Waikato Biogeochemistry and Ecohydrology 
Research
A research team led by Louis Schipper, Dave Campbell, and Aaron Wall. We collaborate closely on a variety of projects covering soil quality, carbon exchange and budgets in pastures and wetlands and nitrogen removal from agricultural ecosystems.
Our focus is to use carbon budgets as an indicator of ecosystem sustainability and to identify ways in which to increase soil carbon content and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
We also have an interest in nitrogen cycling and are specifically focused on manipulating environmental conditions to enhance microbial processes to reduce nitrate and nitrous oxide losses to water and the atmosphere, respectively.
Together with Vic Arcus, we are developing and testing new theories about how biological systems (from single enzymes to ecosystems) respond to changes in temperature with a specific focus on macro-molecular rate theory (MMRT).
On our webpage you can find:
- Our current team
- Past members and vistors
- Key research projects
- Publications and public information
- and more!
On the day before Franco’s return to Argentina, we celebrated with some of the team. We will miss his happy smile and curiosity! Franco is on front right.
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