Publications
Chapters in books n=10
Heung, B., Keys, K., Burton, D., and Lynch, D.H. 2021. Soils of the Atlantic provinces. Pp 481-499 In Digging into Canadian Soils; An Introduction to Soil Science. Canadian Society of Soil Science, Pinawa, Manitoba.
Lynch, D.H., and Smuckler, S. 2020. Soils as the basis of cultivated ecosystems. Pp 33-48 In Caldwell,C.D. and Wang, S. Introduction to Agroecology. Science Press and Springer Nature Singapore Ltd., Singapore.听 听
D枚ring, T.F. and Lynch, D.H. 2018. Organic potato cultivation. In Wale, S. [Ed] Achieving Sustainable Cultivation of Potatoes. Volume 2; Production. Storage and crop protection. 听Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK
(chapter commentary) Kevany K. and Lynch. D. 2016. Commentary鈥擴rban agriculture and its role in transformational agriculture and gender equity: In France, R. [Ed] Integrated Urban Agriculture: Precedents, Practices, Prospects. University of British Columbia Press.
Lynch, D.H., Sumner J., and Martin R. C. 2014. Transforming recognition of the social, ecological and economic goods and services derived from organic agriculture in the Canadian context. Pp 347-366听InBellon, S. and Penvern, S. [Eds]听Organic Farming; prototype for sustainable agricultures. New York: Springer Science+Business Media.
Lynch, D.H. 2014. Sustaining soil organic carbon, soil quality and soil health in organic field crop management systems.听Pp 107-132听In听Martin, R.C and MacRae, R. [Eds]听Managing Energy, Nutrients and Pests in Organic Field Crops. CRC Press.
Woodley, A., Audette, Y., Fraser, T., Arcand, M., Voroney, P., Knight, D. and D. H. Lynch.听 2014. Nitrogen and phosphorus fertility management in organic field crop production. Pp 59-106听In听Martin, R.C and MacRae, R. [Eds]听Managing Energy, Nutrients and Pests in Organic Field Crops. CRC Press.
MacRae, R., Lynch, D.H., and Martin, R.C. 2014. Will more organic food and farming solve food system problems? Part I Environment. Pp 307-332听In听Martin, R.C and MacRae, R. [Eds]听Managing Energy, Nutrients and Pests in Organic Field Crops. CRC Press.
MacRae, R., Lynch, D.H., and Martin, R.C. 2014. Will more organic food and farming solve food system problems? Part I Consumer, Economic and Community Issues. Pp 333-362听In听Martin, R.C and MacRae, R. [Eds]听Managing Energy, Nutrients and Pests in Organic Field Crops. CRC Press.
Lynch, D.H., Sharifi, M., Hammermeister, A. and Burton, D. 2012. Nitrogen management in organic potato production. Pp 209-231听In听Zhongi H., R. P. Larkin and C. W. Honeycutt [Eds] Sustainable Potato Production: Global Case Studies. New York: Springer Science+Business Media.
Papers in Refereed Publications听(n=73)
Lavergne S., Halde C., and Lynch, D.H. 2025. Earthworm abundance and diversity in response to intensive crop management in organic field crop farms of southern Quebec, Canada. Appl. Soil Ecol. 206 105850.
Lynch, D.H., Barrett, R. , McNeil., M., and Nyiraneza, J. 2024. Cropping history allows tracking of C4 cover crop residues by 未13C natural abundance. Can. J. Soil Sci. 00:1鈥�4 听
Arseneault, H., Lynch, D. H., Nyiraneza, J, Stiles, K., Mills, A., and Fraser, T. 2024. Soil nematode communities differ across long-term land-use intensities in relation to soil physical, chemical and biological parameters. Can. J. Soil Sci.听听104: 4 .
Lin, Z., Price, G.W., Liang, C., Burton, D., and Lynch, D.H. 2024. Effects on soil carbon storage from municipal biosolids application to agricultural fields. J. Env. Mngmt. 361: 121249
McNeil, M.O., Lynch, D.H., Alam, M., Mills, A., and Marshall, C. 2023. Impact of green manure and weeds on selected soil health indicators in an organic grain cropping system in Nova Scotia. Can. J. Plant Sci. 103:
Paul, S., Heung, B and Lynch, D.H. 2022. Modeling of total and active organic carbon dynamics in agricultural soil using digital soil mapping: a case study from Central Nova Scotia. Can. J. Soil Sci. 103: 64-80.
Bourgeois, B., Charles, A., Van Eerd, L.L., Tremblay, N.,听Lynch, D.H., Bourgeois, G., Bastien, M., B茅langer,V., Landry,C., and Vanasse, A.听2022. Interactive effects between cover crop management and the environment modulate benefits to cash crop yields: a meta-analysis. Can. J. Plant Sci. 102:656-678.
Marshall, C.B, Burton, D.L., and Lynch, D.H. 2022. Cover crops improve some, but not all, soil health indicators in horticultural rotations. Can. J. Plant Sci.
Marshall, C.B, Burton, D.L., Heung, B., and Lynch, D.H. 2021. Influence of cropping system and soil type on soil health. Can. J. Soil Sci. 101: 626鈥�640
Zhu, W., Caldwell, .D., Wang, S., Lynch, D and Hartt, C. 2021. A Sino-Canadian comparative study of experts鈥� perceptions towards agroecosystem health. Human Ecology,听49(1), 81-89
Mann, C., Lynch, D.H., Dukeshire, S., and Mills, A. 2021. Farmers鈥� perspectives on soil health in Maritime Canada. Agroecol. Sust. Food Systems. 45: 673-688. 听
Marshall, C.B., and Lynch, D.H. 2020. Soil microbial and macrofauna dynamics under different green manure termination methods. Appl. Soil Ecol. 148: 103505
Schneider, Kimberley D., Joanne R. Thiessen Martens, Francis Zvomuya, D.听Keith Reid, Tandra听D. Fraser, Derek H. Lynch, Ivan P. O鈥橦alloran, and Henry Wilson. 2019.. Options for improved phosphorus cycling and use in agriculture at the field and regional scales. J. Env. Quality 48:1247-1264
Fraser, T D., D. H. Lynch, I. P. O鈥橦alloran, R. P. Voroney, M. H. Entz and K. E. Dunfield. 2019. Soil phosphorus bioavailability as influenced by long-term management and applied phosphorus source. Can. J. Soil Sci. 99: 292-304
Thiessen Martens, Joanne R., Lynch, D.H., and Enyz, M. 2019. A survey of green manure productivity on dryland organic grain farms in the eastern prairie region of Canada. Can. J. Plant Sci. 99(5): 772-776 听
Mann, C., Lynch, D.H., Fillmore, S., and Mills, A., 2019. Relationships between field management, soil health and microbial community composition. Appl. Soil Ecol.
Sharifi, M., Lynch, D.H., Burton, D., Papadopoulos, Y., and Main, M. 2018. Quantifying the听 short-term contribution of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) to听 soil carbon using 13C natural abundance technique in a听 sandy loam soil in Eastern Canada.听 Can J. Soil Sci. In Press.
Alam, M.Z., Lynch, D.H., Tremblay, G., Gillis-Madden R., and Vanasse, A. 2018. Optimizing combining green manures and pelletized manure for organic spring wheat production. Can J. Soil Sci. 98: 638-649.
Marshall, C. B. and Lynch, D.H. 2018. No-till green manure termination influences soil organic carbon distribution and dynamics. Agronomy J. 110: 1-9.
Schneider, K., Lynch, D., B眉nemann, E. K., Voroney, P. 2017. Vegetative composition, AMF root colonization, and biological N fixation distinguish organic and conventional perennial forage systems. Agronomy Journal 109:1697-1706
Schneider K. D., Voroney R. P., Lynch D. H., Oberson A., Frossard E., B眉nemann E. K. 2017. Microbially-mediated P fluxes in calcareous soils as a function of water-extractable P. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 106:51-60
Eerpina, R., Boiteau, G., and听Lynch, D.H.听2017. Collembola diet-switching in the presence of maize roots vary with species. Can. J. Soil Science 97:171-177听
Fraser, T. D., Lynch D.H., Gaiero, J., and Dunfield, K. E. 2016. Quantification of bacterial non-specific avid (phoC) and alkaline (phoD) phosphatase genes in bulk and rhizosphere soil from organically managed soybean fields. Applied Soil Ecology 111.48-56
Schneider, K.D., Cade-Menun, B., Lynch, D.H., and Voroney R.P. 2016. Soil phosphorus forms from organic and conventional forage fields. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 80:328-340. 听
Renkema, J., Cutler, G., Lynch, D., MacKenzie, K., and Walde, S.听 2016. Organic mulches in highbush blueberries alter beetle (Coleoptera) community composition and improve functional group abundance and diversity. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 18:119-127
Alam, M.Z., Lynch, D.H., Sharifi, M., Burton, D.L. and Hammermeister, A. 2015 The effect of green manure and organic amendments on potato yield, nitrogen uptake and soil mineral nitrogen. Biological Agriculture and Horticulture.DOI:10.1080/01448765.2015.1133319
Schneider, K. D., Lynch, D.H., Dunfield, K., Khosla, K., Jansa, J. and Voroney, R.P. 2015. Farm system management affects community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Applied Soil Ecology 96:192-200.
Fraser, T. D., Lynch D.H., Entz, M. H., Bent, E., and Dunfield, K. E. 2015. Soil bacterial phoD gene abundance and expression in response to applied phosphorus and long-term management. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 88:137-147
Fraser T., Lynch D. H., Entz M. H., Dunfield K. E. 2015. Linking alkaline phosphatase activity with bacterial phoD gene abundance in soil from a long-term management trial. Geoderma 257-258:115-122
Lynch, D.H. 2015*. Nutrient cycling and soil health in organic cropping systems - importance of management strategies and soil resilience. Sustainable Agriculture Research. 4:76-84
*Invited article
Yiridoe, E. K., Chen, Q., Fry, R., Lynch, D., and Price, G. 2015. Cost analysis and lifecycle Environmental impacts of three value-added novel bioproducts: Processing and production. Natural Resources Research. 24:65-84
Sharifi, M., Lynch, D.H., Hammermeister, A., Burton, D., and Messiga, A.J.听 2014. Effect of green manure and supplemental fertility amendments on selected soil quality parameters in an organic potato rotation in Eastern Canada. Nutr. Cycl. Agroecosys. 100:135-146
Wile, A., Burton, D. L., Sharifi, M., Lynch, D., Main, M. and Y. Papadopoulos.听 2014. Effect of nitrogen fertilizer application rate on yield, methane and nitrous oxide emissions from switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) and reed canary grass (Phallaris arundinacea L.). Can. J. Soil Sci. 94:129-137
Nimmo, J., Lynch, D.H., Owen, J. 2013. Quantification of nitrogen inputs from biological nitrogen fixation to whole farm nutrient budgets of two dairy farms in Atlantic Canada. Nutr. Cycl. Agroecosyst 96:93-105.
Dai, M., Bainard, L.D., Hamel, C., Gan, Y. Lynch, D. 2013. Impact of land use on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in rural Canada. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 79: 6719-6729.
Main, M., Lynch, D.H., Voroney, R.P., Juurlink, S. 2013. Soil phosphorus effects on forage harvested and nitrogen fixation on Canadian organic dairy farms. Agron. J. 105:1-9.
Renkema, J.M., Lynch, D.H.,听Cutler, G.C., MacKenzie, K., Walde, S.J. 2012. Ground and rove beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae and Staphylinidae) are affected by mulches and weeds in highbush blueberries. Environmental Entomology 41(5):1097-1106.
Lynch D.H.*, Halberg N. and Bhatta, G.D. 2012. Environmental impacts of organic agriculture in temperate regions. CAB Reviews 7, No. 010: 1-17. 听
*Invited review article
Hobson D.W., Lynch D.H., Pruski K. and Hammermeister A.M. 2012. Fertility rate and timing effects on organic blackcurrant growth and yield during establishment. Acta Hort 1001:335-341.
Renkema, J.M., Lynch, D.H.,听 Cutler, G.C., MacKenzie, K., Walde, S.J. 2012. Predation by Pterostichus melanarius (Illiger) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) on immature Rhagoletis mendax Curran (Diptera: Tephritidae) in semi-field and field conditions. Biological Control 60(1):46-53.
Renkema, J.M., Lynch, D.H., Cutler, G.C., MacKenzie, K., Walde, S.J. 2012. Emergence of blueberry maggot flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from mulches and soil at various depths. Environmental Entomology 41(2):370-376.
Renkema, J.M., Walde, S.J., Lynch, D.H., Cutler, G.C., MacKenzie, K. 2012. Ground beetles (Carabidae) are affected by mulch in organic highbush blueberries. Acta Hort 933: 447-453.
Burlakoti, R. R., Lynch, D.H., Halde, C., Beach, T., Dahal, S., and Debnath, S. C. 2012. Organic agriculture project in Nepal: An international twinning partnership program initiative. Can J. Plant Sci. 92:997-1003.
Lynch, D.H.*, MacRae, R.J. and Martin, R.C. 2011. The carbon and global warming potential impacts of organic farming: does it have a significant role in an energy constrained world? Sustainability 3: 322-362.
*Best review paper award in journal Sustainability in year of publication. Invited review article.
Nelson, K.L.,听Boiteau, G., Lynch, D.H.,听 Peters , R.D. and Fillmore, S. 听2011. Influence of agricultural soils on the growth and reproduction of the bio-indicator Folsomia candida. Pedobiologica 54:79-86.
Renkema, J.M., Cutler, G.C.,听Lynch, D.H., MacKenzie, K., and Walde, S.J.. 2011. Mulch type and moisture level affect pupation depth of blueberry maggot (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the l