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Development of a risk assessment tool to assess the significance of septic tanks around freshwater SSSIs: Phase 1 - Understanding better the retention of phosphorus in the drainage field.

Published online: 02 Feb 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: May, L. & Withers, P. J. & Stratford, C. & Bowes, M. & Robinson, D. & Gozzard, E.

Content type: Reports

This project was undertaken to investigate some of the processes to protect SSSIs and provide information to underpin the development a 'family' of bu...

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A review of the effectiveness of different on-site wastewater treatment systems and their management to reduce phosphorus pollution.

Published online: 18 Jan 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: May, L. & Woods, H.

Content type: Reports

This review assessess the information contained in publicly available literature with a view to enabling Natural England to improve the advice that th...

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Development of a risk assessment tool to evaluate the significance of septic tanks around freshwater SSSIs.

Published online: 21 Jan 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: May, L. & Dudley, B. J. & Woods, H. & Miles, S.

Content type: Reports

There is growing evidence suggesting that small sewage discharges (SSDs), in practice mainly septic tank systems but also including package treatment ...

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Phosphorous in package treatment plant effluents.

Published online: 21 Jan 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: May, L. & Woods, H.

Content type: Reports

To improve the advice on the suitability of different types of small sewage discharges (SSDs) such as those from package treatment plants and septic t...

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Probabilistic decision modelling to determine impacts on natural resource management and livelihood resilience in Marsabit County, Kenya.

Published online: 14 Aug 2019

Authors: Tamba, Y. & Muchiri, C. & Luedeling, E. & Shepherd, K.

Content type: Bulletin

Decision makers, from the household to state level, are frequently faced with decisions that need to be made within a context of risks, uncertainties,...

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Crop photosynthesis and the flux of carbon dioxide below the canopy.

Published online: 22 May 1965

Authors: Monteith, J. L. & Szeicz, G. & Yabuki, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The upward flux of CO2 at the soil surface was calculated from the weight increase of soda lime granules exposed inside a glass tank covering 400 cm2 ...

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Global warming and eutrophication: effects on water chemistry and autotrophic communities in experimental hypertrophic shallow lake mesocosms.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Feuchtmayr, H. & Moran, R. & Hatton, K. & Connor, L. & Heyes, T. & Moss, B. & Harvey, I. & Atkinson, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Shallow lakes are important components of the biosphere, but they are also highly vulnerable to damage from human activities in their catchments, such...

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Chamaecyparis thyoides wetlands and suburbanization: effects on hydrology, water quality and plant community composition.

Published online: 15 Apr 1994

Authors: Ehrenfeld, J. G. & Schneider, J. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Atlantic white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) wetlands in the New Jersey pinelands were studied at 18 sites along a gradient of suburban development d...

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The resistance of a chalk grassland to disturbance.

Published online: 21 May 2003

Authors: Hirst, R. A. & Pywell, R. F. & Marrs, R. H. & Putwain, P. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Concepts of ecosystem stability, resilience and resistance have been discussed theoretically for nearly three decades. Understanding the effects of ha...

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Can chlorination of ballast water reduce biological invasions?

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Lin YaPing & Zhan AiBin & Hernandez, M. R. & Paolucci, E. & MacIsaac, H. J. & Briski, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Ballast water has been identified as a leading vector for introduction of non-indigenous species. Recently, the International Maritime Organization...

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