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No dominion over nature: why treating ecosystems like machines will lead to boom and bust in food supply (2014)
Report
Huxham, M., Hartley, S., Pretty, J., & Tett, P. (2014). No dominion over nature: why treating ecosystems like machines will lead to boom and bust in food supply. London: Friends of the Earth England and Wales

Healthy ecosystems are essential for the long-term wellbeing of humans as they provide vital services such as food production, pollination, climate regulation and flood protection.
Global trends including population growth, changing diets and consum... Read More about No dominion over nature: why treating ecosystems like machines will lead to boom and bust in food supply.

The place-based impact of built environments: Diabetes, living conditions, homes and neighbourhoods (2014)
Journal Article
Sidawi, B., Deakin, M., & Al-Hariri, M. T. A. (2016). The place-based impact of built environments: Diabetes, living conditions, homes and neighbourhoods. Indoor and Built Environment, 25(3), 495-508. https://doi.org/10.1177/1420326x14556909

Abstract
Many studies have demonstrated the adverse effect built environments have on health and differentiated between their direct and indirect impacts. In the case of diabetes and other chronic diseases, such studies concentrate on the direct imp... Read More about The place-based impact of built environments: Diabetes, living conditions, homes and neighbourhoods.

Vesper: Visualising species archives (2014)
Journal Article
Graham, M., & Kennedy, J. (2014). Vesper: Visualising species archives. Ecological Informatics, 24, 132-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.08.004

Vesper (Visual Exploration of SPEcies-referenced Repositories) is a tool that visualises Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A) datasets, and is aimed at reducing the amount of time and effort expended by biologists to ascertain the quality of data they are gen... Read More about Vesper: Visualising species archives.

Leaving Planet Earth (Follow-on Voucher Project). (2013)
Digital Artefact
Lambert, I., Innes, M., O'Dowd, A., Winton, E., & Blake, J. (2013). Leaving Planet Earth (Follow-on Voucher Project)

SFC FOLLOW-ON VOUCHER
The project was undertaken as a SFC Follow-on Voucher (£40K) alongside a student project with BDes (Hons) Design & Digital Arts (D&DA).James Blake (Centre for Media & Culture) brought together students and staff to develop digi... Read More about Leaving Planet Earth (Follow-on Voucher Project)..

A framework for sustainable transport development (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Saleh, W., & Kumar, R. (2009, December). A framework for sustainable transport development. Presented at 12th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research

A framework for sustainable transport development

The effect of transport on air quality in urban areas of Syria (2011)
Journal Article
Almasri, R., Muneer, T., & Cullinane, K. (2011). The effect of transport on air quality in urban areas of Syria. Energy Policy, 39, 3605-3611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2011.03.062

Statistics show that the number of cars per capita in Syria is still low, but that the figure has more than doubled since 2004. Syria also suffers from inadequate public transport provision, poor infrastructure and the absence of suitable traffic man... Read More about The effect of transport on air quality in urban areas of Syria.

Decomposition of mangrove roots: Effects of location, nutrients, species identity and mix in a Kenyan forest (2010)
Journal Article
Huxham, M., Langat, J., Tamooh, F., Kennedy, H., Mencuccini, M., Skov, M. W., & Kairo, J. (2010). Decomposition of mangrove roots: Effects of location, nutrients, species identity and mix in a Kenyan forest. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 88(1), 135-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2010.03.021

Mangrove trees may allocate >50% of their biomass to roots. Dead roots often form peat, which can make mangroves significant carbon sinks and allow them to raise the soil surface and thus survive rising sea levels. Understanding mangrove root product... Read More about Decomposition of mangrove roots: Effects of location, nutrients, species identity and mix in a Kenyan forest.

Biomass accumulation in a rehabilitated mangrove forest at Gazi Bay (2009)
Book Chapter
Tamooh, F., Kairo, J. G., Huxham, M., Kirui, B., Mencuccini, M., & Karachi, M. (2009). Biomass accumulation in a rehabilitated mangrove forest at Gazi Bay. In Advances in Coastal Ecology : People, Processes and Ecosystems in Kenya (138-147). African Studies Centre

Global mangrove coverage is estimated to be 0.4% of the forested areas globally (Spalding et al. 1997). Despite this small areal coverage, mangroves are important because of the range of ecological, economic and environmental services they provide (S... Read More about Biomass accumulation in a rehabilitated mangrove forest at Gazi Bay.

Boundary layers and comfort blankets (2009)
Journal Article
Huxham, M. (2009). Boundary layers and comfort blankets. Uk Centre for Bioscience Bulletin, 28, 1

Boundary layers and comfort blankets.

Response of intertidal macrofauna to multiple disturbance types and intensities – An experimental approach (2009)
Journal Article
Whomersley, P., Huxham, M., Bolam, S., Schratzberger, M., Augley, J., & Ridland, D. (2010). Response of intertidal macrofauna to multiple disturbance types and intensities – An experimental approach. Marine Environmental Research, 69(5), 297-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.12.001

Two of the best-supported theories which describe the effects of disturbance within marine benthic habitats are the organic enrichment ‘Successional Model’ and the ‘Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis’. Underlying these models, biological mechanisms... Read More about Response of intertidal macrofauna to multiple disturbance types and intensities – An experimental approach.

The impacts of harvesting on the carbon balance of mangrove forests (2009)
Journal Article
Lang'at, J. K. S., Huxham, M., Kairo, J., & Mencuccini, M. (2009). The impacts of harvesting on the carbon balance of mangrove forests. CarboAfrica, 5

The study is part of a five-year project “Mangrove forests potential carbon sinks for mitigating climate change”, being implemented at Gazi bay, Kenya, by Earthwatch Institute, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute and Edinburgh Napier Univer... Read More about The impacts of harvesting on the carbon balance of mangrove forests.

Differential response of meio- and macrofauna to in situ burial (2009)
Journal Article
Whomersley, P., Huxham, M., Schratzberger, M., & Bolam, S. (2009). Differential response of meio- and macrofauna to in situ burial. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 89(06), 1091. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315409000344

Benthic nematode and macrofaunal communities are regularly utilized in impact studies. However, very few studies are carried out utilizing both communities. A literature search using the search engine Scopus (www.Scopus.com) covering the last twenty... Read More about Differential response of meio- and macrofauna to in situ burial.

Seasonal dynamics of soil carbon dioxide flux in a restored young mangrove plantation at Gazi Bay (2009)
Book Chapter
Kirui, B., Huxham, M., Kairo, J. G., Mencuccini, M., & Skov, M. W. (2009). Seasonal dynamics of soil carbon dioxide flux in a restored young mangrove plantation at Gazi Bay. In Advances in Coastal Ecology : People, Processes and Ecosystems in Kenya (122-130). African Studies Centre

Soil carbon dioxide (CO2) flux or soil respiration includes respiration from roots (autotrophic respiration) and soil micro-organisms (heterotrophic respiration) and is a major component of the forest carbon cycle (Law et al. 2002; Tüfekçioğlu & Küçü... Read More about Seasonal dynamics of soil carbon dioxide flux in a restored young mangrove plantation at Gazi Bay.

The Fish Community of an East African Mangrove: Effects of Turbidity and Distance from the Sea (2008)
Journal Article
Huxham, M., Kimani, E., & Augley, J. (2008). The Fish Community of an East African Mangrove: Effects of Turbidity and Distance from the Sea. Western Indian Ocean journal of marine science, 7(1), 57-67. https://doi.org/10.4314/wiojms.v7i1.48254

Mangroves are often reported as nursery grounds for fish. Fish may enter mangroves in order to avoid predators, but may not need to do so if turbidity provides a sufficient predator refuge outside the forest. This study assessed the effects of turbid... Read More about The Fish Community of an East African Mangrove: Effects of Turbidity and Distance from the Sea.

Enhanced desulfurization activity in protoplast transformed Rhodococcus erythropolis (2008)
Journal Article
Etemadifar, Z., Emtiazi, G., & Christofi, N. (2008). Enhanced desulfurization activity in protoplast transformed Rhodococcus erythropolis. American-Eurasian journal of agricultural & environmental sciences, 3, 285-291

Petro-chemically derived fuels may contain a range of organosulfur compounds that produce sulfur dioxide when combusted, culminating in atmospheric and soil pollution. Sulfur constituents include thiophenes, such as Benzothiophene and Dibenzothiaphen... Read More about Enhanced desulfurization activity in protoplast transformed Rhodococcus erythropolis.

UV treatment of chlorophenols in water using uv microwave lamps and Xe/Br excilamp coupled with biodegradation. (2008)
Book Chapter
Christofi, N., Matafonova, G., Batoev, V., Misakyan, M. A., Barkhudarov, E. M., & Kossyi, I. A. (2008). UV treatment of chlorophenols in water using uv microwave lamps and Xe/Br excilamp coupled with biodegradation. In L. N. Robinson (Ed.), Water Resources Research Progress (101-126). Nova Science Publishers Inc

The protection of aquatic ecosystems from artificial or natural pollutants of industrial origin is of paramount importance and technology to reduce or eliminate these from waste streams is urgently needed. Chlorophenols represent a particular group o... Read More about UV treatment of chlorophenols in water using uv microwave lamps and Xe/Br excilamp coupled with biodegradation..

Interspecific Variations in Responses of Mangrove Seedlings to Two Contrasting Salinities (2008)
Journal Article
Jayatissa, L. P., Wickramasinghe, W. A. A. D. L., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., & Huxham, M. (2008). Interspecific Variations in Responses of Mangrove Seedlings to Two Contrasting Salinities. International Review of Hydrobiology, 93(6), 700-710. https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.200711017

The growth performance of seedlings of seven species of true mangroves (Avicennia marina, A. officinalis, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza, B. sexangula, Rhizophora apiculata, R. mucronata, and Sonneratia caseolaris) in response to two contrasting salinity regi... Read More about Interspecific Variations in Responses of Mangrove Seedlings to Two Contrasting Salinities.

Below-ground root yield and distribution in natural and replanted mangrove forests at Gazi bay, Kenya (2008)
Journal Article
Tamooh, F., Huxham, M., Karachi, M., Mencuccini, M., Kairo, J. G., & Kirui, B. (2008). Below-ground root yield and distribution in natural and replanted mangrove forests at Gazi bay, Kenya. Forest Ecology and Management, 256(6), 1290-1297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.06.026

Estimation of total biomass in woody ecosystems is important because of its relevance to nutrient turnover and the potential to store carbon. Most work on mangrove biomass, particularly in the Western Indian Ocean Region, has concentrated on the abov... Read More about Below-ground root yield and distribution in natural and replanted mangrove forests at Gazi bay, Kenya.

Biological indicators of disturbance at a dredged-material disposal site in Liverpool Bay, UK: an assessment using time-series data (2008)
Journal Article
Whomersley, P., Ware, S., Rees, H. L., Mason, C., Bolam, T., Huxham, M., & Bates, H. (2008). Biological indicators of disturbance at a dredged-material disposal site in Liverpool Bay, UK: an assessment using time-series data. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65(8), 1414-1420. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsn125

The development of reliable indicators of disturbance in the marine environment is essential because of increasing anthropogenic pressures and the need for more effective regulation. Our objective was to evaluate 13 nationally and internationally rec... Read More about Biological indicators of disturbance at a dredged-material disposal site in Liverpool Bay, UK: an assessment using time-series data.