Search Results - "Scarsbrook, M"

The relationship between milk production and farm-gate nitrogen surplus for the Waikato region, New Zealand by Beukes, P.C., Scarsbrook, M.R., Gregorini, P., Romera, A.J., Clark, D.A., Catto, W.

“…As the scope and scale of New Zealand (NZ) dairy farming increases, farmers and the industry are being challenged by Government and the New Zealand public to…”
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Water use on nonirrigated pasture-based dairy farms: Combining detailed monitoring and modeling to set benchmarks by Higham, C D, Horne, D, Singh, R, Kuhn-Sherlock, B, Scarsbrook, M R

“…Water use in intensively managed, confinement dairy systems has been widely studied, but few reports exist regarding water use on pasture-based dairy farms…”
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Persistence and stability of lotic invertebrate communities in New Zealand by SCARSBROOK, M.R.

“…1. Persistence and stability of lotic invertebrate communities were determined at an annual time scale over a 9‐year period (1990–98) at 26 river sites over…”
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Temporal and spatial water use on irrigated and nonirrigated pasture-based dairy farms by Higham, C D, Horne, D, Singh, R, Kuhn-Sherlock, B, Scarsbrook, M R

“…Robust information for water use on pasture-based dairy farms is critical to farmers' attempts to use water more efficiently and the improved allocation of…”
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Multiple lines of evidence determine robust nutrient load limits required to safeguard a threatened lake/lagoon system by Schallenberg, M., Hamilton, D. P., Hicks, A. S., Robertson, H. A., Scarsbrook, M., Robertson, B., Wilson, K., Whaanga, D., Jones, H. F. E., Hamill, K.

“…Three independent scientific lines of evidence were sought to determine the nutrient load limits to safeguard the macrophyte community of an intermittently…”
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The Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis, Refugia, and Biodiversity in Streams by Townsend, Colin R., Scarsbrook, Mike R., Doledec, Sylvain

“…The intermediate disturbance hypothesis has been influential in the development of ecological theory and has important practical implications for the…”
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Species traits in relation to temporal and spatial heterogeneity in streams: a test of habitat templet theory by TOWNSEND, COLIN, DOLÉDEC, SYLVAIN, SCARSBROOK, MIKE

“…1. The habitat templet approach depends on defining templet axes appropriate to the organism(s) of interest, predicting the traits of species associated with…”
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River Nutrient Loads and Catchment Size by Smith, S.V, Swaney, D.P, Buddemeier, R.W, Scarsbrook, M.R, Weatherhead, M.A, Humborg, C, Eriksson, H, Hannerz, F

“…We have used a total of 496 sample sites to calibrate a simple regression model for calculating dissolved inorganic nutrient fluxes via runoff to the ocean…”
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Selwyn River of New Zealand: a benchmark system for alluvial plain rivers by Larned, S.T, Hicks, D.M, Schmidt, J, Davey, A.J.H, Dey, K, Scarsbrook, M, Arscott, D.B, Woods, R.A

“…Most of the world's alluvial plain rivers have undergone hydrological and geomorphical modifications due to water abstraction, dam and levee construction,…”
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Water quality and benthic macroinvertebrate communities in karst landscapes of North Island, New Zealand: influences of water sources, habitat type and anthropogenic disturbances by Reid, DJ, Scarsbrook, MR, Wright-Stow, AE, van Houte-Howes, KSS, Joy, K

“…In karst landscapes, aquatic habitats differ in terms of the relative contributions of different water sources (allogenic surface stream vs autogenic karst…”
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Detecting patterns in hyporheic community structure: Does sampling method alter the story? by Scarsbrook, M. R., Halliday, J.

“…Hyporheic invertebrates were sampled in six small headwater streams draining pine, pasture, and native forest catchments. Sites were sampled in autumn and…”
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Preliminary assessment of crustacean distribution patterns in New Zealand groundwater aquifers by Scarsbrook, M. R., Fenwick, G. D.

“…Crustaceans were sampled in 17 groundwater wells at five locations in North and South Islands of New Zealand. Three sampling locations were associated with…”
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Grazer Control of Stream Algae: Modeling Temperature and Flood Effects by Rutherford, J. C, Scarsbrook, M. R, Broekhuizen, N

“…A computer model for epilithic algae and grazer biomass in streams is modified to better predict the effects of temperature and is calibrated for diatoms and…”
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Disturbance, resource supply, and food-web architecture in streams by Townsend, C R, Thompson, R M, McIntosh, A R, Kilroy, C, Edwards, E, Scarsbrook, M R

“…We studied food webs comprising fish, macroinvertebrates, and algae (identified to species or morphospecies) in small streams using a consistent methodology at…”
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Factors controlling litter input dynamics in streams draining pasture, pine, and native forest catchments by Scarsbrook, M. R., Quinn, J. M., Halliday, J., Morse, R.

“…The effects of varying land use on the inputs of litter to streams were investigated in nine small Waikato, New Zealand, hill country streams between June 1995…”
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Water quality in low-elevation streams and rivers of New Zealand: Recent state and trends in contrasting land-cover classes by Larned, Scott T., Scarsbrook, Mike R., Snelder, Ton H., Norton, Ned J., Biggs, Barry J. F.

“…River water quality in New Zealand is at great risk of impairment in low elevation catchments because of pervasive land-use changes, yet there has been no…”
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The land use suitability concept: Introduction and an application of the concept to inform sustainable productivity within environmental constraints by McDowell, R.W., Snelder, T., Harris, S., Lilburne, L., Larned, S.T., Scarsbrook, M., Curtis, A., Holgate, B., Phillips, J., Taylor, K.

“…•Some land practices impair surface water quality and may also not be the best productive use of land.•The land use suitability (LUS) concept is designed to…”
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The relationship between land use and physicochemistry, food resources and macroinvertebrate communities in tributaries of the Taieri River, New Zealand: a hierarchically scaled approach by TOWNSEND, COLIN, ARBUCKLE, CHRIS, CROWL, TODD, SCARSBROOK, MIKE

“…1. The relationship between land use and stream conditions was investigated, including physicochemistry, the availability of primary food resources and species…”
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Transition from pasture to native forest land-use along stream continua: Effects on stream ecosystems and implications for restoration by Scarsbrook, Mike R., Halliday, Jane

“…Three first-order, hill country, pasture streams in Waikato, New Zealand, were chosen to investigate the effects of patches of late-succession indigenous…”
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Effects of small ponds on stream water quality and macroinvertebrate communities by Maxted, John R., McCready, Colin H., Scarsbrook, Mike R.

“…Six small constructed ponds (surface area 500-7500 m 2 , catchment area 28-158 ha) in rural and native forest catchments in the Auckland region had poorer…”
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