Professor Chris Freeman

Emeritus Professor

  1. 2011
  2. 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

  3. 2012
  4. Published

    Functional and structural responses of bacterial and methanogen communities to 3-year warming incubation in different depths of peat mire

    Kim, S. Y., Freeman, C., Fenner, N. & Kang, H., 1 Jun 2012, In: Applied Soil Ecology. 57, p. 23-30

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Geoengineering: taking control of our planet's climate?

    Ridgwell, A., Freeman, C. & Lampitt, R., 13 Sept 2012, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 370, p. 4163-4165

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Published

    Influence of habitat on the quantity and composition of leachable carbon in the O2 horizon: Potential iplications for potable water treatment

    Gough, R. S., Holliman, P. J., Willis, N., Jones, T. G. & Freeman, C., 27 Nov 2012, In: Lake and Reservoir Management. 28, 4, p. 282-292

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. 2013
  10. Published

    Eco-hydrological requirements of dune slack vegetation and the implications of climate change

    Curreli, A., Wallace, H., Freeman, C., Hollingham, M., Stratford, C., Johnson, H. & Jones, L., 15 Jan 2013, In: Science of the Total Environment. 443, p. 910-919

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    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. 251-260

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Deep instability of deforested tropical peatlands revealed by fluvial organic carbon fluxes

    Moore, S., Evans, C. D., Page, S. E., Garnett, M. H., Jones, T. G., Freeman, C., Hooijer, A., Wiltshire, A. J., Limin, S. H. & Gauci, V., 31 Jan 2013, In: Nature. 493, p. 660-663

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Assessment of potential climate change impacts on peatland dissolved organic carbon release and drinking water treatment from laboratory experiments

    Hughes, D. D., Tang, R., Clark, J. M., Bond, T., Graham, N., Hughes, D. & Freeman, C., 1 Feb 2013, In: Environmental Pollution. 173, p. 270-277

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. 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

  15. Published

    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. 275-283

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Natural revegetation of bog pools after peatland restoration involving ditch blocking—The influence of pool depth and implications for carbon cycling

    Peacock, M., Evands, C. D., Fenner, N. & Freeman, C., 1 Aug 2013, In: Ecological Engineering. 57, p. 297-301

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. 2014
  18. Published

    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. 714-730

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Dissolved organic carbon and trihalomethane precursor removal at a UK upland water treatment works

    Gough, R. S., Holliman, P. J., Willis, N. & Freeman, C., 15 Jan 2014, In: Science of the Total Environment. 468-469, p. 228-239

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Methodologies for Extracellular Enzyme Assays from Wetland Soils

    Dunn, C., Jones, T. G., Girard, A. & Freeman, C., 1 Feb 2014, In: Wetlands. 34, 1, p. 9-17

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Published

    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. 1445-1461

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  22. Published

    A Decision Support System for Drinking Water Production Integrating Health Risks Assessment

    Delpla, I., Monteith, D. T., Freeman, C., Haftka, J., Hermens, J., Jones, T. G., Baures, E., Jung, A. & Thomas, O., 18 Jul 2014, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 11, 7, p. 7354-7375

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  23. Published

    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, 1

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  24. Published

    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. 66-76

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Infilled Ditches are Hotspots of Landscape Methane Flux Following Peatland Re-wetting

    Cooper, M. D., Evans, C., Zielinski, P., Levy, P. E., Gray, A., Peacock, M., Norris, D., Fenner, N. & Freeman, C., Nov 2014, In: Ecosystems. 17, 7, p. 1227-1241

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  26. 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

  27. Published

    Dissolved organic carbon and trihalomethane formation potential removal during coagulation of a typical UK upland water with alum, PAX-18 and PIX-322

    Gough, R. S., Holliman, P. J., Heard, T. R. & Freeman, C., 1 Dec 2014, In: Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA. 63, 8, p. 650-660

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  28. 2015
  29. Published

    Exotic Spartina alterniflora invasion alters ecosystem–atmosphere exchange of CH4 and N2O and carbon sequestration in a coastal salt marsh in China

    Yuan, J. J., Ding, W. X., Liu, D. Y., Kang, H., Freeman, C., Xiang, J. & Lin, Y. X., 8 Jan 2015, In: Global Change Biology. 21, 4, p. 1567-1580

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  30. Published

    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 825098

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Investigations of freezing and cold storage for the analysis of peatland dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and absorbance properties

    Peacock, M., Freeman, C., Gaucia, V. & Lebronc, I. E., 29 May 2015, In: Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts. 17, 7

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  32. Published

    Heavy Rainfall Impacts on Trihalomethane Formation in Contrasting Northwestern European Potable Waters

    Delpla, I., Jones, T. G., Monteith, D. T., Hughes, D. D., Baures, E., Jung, A. V., Thomas, O. & Freeman, C., 10 Jul 2015, In: Journal of Environmental Quality. 44, 4, p. 1241-1251

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  33. Published

    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. 203-212

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  34. Published

    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. 10779-10791

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  35. Published

    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. 2168-2176

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  36. Published

    Characterisation of algogenic organic matter during an algal bloom and its implications for trihalomethane formation

    Gough, R. S., Gough, R., Holliman, P. J., Cooke, G. M. & Freeman, C., 1 Sept 2015, In: Sustainability of Water Quality and Ecology. 6, September, p. 11-19

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  37. 2016
  38. Published

    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. 16-39

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  39. Published

    Influence of water table depth on pore water chemistry and Trihalomethane Formation potential in peatlands

    Gough, R. S., Gough, R., Holliman, P. J., Fenner, N., Peacock, M. & Freeman, C., 1 Feb 2016, In: Water Environment Research. 88, 2, p. 107-117

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  40. Published

    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. 47-58

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  41. Published

    How do increasing background concentrations of tropospheric ozone affect peatland plant growth and carbon gas exchange?

    Williamson, J., Mills, G., Hayes, F., Jones, T. & Freeman, C., 29 Feb 2016, In: Atmospheric Environment. 127, p. 133-138

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  42. Published

    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. 185-200

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  43. Published

    Microbes, Environmental Change and the Global Carbon Cycle

    Kang, H. & Freeman, C., 1 Mar 2016, Climate Change and Microbial Ecology: Current Research and Future Trends. Marxsen, J. (ed.). Caister Academic Press, p. 153-166

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  44. Published

    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. 561-572

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  45. Published

    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. 433-446

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  46. Published

    Constructed wetlands may lower inorganic nutrient inputs but enhance DOC loadings into a drinking water reservoir in North Wales

    Scholz, C., Dunn, C., Jones, T., West, M., Ehbair, A. & Freeman, C., Sept 2016, In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23, 18, p. 18192-18199

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Managing peatland vegetation for drinking water treatment

    Ritson, J. P., Bell, M., Brazier, R. E., Grand-Clement, E., Graham, N., Freeman, C., Smith, D., Templeton, M. R. & Clark, J., 18 Nov 2016, In: Scientific Reports. 6, 36751.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  48. Published

    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. 487-498

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  49. Published

    Is peat accumulation in mangrove swamps influenced by the “enzymic latch” mechanism?

    Dunn, C., Mitsch, W., Freeman, C. & Saraswati, S., 15 Dec 2016, In: Wetlands Ecology and Management. 24, 6, p. 641-650

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  50. 2017
  51. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  52. Published

    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 proceedingChapterpeer-review

  53. Published

    An experimental use of floating treatment wetlands (FTWs) to reduce phytoplankton growth in freshwaters

    Jones, T., Willis, N., Gough, R. & Freeman, C., Feb 2017, In: Ecological Engineering. 99, p. 316-323

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  54. Published

    Comparison and Standardization of Soil Enzyme Assay for Meaningful Data Interpretation

    Deng, S., Dick, R., Freeman, C., Kandeler, E. & Weintraub, M., Feb 2017, In: Journal of Microbiological Methods. 133, February, p. 32-34

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  55. Published

    Determination of poly-β-hydroxyalkanoate in Peat

    Dowrick, D., Yusoff, F., Gough, R. & Freeman, C., Feb 2017, In: Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 48, 5, p. 576-580

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  56. Published

    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. 2891-2902

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  57. Published

    Hydrological legacy determines the type of enzyme inhibition in a peatlands chronosequence

    Bonnett, S., Maltby, E. & Freeman, C., Aug 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 9948.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review