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Microbial safety of air-dried and rewetted biosolids [PDF]

Journal of Water and Health, 2011
To assess microbial safety of treated sewage sludge (biosolids), we examined the inactivation of microbial indicators for potential bacterial, viral and protozoan pathogens. The levels of indicators were determined throughout the air-drying and storage phases of anaerobically digested sewage sludge.
Duncan A, Rouch, Tania, Mondal, Sneha, Pai, Florian, Glauche, Vennessa A, Fleming, Nerida, Thurbon, Judy, Blackbeard, Stephen R, Smith, Margaret, Deighton   +8 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Native Perennial Vegetation Buffer Strips Improve Structural Indicators of Riparian Protection in Mediterranean Agroecosystems

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Riparian zones in Mediterranean agroecosystems are highly vulnerable to degradation because cultivation often reaches stream edges and annual vegetation senesces during the late‐summer dry period, leaving soils exposed when the first erosive autumn rains occur.
Marcelo Sternberg, Shir Greenberg, Felicia Orah Rein, Roey Egozi, Ofer Cohen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forest Vapor Pressure Deficit Sensitivity: A Potential Indicator of Soil Carbon Stability Under Atmospheric Drying

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This Short Report examines an underexplored link between atmospheric drying and soil organic carbon (SOC) stability. Rising atmospheric vapor pressure deficit (VPD) is becoming an increasingly important hydroclimatic stressor for terrestrial ecosystems.
Anquan Xia, Xiang Wei, Ma Cheng, Zhihong Xu, Tong Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Facilitating new livelihoods to promote peatland restoration in Indonesia - what are the challenges for ensuring sustainable and equitable livelihood transitions? [PDF]

Mires and Peat
Much of the peatland in Central Kalimantan is highly degraded because it has been cleared and drained over the last 30–40 years. Degraded peatland is highly susceptible to burning and oxidation and contributes 30–60 % of the annual greenhouse gas ...
Daniel S. Mendham, Niken Sakuntaladewi, Ramawati, Tri Wira Yuwati, Kushartati Budiningsih, Budiyanto Dwi Prasetyo, Handoyo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Come Rain, Come Shine: Peatland Carbon Dynamics Shift Under Extreme Precipitation

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021
Precipitation patterns are becoming increasingly extreme, particularly at northern latitudes. Current climate models predict that this trend will continue in the future. While droughts have been repeatedly studied in many ecosystems over the last decades,
Janna M. Barel, Vincent Moulia, Samuel Hamard, Anna Sytiuk, Vincent E. J. Jassey   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Within‐tree spatial heterogeneity of sap flow velocities and wood properties and its effect on the uncertainty of tree level sap flux estimates

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
As forests are important for biodiversity and recreation and provide vital resources globally, it is essential that their health can be accurately monitored, for example, by using sap flow probes to measure tree water uptake. We investigated whether sap flow measurements might differ at various locations within the same tree due to variation in wood ...
Stefan Seeger, Markus Weiler, Martin Maier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

More field-based carbon monitoring of tropical peatland restoration is urgently needed: findings from a systematic literature review [PDF]

Mires and Peat
The tropical peatland degradation crisis in Southeast Asia has triggered a surge in peatland restoration activity to reduce carbon emissions caused by biological oxidation of dry peat and recurrent peat fires.
Amanda L. Sinclair, Laura L.B. Graham, Samantha P. Grover   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Restoring Lateral Connectivity to Anthropogenic Riverscapes: Six Lessons From Stage Zero

River Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Centuries of river modification, particularly straightening and incision, have severely reduced lateral connectivity between rivers and their floodplains. As a result, Stage 0 riverscapes, characterised by high lateral connectivity (e.g., anastomosing or wetland riverscapes), are now rare in anthropogenic landscapes.
Richard J. Mason, Matthew F. Johnson, Ben Eardley, Matthew J. Hemsworth, Arnaud Foret, Luca Mao, Matt Parr, Alan Puttock, Richard E. Brazier   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seasonal Effects of Extreme Weather Events on Potential Extracellular Enzyme Activities in a Temperate Grassland Soil

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2019
Magnitude and timing of precipitation events within the growing season might be decisive for alterations in potential extracellular enzyme activity (PEEA), with consequences for nutrient cycle, and carbon storage in grassland ecosystems.
Verena B. Hammerl, Kerstin Grant, Karin Pritsch, Anke Jentsch, Michael Schloter, Carl Beierkuhnlein, Silvia Gschwendtner   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Understanding to Sustainable Use of Peatlands: The WETSCAPES Approach

Soil Systems, 2020
Of all terrestrial ecosystems, peatlands store carbon most effectively in long-term scales of millennia. However, many peatlands have been drained for peat extraction or agricultural use.
Gerald Jurasinski, Sate Ahmad, Alba Anadon-Rosell, Jacqueline Berendt, Florian Beyer, Ralf Bill, Gesche Blume-Werry, John Couwenberg, Anke Günther, Hans Joosten, Franziska Koebsch, Daniel Köhn, Nils Koldrack, Jürgen Kreyling, Peter Leinweber, Bernd Lennartz, Haojie Liu, Dierk Michaelis, Almut Mrotzek, Wakene Negassa, Sandra Schenk, Franziska Schmacka, Sarah Schwieger, Marko Smiljanić, Franziska Tanneberger, Laurenz Teuber, Tim Urich, Haitao Wang, Micha Weil, Martin Wilmking, Dominik Zak, Nicole Wrage-Mönnig   +31 more
doaj   +1 more source