Professor Davey Jones

Imagen
Chair of Soil & Environmental Science
School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography
Bangor University                      

Wales, United Kingdom   




Tel:+44 (0) 1248 382579
Email: [email protected]

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

B.Sc. (Soil Science) Aberdeen University 1990
Ph.D. (Plant Science) Oxford University  1993
Postodoctoral Fellow Cornell University, USA 1994-96

PUBLICATIONS

Prof Jones has published has published more than 225 scientific journal articles in international journals of which 33 have been cited >50 times.

Publications from (2010-2013 only)
  1. Alhelfi NA, Adam H, Jones DL, Williams AP (2013) Absence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in sheep and cattle faeces in North Wales. Veterinary Record 173, 143.
  2. Burden A; Garbutt RA; Evans CD; Jones DL, Cooper DM (2013) Carbon sequestration and biogeochemical cycling in a saltmarsh Subject to coastal managed realignment. ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE 120, 12-20.
  3. Farrell, M; Hill, PW; Farrar, J; DeLuca, TH; Roberts, P; Kielland, K; Dahlgren, R; Murphy, DV; Hobbs, PJ; Bardgett, RD; Jones, DL (2013) Oligopeptides Represent a Preferred Source of Organic N Uptake: A Global Phenomenon? Ecosystems 16: 133-145.
  4. Ford H; Garbutt A; Jones L; Jones DL (2013) Grazing management in saltmarsh ecosystems drives invertebrate diversity, abundance and functional group structure. INSECT CONSERVATION AND DIVERSITY 6, 189-200.  
  5. Ford, H., Rousk, J., Garbutt, A., Jones, L., Jones, D.L., (2013). Grazing effects on microbial community composition, growth and nutrient cycling in salt marsh and sand dune grasslands. Biology and Fertility of Soils 49, 89-98.
  6. Göransson H; Godbold DL; Jones DL; Rousk J (2013) Bacterial growth and respiration responses upon rewetting dry forest soils: Impact of drought-legacy. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY 57, 477-486.  
  7. Jones AK; Jones DL; Edwards-Jones G; Cross P (2013) Informing decision making in agricultural greenhouse gas mitigation policy: A Best-Worst Scaling survey of expert and farmer opinion in the sheep industry. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY 29, 46-56.
  8. Keyes SD; Daly Keith R; Gostling NJ; Jones DL; Talboys P; Pinzer BR; Boardman R; Sinclair I;  Marchant A; Roose T (2013) High resolution synchrotron imaging of wheat root hairs growing in soil and image based modelling of phosphate uptake. NEW PHYTOLOGIST 198: 1023-1029.
  9. Quilliam RS; DeLuca TH; Jones DL (2013) Biochar application reduces nodulation but increases nitrogenase activity in clover. PLANT AND SOIL 366, 83-92. 
  10. Quilliam RS; Rangecroft S; Emmett BA; DeLuca TH, Jones DL (2013) Is biochar a source or sink for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) compounds in agricultural soils? GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY BIOENERGY 5, 96-103.
  11. Rousk K; Rousk J; Jones DL; Zackrisson O, DeLuca TH (2013) Feather moss nitrogen acquisition across natural fertility gradients in boreal forests. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY 61: 86-95.
  12. Rousk, J., Smith, A.R., Jones, D.L. (2013) Investigating the long-term legacy of drought and warming on the soil microbial community across five European shrubland ecosystems. Global Change Biology, in press.
  13. Wellington EMH, Boxall ABA, Cross P, Feil EJ, Gaze WH, Hawkey PM, Johnson-Rollings AS, Jones DL, Lee NM, Otten W, Thomas CM, Williams AP (2013) The natural environment as an important driver for the emergence of antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 13, 155-165.
  14. Abaas, E., Hill, P.W., Roberts, P., Murphy, D.V., Jones, D.L., (2012). Microbial activity differentially regulates the vertical mobility of nitrogen compounds in soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 53, 120-123.
  15. Ackermann, K., Zackrisson, O., Rousk, J., Jones, D.L., DeLuca, T.H., (2012). N-2 Fixation in Feather Mosses is a Sensitive Indicator of N Deposition in Boreal Forests. Ecosystems 15, 986-998.
  16. Ahmad, R., Khalid, M., Jones, D.L., Mahmood-ul-Hassan, M., (2012). Integrated effect of depleted uranium and soil properties on maize (Zea mays L.) growth. Pakistan Journal of Botany 44, 1587-1592.
  17. Alhelfi NA, Lahmer RA, Jones DL, Williams AP (2012) Survival and metabolic activity of lux-marked Escherichia coli O157:H7 in different types of milk. Journal of Dairy Research 79, 257-261.
  18. Dempster, D. N.; Gleeson, D. B.; Solaiman, Z. M.; Jones D.L.; Muphy, D.V. (2012) Decreased soil microbial biomass and nitrogen mineralisation with Eucalyptus biochar addition to a coarse textured soil. PLANT AND SOIL 354: 311-324
  19. Dempster, D. N.; Jones, D. L.; Murphy, D. V. (2012) Organic nitrogen mineralisation in two contrasting agro-ecosystems is unchanged by biochar addition. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY 48: 47-50.
  20. Dempster, D.N.; Jones, D.L.; Murphy, D. V. (2012) Clay and biochar amendments decreased inorganic but not dissolved organic nitrogen leaching in soil. SOIL RESEARCH 50: 216-221.
  21. Farrar, J.; Boddy, E.; Hill, P. W.; Jones D.L. (2012) Discrete functional pools of soil organic matter in a UK grassland soil are differentially affected by temperature and priming. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY 49: 52-60.
  22. Ford, H., Garbutt, A., Jones, L., Jones, D.L., (2012). Methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide fluxes from a temperate salt marsh: Grazing management does not alter Global Warming Potential. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 113, 182-191.
  23. Ford, H., Garbutt, A., Jones, D.L., Jones, L., (2012). Impacts of grazing abandonment on ecosystem service provision: Coastal grassland as a model system. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 162, 108-115.
  24. Ge, T., Yuan, H., Roberts, P., Jones, D.L., Qin, H., Tong, C., Huang, D., (2012). Amino acid and peptide dynamics in horticultural soils under conventional and organic management strategies. Journal of Soils and Sediments 12, 323-333.
  25. Glanville, H.C., Hill, P.W., Maccarone, L.D., Golyshin, P.N., Murphy, D.V., Jones, D.L., (2012). Temperature and water controls on vegetation emergence, microbial dynamics, and soil carbon and nitrogen fluxes in a high Arctic tundra ecosystem. Functional Ecology 26, 1366-1380.
  26. Glanville, H.; Rousk, J.; Golyshin, P.; Jones, D.L.(2012) Mineralization of low molecular weight carbon substrates in soil solution under laboratory and field conditions. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY 48: 88-95.
  27. Gwyther, C.L., Jones, D.L., Golyshin, P.N., Edwards-Jones, G. and Williams, A.P. (2012) Fate of pathogens in a simulated bioreduction system for livestock carcasses. Water Management 32: 933-938.
  28. Hill, P. W.; Farrell, M.; Jones, D.L. (2012) Bigger may be better in soil N cycling: Does rapid acquisition of small L-peptides by soil microbes dominate fluxes of protein-derived N in soil? SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY 48: 106-112.
  29. Jones, D.L., Kielland, K., (2012). Amino acid, peptide and protein mineralization dynamics in a taiga forest soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 55, 60-69.
  30. Jones, D.L., Rousk, J., Edwards-Jones, G., DeLuca, T.H. and Murphy, D.V. (2012) Biochar-mediated changes in soil quality and plant growth in a three year field trial. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 45: 113-124.
  31. Jones, D.L., Willett, V.B., Stockdale, E.A., Macdonald, A.J. and Murphy, D.V. (2012) Molecular weight of dissolved organic carbon, nitrogen, and phenolics in grassland soils. Soil Science Society America Journal 76: 142-150.
  32. Kachenchart, B., Jones, D.L., Gajaseni, N., Edwards-Jones, G., Limsakul, A., (2012). Seasonal nitrous oxide emissions from different land uses and their controlling factors in a tropical riparian ecosystem. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 158, 15-30.
  33. Lahmer, R.A., Williams, A.P., Townsend, S., Baker, S. and Jones, D.L. (2012) Antibacterial action of chitosan-arginine against Escherichia coli O157 in chicken juice. Food Control 26: 206-211.
  34. Oburger, E., Leitner, D., Jones, D.L., Roose, T., Schnepf, A., (2012). Response to N. J. Barrow by E. Oburger, D. Leitner, D. L. Jones, T. Roose, A. Schnepf. European Journal of Soil Science 63, 528-530.
  35. Quilliam, R.S., Chalmers, R.M., Williams, A.P., Chart, H., Willshaw, G.A., Kench, S.M., Edwards-Jones, G., Evans, J., Thomas, D.R., Salmon, R.L. and Jones, D.L. (2012) Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with Escherichia coli O157 in a farming population. Zoonoses and Public Health 59: 83-88.
  36. Quilliam, RS, DeLuca TH, Jones DL. (2012). Biochar application reduces nodulation but increases nitrogenase activity in clover. Plant and Soil: In Press. DOI 10.1007/s11104-012-1411-4
  37. Quilliam RS, Jones DL. (2012). Evidence for host-specificity of culturable root fungal endophytes from the carnivorous plant Pinguicula vulgaris. Mycological Progress. 11: 583-585
  38. Quilliam RS, Marsden KA, Gertler C, Rousk J, DeLuca TH, Jones DL. (2012). Nutrient dynamics, microbial growth and weed emergence in biochar amended soil are influenced by time since application and reapplication rate. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 158: 192-199
  39. Quilliam RS, Rangecroft S, Emmett BA, DeLuca TH, Jones DL. (2012). Is biochar a source or sink for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) compounds in agricultural soils? Global Change Biology, Bioenergy: In Press
  40. Quilliam, R.S., Williams, A.P. and Jones, D.L. (2012) Lettuce cultivar mediates both phyllosphere and rhizosphere activity of Escherichia coli O157:H7. PLoS One 7: e33842.
  41. Ransom-Jones, E., Jones, D.L., McCarthy, A.J. and McDonald, J.E. (2012) The Fibrobacters: an important phylum of cellulose-degrading bacteria. Microbial Ecology 63: 267-281.
  42. Roberts, P.; Jones, D. L. (2012) Microbial and plant uptake of free amino sugars in grassland soils. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY 49: 139-149.
  43. Rousk, J., Ackermann, K., Curling, S.F. and Jones, D.L. (2012) Comparative toxicity of nanoparticulate CuO and ZnO to soil bacterial communities. PLoS One 7: e34197.
  44. Schnepf, A.; Jones, D.; Roose, T. (2011) Modelling Nutrient Uptake by Individual Hyphae of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Temporal and Spatial Scales for an Experimental Design. BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY 73: 2175-2200.
  45. Walsh, J.J., Jones, D.L., Edwards-Jones, G., Williams, A.P., (2012). Replacing inorganic fertilizer with anaerobic digestate may maintain agricultural productivity at less environmental cost. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 175, 840-845.
  46. Walsh, J.J., Rousk, J., Edwards-Jones, G., Jones, D.L., Williams, A.P., (2012). Fungal and bacterial growth following the application of slurry and anaerobic digestate of livestock manure to temperate pasture soils. Biology and Fertility of Soils 48, 889-897.
  47. Williams AP, Quilliam RS, Thorn CE, Cooper D, Reynolds B, Jones DL (2012) Influence of land use and nutrient flux on metabolic activity of E. coli O157 in river water. Water, Air & Soil Pollution 223, 3077-3083.
  48. Banning, N.C., Phillips, I.R., Jones, D.L. and Murphy, D.V. (2011) Development of microbial diversity and functional potential in bauxite-residue sand under rehabilitation. Restoration Ecology 19: 78-87.
  49. Farrell, M., Healey, J.R., Godbold, D.L., Nason, M.A., Tandy, S. and Jones, D.L. (2011) Modification of fertility of soil materials for restoration of acid grassland habitat. Restoration Ecology 19: 509-519.
  50. Farrell, M., Hill, P.W., Farrar, J., Bardgett, R.D. and Jones, D.L. (2011) Seasonal variation in soluble soil carbon and nitrogen across a grassland productivity gradient. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43: 835-844.
  51. Farrell, M., Hill, P.W., Wanniarachchi, S.D., Farrar, J., Bardgett, R.D. and Jones, D.L. (2011) Rapid peptide metabolism: A major component of soil nitrogen cycling? Global Biogeochemical Cycles 25: GB3014.
  52. Garbuio, F.J., Jones, D.L., Alleoni, L.R.F., Murphy, D.V. and Caires, E.F. (2011) Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in an oxisol as affected by liming and crop residues under no-till. Soil Science Society America Journal 75: 1723-1730.
  53. Garcia-Ortega, S., Holliman, P.J. and Jones, D.L. (2011) Effects of salinity, DOM and metals on the fate and microbial toxicology of propetamphos formulations in river and estuarine sediment. Chemosphere 83: 1117-1123.
  54. Gonzalez-Quinones, V., Stockdale, E.A., Banning, N.C., Hoyle, F.C., Sawada, Y., Wherrett, A.D., Jones, D.L. and Murphy, D.V. (2011) Soil microbial biomass - interpretation and consideration for soil monitoring. Soil Research 49: 287-304.
  55. Gwyther, C.L., Williams, A.P., Golyshin, P.N., Edwards-Jones, G. and Jones, D.L. (2011) The environmental and biosecurity characteristics of livestock carcass disposal methods: a review. Waste Management 31: 767-778.
  56. Healey, J.R., Tandy, S., Wallace, H.L., Williamson, J.C., Nason, M.A. and Jones, D.L. (2011) Importance of researching the mechanisms underpinning the restoration of whole ecosystem diversity. Biological Conservation 144: 1300-1301.
  57. Hill, P., Quilliam, R.S., DeLuca, T.H., Farrar, J., Farrell, M., Roberts, P., Newsham, K., Hopkins, D., Bardgett, R. and Jones, D.L. (2011) Acquisition and assimilation of nitrogen as peptide-bound and D-enantiomers of amino acids by wheat. PLoS-ONE 6: e19220.
  58. Hill, P.W., Farrar, J., Roberts, P., Farrell, M., Grant, H., Newsham, K.K., Hopkins, D.W., Bardgett, R.D. and Jones, D.L. (2011) Vascular plant success in a warming Antarctic may be due to efficient nitrogen acquisition. Nature Climate Change 1: 50-53.
  59. Hill, P.W., Farrell, M., Roberts, P., Farrar, J., Grant, H., Newsham, K.K., Hopkins, D.W., Bardgett, R.D. and Jones, D.L. (2011) Soil- and enantiomer-specific metabolism of amino acids and their peptides by Antarctic soil microorganisms. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43: 2410-2416.
  60. Jones, D.L., Edwards-Jones, G. and Murphy, D.V. (2011) Biochar mediated alterations in herbicide breakdown and leaching in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43: 804-813.
  61. Jones, D.L., Murphy, D.V., Khalid, M., Ahmad, W., Edwards-Jones, G. and DeLuca, T.H. (2011) Short-term biochar-induced increase in soil respiration is both biotically and abiotically mediated. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43: 1723-1731.
  62. Mills, R., Glanville, H., McGovern, S., Emmett, B. and Jones, D.L. (2011) Soil respiration across three contrasting ecosystem types: comparison of two portable IRGA systems. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 174: 532-535.
  63. Murphy, D.V., Cookson, W.R., Braimbridge, M., Marschner, P., Jones, D.L., Stockdale, E.A. and Abbott, L.K. (2011) Relationships between soil organic matter and the soil microbial biomass (size, functional diversity, and community structure) in crop and pasture systems in a semi-arid environment. Soil Research 49: 582-594.
  64. Oburger, E., Jones, D.L. and Wenzel, W.W. (2011) Phosphorus saturation and pH differentially regulate the efficiency of organic acid anion-mediated P solubilization mechanisms in soil. Plant and Soil 341: 363-382.
  65. Oburger, E., Leitner, D., Jones, D.L., Zygalakis, K.C., Schnepf, A. and Roose, T. (2011) Adsorption and desorption dynamics of citric acid anions in soil. European Journal of Soil Science 62: 733-742.
  66. Olsen, Y.S., Dausse, A., Garbutt, A., Ford, H., Thomas, D.N. and Jones, D.L. (2011) Cattle grazing drives nitrogen and carbon cycling in a temperate salt marsh. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43: 531-541.
  67. Quilliam, R.S., Clements, K., Duce, C., Cottrill, S.B., Malham, S.K. and Jones, D.L. (2011) Spatial variation of waterborne Escherichia coli - implication for routine water quality monitoring. Journal of Water and Health 9: 734-737.
  68. Quilliam, R.S., Williams, A.P., Avery, L.M., Malham, S.K. and Jones, D.L. (2011) Unearthing human pathogens at the agricultural–environment interface: A review of current methods for the detection of Escherichia coli O157 in freshwater ecosystems. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 140: 354-360.
  69. Rousk, J., Brookes, P.C., Glanville, H.C. and Jones, D.L. (2011) Lack of correlation between turnover of low-molecular-weight dissolved organic carbon and differences in microbial community composition or growth across a soil pH gradient. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77: 2791-2795.
  70. Rousk, J., Elyaagubi, F.K., Jones, D.L. and Godbold, D.L. (2011) Bacterial salt tolerance is unrelated to soil salinity across and arid agroecosystem salinity gradient. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43: 1881-1887.
  71. Simfukwe, P., Hill, P.W., Emmett, B.A. and Jones, D.L. (2011) Soil classification provides a poor indicator of carbon turnover rates in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43: 1688-1696.
  72. Tandy, S., Wallace, H.L., Jones, D.L., Nason, M.A., Williamson, J.C. and Healey, J.R. (2011) Can a mesotrophic grassland community be restored on a post-industrial sandy site with compost made from waste materials? Biological Conservation 144: 500-510.
  73. Thorn, C.E., Quilliam, R.S., Williams, A.P., Malham, S.K., Cooper, D., Reynolds, B. and Jones, D.L. (2011) Grazing intensity is a poor indicator of waterborne Escherichia coli O157 activity. Anaerobe 17: 330-333.
  74. Ward, A.J., Hobbs, P.J., Holliman, P.J. and Jones, D.L. (2011) Evaluation of near infrared spectroscopy and software sensor methods for determination of total alkalinity in aerobic digesters. Bioresource Technology 102: 4083-4090.
  75. Williamson, J.C., Rowe, E.C., Hill, P.W., Nason, M.A., Jones, D.L. and Healey, J.R. (2011) Alleviation of both water and nutrient limitations is necessary to accelerate ecological restoration of waste rock tips. Restoration Ecology 19: 194-204.
  76. Wyness, K., Mills, G., Jones, L., Barnes, J.D. and Jones, D.L. (2011) Enhanced nitrogen deposition exacerbates the negative effect of increasing background ozone in Dactylis glomerata, but not Ranunculus acris. Environmental Pollution 159: 2493-2499.
  77. Zygalakis, K.C., Kirk, G.J.D., Jones, D.L., Wissuwa, M. and Roose, T. (2011) A dual porosity model of nutrient uptake by root hairs. New Phytologist 192: 676-688.
  78. Bussell, J., Jones, D.L., Healey, J.R. and Pullin, A.S. (2010) How do draining and re-wetting affect carbon stores and greenhouse gas fluxes in peat soils? Environmental Evidence www.environmentalevidence.org/SR49.html
  79. Farrell, M., Griffith, G., Hobbs, P., Perkins, W. and Jones, D. (2010) Microbial diversity and activity are increased by compost amendment of metal-contaminated soil. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 71: 94-105.
  80. Farrell, M. and Jones, D.L. (2010) Use of composts in the remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials 175: 575-582.
  81. Farrell, M., Perkins, W., Hobbs, P., Griffith, G. and Jones, D. (2010) Migration of heavy metals in soil as influenced by compost amendments. Environmental Pollution 158: 55-64.
  82. Ge, T.-D., Huang, D.F., Roberts, P., Jones, D.L. and Song, S.-W. (2010) Dynamics of nitrogen speciation in horticultural soils in suburbs of Shanghai, China. Pedosphere 20: 261-272.
  83. Jones, D.L. and Healey, J.R. (2010) Use of organic amendments for remediation: turning waste to good use. Elements 6: 369-374.
  84. Koerber, G.R., Hill, P.W., Edwards-Jones, G. and Jones, D.L. (2010) Estimating the component of soil respiration not dependent on living plant roots: comparison of the indirect y-intercept regression approach and direct bare plot approach. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 42: 1835-1841.
  85. Malpass, M.C., Williams, A.P., Jones, D.L. and Omed, H.M. (2010) Microbiological quality of chicken wings damaged on the farm or in the processing plant. Food Microbiology 27: 521-525.
  86. Nechitaylo, T., Yakimov, M., Godinho, M., Timmis, K., Belogolova, E., Byzov, B., Kurakov, A., Jones, D. and Golyshin, P. (2010) Effect of the earthworms Lumbricus terrestris and Aporrectodea caliginosa on bacterial diversity in soil. Microbial Ecology 59: 574-587.
  87. Quilliam, R. and Jones, D.L. (2010) Fungal root endophytes of the carnivorous plant Drosera rotundifolia. Mycorrhiza 20: 341-348.
  88. Quilliam, R.S., Hodge, A. and Jones, D.L. (2010) Sporulation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in organic-rich patches following host excision. Applied Soil Ecology 46: 247-250.
  89. Rewald, B., Michopoulos, P., Dalsgaard, L., Jones, D.L. and Godbold, D.L. (2010) Hydrological effects on below ground processes in temperate and Mediterranean forests. In Bredemeier, M., Cohen, S., Godbold, D.L., Lode, E., Pichler, V. and Schleppi, P. (eds.), Forest management and the water cycle. Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 173-196.
  90. Tandy, S., Healey, J.R., Nason, M.A., Williamson, J.C., Jones, D.L. and Thain, S.C. (2010) FT-IR as an alternative method for measuring chemical properties during composting. Bioresource Technology 101: 5431-5436.