Search Results - "Elizabeth Guthrie Nichols"

Sub-Soiling and Genotype Selection Improves Populus Productivity Grown on a North Carolina Sandy Soil by Shawn Dayson Shifflett, Dennis W. Hazel, Elizabeth Guthrie Nichols

“…This study reports the stem volume of 10 Populus genotypes in a randomized split-plot design with different tillage treatments (disking versus sub-soiling)…”
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Comparison of emerging contaminants in receiving waters downstream of a conventional wastewater treatment plant and a forest-water reuse system by McEachran, Andrew D., Hedgespeth, Melanie L., Newton, Seth R., McMahen, Rebecca, Strynar, Mark, Shea, Damian, Nichols, Elizabeth Guthrie

“…Forest-water reuse (FWR) systems treat municipal, industrial, and agricultural wastewaters via land application to forest soils. Previous studies have shown…”
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Water balance of municipal wastewater irrigation in a coastal forested watershed by Gibson, Nancy E., Sun, Ge, Nichols, Elizabeth Guthrie

“…In the southeastern United States, coastal communities face challenges for water resources and wastewater treatment capacity. In North Carolina, 51…”
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Productivity and Profitability of Poplars on Fertile and Marginal Sandy Soils under Different Density and Fertilization Treatments by Solomon B. Ghezehei, Alexander L. Ewald, Dennis W. Hazel, Ronald S. Zalesny, Elizabeth Guthrie Nichols

“…We evaluated the productivity and profitability of four highly productive poplars including Populus deltoides × P. deltoides (DD ‘140’ and ‘356’), P. deltoides…”
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Practicing the science of sustainability: the challenges of transdisciplinarity in a developing world context by Steelman, Toddi, Nichols, Elizabeth Guthrie, James, April, Bradford, Lori, Ebersöhn, Liesel, Scherman, Vanessa, Omidire, Funke, Bunn, David N., Twine, Wayne, McHale, Melissa R.

“…Questions related to how we practice sustainability science remain salient in the face of the failure to achieve broad-scale sustainability objectives…”
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Positive water linkages of producing short rotation poplars and willows for bioenergy and phytotechnologies by Zalesny, Ronald S., Berndes, Göran, Dimitriou, Ioannis, Fritsche, Uwe, Miller, Constance, Eisenbies, Mark, Ghezehei, Solomon, Hazel, Dennis, Headlee, William L., Mola‐Yudego, Blas, Negri, M. Cristina, Nichols, Elizabeth Guthrie, Quinn, John, Shifflett, Shawn Dayson, Therasme, Obste, Volk, Timothy A., Zumpf, Colleen R.

“…The production of short rotation woody crops (SRWCs) such as poplars and willows is a promising component of global bioenergy and phytotechnology portfolios…”
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Ecosystem services of poplar at long‐term phytoremediation sites in the Midwest and Southeast, United States by Zalesny, Ronald S., Headlee, William L., Gopalakrishnan, Gayathri, Bauer, Edmund O., Hall, Richard B., Hazel, Dennis W., Isebrands, Jud G., Licht, Louis A., Negri, M. Cristina, Nichols, Elizabeth Guthrie, Rockwood, Donald L., Wiese, Adam H.

“…Short rotation woody crops (SRWCs) including Populus species and their hybrids (i.e., poplars) are ideal for incorporating biomass production with…”
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The impact of vegetation on sedimentary organic matter composition and PAH desorption by Nichols, Elizabeth Guthrie, Gregory, Samuel T., Musella, Jennifer S.

“…Relationships between sedimentary organic matter (SOM) composition and PAH desorption behavior were determined for vegetated and non-vegetated refinery…”
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Use of Stable Nitrogen Isotopes and Permeable Membrane Devices to Study what Factors Influence Freshwater Mollusk Survival in the Conasauaga River by Sharpe, Adam J, Nichols, Elizabeth Guthrie

“…Recent biological inventory data shows severe declines in freshwater mussel abundance and biodiversity in the Conasauga River Basin in Northwest Georgia, USA…”
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Diagnostic screening of private well water using gas chromatography with high resolution mass spectrometry to support well water management by Rudd, Hayden, Ercumen, Ayse, Kane, Evan, Shea, Damian, Nichols, Elizabeth Guthrie

“…In the US, private well users are responsible for their own water quality testing, but local health officials are often uncertain what tests to recommend,…”
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Vulnerability of wells in unconfined and confined aquifers to modern contamination from flood events by Rudd, Hayden, Neal, Andy, Genereux, David P., Shea, Damian, Nichols, Elizabeth Guthrie

“…Groundwater is a primary potable water supply for coastal North Carolina (NC), but the increased intensity of extreme rainfall events and floods may exacerbate…”
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The effect of aging on pyrene transformation in sediments by Guthrie-Nichols, Elizabeth, Grasham, Adam, Kazunga, Chikoma, Sangaiah, Ramiah, Gold, Avram, Bortiatynski, Jacqueline, Salloum, Myrna, Hatcher, Patrick

“…The effect of aging on pyrene transformation and pyrene association with fractions of the sedimentary organic matrix (SdOM) was evaluated using…”
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Pharmaceutical occurrence in groundwater and surface waters in forests land‐applied with municipal wastewater by McEachran, Andrew D., Shea, Damian, Bodnar, Wanda, Nichols, Elizabeth Guthrie

“…The occurrence and fate of pharmaceutical and personal care products in the environment are of increasing public importance because of their ubiquitous nature…”
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Non-target and suspect-screening analyses of hydroponic soybeans and passive samplers exposed to different watershed irrigation sources by Brecht, Sarah A., Kong, Xiang, Xia, Xin Rui, Shea, Damian, Nichols, Elizabeth Guthrie

“…Water scarcity increases the likelihood of irrigating food crops with municipal wastewater that may pose potential dietary risks of regulated and non-regulated…”
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Matching site-suitable poplars to rotation length for optimized productivity by Ghezehei, Solomon B., Wright, Jeff, Zalesny, Ronald S., Nichols, Elizabeth Guthrie, Hazel, Dennis W.

“…•25% of clones suffered 17 to 50% mortality after short-rotation age (4-years).•Several lower-survival clones produced greater biomass than higher-survival…”
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Pharmaceuticals in a temperate forest-water reuse system by McEachran, Andrew D., Shea, Damian, Nichols, Elizabeth Guthrie

“…Forest-water reuse systems infiltrate municipal, industrial, and agricultural wastewaters through forest soils to shallow aquifers that ultimately discharge to…”
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Expanding phytoremediation to the realms of known and unknown organic chemicals of concern by Hedgespeth, Melanie L., Nichols, Elizabeth Guthrie

“…Recent advancements in analytical chemistry and data analyses via high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) are evolving scientific understanding of the…”
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Coupling aquaculture with forest plantations for food, energy, and water resiliency by Shifflett, Shawn Dayson, Culbreth, Allison, Hazel, Dennis, Daniels, Harry, Nichols, Elizabeth Guthrie

“…Freshwater aquaculture and forest bioenergy markets are expanding globally in areas concurrently experiencing human population growth, urbanization and water…”
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Suspect-screening analysis of a coastal watershed before and after Hurricane Florence using high-resolution mass spectrometry by Hedgespeth, Melanie L., McCord, James P., Phillips, Katherine A., Strynar, Mark J., Shea, Damian, Nichols, Elizabeth Guthrie

“…On September 14, 2018, Hurricane Florence delivered ~686 mm rainfall to a 106 km2 watershed in coastal North Carolina, USA. A forested land treatment site…”
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Suspect screening and prioritization of chemicals of concern (COCs) in a forest-water reuse system watershed by Hedgespeth, Melanie L., Gibson, Nancy, McCord, James, Strynar, Mark, Shea, Damian, Nichols, Elizabeth Guthrie

“…Much research has assessed organic chemicals of concern (COCs) in municipal wastewater and receiving waters, but few studies have examined COCs in land…”
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