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Vulnerability of deep groundwater in the Bengal Aquifer System to contamination by arsenic by Burgess, W. G, Hoque, M. A, Michael, H. A, Voss, C. I, Breit, G. N, Ahmed, K. M

“…Arsenic levels in shallow groundwater in the Bengal Basin exceed thresholds for safe drinking water. Groundwater modelling indicates that deep wells that reach…”
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Instead of Children: Legacy and Embodied Interpretation in the Woodwardian Museum by Burgess, W. G.

“…John Woodward’s collection of geological specimens, bequeathed to Cambridge University in 1728, was one of the first public institutional collections of its…”
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Terrestrial water load and groundwater fluctuation in the Bengal Basin by Burgess, W. G., Shamsudduha, M., Taylor, R. G., Zahid, A., Ahmed, K. M., Mukherjee, A., Lapworth, D. J., Bense, V. F.

“…Groundwater-level fluctuations represent hydraulic responses to changes in groundwater storage due to aquifer recharge and drainage as well as to changes in…”
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Mechanism of arsenic release to groundwater, Bangladesh and West Bengal by Nickson, R.T., McArthur, J.M., Ravenscroft, P., Burgess, W.G., Ahmed, K.M.

“…In some areas of Bangladesh and West Bengal, concentrations of As in groundwater exceed guide concentrations, set internationally and nationally at 10 to 50 μg…”
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Avian influenza in Australia: a summary of 5 years of wild bird surveillance by Grillo, VL, Arzey, KE, Hansbro, PM, Hurt, AC, Warner, S, Bergfeld, J, Burgess, GW, Cookson, B, Dickason, CJ, Ferenczi, M, Hollingsworth, T, Hoque, MDA, Jackson, RB, Klaassen, M, Kirkland, PD, Kung, NY, Lisovski, S, O'Dea, MA, O'Riley, K, Roshier, D, Skerratt, LF, Tracey, JP, Wang, X, Woods, R, Post, L

“…BACKGROUND: Avian influenza viruses (AIVs) are found worldwide in numerous bird species, causing significant disease in gallinaceous poultry and occasionally…”
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Groundwater quality and depletion in the Indo-Gangetic Basin mapped from in situ observations by MacDonald, A. M., Bonsor, H. C., Ahmed, K. M., Burgess, W. G., Basharat, M., Calow, R. C., Dixit, A., Foster, S. S. D., Gopal, K., Lapworth, D. J., Lark, R. M., Moench, M., Mukherjee, A., Rao, M. S., Shamsudduha, M., Smith, L., Taylor, R. G., Tucker, J., van Steenbergen, F., Yadav, S. K.

“…Increasing groundwater abstraction in the Indo-Gangetic Basin poses a threat to groundwater supplies. In situ observations reveal that sustainable groundwater…”
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State of the Field: The History of Collecting by BURGESS, W. G.

“…Collections are history's raw materials. They are innate in historical disciplines, providing the substrate for museums, libraries and archives upon which the…”
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Causes of Morbidity and Mortality of Wild Aquatic Birds at Billabong Sanctuary, Townsville, North Queensland, Australia by Hoque, M. A, Burgess, G. W, Greenhil, A. R, Hedlefs, R, Skerratt, L. F

“…Infectious diseases are common causes of significant morbidity and mortality events of wild aquatic birds (WABs) worldwide. Reports of Australian events are…”
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Hydrogeological typologies of the Indo-Gangetic basin alluvial aquifer, South Asia by Bonsor, H. C., MacDonald, A. M., Ahmed, K. M., Burgess, W. G., Basharat, M., Calow, R. C., Dixit, A., Foster, S. S. D., Gopal, K., Lapworth, D. J., Moench, M., Mukherjee, A., Rao, M. S., Shamsudduha, M., Smith, L., Taylor, R. G., Tucker, J., van Steenbergen, F., Yadav, S. K., Zahid, A.

“…The Indo-Gangetic aquifer is one of the world’s most important transboundary water resources, and the most heavily exploited aquifer in the world. To better…”
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Security of Deep Groundwater in the Coastal Bengal Basin Revealed by Tracers by Lapworth, D. J., Zahid, A., Taylor, R. G., Burgess, W. G., Shamsudduha, M., Ahmed, K. M., Mukherjee, A., Gooddy, D. C., Chatterjee, D., MacDonald, A. M.

“…Uncertainty persists regarding the vulnerability of deep groundwater across Asia's megadeltas. In the coastal Bengal Basin aquifer system, shallow groundwater…”
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Adaptations of a Competitive Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for the Detection of Antibodies to Influenza A Virus in Horse Sera for Use in Wild Aquatic Birds by Hoque, M. A., Skerratt, L. F., Garland, S., Burgess, G. W., Selleck, P.

“…We applied a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of antibodies for influenza A in equine sera to their detection in sera from wild…”
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Security of deep groundwater against arsenic contamination in the Bengal Aquifer System: a numerical modeling study in southeast Bangladesh by Shamsudduha, M., Zahid, A., Burgess, W. G.

“…Across the floodplains of southern Bangladesh deep (> 150 m belowground level, bgl) groundwater within the Bengal Aquifer System (BAS) has become widely used…”
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Redistribution of contaminants by a fluctuating water table in a micro-porous, double-porosity aquifer: Field observations and model simulations by Fretwell, B.A., Burgess, W.G., Barker, J.A., Jefferies, N.L.

“…Large seasonal fluctuations of the water table are characteristic of aquifers with a low specific yield, including those fractured, double-porosity aquifers…”
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Viral and vector zoonotic exploitation of a homo-sociome memetic complex by Rupprecht, C.E., Burgess, G.W.

“…As most newly characterized emerging infectious diseases are considered to be zoonotic, a modern pre-eminence ascribed within this classification lies clearly…”
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Johnson, ‘Misargyrus’, and Richard Bathurst by Dixon, Peter, Mannion, David, Burgess, W G

“…Abstract Four letters in the Adventurer are currently attributed to Johnson, who allegedly disguised his style so that they could be plausibly ascribed to his…”
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Phylogenetic Variation of Chelonid Alphaherpesvirus 5 (ChHV5) in Populations of Green Turtles Chelonia mydas along the Queensland Coast, Australia by Ariel, E., Nainu, F., Jones, K., Juntunen, K., Bell, I., Gaston, J., Scott, J., Trocini, S., Burgess, G. W.

“…Sea turtle fibropapillomatosis (FP) is a disease marked by the proliferation of benign but debilitating cutaneous and occasional visceral tumors, likely to be…”
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Delineating low-arsenic groundwater environments in the Bengal Aquifer System, Bangladesh by Hoque, M.A., Burgess, W.G., Shamsudduha, M., Ahmed, K.M.

“…► Arsenic concentration variation is linked to the hydrogeological framework of aquifer zones. ► Identified empirical associations to low-arsenic groundwater…”
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Monitoring of wild birds for Newcastle disease virus in north Queensland, Australia by Hoque, M.A., Burgess, G.W., Karo-Karo, D., Cheam, A.L., Skerratt, L.F.

“…Wild aquatic birds (WABs) are considered as reservoir hosts for Newcastle disease viruses (NDVs) and may act as vectors for transferring these viruses to…”
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Host preferences of tabanid flies based on identification of blood meals by ELISA by Muzari, M.O., Burgess, G.W., Skerratt, L.F., Jones, R.E., Duran, T.L.

“…Tabanid flies in Australia are potential vectors of the parasite Trypanosoma evansi which causes the animal disease surra. It is endemic to most of south-east…”
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Measurement of low-order structure factors for silicon from zone-axis CBED patterns by Saunders, M, Bird, D.M, Zaluzec, N.J, Burgess, W.G, Preston, A.R, Humphreys, C.J

“…The ability to acquire digitally collected, energy-filtered electron diffraction patterns has permitted the development of fully quantitative methods of…”
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