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Causes and effects of water quality degradation - publications

These are some recent publications related to the Causes and effects of water quality degradation programme.

2023

Hariz, H.B., Lawton, R.J., Craggs, R.J. (2023) Effects of operational parameters on the performance of unialgal Oedogonium sp. filamentous algae nutrient scrubbers under controlled environmental conditions. Journal of Environmental Management, 326: article no. 116705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116705

Montemezzani, V., van Wagenberg, H., Craggs, R.J. (2023) Modification of hydraulic retention time in open raceway ponds to prevent rotifers and cladocerans establishment. Algal Research, 69: article no. 102910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2022.102910

Hariz, H.B., Lawton, R.J., Craggs, R.J. (2023) Nutrient uptake and biomass productivity performance comparison among freshwater filamentous algae species on mesocosm-scale FANS under ambient summer and winter conditions. Ecological Engineering, 189: article no. 106910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2023.106910

Hariz, H.B., Lawton, R.J., Craggs, R.J. (2023) Effects of seeding method and single versus mixed species assemblages on the performance of Filamentous Algae Nutrient Scrubbers (FANS) for the treatment of agricultural drainage. Agricultural Water Management, 280: article no. 108238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108238

Hariz, H.B., Lawton, R.J., Craggs, R.J. (2023) Novel assay for attached filamentous algae productivity and nutrient removal. Journal of Applied Phycology, 35(1): 251-264. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-022-02857-1

Lecture:

Hariz, H., Craggs, R. (2023) Performance of attached and suspended Filamentous Algae Nutrient Scrubbers (FANS) in New Zealand summer and winter conditions. 35th Annual FLRC (Farmed Landscapes Research Centre) Workshop, Massey University, Palmerston North, 8-10 February.

2022

Park, J.B.K., Montemezzani, V., Picken, C., Rendle, D., Craggs, R.J. (2022) Effect of algal contact time and horizontal water velocity on the performance of Filamentous Algal Nutrient Scrubbers (FANS). Journal of Environmental Management, 312: article no. 114882. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114882

Craggs, R., Park, J., Montemezzani, V., Picken, C. (2022) Agricultural drainage treatment and nutrient recovery using filamentous algae nutrient scrubbers. In: C.L. Christensen, D.J. Horne & R. Singh (Eds). Adaptive Strategies for Future Farming. Farmed Landscapes Research Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North: 1-4. https://www.massey.ac.nz/~flrc/publications.html

2021

Sutherland, D.L., Park, J., Ralph, P.J., Craggs, R. (2021) Ammonia, pH and dissolved inorganic carbon supply drive whole pond metabolism in full-scale wastewater high rate algal ponds. Algal Research, 58: article no. 102405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2021.102405

Stott, R., Sukias, J., Cookson, A., Davies-Colley, R., McKergow, L., Tanner, C. (2021) Faecal indicator removal and generation (?) in agricultural wetlands. 11th International Association for Ecology (INTECOL) International Wetlands Conference, Online, 10-15 October.

2020

Sutherland, DL (Sutherland, Donna L.); Park, J (Park, Jason); Ralph, PJ (Ralph, Peter J.); Craggs, RJ (Craggs, Rupert J.) (2020) Improved microalgal productivity and nutrient removal through operating wastewater high rate algal ponds in series. Algal research-biomass biofuels and bioproducts  Volume: 47, Article Number: 101850  DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2020.101850

Park, JBK (Park, Jason B. K.); Heubeck, S (Heubeck, Stephan); Craggs, RJ (Craggs, Rupert J.) (2020) Anaerobic Digestion and Dewatering of Biological Trickling Filter Sludge. Journal of environmental engineering  Volume: 146, Issue: 2, Article Number: 04019116  DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001646

Sutherland, DL (Sutherland, Donna L.); Park, J (Park, Jason); Heubeck, S (Heubeck, Stephan); Ralph, PJ (Ralph, Peter J.); Craggs, RJ (Craggs, Rupert J.) (2020) Size matters - Microalgae production and nutrient removal in wastewater treatment high rate algal ponds of three different sizes. Algal research-biomass biofuels and bioproducts  Volume: 45, Article Number: 101734  DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2019.101734