Publications

2023

Ogbuagu, C., Robinson, S. and Sizmur, T., 2023. Feedstock nitrogen content mediates maximum possible Pb sorption capacity of biochars. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. 25, 2102-2109

Antony, D., Collins, C.D., Clark, J.M. and Sizmur, T., 2023. Conversion of forest to cinnamon plantation depletes soil carbon stocks in the top metre of the tropical highlands of Kerinci Regency, Jambi Province, Indonesia. Soil Use and Management.

van Midden, C., Harris, J., Shaw, L., Sizmur, T. and Pawlett, M., 2023. The impact of anaerobic digestate on soil life: a review. Applied Soil Ecology, 191, p.105066.

Nannipieri, P., Hannula, S.E., Pietramellara, G., Schloter, M., Sizmur, T. and Pathan, S.I., 2023. Legacy effects of rhizodeposits on soil microbiomes: a perspective. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 184, p.109107.

Adekanmbi, A.A., Dale, L., Shaw, L. and Sizmur, T., 2023. Differential temperature sensitivity of intracellular metabolic processes and extracellular soil enzyme activities. Biogeosciences, 20(11), pp.2207-2219.

Abdulla, M.A., Castillo, A.B., Collins, C. and Sizmur, T., 2023. Ecological indicators and source diagnostic ratios of aliphatic and polyaromatic hydrocarbons in marine sediments of Qatar. Regional Studies in Marine Science, p.103042.

Duddigan, S., Shaw, L.J., Sizmur, T., Gogu, D., Hussain, Z., Jirra, K., Kaliki, H., Sanka, R., Sohail, M., Soma, R., Thallam, V., Vattikuti, H., Collins, C.D., 2023. Natural farming improves crop yield in SE India when compared to conventional or organic systems by enhancing soil quality. Agronomy for Sustainable Development 43, 31.

Albano, X., Whitmore, A.P., Sakrabani, R., Thomas, C.L., Sizmur, T., Ritz, K., Harris, J., Pawlett, M., Watts, C., and Haefele, S.M. 2023. Effect of different organic amendments on actual and achievable yields in a cereal-based cropping system. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. 27:1-6.

Garau, M., Garau, G., Sizmur, T., Coole, S., Castaldi, P. and Pinna, M.V., 2023. Biochar and Eisenia fetida (Savigny) promote sorghum growth and the immobilization of potentially toxic elements in contaminated soils. Applied Soil Ecology, 182, p.104697.

Gerwing, T.G., Gerwing, A.M.A., Davies, M.M., Dracott, K., Campbell, L., Juanes, F., Dudas, S.E., Kimori, J., Coole, S., Kidd, J. Thomson, H.M., and Sizmur, T. 2023. Sediment geochemistry influences infaunal invertebrate community composition and population abundances. Marine Biology, 170(1), pp.1-12.

Struijk, M., Whitmore, A.P., Mortimer, S., Shu, X. and Sizmur, T., 2023. Absence of a home-field advantage within a short-rotation arable cropping system. Plant and Soil, 488 (1-2). pp. 39-55.

2022

Adekanmbi, A.A., Shu, X., Zou, Y. and Sizmur, T., 2022. Legacy effect of constant and diurnally oscillating temperatures on soil respiration and microbial community structure. European Journal of Soil Science, 73(6), p.e13319.

Adekanmbi, A.A. and Sizmur, T., 2022. Importance of Diurnal Temperature Range (DTR) for predicting the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration. Frontiers in Soil Science, 2:969077.

Rodríguez-Vila, A., Atuah, L., Abubakari, A.H., Atorqui, D.W., Alhassan, A.K., Coole, S., Hammond, J., Robinson, S. and Sizmur, T., 2022. Effect of biochar on micronutrient availability and uptake into leafy greens in two urban tropical soils with contrasting soil pH. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 6:821397.

Antony, D., Collins, C.D., Clark, J.M. and Sizmur, T., 2022. Soil organic matter storage in temperate lowland arable, grassland and woodland topsoil and subsoil. Soil Use and Management. 38(2), 1532-1546.

Shu, X., Zou, Y., Shaw, L.J., Todman, L., Tibbett, M. and Sizmur, T., 2022. Applying cover crop residues as diverse mixtures increases initial microbial assimilation of crop residue‐derived carbon. European Journal of Soil Science, 73(2), p.e13232.

Ponting, J., Verhoef, A., Watts, M.J. and Sizmur, T., 2022. Field observations to establish the impact of fluvial flooding on potentially toxic element (PTE) mobility in floodplain soils. Science of The Total Environment, 811, p.151378.

Duddigan, S., Collins, C.D., Hussain, Z., Osbahr, H., Shaw, L.J., Sinclair, F., Sizmur, T., Thallam, V. and Ann Winowiecki, L., 2022. Impact of zero budget natural farming on crop yields in Andhra Pradesh, SE India. Sustainability, 14(3), p.1689.

Garau, M., Sizmur, T., 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, p.151255.

Omosigho, H.O., Swart, E., Sizmur, T.P., 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, p.103366.

Amponsah-Doku, B., Daymond, A., Robinson, S., Atuah, L. and Sizmur, T., 2022. Improving soil health and closing the yield gap of cocoa production in Ghana–A review. Scientific African, p.e01075.

2021

Shu, X., Zou, Y., Shaw, L.J., Todman, L., Tibbett, M., Sizmur, T. and Condron, L., 2021. Cover crop residue diversity enhances microbial activity and biomass with additive effects on microbial structure. Soil Research.

Ponting, J., Verhoef, A., Watts, M.J. and Sizmur, T., 2021. Field observations to establish the impact of fluvial flooding on potentially toxic element (PTE) mobility in floodplain soils. Science of The Total Environment, p.151378.

Duddigan, S., Fraser, T., Green, I., Diaz, A., Sizmur, T. and Tibbett, M., 2021. Plant, soil and faunal responses to a contrived pH gradient. Plant and Soil, 462 (1), 505-524.

Lind, K.R., Siemianowski, O., Yuan, B., Sizmur, T., 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).

Kiss, T.B., Chen, X., Ponting, J., Sizmur, T. 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, p.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, p.142040.

2020

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), p.e243.

Struijk, M., Whitmore, A.P., Mortimer, S.R. 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.

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), p.1140.

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 trace elements from floodplain soils. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

Sizmur, T. and Richardson, J., 2020. Earthworms accelerate the biogeochemical cycling of potentially toxic elements: Results of a meta-analysis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, p.107865.

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, pp.1-11.

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.

Adekanmbi A.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. 1-5.

2019

Campbell, L., Sizmur, T., Juanes, F. and Gerwing, TG 2019 Passive reclamation of soft-sediment ecosystems on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Sea Research. 155, 101796.

Campbell, L, Wood, L., Gerwing, AMA, 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

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

Tibbett, M., Gil, M., Fraser, T., Green, I., Duddigan, S., De Oliveira, V., Raulund-Rasmussen, K., Sizmur, T. and Diaz, A. 2019 Experimental acidification of pasture: effects of long-term pH adjustment on soil biodiversity, fertility and function in comparison to heathland and acidic grassland. Catena. 180, 401-415

2018

Rodriguez-Vila, A., Selwyn-Smith, H., Enunwa, L. Covelo, E, 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, 7730-7739.

2017

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, 34-47. (Invited contribution to Special Issue on Biochar: Production, Characterization and Applications – Beyond Soil Applications) 

Sizmur, T., Martin, E., Wagner, K., Parmenteir, 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, 166-177.

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, 117-125.

2016

Lind, K.R., Lee, N., Sizmur, T., Siemianowski, O., Van Bruggen, S., Ganapathysubramaniam, B. and Cademartiri, L. 2016 Plant Growth Environments with Programmable Relative Humidity and Homogenous Nutrient Availability. PLoS One. 11(6): e0155960.

Sizmur, T., Godfrey, A. and O’Driscoll, N. 2016 Effects of coastal managed retreat on mercury biogeochemistry. Environmental Pollution 209, 99-106. (highlighted in a blog on the science communication website External Diffusion)

Sizmur, T., Peregrina, A., Moreno-Jimenez, E., Quilliam, R., Beesley, L. and Gomez-Eyles, J.L. 2016 Application of biochar for soil remediation, in: Guo, M., He, Z. and Uchimiya, S. (Eds), Agricultural and Environmental Applications of Biochar: Advances and Barriers. ASA, CSSA, SSSA.

2015

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 Edition, 563-594.

2014

Hodson, M.E., Black, S., Brinzac, L., Carpenter, D., Lambkin, D.C., Mosselmans, J.F.W., Palumbo-Roe, B. Schofield, P.F. Sizmur, T. and Versteegh, E.A.A. 2014 Biology as an agent of chemical and mineralogical change in soil. Procedia Earth and Planetary Science 10 114-117

Lind, K.R., Sizmur, T., Benomar, S., Miller, A. and Cademartiri, L. 2014 LEGO® Bricks As Building Blocks For Centimeter-Scale Biological Environments: The Case Of Plants. PLoS One. 9(6), e100867. (featured in several high profile popular science magazines such as WIRED, Popular Science, the Smithsonian magazine and Discover magazine)

Sizmur, T., Lind, K.R., 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.

2013

Sizmur, T., Canário, J., Edmonds, S., Godfrey, A. and O’Driscoll, N.J. 2013 The polychaete worm Nereis diversicolor increases mercury lability and methylation in intertidal mudflats. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 32(8), 1888-1895. (The featured article in the July 2013 issue of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry)

Sizmur, T., Canário, J., Gerwing, T.G., Mallory, M.L. and O’Driscoll, N.J. 2013 Mercury and methylmercury bioaccumulation by polychaete worms is governed by both feeding ecology and mercury bioavailability in coastal mudflats. Environmental Pollution. 176, 18-25.

Gomez-Eyles, J.L., 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, Boca Raton, FL, 134-164.

2012

Haverstock, S., Sizmur, T., Murimboh, J. and O’Driscoll, N.J. 2012 Modeling the photo-oxidation of dissolved organic matter by ultraviolet radiation in freshwater lakes: Implications for mercury bioavailability. Chemosphere. 88(10), 1220-1226 

2011

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. 54S, S211-216.

Sizmur, T., Watts, M., Brown, G.D., Palumbo-Roe, B. and Hodson, M.E. 2011 Impact of gut passage and mucus secretion by Lumbricus terrestris on mobility and speciation of As in contaminated soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 197, 169-175. (Awarded the SETAC Europe/Eurofins Best Publication Prize in Chemical Analysis and Environmental Monitoring)

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, 3269-3282. (This paper is the most cited paper published in Environmental Pollution since 2011)

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, 1852-1860.

Sizmur, T., Tilston, E.L., Charnock, J., Palumbo-Roe, B. Watts, M. and Hodson, M.E. 2011 Impacts of epigeic, anecic and endogeic earthworms on metal and metalloid mobility and availability. Journal of Environmental Monitoring.13, 266-273. (Artwork on the cover of the journal issue due to manuscript being “highly rated” by reviewers) 

Sizmur, T., Palumbo-Roe, B. Watts, M. 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, 742-748.

Gomez-Eyles, J.L., Sizmur, T., Collins, C. and Hodson, M.E. 2011 Effects of biochar and Eisenia fetida on the bioavailability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and potentially toxic elements. Environmental Pollution. 159, 616-622.

2010

Sizmur, T., Palumbo-Roe, B., Hodson, M.E., 2010. Why does earthworm mucus decrease metal mobility? Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 6, 777-779.

Tilston, E.L., Sizmur, T., Dixon, G.R., Otten, W., Harris, J.A., 2010. The Impact of Land-Use Practices on Soil Microbes, in: Dixon, G.R., Tilston, E.L. (Eds.), Soil Microbiology and Sustainable Crop Production. Springer Netherlands, 273-295.

2009

Sizmur, T., Hodson, M.E., 2009. Do earthworms impact metal mobility and availability in soil? – A review. Environmental Pollution. 157, 1981-1989. (This paper was the 2nd most downloaded paper from Environmental Pollution during April-June 2009)

2008

Sizmur, T., Hodson, M.E., 2008. Impact of Eisenia veneta on As, Cu, Pb, and Zn uptake by ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). Mineralogical Magazine. 72, 495-499.