Ecosystem Services from Urban Agriculture

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• Small GE, Shrestha P, Zeiner C, Barabás G, Metson GS. (2024). Phosphorus recycling and loss from compost-amended urban gardens: Results from a 7-year study. Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems 9: e20055.

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• Zeiner CA, Kisch MN, Lynch ED, Shrestha P, Small GE. (2024). Soil microbial activity profiles associated with organic compost fertilizers in an urban garden. Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems 9: e20059.​

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• Small GE, Smedsrud M, Jimenez I, Chapman E. (2023). Simulating the fate of compost-derived nutrients in an urban garden. Ecological Modelling 483: 110441.​

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• Chapman EJ, Small GE, Shrestha P. (2022). Investigating potential hydrological ecosystem services in urban gardens through soil amendment experiments and hydrologic models. Urban Ecosystems 25: 867-878.

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• Small G, Jimenez I, Salzl M, Shrestha P. (2020). Urban heat island mitigation due to enhanced evapotranspiration in an urban garden in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. WIT Trans. Ecol. Environ. 243: 39-45.

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• Small GE, McDougall R, Metson GS. (2020). Would a sustainable city be self-sufficient in food production? in: Mambretti S., Miralles i Garcia JL, eds. City Sustainability and Regeneration. WIT Press, Southampton, UK.​

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• Small G, Shrestha P, Metson GS, Polsky K, Jimenez I, Kay A. (2019). Excess phosphorus from compost applications in urban gardens creates potential pollution hotspots. Environmental Research Communications 1: 091007.

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Urban Watersheds

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• Loken LC, Small GE, Finlay JC, Sterner RW, Stanley EH. (2016). Nitrogen cycling in a freshwater estuary. Biogeochemistry 127: 199-216.

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• Shrestha P, Salzl MT, Jimenez I, Pradhan N, Hay M, Wallace HR, Abrahamson JN, Small GE. (2019). Efficacy of spent lime as a soil amendment for nutrient retention in bioretention green stormwater infrastructure. Water 8: 1575.

 

• Small GE, Martensson N, Janke BD, Metson GS. (2023). Potential for high contribution of urban gardens to nutrient export in urban watersheds. Landscape and Urban Planning 229: 104602.

 

• Small GE, Niederluecke EQ, Shrestha P, Janke BD, Finlay JC. (2019). The effects of infiltration-based stormwater best management practices on the hydrology and phosphorus budget of a eutrophic urban lake. Lake and Reservoir Management 35: 38-50.

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STEM Education Resources

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• Ganong C, Small GE. (2024). Fish, forests, and phosphorus: How do tropical fish, rainforest canopies, and volcanic groundwater affect stream phosphorus cycling?. OCELOTS, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/6WXN-PH93.

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• Kay AD, Chapman EJ, Cheruiyot JD, Lowery S, Singer SR, Small GE, Stone AM, Warthen R, Westbroek W. (2022). Potential for urban agriculture to support accessible and impactful undergraduate biology education. Ecology and Evolution 12:e8721.

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• Reuss L, Small GE. (2020). Earthworm distribution in the schoolyard ecosystem. Science Scope 43: 35-43.

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• Small GE. (2022). Tracking hot spots and hot moments in an urban freshwater estuary. Project EDDIE (environmental data-driven inquiry & exploration).