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Journal Article

Measuring rural community resilience: Case studies in NZ and Vermont, USA

Methods for assessing community resilience have focused predominantly on disaster recovery. There is a need for quantitative measurement tools for assessing community resilience to slow-moving…
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gndDb, a Database of Partial gnd Sequences To Assist with Analysis of Escherichia coli Communities Using High-Throughput Sequencing

The use of culture methods to detect Escherichia coli diversity does not provide sufficient resolution to identify strains present at low levels. Here, we target…
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Technical Report

Denitrification in Shallow groundwaters – an ecosystem service or a pollution swap

Our observations highlight the influence of different hydrogeological settings on spatial variability of partial or complete (benign) denitrification in shallow groundwaters. A better understanding and…
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Eutrophication and climate change impacts of a case study of NZ beef to the European market

Beef production in the Lake Taupō region of New Zealand is regulated for nitrogen (N) leaching. The objectives of this study were to 1) evaluate…
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Technical Report

Measuring real time nitrate leaching from a Hawkes Bay onion Field

The primary objective of this project was to prove that successful real time ‘in situ’ nitrate measuring was possible using a nitrate sensor and that…
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Guidance

Monitoring nitrate in groundwater

Nitrate nitrogen is a stable form of nitrogen found in freshwater ecosystems; it is highly soluble and can be readily used by aquatic plants and…
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Presentation

Recent advances in reporting and interpreting water quality trends

NZ Freshwater Sciences Conference, December 2018
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Soil erosion losses and contributions from underlying sources/causes

Regional maps of modelled soil loss from surface erosion across Aotearoa New Zealand are provided in .tif fomat for use in GIS. These large .zip files (use 7-zip or…
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The potential for potassium chloride fertiliser applications to leach cadmium from a grazed pasture soil

Cadmium (Cd) is a biotoxic element that can enter the human food chain via plants grown in Cd-enriched soil. Chloride (Cl) can solubilise Cd in…
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