characterization of ditch soils at an Atlantic Coastal Plain farm. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 72: 660-669.
  6. Sharpley, A.N., P.J.A. Kleinman, A.L. Heathwaite, W.J. Gburek, G.J. Folmar, and J.P. Schmidt. 2008. Phosphorus loss from an agricultural watershed as a function of storm size. J. Environ. Qual. 37: 362-368.

2007

  1. Srinivasan, M.S., P.J.A. Kleinman, A.N. Sharpley, T. Buob and W.J. Gburek. 2007. Hydrology of small field plots used to study phosphorus runoff under simulated rainfall. J. Envrion. Qual. 37: 1833-1842.
  2. Penn, C.J., R.B. Bryant, B. Needelman and P. Kleinman. 2007. Spatial distribution of soil phosphorus across selected New York dairy farm pastures and hay fields. Soil Sci. 172: 797-810.
  3. Vaughan, R.E., B.A. Needelman, P.J.A. Kleinman, and A.L. Allen. 2007. Vertical distribution of phosphorus in agricultural drainage ditch soils. J Environ Qual 36: 1895-1903.
  4. Kleinman, P.J.A., A.L. Allen, B.A. Needelman, A.N. Sharpley, P.A. Vadas, L.S. Saporito, G.J. Folmar and R.B. Bryant. 2007. Dynamics of phosphorus transfers from heavily manured coastal plain soils to drainage ditches. J. Soil and Water Conserv. 62: 225-235.
  5. Needelman, B.A., P.J.A. Kleinman, A.L. Allen and J.S. Strock. 2007. Managing agricultural drainage ditches for water quality protection. J. Soil and Water Conserv. 62: 171-178.
  6. Penn, C.J., R.B. Bryant, P.J.A. Kleinman and A.L. Allen. 2007. Sequestering dissolved phosphorus from ditch drainage water. J. Soil and Water Conserv. 62: 269-276.
  7. Sharpley, A, T. Krogstad, P. Kleinman, B. Haggard, F. Shigaki and L. Saporito. 2007. Managing natural processes in drainage ditches for non-point source phosphorus control. J. Soil and Water Conserv. 62: 197-206.
  8. Vadas, P.A., M.S. Srinivasan, P.J.A. Kleinman, J.P. Schmidt, and A.L. Allen. 2007. Subsurface nutrient transport in a ditch-drained agroecosystem. J. Soil and Water Conserv. 62: 178-188.
  9. Kleinman, P., D. Sullivan, A. Wolf, R. Brandt, Z. Dou, H. Elliott, J. Kovar, A. Leytem, R. Maguire, P. Moore, L. Saporito, A. Sharpley, A. Shober, T. Sims, J. Toth, G. Toor, H. Zhang, T. Zhang. 2007. Selection of a water extractable phosphorus test for manures and biosolids as an indicator of runoff loss potential. J. Environ. Qual. 36: 1357-1367.
  10. Vaughan, R.E., B.A. Needelman, P.J.A. Kleinman, and A.L. Allen. 2007. Spatial variation of soil phosphorus within a drainage ditch network. J. Environ. Qual. 36: 1096-1104.
  11. Brock, E.H., Q.M. Ketterings, and P.J.A. Kleinman. 2007. Measuring and predicting the phosphorus sorption capacity of manure amended soils. Soil Sci. 172: 266-278.
  12. Brock. E.H., Q.M. Ketterings, and P.J.A. Kleinman. 2007. Phosphorus leaching through intact soil cores as influenced by type and duration of manure application. Nutr. Cycl. Agroec. 77: 269-281.
  13. James, E., P. Kleinman, T. Veith, R. Stedman and A. Sharpley. 2007. Phosphorus contributions from pastured dairy cattle to streams of the Cannonsville Watershed, New York. J. Soil and Water Conserv. 62: 40-47.
  14. Vadas, P.A., R.D. Harmel and P.J.A. Kleinman. 2007. Transformations of soil and manure phosphorus after surface application of manure to field plots. Nutr. Cycl. Agroecosyst. 77: 83-99.
  15. Vadas, P.A., W.J. Gburek, A.N. Sharpley, P.J.A. Kleinman, P.A. Moore, Jr., M.L. Cabrera and R.D. Harmel. 2007. A model for phosphorus transformation and runoff loss for surface-applied manures. J. Environ. Qual. 36: 324-332.

2006

  1. Elliott, H.A., R.C. Brandt, P.J.A. Kleinman, A.N. Sharpley, and D.B. Beegle. 2006. Estimating source coefficients for phosphorus site indices. J. Environ. Qual. 35: 2195-2201.
  2. Kleinman, P.J.A., A.N. Sharpley, A.M. Wolf, D.B. Beegle, H.A. Elliott, J.L. Weld and R. Brandt. 2006. Developing an environmental manure test for the Phosphorus Index. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 37: 2137-2155.
  3. Kleinman, P.J.A., M.S. Srinivasan, C.J. Dell, J.P. Schmidt, A.N. Sharpley and R.B. Bryant. 2006. Role of rainfall intensity and hydrology in nutrient transport via surface runoff. J. Environ. Qual. 35: 1248-1259.
  4. Vadas, P.A. and P. J. A. Kleinman. 2006. Effect of methodology in estimating and interpreting water-extractable phosphorus in animal manures. J. Environ. Qual. 35: 1151-1159.
  5. Baum, K., G. Pierzynski, P. Kleinman, J. Kovar, R. Maguire, P.A. Moore and T. Zhang. 2006. Evaluating the influence of storage time, sampling handling method and filter paper on the measurement of water extractable phosphorus in animal manures. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 37: 451-463.

2005

  1. Kleinman, P.J.A., P. Salon, A.N. Sharpley and L.S. Saporito. 2005. Effect of cover crops established at time of corn planting on phosphorus runoff from soils before and after dairy manure application. J. Soil and Water Cons. 60: 311-322.
  2. Kleinman, P.J.A., M.S. Srinivasan, A.N. Sharpley and W.J. Gburek. 2005. Phosphorus leaching through intact soil columns before and after poultry manure applications. Soil Science. 170:153-166.
  3. Kleinman, P.J.A., A.M. Wolf, A.N. Sharpley, D.B. Beegle and L.S. Saporito. 2005. Survey of water extractable phosphorus in manures. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 67. 701-708.
  4. Bechmann, M.E., P.J.A. Kleinman, Andrew N. Sharpley, and Lou S. Saporito. 2005. Freeze–thaw effects on phosphorus loss in runoff from manured and catch-cropped soils. J Environ Qual 34: 2301-2309.
  5. Sims, J.T. and P.J.A. Kleinman. 2005. Managing agricultural phosphorus for environmental protection. P. 1021-1068. In Sims, J.T. and A.N. Sharpley (eds.), Phosphorus, Agriculture and the Environment. Monograph no. 46, Amer. Society Agron., Crop Sci. Soc. Am., Soil Sci. Soc. Am., Madison, WI.
  6. Vadas, P.A., P.J.A. Kleinman, A.N. Sharpley and B.L. Turner. 2005. Relating soil phosphorus to dissolved phosphorus in runoff: A single extraction coefficient. J. Environ. Qual. 34: 572-580.
  7. Wolf, A.M., P.J.A. Kleinman, A.N. Sharpley and D.B. Beegle. 2005. Development of a water extractable phosphorus test for manures: An inter-laboratory study. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 67: 695-700.

2004

  1. Kleinman, P.J.A., A.N. Sharpley, T.L. Veith, R.O. Maguire and P.A. Vadas. 2004. Evaluation of phosphorus transport in surface runoff from packed soil boxes. J. Environ. Qual. 33: 1413-1423.
  2. Sharpley, A.N., R.W. McDowell and P.J.A. Kleinman. 2004. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 68: Amounts, forms and solubility of phosphorus in soils receiving manure. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 68: 2048-2057.
  3. Needleman, B.A., W.J. Gburek, G.W. Peterson, A.N. Sharpley and P.J.A. Kleinman. 2004. Surface runoff along two agricultural hillslopes with contrasting soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 68: 914-923.
  4. Vadas, P.A., P.J.A. Kleinman and A.N. Sharpley. 2004. A simple method to predict dissolved phosphorus in runoff from surface applied manures. J. Environ. Qual. 33: 749-756.

2003

  1. Kleinman, P.J.A. and A.N. Sharpley. 2003. Effect of broadcast manure on runoff phosphorus concentrations over successive rainfall events. J. Environ. Qual. 32.: 1072-1081.
  2. Kleinman, P.J.A., B.A. Needelman, A.N. Sharpley and R.W. McDowell. 2003. Using soil profile data to assess phosphorus leaching potential in manured soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 67: 215-224.
  3. Sharpley, A.N. and P.J.A. Kleinman. 2003. Effect of rain simulator and plot scale on overland flow and phosphorus transport. J. Environ. Qual. 32: 2172-2179.
  4. Galbraith, J.M., P.J.A. Kleinman and R.B. Bryant. 2003. Sources of error affecting soil organic carbon estimates in northern New York. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 67: 1206-1212.
  5. Sharpley, A.N., J.L. Weld, D.B. Beegle, P.J.A. Kleinman, W.J. Gburek, P.A. Moore, Jr. and G. Mullins. 2003. Development of phosphorus indices for nutrient management planning strategies in the United States. J. Soil Water Cons. 58: 137-152.

2002

  1. Kleinman, P.J.A., A.N. Sharpley, A.M. Wolf, D.B. Beegle and P.A. Moore, Jr. 2002. Measuring water extractable phosphorus in manure as an indicator of phosphorus in runoff. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 66: 2009-2015.
  2. Kleinman, P.J.A., A.N. Sharpley, B.G. Moyer and G.F. Elwinger. 2002. Effect of Mineral and Manure Phosphorus Sources on Runoff Phosphorus. J. Environ. Qual. 31: 2026-2033.
  3. Kleinman, P.J.A. and A.N. Sharpley. 2002. Estimating soil phosphorus sorption saturation from Mehlich-3 data. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 32: 1825-1839.
  4. Callahan, M.P., P.J.A. Kleinman, A.N. Sharpley and W.L. Stout. 2002. Assessing the efficacy of alternative phosphorus sorbing soil amendments. Soil Sci. 167: 539-547.
  5. Maguire, R.O., A.C. Edwards, J.T. Sims, P.J.A. Kleinman and A.N. Sharpley. 2002. Effect of mixing soil aggregates on phosphorus concentration in surface waters. J. Environ. Qual. 31: 1294-1299.
  6. Sharpley, A.N., P.J.A. Kleinman, R.W. McDowell, M. Gitau and R.B. Bryant. 2002. Modeling phosphorus transport in agricultural watersheds: Processes and possibilities. J. Soil Water Cons. 57: 425-439.
  7. McDowell, R.W., A.N. Sharpley and P.J.A. Kleinman. 2002. Integrating phosphorus and nitrogen decision management at watershed scales. J. Am. Water Res. Assoc. 38: 479-491.

2001

  1. Kleinman, P.J.A., A.N. Sharpley, K. Gartley, W.M. Jarrell, S. Kuo, R.G. Menon, R. Myers, K.R. Reddy, and E.O. Skogley. 2001. Interlaboratory comparison of soil phosphorus extraction methods. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 32: 2325-2345.
  2. Sharpley, A.N., R.W. McDowell, J.L. Weld and P.J.A. Kleinman. 2001. Assessing site vulnerability to phosphorus loss in an agricultural watershed. J. Environ. Qual. 30: 2026-2036.
  3. Sharpley, A.N., R.W. McDowell and P.J.A. Kleinman. 2001. Phosphorus loss from land to water: Integrating agricultural and environmental management. Plant and Soil 237: 287-307.
  4. Kleinman, P.J.A. and A.N. Sharpley. 2001. Eutrophication of lakes and rivers. Macmillan Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, Macmillan Press, London.

2000

  1. Kleinman, P.J.A., R.B. Bryant, W.S. Reid, A.N. Sharpley and D. Pimentel. 2000. Using soil phosphorus behavior to identify environmental thresholds. Soil Science 165: 943-950.
  2. Sharpley, A.N., P.J.A. Kleinman and R. McDowell. 2000. Innovative management of agricultural phosphorus to protect soil and water resources. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis: 32(7&8): 1071-1100.

1991–1999

  1. Kleinman, P.J.A., R.B. Bryant and W.S. Reid. 1999. Development of pedotransfer functions to quantify phosphorus saturation of agricultural soils. Journal of Environmental Quality 28: 2026-2030.
  2. Kleinman, P.J.A., R.B. Bryant and D. Pimentel. 1996. Assessing the ecological sustainability of slash-and-burn agriculture through soil fertility indicators. Agronomy Journal 88(2): 122-127.
  3. Kleinman, P.J.A., D. Pimentel and R.B. Bryant. 1995. The ecological sustainability of slash-and-burn. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 54: 235-249.
  4. Pimentel, D., L. McLaughlin, A. Zepp, B. Lakitan, T. Kraus, P. Kleinman, F. Vancini, W.J. Roach, E. Grapp, W. Keaton and G. Selig. 1991. Environmental and economic impacts of reducing U.S. agricultural pesticide use. In, Pimentel, D. (ed.), Handbook of Pest Management in Agriculture, Vol. 1, 2nd Ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL: 679-718. Reprinted, 1993. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 46: 273-288.

Extension and proceedings

  1. James, E., P. Kleinman and R. Stedman. 2005. Keep your cows out of streams and ponds. Hoard’s Dairyman (150): 472.
  2. Sharpley, A., T. Krogstad, R. McDowell and P. Kleinman. 2003. Phosphorus transport in riverine systems. In: Encyclopedia of Water Science, Marcel Dekker, New York, NY.
  3. Kleinman, P.J.A., R.B. Bryant, W.S. Reid and A.N. Sharpley. 2001. Phosphorus and agriculture VI: Identifying soil phosphorus thresholds for the New York Phosphorus Index. What’s Cropping Up? 11: 4-5.
  4. Kleinman, P.J.A. 2000. Source risk indicators of nutrient loss from agricultural lands. p. 237-252. In Sailus, M. (ed), Managing Nutrients and Pathogens in Animal Agriculture, Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service, Ithaca, NY.
  5. Kleinman, P.J.A. 2000. Overview of phosphorus issues in the United States. Nebraska Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. http://www.ianr.unl.edu/manure/adobe/PWorkshop.pdf.
  6. McDowell, R., A.N. Sharpley, W. Gburek and P.J.A. Kleinman. 2000. Hydrological and source management of pollutants at the soil profile scale. In Haygarth, P.M. and S.C. Jarvis (ed.s), Agriculture, Hydrology and Water Quality, CAB International, Oxon, UK.
  7. Sharpley, A.N., P.J.A. Kleinman, R.J. Wright, T. Daniel, B. Joern, R. Parry, and T. Sobecki. 2000. The National Phosphorus Project: Addressing the interface of agriculture and environmental phosphorus management. Volume on Farm Scale Research. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Agricultural Effects on Ground and Surface Waters, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 11 pp.
  8. Bryant, R., S. Reid, P.J.A. Kleinman, A.N. Sharpley, K. Czymmek, B. Bellows, L. Geohring, T. Steenhuis, F. Gaffney, S. Bossard. Phosphorus in agriculture V: The New York P Index. What's Cropping Up? 10(3): 4-5
  9. Kleinman, P.J.A., A.N. Sharpley, R.B. Bryant and W.S. Reid. 2000. Phosphorus in agriculture IV: The National Phosphorus Project. What's Cropping Up? 10(2): 2-3.
  10. Kleinman, P.J.A., A.N. Sharpley, R.B. Bryant and W.S. Reid. 2000. Phosphorus in agriculture III: Factors affecting the potential for phosphorus loss from land to water. What’s Cropping Up? 10 (1): 4-5.
  11. Kleinman, P.J.A., R.B. Bryant, W.S. Reid and A.N. Sharpley. 1999. Phosphorus in agriculture II: Soil phosphorus chemistry. What's Cropping Up? 9 (5): 4-5.
  12. Kleinman, P. J.A., R. B. Bryant, W .S. Reid, and A. N. Sharpley. 1999. Phosphorus in agriculture I: Environmental underpinnings. What's Cropping Up? 9(4): 4-5.
  13. Sharpley, A. N., W. J. Gburek, and P. Kleinman. 1999. Phosphorus and nitrogen indices for site-specific environmental risk assessment. p. 1-15. In Murrell, S.(ed.) Nutrient Management Planning, Proceedings of Agricultural Information Conference 1999. Potash and Phosphate Institute, Brookings, SD.
  14. Sharpley, A. N., P. Kleinman, W. J. Gburek, and G. Folmar. 1999. Developing an integrated nutrient management approach for land applied manure at a watershed scale. p. 63-74. In Wood, G. (ed.) Manure Management. Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. 1999.
  15. Sharpley, A.N., T. Daniel, B. Wright, P. Kleinman, T. Sobecki, R. Parry and B. Joern. 1999. National research project to identify sources of agricultural phosphorus loss. Better Crops 83(4): 12-14.
  16. Pimentel, D., P.J.A. Kleinman, M. Pimentel and M. Held. 1998. Time, soil and water resources, and world food. Gaea. German translation, 1997. Bodenlos — zum nach-haltingen Umgang mit Boden. Politische Okologie 15: 7-11.
  17. Kleinman, P., C. Rogers, K. O'Neal, S. Keane, R. Wells and M. Conti. 1991. OECD Cooperative Risk Reduction Activities for Certain Dangerous Chemicals: Lead. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Washington, DC.