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Journal Article

The error in stream sediment phosphorus fractionation and sorption properties effected by drying pretreatments

We found that drying sediment significantly influenced EPC0 and P fractions (especially the NH4Cl-P fraction). Air-drying was particularly error-prone and should be avoided. The use…
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Presentation

Denitrification in shallow groundwaters: An ecosystem service or a pollution swap? –poster

Fertilizer and Lime Research Centre workshop 32, February 2019
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Journal Article

Exploring the role of high-value crops to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in New Zealand

This study explores the potential benefits of transitioning from livestock farming to high-value alternative crops as a strategy for mitigating agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions…
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Guidance

Kāinga: People, Land, Belonging

Through his own experience and the stories of his tūpuna, Paul Tapsell (Te Arawa, Tainui) charts the impact of colonisation on his people. Alienation from…
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Assessing Contaminants with Stream Order

Determining whether excluding livestock from large streams in flat catchments would substantially decrease the contaminant load
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Technical Report

Advice for application of the physiographic method to the West Coast Region

Land and Water Science Ltd. was contracted to provide services to West Coast Regional Council through an Envirolink Small Advice Grant. The aim of the…
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Journal Article

Soil hydraulic modelling outcomes with four parameterization methods: Comparing soil description and data inversion approaches

Different methods for parameterizing soil hydraulic models can lead to substantially varied predictions of soil–plant–atmosphere water fluxes. This study investigated, for a heterogeneous stony soil,…
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Journal Article

Crafting collective management institutions in messy real-world settings: A call for action research

There is considerable interest in collective management as a potential solution to complex environmental problems, but existing research offers little guidance for the messy real-world…
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