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The influence of erosion sources on sediment-related water quality attributes Open

Simon Vale, Hugh Smith, J. R. Dymond, Robert J. Davies‐Colley, Alun D. Hughes , et al. · 2023

Erosion of fine sediment and its delivery to streams pose significant issues for freshwater quality and downstream receiving environments. Increased sediment delivery can lead to negative impacts due to changes to visual clarity (VC)…

Factors influencing source apportionment accuracy using sediment fingerprinting: observations from New Zealand Open

Simon Vale, Hugh Smith · 2023

Sediment source fingerprinting is a technique for determining proportional contributions from different catchment sources to sediments in downstream receiving environments. The technique involves a) selecting tracers that discriminate sour…

Semi-automated detection and delineation of earthflows in New Zealand using remote sensing - challenges and opportunities Open

Daniel Hölbling, Lorena Abad, Raphael Spiekermann, Hugh Smith, Andrew Neverman · 2023

Earthflows are complex landslide phenomena that can occur on gentle to moderate slopes in plastic, mixed, and disturbed earth with significant internal deformation. They exhibit a wide range of sizes (from tens of metres to kilometres in l…

Gully and cliff erosion feature detection in the Wairoa catchment in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand Open

Lorena Abad, Daniel Hölbling, Hugh Smith, Andrew Neverman, Harley Betts , et al. · 2023

Gullies and cliff erosion are significant indicators of land degradation. Knowledge of the spatial distribution and dimensions of these erosion features is needed to effectively quantify sediment budgets and to implement erosion mitigation…

Understanding drivers of earthflow dynamics and sediment delivery Open

Andrew Neverman, Hugh Smith, Simon Vale, Harley Betts · 2023

Earthflows occur throughout New Zealand’s soft-rock hill country and may play an important role in catchment sediment dynamics and related water quality issues by providing a persistent source of sediment to the channel network. Howe…

Common Arthropod Pests in Blackberries and Pomegranates in Florida Open

Chastity Perry, Hugh Smith, Zhanao Deng, Sriyanka Lahiri · 2022

Blackberry and pomegranate are growing in importance as alternative crops in Florida. In the past decade, blackberry production in Florida increased from 64 acres in 2007 to 173 acres in 2017. The many health benefits acquired from these f…

Impact of Service Quality on Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty towards Flexible Management in the German Banking Sector Open

Sara Ravan Ramzani, Behrooz Gharleghi, Alison A. Watson, Hugh Smith, Phungmayo Horam , et al. · 2022

Chapter 6. Cole Crop Production Open

Bonnie Wells, Hugh Smith, Lincoln Zotarelli, Peter J. Dittmar, Nicholas S. Dufault , et al. · 2022

Chapter 6 of the Vegetable Production Handbook.

Pest Identification Guide: An Introduction to Thrips Open

Nicole Casusa, Hugh Smith · 2016

Tiny insects called thrips are difficult to see with the unaided eye but cause very obvious and sometimes ruinous damage to the flowers, buds, and fruit of many important crops. This 2-page guide asks and answers the key thrips questions t…

Florida Flower Thrips (suggested common name) Frankliniella bispinosa Morgan (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Open

Steven Arthurs, Moh Leng Kok‐Yokomi, Hugh Smith · 2015

This EDIS publication is an alternate version of a page published first on the Featured Creatures website. The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms relevant to Florid…

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