Professor Chris Freeman

Emeritus Professor

  1. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. 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

  3. Published

    A Potential Approach for Enhancing Carbon Sequestration During Peatland Restoration Using Low-Cost, Phenolic-Rich Biomass Supplements

    Alshehri, A., Dunn, C., Freeman, C., Hugron, S., Jones, T. & Rochefort, L., 12 May 2020, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 8

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  4. Published

    A communal catalogue reveals Earth's multiscale microbial diversity

    Thompson, L. R., Sanders, J. G., McDonald, D., Amir, A., Ladau, J., Locey, K. J., Prill, R. J., Tripathi, A., Gibbons, S. M., Ackermann, G., Navas-Molina, J. A., Janssen, S., Kopylova, E., Vazquez-Baeza, Y., Gonzalez, A., Morton, J. T., Mirarab, S., Xu, Z. Z., Jiang, L., Haroon, M. F., Kanbar, J., Zhu, Q., Song, S. J., Kosciolek, T., Bokulich, N. A., Lefler, J., Brislawn, C. J., Humphrey, G., Owens, S. M., Hampton-Marcell, J., Berg-Lyons, D., McKenzie, V., Fierer, N., Fuhrman, J. A., Clauset, A., Stevens, R. L., Shade, A., Pollard, K. S., Goodwin, K. D., Jansson, J. K., Gilbert, J. A., Knight, R., Agosto Rivera, J. L., Al-Moosawi, L., Alverdy, J., Amato, K. R., Andras, J., Angenent, L. T., Antonopoulos, D. A., Apprill, A., Armitage, D., Ballantine, K., Bárta, J., Baum, J. K., Berry, A., Bhatnagar, A., Bhatnagar, M., Biddle, J. F., Bittner, L., Boldgiv, B., Bottos, E., Boyer, D. M., Braun, J., Brazelton, W., Brearley, F. Q., Campbell, A. H., Caporaso, J. G., Cardona, C., Carroll, J., Cary, S. C., Casper, B. B., Charles, T. C., Chu, H., Claar, D. C., Clark, R. G., Clayton, J. B., Clemente, J. C., Cochran, A., Coleman, M. L., Collins, G., Colwel, R. R., Contreras, M., Crary, B. B., Creer, S., Cristol, D. A., Crump, B. C., Cui, D., Daly, S. E., Davalos, L., Dawson, R. D., Defazio, J., Delsuc, F., Dionisi, H. M., Dominguez-Bello, M. G., Dowell, R., Dubinsky, E. A., Dunn, P. O., Ercolini, D., Espinoza, R. E., Ezenwa, V., Fenner, N., Findlay, H. S., Fleming, I. D., Fogliano, V., Forsman, A., Freeman, C., Friedman, E. S., Galindo, G., Garcia, L., Garcia-Amado, M. A., Garshelis, D., Gasser, R. B., Gerdts, G., Gibson, M. K., Gifford, I., Gill, R. T., Giray, T., Gittel, A., Golyshin, P., Gong, D., Grossart, H.-P., Guyton, K., Haig, S.-J., Hale, V., Hall, R. S., Hallam, S. J., Handley, K. M., Hasan, N. A., Haydon, S. R., Hickman, J. E., Hidalgo, G., Hofmockel, K. S., Hooker, J., Hulth, S., Hultman, J., Hyde, E., Ibáñez-Álamo, J. D., Jastrow, J. D., Jex, A. R., Johnson, L. S., Johnston, E. R., Joseph, S., Jurburg, S. D., Jurelevicius, D., Karlsson, A., Karlsson, R., Kauppinen, S., Kellogg, C. T. E., Kennedy, S. J., Kerkhof, L. J., King, G. M., Kling, G. W., Koehler, A. V., Krezalek, M., Kueneman, J., Lamendella, R., Landon, E. M., Lane-deGraaf, K., LaRoche, J., Larsen, P., Laverock, B., Lax, S., Lentino, M., Levin, I. I., Liancourt, P., Liang, W., Linz, A. M., Lipson, D. A., Liu, Y., Lladser, M. E., Lozada, M., Spirito, C. M., MacCormack, W. P., MacRae-Crerar, A., Magris, M., Martín-Platero, A. M., Martín-Vivaldi, M., Martínez, L. M., Martínez-Bueno, M., Marzinelli, E. M., Mason, O. U., Mayer, G. D., McDevitt-Irwin, J. M., McDonald, J., McGuire, K. L., McMahon, K. D., McMinds, R., Medina, M., Mendelson, J. R., Metcalf, J. L., Meyer, F., Michelangeli, F., Miller, K., Mills, D. A., Minich, J., Mocali, S., Moitinho-Silva, L., Moore, A., Morgan-Kiss, R. M., Munroe, P., Myrold, D., Neufeld, J. D., Ni, Y., Nicol, G. W., Nielsen, S., Nissimov, J. I., Niu, K., Nolan, M. J., Noyce, K., O’Brien, S. L., Okamoto, N., Orlando, L., Ortiz Castellano, Y., Osuolale, O., Oswald, W., Parnell, J., Peralta-Sánchez, J. M., Petraitis, P., Pfister, C., Pilon-Smits, E., Piombino, P., Pointing, S. B., Pollock, F. J., Potter, C., Prithiviraj, B., Quince, C., Rani, A., Ranjan, R., Rao, S., Rees, A. P., Richardson, M., Riebesell, U., Robinson, C., Rockne, K. J., Rodriguezl, S. M., Rohwer, F., Roundstone, W., Safran, R. J., Sangwan, N., Sanz, V., Schrenk, M., Schrenzel, M. D., Scott, N. M., Seger, R. L., Seguin-Orlando, A., Seldin, L., Seyler, L. M., Shakhsheer, B., Sheets, G. M., Shen, C., Shi, Y., Shin, H., Shogan, B. D., Shutler, D., Siegel, J., Simmons, S., Sjöling, S., Smith, D. P., Soler, J. J., Sperling, M., Steinberg, P. D., Stephens, B., Stevens, M. A., Taghavi, S., Tai, V., Tait, K., Tan, C. L., Tas, N., Taylor, D. L., Thomas, T., Timling, I., Turner, B. L., Urich, T., Ursell, L. K., van der Lelie, D., Van Treuren, W., van Zwieten, L., Vargas-Robles, D., Vega Thurber, R., Vitaglione, P., Walker, D. A., Walters, W. A., Wang, S., Wang, T., Weave, T., Webster, N. S., Wehrle, B., Weisenhorn, P., Weiss, S., Werner, J. J., West, K., Whitehead, A., Whitehead, S. R., Whittingham, L. A., Willerslev, E., Williams, A. E., Wood, S. A., Woodhams, D. C., Yang, Y., Zaneveld, J., Zarraonaindia, I., Zhang, Q. & Zhao, H., 23 Nov 2017, In: Nature. 551, 7681, p. 457-+

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  5. 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

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  6. 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

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  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

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  8. Published

    Additional carbon sequestration benefits of grassland diversity restoration.

    De Deyn, G. B., Shiel, R. S., Ostle, N. J., McNamara, N. P., Oakley, S., Young, I., Freeman, C., Fenner, N., Quirk, H. & Bardgett, R. D., 1 Jun 2011, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 48, 3, p. 600-608

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  9. Published

    Agricultural land use regulates the fate of soil phosphorus fractions following the reclamation of wetlands

    Qin, L., Jiang, M., Freeman, C., Zou, Y., Gao, C., Tian, W. & Wang, G., 10 Mar 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 863, 160891.

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  10. Published

    An affordable methodology for quantifying waterborne microplastics - an emerging contaminant in inland-waters

    Dunn, C., Owens, J., Fears, L., Nunnerley, L., Kirby, J., Armstrong, O., Thomas, P. J., Aberg, D., Gilder, W., Green, D., Antwis, R. & Freeman, C., Feb 2020, In: Journal of Limnology. 79, 1, p. 92-95 4 p.

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  11. 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

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  12. 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

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  13. Published

    An iron-reduction-mediated cascade mechanism increases the risk of carbon loss from mineral-rich peatlands

    Qin, L., Freeman, C., Zou, Y., Wang, G., Fenner, N., Yang, L., Otte, M. L. & Jiang, M., 1 Apr 2022, In: Applied Soil Ecology. 172, 104361.

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  14. Published

    Annual variation of temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon decomposition in North peatlands: implications for thermal responses of carbon cycling to global warming.

    Xiang, W. & Freeman, C., 1 Aug 2009, In: Environmental Geology. 58, 3, p. 499-508

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  15. 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

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  16. Published

    Atmospheric nitrogen deposition promotes carbon loss from peat bogs

    Bragazza, L., Freeman, C., Jones, T., Rydin, H., Limpens, J., Fenner, N., Ellis, T., Gerdol, R., Hajek, T., Iacumin, P., Kutnar, L., Tahvanainen, T. & Toberman, H., 19 Dec 2006, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 103, 51, p. 19386-19398

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  17. Published

    Attenuation of Methane Oxidation by Nitrogen Availability in Arctic Tundra Soils

    Lee, J., Yun, J., Yang, Y., Jung, J. Y., Lee, Y. K., Yuan, J., Ding, W., Freeman, C. & Kang, H., 14 Feb 2023, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 57, 6, p. 2647-2659 13 p.

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  18. Published

    Biologically driven DOC release from peatlands during recovery from acidification

    Kang, H., Kwon, M. J., Kim, S., Lee, S., Jones, T. G., Johncock, A. C., Haraguchi , A. & Freeman, C., 18 Sept 2018, In: Nature Communications. 9, 3807.

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  19. 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

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  20. Published

    Carbon supply and the regulation of emzyme activity in constructed wetlands.

    Shackle, V. J., Freeman, C. & Reynolds, B., 1 Nov 2000, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 32, 13, p. 1935-1940

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  21. Published

    Changes in bacterial communities during rice cultivation remove phenolic constraints on peatland carbon preservation

    Qin, L., Tian, W., Freeman, C., Jia, Z., Yin, X., Gao, C., Zou, Y. & Jiang, M., 6 Feb 2024, In: ISME Communications. 4, 1, ycae022.

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  22. Published

    Changing thermal sensitivity of bacterial communities and soil enzymes in a bog peat in spring, summer and autumn

    Kim, S.-Y., Zhou, X., Freeman, C. & Kang, H., 1 May 2022, In: Applied Soil Ecology. 173, 104382.

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  23. 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

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  24. Published

    Climate change - Terrestrial export of organic carbon - Reply

    Evans, C. D., Freeman, C., Monteith, D. T., Reynolds, B. & Fenner, N., 21 Feb 2002, In: Nature. 415, 6874, p. 862

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  25. Published

    Climatic zone effects of non-native plant invasion on CH4 and N2O emissions from natural wetland ecosystems

    Beyene, B. B., Li, J., Yuan, J., Liu, D., Chen, Z., Kim, J., Kang, H., Freeman, C. & Ding, W., 1 Jan 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 906, 167855.

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  26. Published

    Comparative analysis of soil microbial communities and their responses to the short-term drought in bog, fen, and riparian wetlands

    Kim, S. Y., Lee, S. H., Freeman, C., Fenner, N. & Kang, H., 1 Nov 2008, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 40, 11, p. 2874-2880

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  27. 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

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  28. 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

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  29. 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

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  30. 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

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  31. Published

    Critical role of water conditions in the responses of autumn phenology of marsh wetlands to climate change on the Tibetan Plateau

    Shen, X., Shen, M., Wu, C., Peñuelas, J., Ciais, P., Zhang, J., Freeman, C., Palmer, P. I., Liu, B., Henderson, M., Song, Z., Sun, S., Lu, X. & Jiang, M., 1 Jan 2024, In: Global Change Biology. 30, 1, e17097.

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  32. Published

    Cross-laboratory comparison of fluorimetric microplate and colorimetric bench-scale soil enzyme assays

    Dick, R., Dick, L., Deng, S., Li, X., Kandeler, E., Poll, C., Freeman, C., Jones, T., Weintraube, M. N. & Saxena, J., 1 Jun 2018, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 121, p. 240-248

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  33. Published

    Decomposition as a regulator of carbon accretion in mangroves: a review

    Friesen, S., Dunn, C. & Freeman, C., Apr 2018, In: Ecological Engineering. 114, p. 173-178

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  34. 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

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  35. 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

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  36. 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

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  37. 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

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  38. 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

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  39. Published

    Divergent responses of wetland methane emissions to elevated atmospheric CO2 dependent on water table

    Lin, Y., Yuan, J., Liu, D., Kang, H., Freeman, C., Hu, H.-W., Ye, G. & Ding, W., 15 Oct 2021, In: Water Research. 205, 117682.

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  40. Published

    Drought-induced carbon loss in peatlands

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

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  41. 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

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  42. 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.

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  43. Published

    Effects of elevated CO2 on fen peat biogeochemistry.

    Kang, H., Freeman, C. & Ashendon, T. W., 12 Nov 2001, In: Science of the Total Environment. 279, 1-3, p. 45-50

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  44. 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

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  45. Published

    Elevated CO2 and high salinity enhance the abundance of sulfate reducers in a salt marsh ecosystem

    Kim, S.-Y., Freeman, C., Lukac, M., Lee, S.-H., Kim, S. D. & Kang, H., Mar 2020, In: Applied Soil Ecology. 147, 103386.

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  46. 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

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  47. 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

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  48. 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

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  49. Published

    Exogenous enzyme supplements to promote treatment efficiency in constructed wetlands.

    Shackle, V., Freeman, C. & Reynolds, B., 15 May 2006, In: Science of the Total Environment. 361, 1-3, p. 18-24

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  50. 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

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  51. Published

    Export of dissolved organic carbon from peatlands under elevated carbon dioxide levels.

    Freeman, C., Fenner, N., Ostle, N. J., Kang, H., Dowrick, D. J., Reynolds, B., Lock, M. A., Sleep, D., Hughes, S. & Hudson, J., 8 Jul 2004, In: Nature. 430, 6996, p. 195-198

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