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Dr Kara Marsden

Teaching & Research Lectureship in Soil Science

k.marsden@bangor.ac.uk

0000-0002-0605-3918

Dr Kara Marsden

View Dr Kara Marsden’s profile on the Bangor Research Portal

Overview

Background:

Karina Marsden is a Teaching and Research Lecturer in Soil Science at Bangor University. Prior to this she completed a Marie-Sklodowska Curie Actions Global Fellowship, working between the University of Melbourne, Australia and Bangor University. She also workd on the NERC funded Uplands-N2O project as a post-doctoral researcher after completing her PhD in Soil and Environmental Science at Bangor University.

Qualifications and Membership of Proffessional Bodies:

  • B.Sc. (Hons), Environmental Science, Bangor University
  • Ph.D, Soil and Environmental Science, Bangor University
  • Member of the Marie Curie Alumni Association
  • Member of the Britsh Ecological Society
  • Member of the British Society of Soil Science

Additional Contact Information

Address: Environment Centre Wales, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW

Email: k.marsden@bangor.ac.uk

Teaching and Supervision

Module Organiser:

  • DXX-3506 Current Issues in Environmental and Related Science
  • DXX-3508 Environmental Issues

Module Contributor:

  • SNS-0001 Foundation Year Project
  • DXX-2002 Water, Air and Soil Pollution
  • DXX-3305 Tenerife overseas field course

Research Interests

Karina Marsden's research interests include sustainable food production in a changing climate, nitrogen cycling in agroecosystems, gaseous emissions from soil (particularly N2O and N2), methods and techniques for monitoring gaseous emissions from soil and assessing spatial and temporal variability in emissions, rhizosphere processes and plant-soil-microbe interactions. She has 22 peer-reviewed publications, a h-index of 12 and 615 citations (Google Scholar).

Postgraduate Project Opportunities

I am willing to supervise a PhD

Publications

2022

  • PublishedField application of pure polyethylene microplastic has no significant short-term effect on soil biological quality and function
    Brown, R., Chadwick, D., Thornton, H., Marshall, M., Bei, S., Distaso, M., Bargiela, R., Marsden, K., Clode, P., Murphy, D., Pagella, S. & Jones, D. L., 1 Feb 2022, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 165, 108496.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

  • PublishedIncreasing the productivity of an upland pasture with the least environmental impacts
    Williams, N., Gibbons, J., Chadwick, D., Marsden, K. & Williams, P., 1 Aug 2021, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 315, 107449.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedLivestock-induced N2O emissions may limit the benefits of converting cropland to grazed grassland as a greenhouse gas mitigation strategy for agricultural peatlands
    Wen, Y., Freeman, B., Hunt, D., Musarika, S., Zang, H., Marsden, K. A., Evans, C. D., Chadwick, D. R. & Jones, D. L., Nov 2021, In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 174, 105764.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedOptimising storage conditions and processing of sheep urine for nitrogen cycle and gaseous emission measurements from urine patches
    Charteris, A. F., Marsden, K. A., Evans, J. R., Barrat, H. A., Loick, N., Jones, D. L., Chadwick, D. R. & Cárdenas, L. M., 9 Jun 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 12116.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedQuantifying the frequency and volume of urine deposition by grazing sheep using tri-axial accelerometers
    Marsden, K. A., Lush, L., Holmberg, J. A., Harris, I. M., Whelan, M. J., Webb, S., King, A. J., Wilson, R. P., Jones, D. L., Charteris, A. F., Cardenas, L. M. & Chadwick, D. R., 30 Jun 2021, In: Animal. 15, 6, 100234.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedWithin-field spatial variability of greenhouse gas fluxes from an extensive and intensive sheep-grazed pasture
    Charteris, A. F., Harris, P., Marsden, K. A., Harris, I. M., Guo, Z., Beaumont, D. A., Taylor, H., Sanfratello, G., Jones, D. L., Johnson, S. C. M., Whelan, M. J., Howden, N., Sint, H., Chadwick, D. R. & Cardenas, L. M., 1 Jun 2021, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 312, 107355.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

  • PublishedMeta-analysis of global livestock urine-derived nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils
    Lopez-Aizpun, M., Horrocks, C. A., Charteris, A. F., Marsden, K., Ciganda, V., Evans, J. R., Chadwick, D. & Cardenas, L. M., 1 Apr 2020, In: Global Change Biology. p. 2002-2013
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedSheep urination frequency, volume, N excretion and chemical composition: Implications for subsequent agricultural N losses
    Marsden, K. A., Lush, L., Holmberg, J. A., Whelan, M. J., King, A. J., Wilson, R. P., Charteris, A. F., Cardenas, L. M., Jones, D. L. & Chadwick, D. R., 15 Oct 2020, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 302, 107073.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

  • PublishedAngiosperm symbioses with non-mycorrhizal fungal partners enhance N acquisition from ancient organic matter in a warming maritime Antarctic
    Hill, P., Broughton, R., Bougoure, J., Havelange, W., Newsham, K. K., Gran, H., Murphy, D. V., Clode, P., Ramayah, S., Marsden, K., Quilliam, R., Roberts, P., Brown, C., Read, D. J., DeLuca, T., Bardgett, R. D., Hopkins, D. W. & Jones, D. L., Dec 2019, In: Ecology Letters. 22, 12, p. 2111-2119 9 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedNitrification represents the bottle-neck of sheep urine patch N2O emissions from extensively grazed organic soils
    Marsden, K. A., Holmberg, J. A., Jones, D. L., Charteris, A. F., Cardenas, L. M. & Chadwick, D. R., 10 Dec 2019, In: Science of the Total Environment. 695, 133786.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

  • PublishedClassification of sheep urination events using accelerometers to aid improved measurements of livestock contributions to nitrous oxide emissions
    Lush, L., Wilson, R. P., Holton, M. D., Hopkins, P., Marsden, K., Chadwick, D. & King, A. J., 1 Jul 2018, In: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 150, p. 170-177
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedDetermining the influence of environmental and edaphic factors on the fate of the nitrification inhibitors DCD and DMPP in soil
    Guardia, G., Marsden, K., Vallejo, A., Jones, D. & Chadwick, D., 15 May 2018, In: Science of the Total Environment. 624, p. 1202-1212
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedSheep urine patch N2O emissions are lower from extensively-managed than intensively-managed grasslands
    Marsden, K., Holmberg, J., Jones, D. L. & Chadwick, D., 1 Oct 2018, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 265, p. 264-274
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

  • PublishedDMPP is ineffective at mitigating N2O emissions from sheep urine patches in a UK grassland under summer conditions
    Marsden, K., Jones, D. & Chadwick, D., 1 Aug 2017, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 246, p. 1-11 11 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedDiet management to effectively abate N2O emissions from surface applied pig slurry
    Sanchez-Martin, L., Beccaccia, A., De.Blas, C., Garcia-Rebollar, P., Estelles, F., Marsden, K., Chadwick, D. & Vallejo, A., 15 Feb 2017, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 239, p. 1-11
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

  • PublishedDisentangling the effect of sheep urine patch size and nitrogen loading rate on cumulative N2O emissions
    Marsden, K., Jones, D. L. & Chadwick, D., 9 Feb 2016, In: Animal Production Science. 56, 3, p. 265-275
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedThe mobility of nitrification inhibitors under simulated ruminant urine deposition and rainfall: a comparison between DCD and DMPP
    Marsden, K. A., Marin-Martinez, A. J., Vallejo, A., Hill, P. W., Jones, D. & Chadwick, D. R., 1 May 2016, In: Biology and Fertility of Soils. 52, 4, p. 491-503
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedThe urine patch diffusional area: An important N2O source?
    Marsden, K. A., Jones, D. & Chadwick, D. R., Jan 2016, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 92, January, p. 161-170
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

  • PublishedPlant acquisition and metabolism of the synthetic nitrification inhibitor dicyandiamide and naturally-occurring guanidine from agricultural soils
    Marsden, K. A., Scowen, M., Hill, P. W., Jones, D. L. & Chadwick, D. R., Oct 2015, In: Plant and Soil. 395, 1, p. 201-214
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

  • PublishedHow significant to plant N nutrition is the direct consumption of soil microbes by roots?
    Hill, P. W., Marsden, K. A. & Jones, D. L., 30 May 2013, In: New Phytologist. 199, 4, p. 948-955
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

  • PublishedNutrient dynamics, microbial growth and weed emergence in biochar amended soil are influenced by time since application and reapplication rate
    Quilliam, R. S., Marsden, K. A., Gertler, C., Rousk, J., DeLuca, T. H. & Jones, D. L., 1 Sep 2012, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 158, p. 192-199
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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