Professor Chris Freeman

Emeritus Professor

  1. Published

    Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations on soil microorganisms.

    Freeman, C., Kim, S. Y., Lee, S. H. & Kang, H., 1 Dec 2004, In: Journal of Microbiology. 42, 4, p. 267-277

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Peatland geoengineering: an alternative approach to terrestrial carbon sequestration

    Freeman, C., Fenner, N. & Shirsat, A. H., 13 Sept 2012, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A. 370, 1974, p. 4404-4421

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Contrasted effects of simulated drought on the production and oxidation of methane in a mid-Wales wetland.

    Freeman, C., Nevison, G. B., Kang, H., Hughes, S., Reynolds, B. & Hudson, J. A., 1 Jan 2002, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 34, 1, p. 61-67

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    An enzymatic 'latch' on a global carbon store;- a shortage of oxygen locks up carbon in peatlands by restraining a single enzyme.

    Freeman, C., Ostle, N. J. & Kang, H., 11 Jan 2001, In: Nature. 409, 6817, p. 149

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    A regulatory role for phenol oxidase during decomposition in peatlands.

    Freeman, C., Ostle, N., Fenner, N. & Kang, H., 1 Oct 2004, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 36, 10, p. 1663-1667

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    The use of fluorogenic substrates for measuring enzyme activity in peatlands

    Freeman, C., Liska, G., Ostle, N. J. & Lock, M. A., 1 Aug 1995, In: Plant and Soil. 175, 1, p. 147-152

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Molecular weight spectra of dissolved organic carbon in a rewetted Welsh peatland and possible implications for water quality.

    Fenner, N., Freeman, C., Hughes, S. & Reynolds, B., 1 Jun 2001, In: Soil Use and Management. 17, 2, p. 106-112

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Effects of Climate Change on Peatland Reservoirs: A DOC Perspective

    Fenner, N., Meadham, J., Jones, T., Hayes, F. & Freeman, C., Jul 2021, In: Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 35, 7, e2021GB006992.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Carbon preservation in humic lakes; a hierarchical regulatory pathway

    Fenner, N. & Freeman, C., 1 Mar 2013, In: Global Change Biology. 19, 3, p. 775-784

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Hydrological controls on dissolved organic carbon production and release from UK peatlands.

    Fenner, N., Freeman, C., Worrall, F., Baird, A. J. (ed.), Belyea, L. R. (ed.), Xavier Comas, A. S. (ed.) & Slater, L. D. (ed.), 1 Jan 2009, Carbon Cycling in Northern Peatlands. 2009 ed. American Geophysical Union

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  11. Published

    Observations of a seasonally shifting thermal optimum in peatland carbon-cycling processes; implications for the global carbon cycle and soil enzyme methodologies.

    Fenner, N., Freeman, C. & Reynolds, B., 1 Oct 2005, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 37, 10, p. 1814-1821

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Decomposition ‘hotspots’ in a rewetted peatland: implications for water quality and carbon cycling

    Fenner, N., Williams, R., Toberman, H., Hughes, S., Reynolds, B. & Freeman, C., 1 Oct 2011, In: Hydrobiologia. 674, 1, p. 51-66

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Evaluation of algal bloom mitigation and nutrient removal in floating constructed wetlands with different macrophyte species

    Fenner, N., West, M., Gough, R. & Freeman, C., Nov 2017, In: Ecological Engineering. 108, Part B, p. 581-588

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Woody litter protects peat carbon stocks during drought

    Fenner, N. & Freeman, C., 16 Mar 2020, In: Nature Climate Change. 10, 4, p. 363-369

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Hydrological effects on the diversity of phenolic degrading bacteria in a peatland: implications for carbon cycling.

    Fenner, N., Freeman, C. & Reynolds, B., 1 Jul 2005, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 37, 7, p. 1277-1287

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Interactions between elevated CO2 and warming could amplify DOC exports from peatland catchments.

    Fenner, N., Freeman, C., Lock, M. A., Harmens, H., Reynolds, B. & Sparks, T., 29 Mar 2007, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 41, 9, p. 3146-3152

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Peatland carbon efflux partitioning reveals that Sphagnum photosynthate contributes to the DOC pool

    Fenner, N., Ostle, N., Freeman, C., Sleep, D. & Reynolds, B., Feb 2004, In: Plant and Soil. 259, 1-2, p. 345-354

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Published

    A novel approach to studying the effects of temperature on soil biogeochemistry using a thermal gradient bar

    Fenner, N., Dowrick, D. J., Lock, M. A., Rafarel, C. R. & Freeman, C., 1 Sept 2006, In: Soil Use and Management. 22, 3, p. 267-273

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Elevated CO2 effects on peatland plant community carbon dynamics and DOC production.

    Fenner, N., Ostle, N. J., McNamara, N., Sparks, T., Harmens, H., Reynolds, B. & Freeman, C., 1 Jun 2007, In: Ecosystems. 10, 4, p. 635-647

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Drought-induced carbon loss in peatlands

    Fenner, N. & Freeman, C., 20 Nov 2011, In: Nature Geoscience. 4, p. 895-900

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Contrasting vulnerability of drained tropical and high-latitude peatlands to fluvial loss of stored carbon

    Evans, C. D., Page, S. E., Jones, T., Moore, S., Gauci, V., Laiho, R., Hruska, J., Allot, T. E., Billet, M. F., Tipping, E., Freeman, C. & Garnett, M. H., 13 Nov 2014, In: Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 28, 11, p. 1215-1234

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  22. Published

    DOC export and carbon loss from UK upland soils: similarities and differences between peats and organo-mineral soils.

    Evans, C., Freeman, C., Billett, M., Clark, J. M., Tobermann, H., Chapman, P., Cork, L. G., Reynolds, B. & Thomas, D. N., 1 Jan 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  23. Published

    DOC export to upland waters: old or new carbon?

    Evans, C., Cork, L., Freeman, C., Thomas, D. N. & Reynolds, B., 1 Jan 2006.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  24. Published

    Acidity controls on dissolved organic carbon mobility in organic soils

    Evans, C. D., Jones, T. G., Burden, A., Ostle, N., Zieliński, P., Cooper, M. D., Peacock, M., Clark, J. M., Oulehle, F., Cooper, D. & Freeman, C., 1 Nov 2012, In: Global Change Biology. 18, 11, p. 3317-3331

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Evidence against recent climate-induced destabilisation of soil carbon from C-14 analysis of riverine dissolved organic matter

    Evans, C. D., Freeman, C., Cork, L. G., Thomas, D. N., Reynolds, B., Billett, M. F., Garnett, M. H. & Norris, D., 13 Apr 2007, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 34, 7, p. L07407

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review