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Overview

Owen Fenton is affiliated with Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority in Ireland. The researcher's work primarily focuses on the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions across these areas.

The subfields that Owen Fenton has engaged in include Environmental Chemistry, Soil Science, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Ecology, and Civil and Structural Engineering. Their research topics cover a broad spectrum related to soil and water nutrient dynamics, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, phosphorus and nutrient management, soil erosion and sediment transport, wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal, constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment, and soil and unsaturated flow.

Owen Fenton has published extensively, with notable recent papers as follows:

  • Restoration of soil quality using biochar and brown coal waste: A review, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Dairy processing sludge and co-products: A review of present and future re-use pathways in agriculture, 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Mitigating ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions from stored cattle slurry using agricultural waste, commercially available products and a chemical acidifier, 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • The need to integrate legacy nitrogen storage dynamics and time lags into policy and practice, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Soil chemical and fertilizer influences on soluble and medium-sized colloidal phosphorus in agricultural soils, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

The researcher frequently publishes in several venues, including:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Journal of Cleaner Production

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Owen Fenton encompass Karen Daly, Patrick Tuohy, Mark G. Healy, Karl G. Richards, and Wenxuan Shi. These collaborations reflect sustained partnerships within the environmental and agricultural research communities.

Best Publications

  • Restoration of soil quality using biochar and brown coal waste: A review.

    Collins Amoah-Antwi;Jolanta Kwiatkowska-Malina;Steven F. Thornton;Owen Fenton

  • Nitrate removal rate, efficiency and pollution swapping potential of different organic carbon media in laboratory denitrification bioreactors.

    Mark G. Healy;Tristan G. Ibrahim;Gary J. Lanigan;Ana João Serrenho

  • Combining stable isotopes with contamination indicators: A method for improved investigation of nitrate sources and dynamics in aquifers with mixed nitrogen inputs.

    Eddy P. Minet;Eddy P. Minet;R. Goodhue;Wolfram Meier-Augenstein;R. M. Kalin

  • Modelling soil phosphorus decline: Expectations of Water Framework Directive policies

    R. P. O. Schulte;A. R. Melland;O. Fenton;M. Herlihy

  • Storm Event Suspended Sediment-Discharge Hysteresis and Controls in Agricultural Watersheds: Implications for Watershed Scale Sediment Management

    Sophie C. Sherriff;Sophie C. Sherriff;John S. Rowan;Owen Fenton;Philip Jordan

  • Spatial and temporal variations in groundwater nitrate at an intensive dairy farm in south-east Ireland: insights from stable isotope data

    A. Baily;A. Baily;Luc Rock;C.J. Watson;O. Fenton

  • Uncertainty-based assessment of tracer selection, tracer non-conservativeness and multiple solutions in sediment fingerprinting using synthetic and field data

    Sophie C. Sherriff;Sophie C. Sherriff;Sophie C. Sherriff;Stewart W. Franks;John S. Rowan;Owen Fenton

  • Effects of agricultural land management changes on surface water quality: A review of meso-scale catchment research

    A.R. Melland;A.R. Melland;O. Fenton;P. Jordan;P. Jordan

  • Agricultural nutrient surpluses as potential input sources to grow third generation biomass (microalgae): A review

    Owen Fenton;Daire Ó hUallacháin

  • Dairy industry derived wastewater treatment sludge: Generation, type and characterization of nutrients and metals for agricultural reuse

    S.M. Ashekuzzaman;Patrick Forrestal;Karl Richards;Owen Fenton

  • Time lag: a methodology for the estimation of vertical and horizontal travel and flushing timescales to nitrate threshold concentrations in Irish aquifers

    Owen Fenton;Rogier P.O. Schulte;Philip Jordan;Stanley T.J. Lalor

  • In situ denitrification and DNRA rates in groundwater beneath an integrated constructed wetland.

    M.M.R. Jahangir;M.M.R. Jahangir;M.M.R. Jahangir;O. Fenton;C. Müller;R. Harrington

  • Defining optimal DEM resolutions and point densities for modelling hydrologically sensitive areas in agricultural catchments dominated by microtopography

    I. A. Thomas;I. A. Thomas;P. Jordan;O. Shine;O. Fenton

  • Denitrification and indirect N2O emissions in groundwater: Hydrologic and biogeochemical influences

    Mohammad M. R. Jahangir;P. Johnston;M. Barrett;M.I. Khalil

  • Dairy processing sludge and co-products: A review of present and future re-use pathways in agriculture

    W. Shi;W. Shi;Mark G. Healy;S.M. Ashekuzzaman;K. Daly

  • Carbon and nitrogen dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions in constructed wetlands treating wastewater: a review

    Mohammad M. R. Jahangir;Karl G. Richards;Mark G. Healy;L. Gill

  • Improving the identification of hydrologically sensitive areas using LiDAR DEMs for the delineation and mitigation of critical source areas of diffuse pollution.

    I.A. Thomas;I.A. Thomas;P. Jordan;P. Jordan;P.-E. Mellander;O. Fenton

  • Anaerobic digestion of agricultural manure and biomass - Critical indicators of risk and knowledge gaps.

    Rajat Nag;Agathe Auer;Bryan K. Markey;Paul Whyte

  • Factors affecting nitrate distribution in shallow groundwater under a beef farm in South Eastern Ireland

    Owen Fenton;Karl G. Richards;Laura Kirwan;Mohammed I. Khalil

  • Mobilisation or dilution? Nitrate response of karst springs to high rainfall events

    Manuela Huebsch;Manuela Huebsch;Owen Fenton;Brendan Horan;Deirdre Hennessy

  • Mitigation of ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions from stored cattle slurry using acidifiers and chemical amendments

    I. Kavanagh;I. Kavanagh;W. Burchill;Mark G. Healy;O. Fenton

  • Implications of the proposed Soil Framework Directive on agricultural systems in Atlantic Europe – a review

    Rachel E. Creamer;Rachel E. Creamer;Fiona P. Brennan;Owen Fenton;Mark G. Healy

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark G. Healy
Mark G. Healy University of Galway
Karl G. Richards
Karl G. Richards Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Phil Jordan
Phil Jordan University of Ulster
Per-Erik Mellander
Per-Erik Mellander Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Gary Lanigan
Gary Lanigan Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Rachel Creamer
Rachel Creamer Wageningen University & Research
Nicholas M. Holden
Nicholas M. Holden University College Dublin
Vincent O'Flaherty
Vincent O'Flaherty University of Galway
Philip Jordan
Philip Jordan University of Ulster
Rogier P.O. Schulte
Rogier P.O. Schulte Wageningen University & Research

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