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Costs and benefits of erosion control measures in the UK by Posthumus, H, Deeks, L. K, Rickson, R. J, Quinton, J. N

“…Soil erosion is a key threat to ecosystem services. This study assesses the cost‐effectiveness of erosion control measures based on an ecosystem services…”
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Spatial Variability in Properties Affecting Organic Horizon Carbon Storage in Upland Soils by Stutter, M.I., Lumsdon, D.G., Billett, M.F., Low, D., Deeks, L.K.

“…Quantifying the amount and distribution of soil organic carbon (SOC) within natural soils is important for sample design, C budgeting/pool estimation, and…”
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The total costs of soil degradation in England and Wales by Graves, A.R., Morris, J., Deeks, L.K., Rickson, R.J., Kibblewhite, M.G., Harris, J.A., Farewell, T.S., Truckle, I.

“…There is growing concern that the way that soils are used often results in their degradation, giving rise to significant costs, both to direct users of soils…”
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Impact of soil and groundwater heterogeneity on surface water chemistry in an upland catchment by Stutter, M.I., Deeks, L.K., Low, D., Billett, M.F.

“…The interaction of precipitation with catchment soils is commonly assumed to be the dominant control on the composition and quality of the resulting surface…”
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On the origin of carbon dioxide released from rewetted soils by Fraser, F.C., Corstanje, R., Deeks, L.K., Harris, J.A., Pawlett, M., Todman, L.C., Whitmore, A.P., Ritz, K.

“…When dry soils are rewetted a pulse of CO2 is invariably released, and whilst this phenomenon has been studied for decades, the precise origins of this CO2…”
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Defining and quantifying the resilience of responses to disturbance: a conceptual and modelling approach from soil science by Todman, L. C., Fraser, F. C., Corstanje, R., Deeks, L. K., Harris, J. A., Pawlett, M., Ritz, K., Whitmore, A. P.

“…There are several conceptual definitions of resilience pertaining to environmental systems and, even if resilience is clearly defined in a particular context,…”
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Characterisation of flow paths and saturated conductivity in a soil block in relation to chloride breakthrough by Deeks, L.K., Bengough, A.G., Stutter, M.I., Young, I.M., Zhang, X.X.

“…The nature of flow paths, determined by soil structural features, may greatly influence solute breakthrough in a soil profile. We compared two contrasting…”
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Nutrient potential of biosolids and urea derived organo-mineral fertilisers in a field scale experiment using ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) by Pawlett, M., Deeks, L.K., Sakrabani, R.

“…•OMFs can act as an alternative fertiliser to meet ryegrass nutrient requirements.•Urea addition to biosolids reduced soil available phosphorus.•Urea addition…”
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Transport of conservative and reactive tracers through a naturally structured upland podzol field lysimeter by Stutter, M.I., Deeks, L.K., Billett, M.F.

“…Compared to agricultural soils, descriptions of solute transport in upland soils at scales smaller than catchments are scarce. This study evaluates data from…”
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Spatial variability in soil ion exchange chemistry in a granitic upland catchment by Stutter, M.I, Deeks, L.K, Billett, M.F

“…Advances in quantifying the spatial variability of soil properties made for agricultural soils are not being mirrored for naturally structured upland soils…”
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Distinct respiratory responses of soils to complex organic substrate are governed predominantly by soil architecture and its microbial community by Fraser, F.C., Todman, L.C., Corstanje, R., Deeks, L.K., Harris, J.A., Pawlett, M., Whitmore, A.P., Ritz, K.

“…Factors governing the turnover of organic matter (OM) added to soils, including substrate quality, climate, environment and biology, are well known, but their…”
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Spatial variation of effective porosity and its implications for discharge in an upland headwater catchment in Scotland by Deeks, L.K, Bengough, A.G, Low, D, Billett, M.F, Zhang, X, Crawford, J.W, Chessell, J.M, Young, I.M

“…Spatial and temporal measurements of shallow sub-surface soil physical properties were made within a 1 km 2 upland catchment. The surface soil layer of the…”
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Faecal contamination of watercourses from farm waste disposal for three sites in the UK with contrasting soil types by Deeks, L.K, McHugh, M, Owens, P.N

“…Despite considerable investment, some UK bathing waters fail to comply with mandatory standards as defined by the EU Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC)…”
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An evaluation of a fragmentation fractal dimension technique to determine soil erodibility by Martı́nez-Mena, M, Deeks, L.K, Williams, A.G

“…The fragmentation fractal dimension, D f, was used to characterise aggregate-size distribution, as an index of soil erodibility, of five soils with contrasting…”
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Soil conservation in two English catchments: Linking soil management with policies by Posthumus, H, Deeks, L.K, Fenn, I, Rickson, R.J

“…Soil degradation, specifically soil compaction and soil erosion can have significant impacts in some parts of England. The southwest of England is particularly…”
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A sterile environment for growing, and monitoring, micro-organisms under a range of soil matric potentials by McGovern, H.J., Deeks, L.K., Hallett, P.D., Ritz, K., Young, I.M.

“…The energy status of soil water, as defined by the soil matric potential, plays an important role in regulating the dynamics of all soil organisms. In…”
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Quantification of pore size distribution and the movement of solutes through isolated soil blocks by Deeks, L.K, Williams, A.G, Dowd, J.F, Scholefield, D

“…Techniques to provide a quantitative description of soil structure in a reasonable time scale using equipment that is widely available are examined. Three…”
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Variations in the depth distribution of phosphorus in soil profiles and implications for model-based catchment-scale predictions of phosphorus delivery to surface waters by Owens, P.N., Deeks, L.K., Wood, G.A., Betson, M.J., Lord, E.I., Davison, P.S.

“…The PSYCHIC process-based model for predicting sediment and phosphorus (P) transfer within catchments uses spatial data on soil-P derived from the National…”
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Determination of soil hydraulic conductivity with the lattice Boltzmann method and soil thin-section technique by Zhang, Xiaoxian, Deeks, Lynda K., Glyn Bengough, A., Crawford, John W., Young, Iain M.

“…A pore-scale modelling of soil hydraulic conductivity using the lattice Boltzmann equation method and thin-section technique is presented in this paper…”
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Long-term impacts of repeated cover cropping and cultivation approaches on subsoil physical properties by Martlew, J., Otten, W., Morris, N., De Baets, S., Deeks, L.K.

“…The intensification of arable agriculture has resulted in an increase in vehicle wheel load and the intensity of field operations, which has increased the risk…”
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