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Engineering and Technology

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51
Citations
10834
World Ranking
3817
National Ranking
256

Environmental Sciences

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58
Citations
13006
World Ranking
3247
National Ranking
251

Overview

Duncan Mara is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with particular focus on subfields including Aquatic Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics of their research work include Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, and Marine and Fisheries Research. These areas reflect a specialized interest in understanding aquatic ecosystems and the management of fish populations.

Duncan Mara has collaborated with several researchers, notably including Yunkai Li, David Mboglen, and Lianhuan Fan. Collaboration with these coauthors indicates a network focused on ecological and biological investigations related to marine and aquatic environments.

The scholar has published in venues such as the SSRN Electronic Journal. Their recent publication is titled Age, Growth, and Trophic Ecology of Two Deep-Sea Fish Diaphus watasei and Synagrops japonicus in the East China Sea, published in 2025. This work addresses aspects of age determination, growth dynamics, and feeding ecology of two deep-sea fish species.

  • Age, Growth, and Trophic Ecology of Two Deep-Sea Fish Diaphus watasei and Synagrops japonicus in the East China Sea (2025), SSRN Electronic Journal

The research scope as indicated by their publications and topics encompasses ecological patterns and processes in aquatic environments, contributing to knowledge relevant to environmental and fisheries science.

Best Publications

  • Sanitation and disease: health aspects of excreta and wastewater management.

    Richard G. Feachem;David J. Bradley;Hemda Garelick;D. Duncan Mara

  • Sanitation and health.

    Duncan Mara;Jon Lane;Beth Scott;David Trouba

  • Domestic Wastewater Treatment in Developing Countries

    D. Duncan Mara

  • Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater and excreta in agriculture and aquaculture. Measures for public health protection.

    D. Duncan Mara;Sandy Cairncross

  • Guidelines for the microbiological quality of treated wastewater used in agriculture: recommendations for revising WHO guidelines

    Ursula J. Blumenthal;D. Duncan Mara;Anne Peasey;Guillermo Ruiz-Palacios

  • Water Quality: Guidelines, Standards and Health

    Duncan Mara

  • Influence of pH, Oxygen, and Humic Substances on Ability of Sunlight To Damage Fecal Coliforms in Waste Stabilization Pond Water

    Thomas P. Curtis;D. Duncan Mara;Salomao A. Silva

  • Health risks in wastewater irrigation: comparing estimates from quantitative microbial risk analyses and epidemiological studies.

    D D Mara;P A Sleigh;U J Blumenthal;R M Carr

  • Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater and excreta in agriculture and aquaculture.

    D. Mara;S. Cairncross

  • Wastewater irrigation and health: assessing and mitigating risk in low-income countries

    Christopher A. Scott;Pay Drechsel;Liqa Raschid-Sally;Akissa Bahri

  • Analysis of Wastewater for Use in Agriculture: A Laboratory Manual of Parasitological and Bacteriological Techniques

    Rachel M. Ayres;D. Duncan Mara

  • Application of Cost Criteria for Selection of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Systems

    K. P. Tsagarakis;D. D. Mara;A. N. Angelakis

  • Drip irrigation with waste stabilisation pond effluents: Solving the problem of emitter fouling

    H. D. Taylor;R. K. X. Bastos;H. W. Pearson;D. D. Mara

  • Water, wastes, and health in hot climates

    Richard Feachem;Michael McGarry;D. Duncan Mara

  • Sewage Treatment in Hot Climates

    D. Duncan Mara

  • Water, sanitation and hygiene for the health of developing nations

    D.D. Mara

  • Management of domestic wastewater for reuse in irrigation

    Oscar Vazquez-Montiel;Nigel J. Horan;Duncan D. Mara

  • Physico-chemical parameters influencing faecal bacterial survival in waste stabilization ponds

    H. W. Pearson;D. D. Mara;S. W. Mills;D. J. Smallman

  • Dispersion and treatment performance analysis of an UASB reactor under different hydraulic loading rates

    M.R. Peña;D.D. Mara;G.P. Avella

  • Pro-poor sanitation technologies

    Charlotte Paterson;Duncan Mara;Tom Curtis

  • Guidelines for the safe use of wastewater in agriculture: revisiting WHO guidelines

    R.M. Carr;U.J. Blumenthal;D. Duncan Mara

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas P. Curtis
Thomas P. Curtis Newcastle University
Pay Drechsel
Pay Drechsel International Water Management Institute
Andreas N. Angelakis
Andreas N. Angelakis Vodafone (United Kingdom)
Robert J. Newton
Robert J. Newton University of Leeds
Sandy Cairncross
Sandy Cairncross University of London
Christopher A. Scott
Christopher A. Scott University of Arizona
Andy Shilton
Andy Shilton Massey University
Anders Dalsgaard
Anders Dalsgaard University of Copenhagen
Robert C. Abaidoo
Robert C. Abaidoo Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Jeffrey T. LeJeune
Jeffrey T. LeJeune The Ohio State University

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