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Struijk, M., Whitmore, A. P., Mortimer, S., Shu, X. and Sizmur, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9835-7195 (2022) Absence of a home-field advantage within a short rotation arable cropping system. Plant and Soil. ISSN 0032-079X doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05419-z

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Shu, X., Zou, Y., Shaw, L., Todman, L., Tibbett, M. and Sizmur, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9835-7195 (2022) Applying cover crop residues as diverse mixtures increases initial microbial assimilation of crop residue-derived carbon. European Journal of Soil Science, 73 (2). e13232. ISSN 1351-0754 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13232

Amponsah-Doku, B., Daymond, A., Robinson, S., Atuah, L. and Sizmur, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9835-7195 (2022) Improving soil health and closing the yield gap of cocoa production in Ghana – a review. Scientific African, 15. ISSN 2468-2276 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2021.e01075

Garau, M., Sizmur, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9835-7195, Coole, S., Castaldi, P. and Garau, G. (2022) Impact of Eisenia fetida earthworms and biochar on potentially toxic element mobility and health of a contaminated soil. Science of the Total Environment, 806 (3). 151255. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151255

Duddigan, S., Collins, C. D., Hussain, Z., Osbahr, H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0130-2313, Shaw, L. J., Sinclair, F., Sizmur, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9835-7195, Thallam, V. and Winowiecki, L. A. (2022) Impact of zero budget natural farming on crop yields in Andhra Pradesh, SE India. Sustainability, 14 (3). 1689. ISSN 2071-1050 doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031689

Omosigho, H. O., Swart, E., Sizmur, T. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9835-7195, Spurgeon, D. J., Svendsen, C. and Shaw, L. J. (2022) Assessing the efficacy of antibiotic treatment to produce earthworms with a suppressed microbiome. European Journal of Soil Biology, 108. 103366. ISSN 1164-5563 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2021.103366

Shu, X., Zou, Y., Shaw, L. J., Todman, L., Tibbett, M. and Sizmur, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9835-7195 (2021) Cover crop residue diversity enhances microbial activity and biomass with additive effects on microbial structure. Soil Research, 60 (4). pp. 349-359. ISSN 1838-675X doi: https://doi.org/10.1071/SR21105

Ponting, J., Verhoef, A., Watts, M. J. and Sizmur, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9835-7195 (2021) Field observations to establish the impact of fluvial flooding on potentially toxic element (PTE) mobility in floodplain soils. Science of the Total Environment. 151378. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151378

Duddigan, S., Fraser, T., Green, I., Diaz, A., Sizmur, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9835-7195 and Tibbett, M. (2021) Plant, soil and faunal responses to a contrived pH gradient. Plant and Soil, 462. pp. 505-524. ISSN 0032-079X doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-021-04879-z

Kiss, T. B. W., Chen, X., Ponting, J., Sizmur, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9835-7195 and Hodson, M. E. (2021) Dual stresses of flooding and agricultural land use reduce earthworm populations more than the individual stressors. Science of The Total Environment, 754. 142102. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142102

Ponting, J., Kelly, T. J., Verhoef, A., Watts, M. J. and Sizmur, T. (2021) The impact of increased flooding occurrence on the mobility of potentially toxic elements in floodplain soil – a review. Science of the Total Environment, 754. 142040. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142040

Lind, K., Siemianowski, O., Yuan, B., Sizmur, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9835-7195, VanEvery, H., Banerjee, S. and Cademartiri, L. (2021) Evidence for root adaptation to a spatially discontinuous water availability in the absence of external water potential gradients. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118 (1). e2012892118. ISSN 1091-6490 doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2012892118

Xia, H., Wang, L., Qiao, Y., Kong, W., Xue, Y., Wang, Z., Kong, L., Xue, Y. and Sizmur, T. (2020) Elucidating the source–sink relationships of zinc biofortification in wheat grains: a review. Food and Energy Security, 9 (4). e243. ISSN 2048-3694 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.243

Kelly, T. J., Hamilton, E., Watts, M. J., Ponting, J. and Sizmur, T. (2020) The effect of flooding and drainage duration on the release of potentially toxic elements from floodplain soils. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 39 (11). pp. 2124-2135. ISSN 0730-7268 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.4830

Struijk, M., Whitmore, A. P., Mortimer, S. and Sizmur, T. (2020) Obtaining more benefits from crop residues as soil amendments by application as chemically heterogeneous mixtures. SOIL, 6 (2). pp. 467-481. ISSN 2199-398X doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-467-2020

Sizmur, T. and Richardson, J. (2020) Earthworms accelerate the biogeochemical cycling of potentially toxic elements: results of a meta-analysis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 148. 107865. ISSN 0038-0717 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107865

Adekanmbi, A. A., Shaw, L. J. and Sizmur, T. (2020) Effect of sieving on ex-situ soil respiration of soils from three land use types. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 20. pp. 912-916. ISSN 0718-9516 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-020-00177-2

Duddigan, S., Gil‐Martínez, M., Fraser, T., Green, I., Diaz, A., Sizmur, T., Pawlett, M., Raulund‐Rasmussen, K. and Tibbett, M. (2020) Evaluating heathland restoration belowground using different quality indices of soil chemical and biological properties. Agronomy, 10 (8). 1140. ISSN 2073-4395 doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10081140

Ganesan, S. P., Bordoloi, S., Ni, J., Sizmur, T., Garg, A. and Sekharan, S. (2020) Exploring implication of variation in biochar production on geotechnical properties of soil. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. ISSN 2190-6823 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-020-00847-2

Richardson, J. B., Görres, J. H. and Sizmur, T. (2020) Synthesis of earthworm trace metal uptake and bioaccumulation data: role of soil concentration, earthworm ecophysiology, and experimental design. Environmental Pollution, 262. 114126. ISSN 0269-7491 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114126

Campbell, L., Sizmur, T., Juanes, F. and Gerwing, T. G. (2019) Passive reclamation of soft-sediment ecosystems on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Sea Research, 155. 101796. ISSN 1385-1101 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2019.101796

Campbell, L., Wood, L., Allen Gerwing, A. M., Allen, S., Sizmur, T., Rogers, M., Gray, O., Drewes, M., Juanes, F. and Gerwing, T. G. (2019) A rapid, non-invasive population assessment technique for marine burrowing macrofauna inhabiting soft sediments. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 227. 106343. ISSN 0272-7714 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.106343

Tibbett, M., Gil-Martínez, M., Fraser, T., Green, I. D., Duddigan, S., De Oliveira, V. H., Raulund-Rasmussen, K., Sizmur, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9835-7195 and Diaz, A. (2019) Long-term acidification of pH neutral grasslands affects soil biodiversity, fertility and function in a heathland restoration. Catena, 180. pp. 401-415. ISSN 0341-8162 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2019.03.013

Sizmur, T., Campbell, L., Dracott, K., Jones, M., O’Driscoll, N. J. and Gerwing, T. (2019) Relationships between potentially toxic elements in intertidal sediments and their bioaccumulation by benthic invertebrates. PLoS ONE, 14 (9). e0216767. ISSN 1932-6203 doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216767

Rodríguez-Vila, A., Selwyn-Smith, H., Enunwa, L., Smail, I., Covelo, E. F. and Sizmur, T. (2018) Predicting Cu and Zn sorption capacity of biochar from feedstock C/N ratio and pyrolysis temperature. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25 (8). pp. 7730-7739. ISSN 0944-1344 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-1047-2

Sizmur, T., Fresno, T., Akgül, G., Frost, H. and Moreno-Jiménez, E. (2017) Biochar modification to enhance sorption of inorganics from water. Bioresource Technology, 246. pp. 34-47. ISSN 0960-8524 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2017.07.082

Sizmur, T., Martin, E., Wagner, K., Parmentier, E., Watts, C. and Whitmore, A. P. (2017) Milled cereal straw accelerates earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) growth more than selected organic amendments. Applied Soil Ecology, 113. pp. 166-177. ISSN 0929-1393 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2016.12.006

Sizmur, T., McArthur, G., Risk, D., Tordon, R. and O'Driscoll, N. J. (2017) Gaseous mercury flux from salt marshes is mediated by solar radiation and temperature. Atmospheric Environment, 153. pp. 117-125. ISSN 1352-2310 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.01.024

Lind, K. A., Lee, N., Sizmur, T., Siemianowski, O., Van Bruggen, S., Ganapathysubramaniam, B. and Cademartiri, L. (2016) Plant growth environments with programmable relative humidity and homogeneous nutrient availability. PLoS ONE, 11 (6). e0155960. ISSN 1932-6203 doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155960

Sizmur, T., Godfrey, A. and O'Driscoll, N. J. (2016) Effects of coastal managed retreat on mercury biogeochemistry. Environmental Pollution, 209. pp. 99-106. ISSN 0269-7491 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2015.11.016

Lind, K., Sizmur, T., Benomar, S., Miller, A. and Cademartiri, L. (2014) LEGO® bricks as building blocks for centimeter-scale biological environments. PLoS ONE, 9 (6). ISSN 1932-6203 doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100867

Sizmur, T., Lind, K., Benomar, S., VanEvery, H. and Cademartiri, L. (2014) A simple and versatile 2-dimensional platform to study plant germination and growth under controlled humidity. PLoS ONE, 9 (5). e96730. ISSN 1932-6203 doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096730

Hodson, M., Black, S., Brinza, L., Carpenter, D., Lambkin, D., Mosselmans, F., Palumbo-Roe, B., Schofield, P., Sizmur, T. and Versteegh, E. (2014) Biology as an agent of chemical and mineralogical change in soil. Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, 10. pp. 114-117. ISSN 1878-5220 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeps.2014.08.039

Sizmur, T., Canario, J., Edmonds, S., Godfrey, A. and O'Driscoll, N. (2013) The polychaete worm Nereis diversicolor increases mercury lability and methylation in intertidal mudflats. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 32 (8). pp. 1888-1895. ISSN 0730-7268 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.2264

Sizmur, T., Canario, J., Gerwing, T., Mallory, M. and O'Driscoll, N. (2013) Mercury and methylmercury bioaccumulation by polychaete worms is governed by both feeding ecology and mercury bioavailability in coastal mudflats. Environmental Pollution, 176. pp. 18-25. ISSN 0269-7491 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.01.008

Haverstock, S., Sizmur, T., Murimboh, J. and O'Driscoll, N. (2012) Modeling the photo-oxidation of dissolved organic matter by ultraviolet radiation in freshwater lakes: implications for mercury bioavailability. Chemosphere, 88 (10). pp. 1220-1226. ISSN 0045-6535 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.03.073

Sizmur, T., Watts, M. J., Brown, G. D., Palumbo-Roe, B. and Hodson, M. E. (2011) Impact of gut passage and mucus secretion by the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris on mobility and speciation of arsenic in contaminated soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 197. pp. 169-175. ISSN 0304-3894 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.09.071

Sizmur, T., Wingate, J., Hutchings, T. and Hodson, M. E. (2011) Lumbricus terrestris L. does not impact on the remediation efficiency of compost and biochar amendments. Pedobiologia, 54 (Suppl.). S211-S216. ISSN 0031-4056 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2011.08.008

Beesley, L., Moreno-Jimenez, E., Gomez-Eyles, J., Harris, E., Robinson, B. and Sizmur, T. (2011) A review of biochars’ potential role in the remediation, revegetation and restoration of contaminated soils. Environmental Pollution, 159 (12). pp. 3269-3282. ISSN 0269-7491 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.07.023

Sizmur, T., Palumbo-Roe, B. and Hodson, M. E. (2011) Impact of earthworms on trace element solubility in contaminated mine soils amended with green waste compost. Environmental Pollution, 159 (7). pp. 1852-1860. ISSN 0269-7491 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.03.024

Sizmur, T., Palumbo-Roe, B., Watts, M. J. and Hodson, M. E. (2011) Impact of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris (L.) on As, Cu, Pb and Zn mobility and speciation in contaminated soils. Environmental Pollution, 159 (3). pp. 742-748. ISSN 0269-7491 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2010.11.033

Sizmur, T., Tilston, E. L., Charnock, J., Palumbo-Roe, B., Watts, M. J. and Hodson, M. E. (2011) Impacts of epigeic, anecic and endogeic earthworms on metal and metalloid mobility and availability. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 13 (2). pp. 266-273. ISSN 1464-0333 doi: https://doi.org/10.1039/C0EM00519C

Gomez-Eyles, J. L., Sizmur, T., Collins, C. D. and Hodson, M. E. (2011) Effects of biochar and the earthworm Eisenia fetida on the bioavailability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and potentially toxic elements. Environmental Pollution, 159 (2). pp. 616-622. ISSN 0269-7491 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2010.09.037

Sizmur, T., Palumbo-Roe, B. and Hodson, M. (2010) Why does earthworm mucus decrease metal mobility? Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 6 (4). pp. 777-779. ISSN 1551-3793 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.124

Sizmur, T. and Hodson, M. E. (2009) Do earthworms impact metal mobility and availability in soil? A review. Environmental Pollution, 157 (7). pp. 1981-1989. ISSN 0269-7491 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2009.02.029

Sizmur, T. and Hodson, M. E. (2008) The impact of Eisenia veneta on As, Cu, Pb and Zn uptake by ryegrass (Lolium perenne L). Mineralogical Magazine, 72 (1). pp. 495-499. ISSN 0026-461X doi: https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2008.072.1.495

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Sizmur, T., Quilliam, R., Peregrina Puga, A., Moreno-Jiménez, E., Beesley, L. and Gomez-Eyles, J. (2016) Application of biochar for soil remediation. In: Guo, M., He, Z. and Uchimiya, M. (eds.) Agricultural and Environmental Applications of Biochar: Advances and Barriers. SSSA Special Publication (63). Soil Science Society of America. ISBN 9780891189671 doi: https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaspecpub63.2014.0046.5

Beesley, L., Moreno-Jimenez, E., Fellet, G., Carrijo, L. and Sizmur, T. (2015) Biochar and heavy metals. In: Lehmann, J. and Joseph, S. (eds.) Biochar for environmental management: science, technology and implementation. 2nd ed. Earthscan, London, pp. 563-594. ISBN 9780415704151

Gomez-Eyles, J., Beesley, L., Moreno-Jimenez, E., Ghosh, U. and Sizmur, T. (2013) The potential of biochar amendments to remediate contaminated soils. In: Ladygina, N. and Rineau, F. (eds.) Biochar and Soil Biota. CRC Press, pp. 100-133. ISBN 9781466576483 doi: https://doi.org/10.1201/b14585-5

Tilston, E. L., Sizmur, T., Dixon, G. R., Otten, W. and Harris, J. A. (2010) The impact of land-use practices on soil microbes. In: Dixon, G. R. and Tilston, E. L. (eds.) Soil Microbiology and Sustainable Crop Production. Springer, Netherlands, pp. 273-295. ISBN 9789048194797 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9479-7_7