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A structure–function based approach to floc hierarchy and evidence for the non-fractal nature of natural sediment flocs by Spencer, Kate L., Wheatland, Jonathan A. T., Bushby, Andrew J., Carr, Simon J., Droppo, Ian G., Manning, Andrew J.

“…Natural sediment flocs are fragile, highly irregular, loosely bound aggregates comprising minerogenic and organic material. They contribute a major component…”
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Integrated and Sustainable Management of Post-industrial Coasts by Bardos, Paul, Spencer, Kate L., Ward, Raymond D., Maco, Barbara H., Cundy, Andrew B.

“…The sustainable management of post-industrial coasts is a major emerging issue globally. Along such coasts, there may be a significant legacy of both…”
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Coastal Landfills and Rising Sea Levels: A Challenge for the 21st Century by Nicholls, Robert J., Beaven, Richard P., Stringfellow, Anne, Monfort, Daniel, Le Cozannet, Gonéri, Wahl, Thomas, Gebert, Julia, Wadey, Matthew, Arns, Arne, Spencer, Kate L., Reinhart, Debra, Heimovaara, Timo, Santos, Víctor M., Enríquez, Alejandra R., Cope, Samantha

“…Populated coastal areas worldwide have a legacy of numerous solid waste disposal sites. At the same time, mean sea level is rising and likely to accelerate,…”
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Flocculation with heterogeneous composition in water environments: A review by Ho, Que Nguyen, Fettweis, Michael, Spencer, Kate L., Lee, Byung Joon

“…•The current findings of the heterogeneous composition of flocs are summarized.•The effect of the composition of flocs on their structure and dynamics is…”
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Will flooding or erosion of historic landfills result in a significant release of soluble contaminants to the coastal zone? by Brand, James H., Spencer, Kate L.

“…Historically, solid wastes were commonly landfilled in the coastal zone in sites with limited engineering to isolate waste from adjacent coastal environments…”
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Potential contamination of the coastal zone by eroding historic landfills by Brand, James H., Spencer, Kate L.

“…Historically solid waste was commonly landfilled in the coastal zone in sites with limited engineering to isolate waste from adjacent coastal environments…”
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Resistance of salt marsh substrates to near‐instantaneous hydrodynamic forcing by Brooks, Helen, Möller, Iris, Carr, Simon, Chirol, Clementine, Christie, Elizabeth, Evans, Ben, Spencer, Kate L., Spencer, Tom, Royse, Katherine

“…Salt marshes deliver vital ecosystem services by providing habitats, storing pollutants and atmospheric carbon, and reducing flood and erosion risk in the…”
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The contaminant legacy from historic coastal landfills and their potential as sources of diffuse pollution by O'Shea, Francis T., Cundy, Andrew B., Spencer, Kate L.

“…Prior to modern environmental regulation landfills in low-lying coastal environments were frequently constructed without leachate control, relying on natural…”
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Heavy metal distribution and early-diagenesis in salt marsh sediments from the Medway Estuary, Kent, UK by Spencer, Kate L., Cundy, Andrew B., Croudace, Ian W.

“…Salt marsh cores are increasingly being used to study metal pollution chronologies. Salt marshes in macro-tidal estuaries, however, tend to retain a…”
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Systematic Analysis of the Relative Abundance of Polymers Occurring as Microplastics in Freshwaters and Estuaries by Jones, John Iwan, Vdovchenko, Alena, Cooling, Dave, Murphy, John F, Arnold, Amanda, Pretty, James Lawrence, Spencer, Kate L, Markus, Adriaan Albert, Vethaak, A Dick, Resmini, Marina

“…Despite growing interest in the environmental impact of microplastics, a standardized characterization method is not available. We carried out a systematic…”
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Unravelling metal mobility under complex contaminant signatures by de Souza Machado, Anderson Abel, Spencer, Kate L., Zarfl, Christiane, O'Shea, Francis T.

“…Metals are concerning pollutants in estuaries, where contamination can undergo significant remobilisation driven by physico-chemical forcing. Environmental…”
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The impact of pre-restoration land-use and disturbance on sediment structure, hydrology and the sediment geochemical environment in restored saltmarshes by Spencer, Kate L., Carr, Simon J., Diggens, Lucy M., Tempest, James A., Morris, Michelle A., Harvey, Gemma L.

“…Saltmarshes are being lost or degraded as a result of human activity resulting in loss of critical ecosystem services including the provision of wild species…”
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Modified sediments and subsurface hydrology in natural and recreated salt marshes and implications for delivery of ecosystem services by Tempest, James A, Harvey, Gemma L, Spencer, Kate L

“…Recreation or restoration of salt marsh through the deliberate removal of flood defences (managed realignment or de‐embankment) is a common practice across…”
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Effect of vegetation cover and sediment type on 3D subsurface structure and shear strength in saltmarshes by Chirol, Clementine, Spencer, Kate L., Carr, Simon J., Möller, Iris, Evans, Ben, Lynch, Jason, Brooks, Helen, Royse, Katherine R.

“…The vulnerability of saltmarshes to lateral erosion at their margin depends on the local biogeomorphological properties of the substrate. In particular, the 3D…”
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Potential pollution risks of historic landfills in England: Further analysis of climate change impacts by Brand, James H., Spencer, Kate L.

“…Five years ago, an article in WIREs Water provided the first comprehensive analysis of historic (legacy) landfill sites vulnerable to coastal flooding and…”
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The effects of sulfur amendments on the geochemistry of sulfur, phosphorus and iron in the mangrove plant (Kandelia obovata (S. L.)) rhizosphere by Jian, Li, Junyi, Yu, Jingchun, Liu, Chongling, Yan, Haoliang, Lu, Spencer, Kate L.

“…P (phosphorus) and Fe (iron) are limiting elements and S (sulfur) is an important element of the biogeochemical cycle in the mangrove environment. To assess…”
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Sediment structure and physicochemical changes following tidal inundation at a large open coast managed realignment site by Dale, Jonathan, Cundy, Andrew B., Spencer, Kate L., Carr, Simon J., Croudace, Ian W., Burgess, Heidi M., Nash, David J.

“…Managed realignment (MR) schemes are being implemented to compensate for the loss of intertidal saltmarsh habitats by breaching flood defences and inundating…”
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There is no such thing as ‘undisturbed’ soil and sediment sampling: sampler-induced deformation of salt marsh sediments revealed by 3D X-ray computed tomography by Carr, Simon J., Diggens, Lucy M., Spencer, Kate L.

“…Purpose Within most environmental contexts, the collection of ‘undisturbed’ samples is widely relied upon in studies of soil and sediments. However, the impact…”
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Accumulation of trace metals in freshwater macroinvertebrates across metal contamination gradients by Arnold, Amanda, Murphy, John F., Pretty, James L., Duerdoth, Charles P., Smith, Brian D., Rainbow, Philip S., Spencer, Kate L., Collins, Adrian L., Jones, J. Iwan

“…Historical mining activities cause widespread, long-term trace metal contamination of freshwater ecosystems. However, measuring trace metal bioavailability has…”
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Quantifying the Structure and Composition of Flocculated Suspended Particulate Matter Using Focused Ion Beam Nanotomography by Wheatland, Jonathan A. T, Bushby, Andrew J, Spencer, Kate L

“…Suspended particulate matter (SPM) is present in the natural aquatic environment as loosely bound aggregates or “flocs” and is responsible for the transport…”
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