COST 832

QUANTIFYING THE AGRICULTURAL CONTRIBUTION TO EUTROPHICATION

Greenmount College of Agriculture and Horticulture, County Antrim

15 and 16th June 1998

 

You have been invited to attend the two-day meeting of COST 832 working groups on the 15th and 16th June 1998. This circular is d esigned to confirm your own (or that of a nominated substitute) participation in the meeting and provide some background information with regard to content, registration and travel etc.

 

Objective and outline agenda:

 

The aim of this first meeting of the working groups is to establish contacts between the participants of each group, develop a future workplan for achievement of group objectives and identify gaps in research expertise within the groups.

 

The current participants of each group are enclosed. If you are unable to attend you are allowed to nominate a substitute. An outline agenda for the two days is also enclosed but a more detailed programme for each group may be circulated by the group co-ordinator. Detailed discussions on group topic areas will not commence until after lunch to allow for those attendees who need to travel on Monday morning.

 

Please note that the meeting will start at 09.30 am on Monday 15th and must finish by lunchtime on Tuesday 16th.

 

Background details about the COST Action, the four working groups and the group co-ordinators are given in the attached poster paper. The contact addresses of each co-ordinator are also attached. Please come prepared to introduce your own research area and/or present results which might influence the future direction of workplans.

 

Registration

 

Cost delegates must register by 29 May 1998 - see attached form. Note there is only limited single accommodation available (not en suite) at the workshop venue and there is not sufficient room for family or friends. There is alternative accommodation in the vicinity of the workshop (see attached list). Delegates who do not wish to stay at Greenmount College should arrange their own alternative accommodation. The Deer Park Hotel is within easy walking distance to the workshop venue. If contacting this hotel delegates should state that they are COST delegates to avail of the rates shown.

 

Reimbursement

 

Only those nominees with an x by their name are eligible to be reimbursed for attendance. The reimbursement includes reasonable travel costs plus a daily allowance of 110 ECU per day. If you travel on the Monday morning you will be eligible to receive 2 days allowance. If you travel on an apex fare and stay a Saturday/Sunday night then you are eligible to receive 3 or 4 days allowance. Reimbursement will take 3-4 months!

 

COST 832

QUANTIFYING THE AGRICULTURAL CONTRIBUTION TO EUTROPHICATION

 

CONTACT ADDRESSES OF GROUP CO-ORDINATORS

 

GROUP 1

Jean-Pierre Destain
Centre de recherches agronomiques
Station de chimie et de physique agricole
Chaussee de Wavre 115
B - 5030 Gembloux
Tel: +32 81 61 10 40
Fax: +32 81 61 19 17
Email: chimie@cragx.fgov.be

 

GROUP 2

Ir. Oscar Schoumans
SC-DLO
Postbus 125
NL - 6700 AC Wageningen
Tel: +31 317 47 44 78
Fax: +31 317 42 48 12
Email: o.f.schoumans@sc.dlo.nl

 

GROUP 3

Dr Brian Kronvang
National Environmental Research Institute
Vejlsovej 25
DK - 8600 Silkeborg
Tel: +45 8920 1400
Fax: +45 8920 1414
Email: bkr@dmu.dk

 

GROUP 4

Dr. Sotiris Orfanidis
N.A.G.R.E.F.
Fisheries Research Institute
GR - 640 07 Nea Peramos, Kavala
Tel: +30 594 22 691-3
Fax: +30 594 22 222
Email: fri@mail.otenet.gr

 

COST 832

QUANTIFYING THE AGRICULTURAL CONTRIBUTION TO EUTROPHICATION

15 and 16th JUNE 1998, GREENMOUNT COLLEGE, BELFAST

 

OUTLINE AGENDA

 

Monday 15th June

09.00 - 12.00

Registration

09.30 - 10.00

Plenary session - Introduction to COST 832 (President)

10.00 - 12.30

Working group sessions - group objectives

Introduction of participants

12.30 - 14.00

Lunch

14.00 - 17.00

Working group sessions - discussion of topic areas

 

Evening meal in Belfast

 

 

 

Tuesday 16th June

09.00 - 11.00

Working group sessions - development of workplans

11.00 - 13.00

Plenary session - presentation of workplans

final discussions

13.00

Lunch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COST 832

QUANTIFYING THE AGRICULTURAL CONTRIBUTION TO EUTROPHICATION

 

WORKING GROUP TOPIC AREAS FOR DISCUSSION

 

GROUP 1 Phosphorus cycling in agriculture

Balance of P in agricultural soils
Methods and scale of evaluation of soil P surplus
Review of methods of soil P bioavailability
Origin of P excess in soil, acceptable levels and their identification
Phosphorus fertilizer recommendation systems and plant needs
Efficiency of fertilizer use
Agricultural practices to limit soil P enrichment and loss

 

GROUP 2 Phosphorus losses at the field scale

Terminologies relating to field processes
Sampling strategies and methods of detection
Mechanisms of loss - physical, chemical, hydrological
Critical loading concepts and hydrological risk

 

GROUP 3 Phosphorus losses at the catchment scale

Terminologies relating to catchment processes
Sampling strategies and loading calculation methods
Retention of P in catchment s and scaling up
Identification of critical source areas
Review of catchment-based P loss models

 

GROUP 4 Impacts of diffuse phosphorus on water quality

Fate of P in fresh, estuarine and coastal waters
Methodologies for assessing impacts
Bioavailability indices

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COST 832 Quantification of the agricultural contribution to eutrophication.

Meeting of WG 1: Phosphorus inputs from agriculture.

To be held in Belfast UK, 15 - 16 June 1998.

 

 

List of participants

 

Reimbursed Name Country Address

 

x Spiegel Austria Irdning

x Destain Belgium Gembloux

x Hofman Belgium Gent

x Rubæk Denmark Tjele

x Siimes Finland Jokioinen

x Peltovuori Finland Helsinki

x Leinweber Germany Vechta

x Eichler Germany Rostock

x Karyotis Greece Larissa

x Panagopoulos Greece Athens

- Csathó Hungary Budapest

x Culleton Ireland Wexford

x Power Ireland Wexford

x Barberis Italy Grugliasco

x Gessa Italy Bologna

x Ehlert Netherlands Haren

x Schils Netherlands Lelystad

x Hoel Norway Kapp

x Fotyma Poland Pulaway

x Gosek Poland Pulaway

x Borlan Romania Bucharest

x Leiros Spain Santiago de Compostela

x Cepeda Spain Santiago de Compostela

x Ottabong Sweden Uppsala

- Frossard Switzerland Lindau

- Neyroud Switzerland Nyon

x Smith United Kingdom Wolverhampton

x Higgs United Kingdom Peterborough

 

 

COST 832 Quantification of the agricultural contribution to eutrophication.

Meeting of WG 2: Phosphorus losses at the field scale.

To be held in Belfast UK, 15 - 16 June 1998.

 

 

List of participants

 

Reimbursed Name Country Address

 

x Mentler Austria Vienna

x Strauss Austria Petzenkirchen

x Hens Belgium Leuven

x Vanderdelen Belgium Gent

x Grant Denmark Silkeborg

x Heckrath Denmark Tjele

x Hartikainen Finland Helsinki

x Tattari Finland Helsinki

x Meissner Germany Falkenberg

x Deumlich Germany Müncheberg

x Tunney Ireland Wexford

x Morgan Ireland Cork

x Violante Italy Napoli

x Sequi Italy Rome

x Schoumans Netherlands Wageningen

x Chardon Netherlands Haren

x Oygarden Norway Ås

x Lundekvam Norway Ås

x Filipek Poland Lublin

x Sadej Poland Olsztyn

x Gil Sotres Spain Santiago de Compostela

x Torrent Spain Cordoba

x Ulen Sweden Uppsala

- Oberson Switzerland Lindau

- Stamm Switzerland Zurich

x Haygarth United Kingdom Okehampton

x Quinton United Kingdom Silsoe

 

 

COST 832 Quantification of the agricultural contribution to eutrophication.

Meeting of WG 3: Phosphorus losses at the field scale.

To be held in Belfast UK, 15 - 16 June 1998.

 

 

List of participants

 

Reimbursed Name Country Address

 

x Schiettecatte Belgium Gent

x Govers Belgium Leuven

x Kronvang Denmark Silkeborg

x Peltonen Finland Joikioinen

x Barlund Finland Helsinki

x Rode Germany Magdeburg

x Gelbrecht Germany Berlin

x Magette Ireland Dublin

x Mills Ireland Dublin

x Ferraris Italy Torino

x Gallo Italy Cagliari

x Groenendijk Netherlands Wageningen

x de Klein Netherlands Wageningen

x Eggestad Norway Ås

x Vagstad Norway Ås

x Gonzalez Spain Coruna

x Giraldez Spain Córdoba

- Bundi Switzerland Duebendorf

x Hodgkinson United Kingdom Cambridge

x Jackson United Kingdom Coventry

 

COST 832 Quantification of the agricultural contribution to eutrophication.

Meeting of WG 4: Impacts of diffused phosphorus on water quality.

To be held in Belfast UK, 15 - 16 June 1998.

 

 

List of participants

 

 

Reimbursed Name Country Address

 

x Eder Austria Irdning

x Schultz Austria Klagenfurt

x Depauw Belgium Gent

x Geypens Belgium Heverlee

x Ekholm Finland Helsinki

x Behrendt Germany Berlin

x Schlungbaum Germany Rostock

x Orfanidis Greece Kavala

x Stamatis Greece Kavala

x McCarrigle Ireland Castlebar

x Champ Ireland Dublin

x Boers Netherlands Lelystad

x Van Liere Netherlands Bilthoven

x Krogstad Norway Ås

x Loevstad Norway Oslo

x Sapek A. Poland Falenty

x Sapek A. Poland Falenty

x Calabuig Spain Leon

x Serrano Spain Sevilla

- Bossard Switzerland Duebendorf

x Leaf United Kingdom Wallingford

x House United Kingdom Wareham