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Overview

Chris C. Tanner is affiliated with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily centered around environmental science and computer science, with significant contributions to both fields.

The scientist has produced a diverse body of work encompassing areas such as environmental chemistry, computer vision and pattern recognition, and artificial intelligence. Their research also intersects with industrial and manufacturing engineering and water science and technology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach.

Key topics explored in their publications include:

  • Soil and water nutrient dynamics
  • Hydrology and watershed management studies
  • Constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Peatlands and wetlands ecology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Topic modeling

Chris C. Tanner has contributed to several recent papers, highlighting a range of environmental and computational themes. Selected works include:

  • Combining Tools from Edge-of-Field to In-Stream to Attenuate Reactive Nitrogen along Small Agricultural Waterways, 2020, published in Water
  • FloraBERT: cross-species transfer learning with attention-based neural networks for gene expression prediction, 2022, published in Research Square
  • The ability of detainment bunds to decrease surface runoff leaving pastoral catchments: Investigating a novel approach to agricultural stormwater management, 2020, published in Agricultural Water Management
  • Selection, Planning, and Modelling of Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Mitigation, 2024, published in Water
  • Net export of E. coli from a constructed wetland treating agricultural drainage, 2023, published in Ecological Engineering

Tanner often publishes in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), where they have 16 publications, as well as Water with 3 publications, Ecological Engineering with 2, and the New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research and Land with 2 publications each.

The scientist collaborates with a range of co-authors with frequent partners including J.P.S. Sukias, Varshini Reddy, Michael Krumdick, Craig W. Schmidt, and Yuval Pinter, reflecting a collaborative research environment.

Best Publications

  • Plants for constructed wetland treatment systems — A comparison of the growth and nutrient uptake of eight emergent species

    Chris C. Tanner

  • Plants as ecosystem engineers in subsurface-flow treatment wetlands

    C.C. Tanner

  • Components of floating emergent macrophyte treatment wetlands influencing removal of stormwater pollutants

    Chris C. Tanner;Tom R. Headley

  • Effect of loading rate and planting on treatment of dairy farm wastewaters in constructed wetlands—II. Removal of nitrogen and phosphorus

    Chris C. Tanner;Chris C. Tanner;John S. Clayton;Martin P. Upsdell

  • Constructed Wetlands With Floating Emergent Macrophytes: An Innovative Stormwater Treatment Technology

    T. R. Headley;C. C. Tanner

  • Nitrogen processing gradients in subsurface-flow treatment wetlands—influence of wastewater characteristics

    Chris C. Tanner;Robert H. Kadlec;Max M. Gibbs;James P.S. Sukias

  • Ammonium removal from wastewaters using natural New Zealand zeolites

    M L Nguyen;C C Tanner

  • Effect of loading rate and planting on treatment of dairy farm wastewaters in constructed wetlands—I. Removal of oxygen demand, suspended solids and faecal coliforms

    Chris C. Tanner;Chris C. Tanner;John S. Clayton;Martin P. Upsdell

  • Organic matter accumulation during maturation of gravel-bed constructed wetlands treating farm dairy wastewaters

    Chris C Tanner;James P.S Sukias;Martin P Upsdell

  • Accumulation of organic solids in gravel-bed constructed wetlands

    Chris C. Tanner;James P. Sukias

  • Nutrient removal by a constructed wetland treating subsurface drainage from grazed dairy pasture

    C.C. Tanner;M.L. Nguyen;J.P.S. Sukias

  • Effect of water level fluctuation on nitrogen removal from constructed wetland mesocosms

    Chris C. Tanner;Joachim D'Eugenio;Graham B. McBride;James P.S. Sukias

  • Seasonality of macrophytes and interaction with flow in a New Zealand lowland stream

    Paul D. Champion;Chris C. Tanner

  • Floating treatment wetland retrofit to improve stormwater pond performance for suspended solids, copper and zinc

    Karine E. Borne;Elizabeth A. Fassman;Chris C. Tanner

  • Substrate and filter materials to enhance phosphorus removal in constructed wetlands treating diffuse farm runoff: a review

    Deborah J. Ballantine;Chris C. Tanner

  • Constructed wetlands and denitrifying bioreactors for on-site and decentralised wastewater treatment: Comparison of five alternative configurations

    Chris C. Tanner;James P.S. Sukias;Tom R. Headley;Charlotte R. Yates

  • Growth and nutrient dynamics of soft-stem bulrush in constructed wetlands treating nutrient-rich wastewaters

    C.C. Tanner;C.C. Tanner

  • Nitrogen spiraling in subsurface-flow constructed wetlands: Implications for treatment response

    Robert H. Kadlec;Chris C. Tanner;Vera M. Hally;Max M. Gibbs

  • Relationships between Loading Rates and Pollutant Removal during Maturation of Gravel-Bed Constructed Wetlands

    Chris C. Tanner;James P. S. Sukias;Martin P. Upsdell

  • Substratum Phosphorus Accumulation during Maturation of Gravel-bed Constructed Wetlands

    C. C. Tanner;J. P. S. Sukias;M. P. Upsdell

Frequent Co-Authors

Rupert J. Craggs
Rupert J. Craggs National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Brian K. Sorrell
Brian K. Sorrell Aarhus University
Robert H. Kadlec
Robert H. Kadlec University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Hans Brix
Hans Brix Aarhus University
Leo M. Condron
Leo M. Condron Lincoln University
Louis A. Schipper
Louis A. Schipper University of Waikato
Clive Howard-Williams
Clive Howard-Williams National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
William F. Hunt
William F. Hunt North Carolina State University
Robert J. Davies-Colley
Robert J. Davies-Colley National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
John M. Quinn
John M. Quinn National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

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