Search Results - "Silburn, B."

A large-scale study of microplastic abundance in sediment cores from the UK continental shelf and slope by Kukkola, A.T., Senior, G., Maes, T., Silburn, B., Bakir, A., Kröger, S., Mayes, A.G.

“…To inform risk assessments, reliable, time efficient and affordable quantification methods are required for creating a microplastic (MP) pollution baseline in…”
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Seafloor macrolitter as a settling platform for non-native species: A case study from UK waters by Barry, P.J., Silburn, B., Bakir, A., Russell, J., Tidbury, H.J.

“…Marine litter is increasingly recognised as a vector for the spread of non-native species (NNS). However, our understanding of its role in the propagation of…”
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First marine litter survey on beaches in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, South Pacific: Using OSPAR protocol to inform the development of national action plans to tackle land-based solid waste pollution by Binetti, U., Silburn, B., Russell, J., van Hoytema, N., Meakins, B., Kohler, P., Desender, M., Preston-Whyte, F., Fa'abasu, E., Maniel, M., Maes, T.

“…The increasing abundance of marine litter is impacting the environment, human health and economies in the South Pacific. Small Islands Developing States are…”
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Stability of dissolved and soluble Fe(II) in shelf sediment pore waters and release to an oxic water column by Klar, J. K., Homoky, W. B., Statham, P. J., Birchill, A. J., Harris, E. L., Woodward, E. M. S., Silburn, B., Cooper, M. J., James, R. H., Connelly, D. P., Chever, F., Lichtschlag, A., Graves, C.

“…Shelf sediments underlying temperate and oxic waters of the Celtic Sea (NW European Shelf) were found to have shallow oxygen penetrations depths from late…”
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Benthic pH gradients across a range of shelf sea sediment types linked to sediment characteristics and seasonal variability by Silburn, B., Kröger, S., Parker, E. R., Sivyer, D. B., Hicks, N., Powell, C. F., Johnson, M., Greenwood, N.

“…This study used microelectrodes to record pH profiles in fresh shelf sea sediment cores collected across a range of different sediment types within the Celtic…”
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Seasonal benthic nitrogen cycling in a temperate shelf sea: the Celtic Sea by Kitidis, V., Tait, K., Nunes, J., Brown, I., Woodward, E. M. S., Harris, C., Sabadel, A. J. M., Sivyer, D. B., Silburn, B., Kröger, S.

“…We undertook a seasonal study of benthic N-cycling on the Celtic Sea continental shelf in 2015, augmented by an earlier cruise in 2014. Two cruises in 2015…”
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Oxygen dynamics in shelf seas sediments incorporating seasonal variability by Hicks, N., Ubbara, G. R., Silburn, B., Smith, H. E. K., Kröger, S., Parker, E. R., Sivyer, D., Kitidis, V., Hatton, A., Mayor, D. J., Stahl, H.

“…Shelf sediments play a vital role in global biogeochemical cycling and are particularly important areas of oxygen consumption and carbon mineralisation. Total…”
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An approach for the identification of exemplar sites for scaling up targeted field observations of benthic biogeochemistry in heterogeneous environments by Thompson, C. E. L., Silburn, B., Williams, M. E., Hull, T., Sivyer, D., Amoudry, L. O., Widdicombe, S., Ingels, J., Carnovale, G., McNeill, C. L., Hale, R., Marchais, C. Laguionie, Hicks, N., Smith, H. E. K., Klar, J. K., Hiddink, J. G., Kowalik, J., Kitidis, V., Reynolds, S., Woodward, E. M. S., Tait, K., Homoky, W. B., Kröger, S., Bolam, S., Godbold, J. A., Aldridge, J., Mayor, D. J., Benoist, N. M. A., Bett, B. J., Morris, K. J., Parker, E. R., Ruhl, H. A., Statham, P. J., Solan, M.

“…Continental shelf sediments are globally important for biogeochemical activity. Quantification of shelf-scale stocks and fluxes of carbon and nutrients…”
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Comparing benthic biogeochemistry at a sandy and a muddy site in the Celtic Sea using a model and observations by Aldridge, J. N., Lessin, G., Amoudry, L. O., Hicks, N., Hull, T., Klar, J. K., Kitidis, V., McNeill, C. L., Ingels, J., Parker, E. R., Silburn, B., Silva, T., Sivyer, D. B., Smith, H. E. K., Widdicombe, S., Woodward, E. M. S., van der Molen, J., Garcia, L., Kröger, S.

“…Results from a 1D setup of the European Regional Seas Ecosystem Model (ERSEM) biogeochemical model were compared with new observations collected under the UK…”
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Turbulent mixing in the eddy transport of Western Mediterranean Intermediate Water to the Alboran Sea by Forryan, A., Allen, J. T., Edhouse, E., Silburn, B., Reeve, K., Tesi, E.

“…Western Mediterranean Intermediate Water (WIW) is formed in winter in the North‐Western Mediterranean. WIW, identifiable as a distinct temperature minimum…”
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The application of passive sampler (DGT) technology for improved understanding of metal behaviour at a marine disposal site by Parker, R., Bolam, T., Kröger, S., Mason, C., Birchenough, S., Silburn, B., Sivyer, D., Mayes, A. G., Fones, G. R.

“…Metal behaviour and availability at a contaminated dredge material disposal site within UK waters has been investigated using Diffusive Gradient in Thin films…”
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Extending the applications of sediment profile imaging to geochemical interpretations using colour by Statham, P.J., Homoky, W.B., Parker, E.R., Klar, J.K., Silburn, B., Poulton, S.W., Kröger, S., Pearce, R.B., Harris, E.L.

“…Whilst Sediment Profile Imaging (SPI) is a very widely used technique in the regulatory assessment of seabed environmental health, and in the study of seafloor…”
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