Professor Chris Freeman
Emeritus Professor
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Woody litter protects peat carbon stocks during drought
Fenner, N. & Freeman, C., 16 Mar 2020, In: Nature Climate Change. 10, 4, p. 363-369Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Water table fluctuation in peatlands facilitates fungal proliferation, impedes Sphagnum growth and accelerates decomposition
Kim, J., Rochefort, L., Hugron, S., Alqulaiti, Z., Dunn, C., Pouliot, R., Jones, T., Freeman, C. & Kang, H., 22 Apr 2021, In: Frontiers Earth Science. 8, 579329.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Waste water treatment.
Jones, D. L., Freeman, C., Thomas, B. (Editor), Murphy, D. (Editor) & Murray, B. (Editor), 1 Jan 2003, Encyclopaedia of applied plant science. 2003 ed. Academic Press, p. 772-781Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Waste Water Treatment
Jones, D., Freeman, C. & Sánchez-Rodríguez, A. R., 1 Jan 2017, Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences. Thomas, B., Murray, B. G. & Murphy , D. J. (eds.). 2 ed. Elsevier, Vol. 3. p. 352 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Using Thermal Sensitivity Analysis to Determine the Impact of Drainage on the Hydrochemistry of a Tropical Peat Soil from Malaysia
Dowrick, D. J., Freeman, C., Lock, M. A. & Yusoff, F. M., 27 Aug 2015, In: Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 46, 17, p. 2168-2176Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Unraveling the Importance of Polyphenols for Microbial Carbon Mineralization in Rewetted Riparian Peatlands
Zak, D., Roth, C., Unger, V., Goldhammer, T., Fenner, N., Freeman, C. & Jurasinski, G., 4 Oct 2019, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 7Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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UV-visible absorbance spectroscopy as a proxy for peatland dissolved organic carbon (DOC) quantity and quality: considerations on wavelength and absorbance degradation
Gough, R. S., Peacock, M., Evans, C. D., Fenner, N., Freeman, C., Gough, R., Jones, T. G. & Lebron, I., 4 Apr 2014, In: Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts. 50, 6, p. 1445-1461Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Transformations in DOC along a source to sea continuum; impacts of photo-degradation, biological processes and mixing
Jones, T. G., Evans, C. D., Jones, D., Hill, P. W. & Freeman, C., 1 Jul 2016, In: Aquatic Sciences. 78, 3, p. 433-446Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tracing dissolved organic carbon and trihalomethane formation potential between source water and finished drinking water at a lowland and an upland UK catchment
Gough, R. S., Brooks, E., Freeman, C., Gough, R. & Holliman, P. J., 15 Aug 2015, In: Science of the Total Environment. 537, p. 203-212Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 147-152Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The role of molecular weight in the enzyme-inhibiting effect of phenolics: the significance in peatland carbon sequestration
Dunn, C. & Freeman, C., 15 Apr 2018, In: Ecological Engineering. 114, p. 162-166Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The interactive effects of elevated carbon dioxide and water table draw-down on carbon cycling in a Welsh ombrotrophic bog.
Ellis, T., Hill, P. W., Fenner, N., Williams, G. G., Godbold, D. & Freeman, C., 1 Jun 2009, In: Ecological Engineering. 35, 6, p. 978-986Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The influence of hydrochemistry on methane emissions from two contrasting northern wetlands.
Kang, H. & Freeman, C., 1 Nov 2002, In: Water Air and Soil Pollution. 141, 1-4, p. 263-272Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The impact of climate change on the treatability of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in upland water supplies: a UK perspective
Gough, R. S., Ritson, J. P., Graham, N. J., Templeton, M. R., Clark, J. M., Gough, R. & Freeman, C., 10 Jan 2014, In: Science of the Total Environment. 473-474, p. 714-730Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with aquatic carbon removal during drinking water treatment
Jones, T., Evans, C. D. & Freeman, C., 1 Jul 2016, In: Aquatic Sciences. 78, 3, p. 561-572Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The environmental release and ecosystem risks of illicit drugs during Glastonbury Festival.
Aberg, D., Chaplin, D., Freeman, C., Paizs, B. & Dunn, C., 1 Mar 2022, In: Environmental Research. 204, Part B, 112061.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effect of peatland drainage and rewetting (ditch blocking) on extracellular enzyme activities and water chemistry
Airey, B. J., Johncock, A. C., Peacock, M. A., Peacock, M., Jones, T. G., Airey, B., Johncock, A., Evans, C. D., Lebron, I., Fenner, N. & Freeman, C., 21 Aug 2014, In: Soil Use and Management. 31, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effect of drought on dissolved organic carbon (DOC) release from peatland soil and vegetation sources
Ritson, J. P., Brazier, R. E., Graham, N. J. D., Freeman, C., Templeton, M. R. & Clark, J. M., 16 Jun 2017, In: Biogeosciences. 14, p. 2891-2902Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The drinking water contaminant dibromoacetonitrile delays G1-S transition and suppresses Chk1 activation at broken replication forks
Caspari, T., Dyer, J., Fenner, N., Dunn, C. & Freeman, C., 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 12730.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Regulation by Phenolic Compounds of Soil Organic Matter Dynamics under a Changing Environment
Min, K., Freeman, C. & Kang, H. C., 5 Apr 2015, In: Biomed Research International. ID 825098Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Temporal variations in dissolved organic carbon concentrations in upland and lowland lakes in North Wales
Hughes, D. D., Holliman, P. J., Jones, T. & Freeman, C., 1 Jun 2013, In: Water and Environment Journal. 27, 2, p. 275-283Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Summer drought effects upon soil and litter extracellular phenol oxidase activity and soluble carbon release in an upland Calluna heathland
Toberman, H., Evans, C., Freeman, C., Fenner, N., White, M., Emmett, B. & Artz, R. R., 1 Jun 2008, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 40, 6, p. 1519-1532Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Summer drought decreases soil fungal diversity and associated phenol oxidase activity in upland Calluna heathland soil
Toberman, H., Freeman, C., Evans, C., Fenner, N. & Artz, R. R., 1 Nov 2008, In: Fems Microbiology Ecology. 66, 2, p. 426-436Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sulphate reduction and the suppression of peatland methane emissions following summer drought
Dowrick, D. J., Freeman, C., Lock, M. A. & Reynolds, B., 1 Jun 2006, In: Geoderma. 132, 3-4, p. 384-390Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Subtle shifts in microbial communities occur alongside the release of carbon induced by drought and rewetting in contrasting peatland ecosystems
Potter, C., Freeman, C., Golyshin, P., Ackerman, G., Fenner, N., McDonald, J., Ehbair, A., Jones, T., Murphy, L. & Creer, S., Sept 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 11314.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Substrate sources regulate spatial variation of metabolically active methanogens from two contrasting freshwater wetlands
Lin, Y. X., Liu, D. Y., Ding, W. X., Kang, H. J., Freeman, C., Yuan, J. J. & Xiang, J., 19 Aug 2015, In: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 99, 24, p. 10779-10791Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Storm Induced Dissolved Organic Matter Release.
Cork, L., Evans, C., Freeman, C., Thomas, D. N. & Reynolds, B., 1 Jan 2006.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Storm Induced Dissolved Organic Matter Release.
Cork, L., Evans, C., Freeman, C., Thomas, D. N. & Reynolds, B., 1 Jan 2006.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Species-specific effects of elevated ozone on wetland plants and decomposition processes.
Williamson, J., Mills, G. & Freeman, C., 1 May 2010, In: Environmental Pollution. 158, 5, p. 1197-1206Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Soil enzyme analysis for leaf litter decomposition in global wetlands.
Kang, H. & Freeman, C., 1 Dec 2009, In: Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 40, 21-22, p. 3323-3334Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Simulated climate change impact on summer dissolved organic carbon release from peat and surface vegetation: Implications for drinking water treatment
Ritson, J. P., Bell, M., Graham, N. J., Templeton, M. R., Brazier, R. E., Verhoef, A., Freeman, C. & Clark, J. M., 18 Sept 2014, In: Water Research. 67, p. 66-76Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Short-term effect of deep shade and enhanced nitrogen supply on Sphagnum capillofolium morphophysiology.
Bonnett, S. A., Ostle, N. & Freeman, C., 1 Apr 2010, In: Plant Ecology. 207, 2, p. 347-358Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Shifts of soil enzyme activities in wetlands exposed to elevated CO2
Kang, H., Kim, S. Y., Fenner, N. & Freeman, C., 20 Jan 2005, In: Science of the Total Environment. 337, 1-3, p. 207-212Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sensitivity of peatland litter decomposition to changes in temperature and rainfall
Bell, M., Ritson, J. P., Verhoef, A., Brazier, R. E., Templeton, M. R., Graham, N., Freeman, C. & Clark, J. M., 1 Dec 2018, In: Geoderma. 331, p. 29-37Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Seasonal variations in decomposition processes in a valley-bottom riparian peatland
Bonnett, S. A., Ostle, N. & Freeman, C., 1 Nov 2006, In: Science of the Total Environment. 370, 2-3, p. 561-573Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Relationships between reservoir water quality and catchment habitat type
Gough, R., Cohen, Y., Fenner, N., Cannon, J. & Freeman, C., 1 Jan 2016, In: International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management. 19, 1, p. 16-39Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rapid, Semi-Automated Fractionation of Freshwater Dissolved Organic Carbon Using DAX 8 (XAD 8) and XAD 4 Resins in Tandem
Hughes, D., Holliman, P., Jones, T., Jones, T., Butler, A. J. & Freeman, C., 22 Nov 2016, In: Natural Science. 8, 11, p. 487-498Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rapid growth in greenhouse gas emissions from the adoption of industrial-scale aquaculture
Yuan, J. J., Xiang, J., Liu, D., Kang, H., He, T., Kim, S., Lin, Y., Freeman, C. & Ding, W. X., Apr 2019, In: Nature Climate Change. 9, 4, p. 318-322Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Quantifying dissolved organic carbon concentrations in upland catchments using phenolic proxy measurements
Peacock, M., Burden, A., Cooper, M., Dunn, C., Evans, C. D., Fenner, N., Freeman, C. G., Gough, R. S., Hughes, D., Hughes, S., Jones, T., Lebron, I., West, M. & Zieliński, P., 16 Jan 2013, In: Journal of Hydrology. 477, p. 251-260Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Plant Species Effects on the Carbon Storage Capabilities of a Blanket bog Complex
Dunn, C., Jones, T., Roberts, S. & Freeman, C., 1 Feb 2016, In: Wetlands. 36, 1, p. 47-58Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Peatlands: our greatest source of carbon credits?
Dunn, C. & Freeman, C., 2011, In: Carbon Management. 2, 3, p. 289-301Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Peatlands and the carbon cycle: from local processes to global implications - a synthesis.
Limpens, J., Berendse, F., Blodau, C., Canadell, J. G., Freeman, C., Holden, J., Roulet, N., Rydin, H. & Schaepman-Strub, G., 1 Jan 2008, In: Biogeosciences. 5, 5, p. 1475-1491Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 4404-4421Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Peatland ditch blocking has no effect on dissolved organic matter (DOM) quality
Peacock, M., Jones, T. G., Futter, M. N., Freeman, C., Gough, R., Baird, A. J., Green, S. M., Chapman, P. J., Holden, J. & Evans, C. D., 30 Dec 2018, In: Hydrological Processes. 32, 26, p. 3891-3906Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 345-354Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Options for Geoengineering the Climate via Microorganisms: A Peatland Case Study
Dunn, C., Fenner, N., Shirsat, A. & Freeman, C., Mar 2016, Climate Change and Microbial Ecology: Current Research and Future Trends. Caister Academic Press, p. 185-200Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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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. 1814-1821Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nutrient limitation and enzyme activities during litter decomposition of nine wetland species in relation to litter N : P ratios
Gusewell, S. & Freeman, C., 1 Aug 2005, In: Functional Ecology. 19, 4, p. 582-593Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Non‐native plant invasion can accelerate global climate change by increasing wetland methane and terrestrial nitrous oxide emissions
Beyene, B. B., Li, J., Yuan, J., Dong, Y., Liu, D., Chen, Z., Kim, J., Freeman, C., Kang, H. & Ding, W., Sept 2022, In: Global Change Biology. 28, 18, p. 5453-5468 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nitrogen availability influences microbial reduction of ferrihydrite-organic carbon with substantial implications for exports of iron and carbon from peatlands
Qin, L., Tian, W., Freeman, C. & Jiang, M., Sept 2020, In: Applied Soil Ecology. 153, 103637.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review