Publications
2011
Cordovil, C.M.; de Varennes, A.; Pinto, R. and Fernandes, R.C. 2011. Changes in mineral nitrogen, soil organic matter fractions and microbial community level physiological profiles after application of digested pig slurry and compost from municipal organic wastes to burned soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 43, 845-852.
Curlevski, N.J.A.; Artz, R.R.E.; Anderson, I.C. and Cairney, J.W.G. 2011. Response of soil microbial communities to management strategies for enhancing Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) establishment on heather (Calluna vulgaris) moorland. Plant and Soil, 339, 413–424.
Garcia-Palacios, P.; Bowker, M.A.; Chapman, S.J.; Maestre, F.T.; Soliveres, S.; Gallardo, A.; Valladares, F.; Guerrero, C.; Escudero, A. 2011. Early-successional vegetation changes after roadside prairie restoration modify processes related with soil functioning by changing microbial functional diversity. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 43(6), 1245-1253.
Liu, Y.-Y.; Haynes, R.J. 2011. Influence of land application of dairy factory effluent on soil nutrient status and the size, activity, composition and catabolic capability of the soil microbial community. Applied Soil Ecology, 48 (2), 133-141.
Marshall, C.B.; McLaren, J.R. and Turkington, R. 2011. Soil microbial communities resistant to changes in plant functional group composition. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 43, 78-85.
Tlili, A.; Marechal, M.; Montuelle, B.; Volat, B.; Dorigo, U. and Bérard, A. 2011. Use of the MicroResp™ method to assess pollution-induced community tolerance to metals for lotic biofilms. Environmental Pollution, 159, 18-24.
Vinten, A.J.A.; Artz, R.R.E.; Thomas, N.; Potts, J.M.; Avery, L.; Langan, S.J.; Watson, H.; Cook, Y.; Taylor, C.; Abel, C.; Reid; E. and Singh, B.K. 2011. Comparison of microbial community assays for the assessment of stream biofilm ecology. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 85, 190–198.
Yao, H.Y.; Campbell, C.D. and Qiao, X.R. 2011. Soil pH controls nitrification and carbon substrate utilization more than urea or charcoal in some highly acidic soils. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 47(5), 515-522.
Zhou, X.Q.; Liu, X.; Rui, Y.C.; Chen, C.R.; Wu, H.W.and Xu, Z.H. 2011. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation and soil N availability under legume crops in an arid environment. Journal of Soil and Sediments, 11, 762-770.
2010
Berg, N. and Steinberger, Y. 2010. Are the biological effects of desert shrubs more important than physical effects on soil microorganisms? Microbial Ecology, 59, 121-129.
Bougnom, B.P., Knapp, B.A., Elhottova, D., Koubová, A., Etoa, F.X. and Insam, H. 2010. Designer compost with biomass ashes for ameliorating acid tropical soils: Effects on the soil microbiota. Applied Soil Ecology, 45, 319-324.
Burton, J.; Chen, C.; Xu, Z. and Ghadiri, H. 2010. Soil microbial biomass, activity and community composition in adjacent native and plantation forests of subtropical Australia. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 10, 1267–1277.
Currey, P.M., Johnson, D.J., Sheppard, L.J., Leith, I.D., Toberman, H., van der Wal, R., Dawson, L.A. and Artz, R.E. 2010. Turnover of labile and recalcitrant soil carbon differ in response to nitrate and ammonium deposition in an ombrotrophic peatland. Global Change Biology, 16, 2307–2321.
Dalmonech, D., Lagomarsino, A., Moscatelli, M.C., Chiti, T. and Valentini,R. 2010. Microbial performance under increasing nitrogen availability in a Mediterranean forest soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 42, 1596-1606.
Kohler, J.; Knapp, B.A.; Waldhuber, S.; Caravaca, F.; Roldán, A. and Insam, H. 2010. Effects of elevated CO2, water stress, and inoculation with Glomus intraradices or Pseudomonas mendocina on lettuce dry matter and rhizosphere microbial and functional diversity under growth chamber conditions. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 10, 1585-1597.
Montuelle, B.; Dorigo, U.; Bérard, A.; Volat, B.; Bouchez, A.; Tlili, A.; Gouy, V. and Pesce, S. 2010. The periphyton as a multimetric bioindicator for assessing the impact of land use on rivers: an overview of the Ardières‑Morcille experimental watershed (France). Hydrobiologia, 657, 123‑141.
Nielsen, U.N., Osler, G.H.R., Campbell, C.D., Burslem, D.F.R.P. and van der Wal, R. 2010. The influence of vegetation type, soil properties and precipitation on the composition of soil mite and microbial communities at the landscape scale. Journal of Biogeography, 37, 1317–1328.
Qu, G. and de Varennes, A. 2010. Use of hydrophilic polymers from diapers to aid the establishment of Spergularia purpurea in a mine soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 178, 956–962.
Stres, B., Philippot, L., Faganeli, J. and Tiedje, J.M. 2010. Frequent freeze-thaw cycles yield diminished yet resistant and responsive microbial communities in two temperate soils: a laboratory experiment. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 74, 323–335.
de Varennes, A., Cunha-Queda, C. and Qu, G. 2010. Amendment of an Acid Mine Soil with Compost and Polyacrylate Polymers Enhances Enzymatic Activities but may Change the Distribution of Plant Species. Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 208, 91–100.
2009
Gonzalez-Quinones, V., Banning, N.C., Jimenez Ballesta, R., Murphy, D.V. 2009. Influence of cold storage on soil microbial community level physiological profiles and implications for soil quality monitoring. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 41, 1574-1576.
Macdonald, C.A., Thomas, N., Robinson, L., Tate, K.R., Ross, D.J., Dandi, J. and Singh, B.K. 2009. Physiological, biochemical and molecular responses of the soil microbial community after afforestation of pastures with Pinus radiate. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 41, 1642-1651.
Saul-Tcherkas, V., Steinberger, Y. 2009. Substrate utilization patterns of desert soil microbial communities in response to xeric and mesic conditions. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 41, 1882-1893.
Stutter, M.I., Langan, S.J. and Lumsdon, D.G. 2009. Vegetated buffer strips can lead to increased release of phosphorus to waters: A biogeochemical assessment of the mechanisms. Environmental Science & Technology, 43(6), 1858-1863.
2008
Artz, R.R.E., Chapman, SJ., Siegenthaler, A., Mitchell, E.A.D., Buttler, A., Bortoluzzi, E., Gilbert, D., Yli-Petays, M., Vasander, H. and Francez, A. 2008. Functional microbial diversity in regenerating cutover peatlands responds to vegetation succession. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45(6), 1799-1809.
Berg, N. and Steinberger, Y. 2008. Role of perennial plants in determining the activity of the microbial community in the Negev Desert ecosystem. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 40, 2686-2695.
Campbell, C.D., Cameron, C.M., Bastias,B.A., Chen, C. and Cairney, J.W.G. 2008. Long term repeated burning in a wet sclerophyll forest reduces fungal and bacterial biomass and responses to carbon substrates. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 40, 2246-2252.
Ginzburg, O., Whitford, W.G. and Steinberger, Y. 2008. Effects of harvester ant (Messor spp.) activity on soil properties and microbial communities in a Negev Desert ecosystem. Biology & Fertility of Soils, 45, 165-173.
He, Y., Xu, Z., Chen, C., Burton, J., Ma, Q., Ge, Y. and Xu, J. 2008. Using light fraction and macroaggregate associated organic matters as early indicators for management-induced changes in soil chemical and biological properties in adjacent native and plantation forests of subtropical Australia. Geoderma, 147, 116-125.
Oren, A. and Steinberger, Y. 2008. Coping with artifacts induced by CaCO3-CO2-H2O equilibra in substrate utilization profiling of calcareous soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 40, 2569-2577.
Oren, A. and Steinberger, Y. 2008. Catabolic profiles of soil fungal communities along a geographic climate gradient in Israel. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 40, 2578-2587.
Shand, C.A., Williams, B.L. and Coutts, G. 2008. Determination of N-species in soil extracts using microplate techniques. Talanta, 74, 648-654.
Wakelin, S. A., Macdonald, L. M., Rogers, S. L., Gregg, A. L., Bolger, T. P. & Baldock, J. A. 2008. Habitat selective factors influencing the structural composition and functional capacity of microbial communities in agricultural soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 40, 803-813.
Yan, W., Artz, R.R.E. and Johnson, D. 2008 Species-specific effects of plants colonising cutover peatlands on patterns of carbon source utilisation by soil microorganisms. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 40, 544-549.
2007
Chapman, S.J., Campbell, C.D. and Artz, R.R.E. Assessing CLPPs using MicroResp™. 2007. A comparison with Biolog and multi-SIR. Journal of Soil Sediments, 7, 406-410.
Lagomarsino, A., Knapp, B.A., Moscatelli, M.C., De Angelis, P., Grego, S. and Insam, H. 2007. Structural and Functional Diversity of Soil Microbes is Affected by Elevated [CO2] and N Addition in a Poplar Plantation, Journal of Soils & Sediments, 7, 399-405.
Lalor, B.M., Cookson, W.R., and Murphy, D.V. 2007. Comparison of two methods that assess soil community level physiological profiles in a forest ecosytem. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 39, 454-462.
Martins-Loucao, MA. and Cruz, C. 2007. Microbial Communities. Journal of Soils & Sediments, 7, 398-398.
2006
Artz, R.R.E. , Chapman, S.J. and Campbell, C.D. 2006. Substrate utilisation profiles of microbial communities in Peat are depth dependent and correlate with whole soil FTIR profiles. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 38, 2958-2962.
Kaufmann, K., Chapman, S.J., Campbell, C.D., Harms, H. and Höhener, P. 2006. A Miniaturized test system for soil respiration induced by volatile pollutants. Environmental Pollution, 140(2), 269-278.
2004
Artz, R.R.E., Chapman, S.J., Anderson, I. and Campbell, C.D. 2004. Microbial indicators of below-ground regeneration of cut-over peatlands. International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Cancun, Mexico.
Kaufman, K., Chapman, S.J., Campbell, C.D., Harms, H. and Hohener, P. 2004. Optimising bioremediation conditions in contaminated soils using the MicroResp™ microtitre method. International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Cancun, Mexico. poster
2003
Campbell, C.D., Chapman, S.J., Cameron, C.M., Davidson, M.S., and Potts, J.M. 2003. A rapid microtiter plate method to measure carbon dioxide evolved from carbon amendments so as to determine the physiological profiles of soil microbial communities by using whole soil. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 69(6), 3593-3599.
2002
Licona Manzur, C.G., 2002. A combined chemical and biological approach to the measurement of chromium speciation, availability & ecotoxicity in contaminated soils. Ph.D thesis, University of Edinburgh.

