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Overview

Kate V. Heal is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental and agricultural sciences, with a focus on soil processes, nutrient management, and ecosystem dynamics.

Their publication record includes articles in various well-known journals. Notable recent papers are:

  • Global actions for a sustainable phosphorus future, 2021, Nature Food
  • Phosphorus price spikes: A wake-up call for phosphorus resilience, 2023, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • Decreasing molecular diversity of soil dissolved organic matter related to microbial community along an alpine elevation gradient, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Biochar engineering and ageing influence the spatiotemporal dynamics of soil pH in the charosphere, 2021, Geoderma
  • Tolerance and detoxification mechanisms to cadmium stress by hyperaccumulator Erigeron annuus include molecule synthesis in root exudate, 2021, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Chuifan Zhou (12 publications)
  • Shuzhen Wang (6 publications)
  • Mulualem Tigabu (5 publications)
  • Shubin Li (4 publications)
  • David Reay (3 publications)

The scientist's work is regularly published in specific venues such as:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (3 publications)
  • Journal of Environmental Management (3 publications)
  • Hydrological Sciences Journal (3 publications)
  • Forest Ecology and Management (3 publications)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology (2 publications)

Their main fields of study are:

  • Environmental Science (45 publications)
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences (26 publications)

Within these fields, they have contributed to several subfields, notably:

  • Water Science and Technology (11 publications)
  • Soil Science (10 publications)
  • Plant Science (10 publications)
  • Ecology (9 publications)
  • Global and Planetary Change (7 publications)

Main topics of their research include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (20 publications)
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (8 publications)
  • Phosphorus and nutrient management (6 publications)
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (6 publications)
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management (6 publications)
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (6 publications)
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (6 publications)

Best Publications

  • Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH)–a community perspective

    Günter Blöschl;Marc F.P. Bierkens;Antonio Chambel;Christophe Cudennec

  • The use of red mud as an immobiliser for metal/metalloid-contaminated soil: A review.

    Yumei Hua;Katherine Heal;Wolfgang Friesl-Hanl

  • Optimising the recovery and re-use of phosphorus from wastewater effluent for sustainable fertiliser development

    Jessica G. Shepherd;Saran Sohi;Katherine Heal

  • Nutrient cycling and distribution in different-aged plantations of Chinese fir in southern China

    Xiangqing Ma;Kate V. Heal;Aiqin Liu;Paul G. Jarvis

  • Manganese concentrations in Scottish groundwater.

    Sally C. Homoncik;Alan M. MacDonald;Kate V. Heal;Brighid É. Ó Dochartaigh

  • Global actions for a sustainable phosphorus future

    Will J. Brownlie;Mark A. Sutton;David S. Reay;Kate V. Heal

  • The universal design, operation and maintenance guidelines for farm constructed wetlands (FCW) in temperate climates.

    Aila Carty;Miklas Scholz;Kate Heal;Fabrice Gouriveau

  • Vanadium – a re-emerging environmental hazard

    James A J Watt;Ian T Burke;Ron A Edwards;Heath M Malcolm

  • Hydrology and the ecological quality of Scottish river ecosystems

    D. J. Gilvear;Katherine Heal;A. Stephen

  • Evaluation of iron ochre from mine drainage treatment for removal of phosphorus from wastewater.

    K. E. Dobbie;Katherine Heal;J. Aumonier;K.A. Smith

  • Biochar addition to forest plantation soil enhances phosphorus availability and soil bacterial community diversity

    Chuifan Zhou;Katherine Heal;Mulualem Tigabu;Mulualem Tigabu;Lidan Xia

  • Biochar and enhanced phosphate capture: Mapping mechanisms to functional properties.

    Jessica G. Shepherd;Stephen Joseph;Saran P. Sohi;Kate V. Heal

  • Enhancing phosphorus removal in constructed wetlands with ochre from mine drainage treatment

    Katherine Heal;K. E. Dobbie;E. Bozika;H. McHaffie

  • Impacts of urban growth on surface water and groundwater quality

    Kate Heal;J. B. Ellis

  • Carbon dioxide transport across the hillslope-riparian-stream continuum in a boreal headwater catchment

    Fraser I Leith;Fraser I Leith;Kerry J Dinsmore;Marcus B Wallin;Michael Billett

  • Spatial and temporal microscale pH change at the soil-biochar interface

    Wolfram Buss;Jessica Shepherd;Katherine Heal;Ondrej Masek

  • The role of public participation in encouraging changes in rural land use to reduce flood risk

    J.J. Rouillard;Alison D. Reeves;Kate V. Heal;T. Ball

  • Effects of plants and temperature on nitrogen removal and microbiology in pilot-scale horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands treating domestic wastewater

    Yumei Hua;Lian Peng;Shaohui Zhang;Kate V. Heal

  • Policy Integration for Adaptive Water Governance: Learning from Scotland's Experience

    J.J. Rouillard;K.V. Heal;T. Ball;A.D. Reeves

  • Novel use of ochre from mine water treatment plants to reduce point and diffuse phosphorus pollution

    Kate Heal;Paul L. Younger;Keith Smith;Stephanie Glendinning

  • Sediment management in sustainable urban drainage system ponds.

    K. V. Heal;Duncan A. Hepburn;Rebecca J. Lunn

  • Spatial and seasonal fluxes of the greenhouse gases N2O, CO2 and CH4 in a UK macrotidal estuary

    James F. Harley;Laurence Carvalho;Bernard J. Dudley;K.V. Heal

Frequent Co-Authors

Mathew R. Heal
Mathew R. Heal University of Edinburgh
Saran Sohi
Saran Sohi University of Edinburgh
Keith Smith
Keith Smith University of Edinburgh
Bryan M. Spears
Bryan M. Spears UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Mulualem Tigabu
Mulualem Tigabu Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Miklas Scholz
Miklas Scholz University of Salford
John N. Cape
John N. Cape Stockholm University
Jeffrey J. McDonnell
Jeffrey J. McDonnell University of Saskatchewan
Laura M. Cardenas
Laura M. Cardenas Rothamsted Research
Jennifer A.J. Dungait
Jennifer A.J. Dungait University of Exeter

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