Biological Resource Management Connecting Science and Policy

I Ecotoxicology.- Soil Microbiota: a Gold Mine and a Minefield for Biotechnology.- Assessing Sources of Stress to Aquatic Ecosystems.- Transport of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Microorganisms from Manure into Surface- and Groundwater.- Soil Biotests and Indicators.- II Nutrients.- Introductory Note.- Nitrogen: Recent Developments in Related Microbial Processes.- Rhizosphere and Mycorrhiza of Field Crops.- Coastal Eutrophication and Agriculture: Contributions and Solutions.- Reducing Nonpoint Source of Phosphorus Runoff from Poultry Manure with Aluminum Sulfate.- Precision Agriculture As a Tool for Sustainability.- III Managing Quality of Production.- Meat Quality and the Quality of Animal Production.- Prion Diseases: An Update.- Animal Welfare and Product Quality.- Biotechnology in Aquaculture.- IV Biotechnology.- Transgenic Crops: Recent Developments and Prospects.- Recombinant Proteins from Domestic Animals.- Cryopreservation of Mammalian Embryos.- Fungal Molecular Biology.- Panel on Production Systems.- V Beneficial Organisms.- Management of Soil Microbiota.- Biological Control of Plant Diseases.- Management of Pesticidal Crops.- GMO Releases in the Environment.- VI Ecosystems.- Soil Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning.- Linking Wetland Science to Policy: Meeting the Challenge with Special Reference to Water Quality Issues.- Global Distribution of Arable Land, Cereal Yields and Nitrogenous Fertilizer Use.- Panel on Managing Organisms and Ecosystems.- Final panel: Science, Policy Making and Society: Where do they Meet?.