Barry Thornton
Barry has been manager of the Light Stable Isotopes Laboratory in the Analytical Group since 2006. After originally studying Biochemistry at Bangor he gained his PhD at Aberdeen University, being primarily based at the Institute during this period. He has a strong background in plant physiology with extensive experience of the application of stable isotopes in a wide variety of research contexts, in particular looking at C and N fluxes in plant-soil ecosystems.
Current research interests
Barry continues to have an interest in C and N fluxes in the plant-soil and other ecosystems. He has utilised compound specific stable isotope techniques to trace the flow of C from various sources into microbial phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) in both terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Recently he determined the spatial distribution of carbon and nitrogen isotopes in the topsoil of Scotland and applied linear modelling to assess the extent to which land use and climate act as drivers of the observed distributions. He is currently applying Rayleigh equations to the pattern of enrichment of carbon isotopes which occurs going down soil profiles at the national scale to develop understanding of soil carbon decomposition rates. He has over 65 peer reviewed manuscripts.
Bibliography
- García-Martín, E.E.; Sanders, R.; Evans, C.D.; Kitidis, V.; Lapworth, D.J.; Spears, B.M.; Tye, A.; Williamson, J.L.; Balfour, C.; Best, M.; Bowes, M.; Breimann, S.; Brown, I.J.; Burden, A.; Callaghan, N.; Dise, N.B.; Farr, G.; Felgate, S.L.; Fishwick, J.; Fraser, M.; Gibb, S.; Gilbert, P.J.; Godsell, N.; Gomez-Castillo, A.P.; Hargreaves, G.; Harris, C.; Jones, O.; Kennedy, P.; Lichtschlag, A.; Martin, A.P.; May, R.; Mawji, E.; Mounteney, I.; Nightingale, P.D.; Olszewska, J.P.; Painter, S.C.; Pearce, C.R.; Pereira, M.G.; Peel, K.; Pickard, A.; Stephens, J.A.; Stinchcombe, M.; Thornton, B.; Woodward, E.M.S.; Yarrow, D.; Mayor, D.J. (2023) Sources, Composition, and Export of Particulate Organic Matter Across British Estuaries, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128(4), Art. e2023JG007420
- Jilkova, V.; Sim, A.; Thornton, B.; Paterson, E. (2023) Grass rather than legume species decreases soil organic matter decomposition with nutrient addition, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 177, Art. 108936
- Wiltshire, C.; Waine, T.; Grabowski, R.; Meersmans, J.; Thornton, B.; Addy, S.; Glendell, M. (2023) Assessing n-alkane and neutral lipid biomarkers as tracers for land-use specific sediment sources, Geoderma, 433, Art. 116445
- Crittenden, P.D.; Ellis, C.J.; Smith, R.I.; Wanek, W.; Thornton, B. (2022) Loss of nitrogen fixing capacity in a montane lichen is linked to increased nitrogen deposition, Journal of Ecology, 111(2), pp. 280-299
- Jenkins, H.E.; Atherden, F.; Cook, K.B.; Anderson, T.R.; Thornton, B.; Mitchell, E.; Jacob, E.; Mayor, D.J. (2022) Grazing, egg production and carbon budgets for Calanus finmarchicus across the Fram Strait, Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, Art. 901461
- Mayor, D.J.; Cook, K.B.; Thornton, B.; Atherden, F.; Tarling, G.A.; Anderson, T.R. (2022) Biomass Turnover Rates in Metabolically Active and Inactive Marine Calanoid Copepods, Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, Art. 907290
- Demars, B. O. L. ; Kemp, J.L.; Marteau, B.; Friberg, N.; Thornton, B. (2021) Stream Macroinvertebrates and carbon cycling in tangled food webs., Ecosystems, 24, 1944-1961.
- Shahbaz, M.; Thornton, B.; Borjesson, G. (2021) Importance of fungi in a 63 years old long-term field experiment with 20 years of maize growth., European Journal of Soil Biology, 102, Article No. 103264.
- Penhaul Smith, J.K.; Hughes, A.D.; McEvoy, L.; Thornton, B.; Day, J.G. (2021) The carbon partitioning of glucose and DIC in mixotrophic, heterotrophic and photoautotrophic cultures of Tetraselmis suecica., Biotechnology Letters, 43, 729-743.
- Demars, B.O.L.; Friberg, N.; Thornton, B. (2020) Pulse of dissolved organic matter alters reciprocal carbon subsidies between autotrophs and bacteria in stream food webs., Ecological Monographs, 90, Article No. e01399.
- Vinnepand, M.; Fischer, P.; Fitzsimmons, K.; Thornton, B.; Fiedler, S.; Vott, A. (2020) Combining inorganic and organic carbon stable isotope signatures in the Schwalbenberg Loess-palaeosol-sequence near Remagen (Middle Rhine Valley, Germany)., Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, Article No. 276.
- Jilkova, V.; Sim, A.; Thornton, B.; Jandova, K.; Cajthaml, T.; Paterson, E. (2020) Impact of plant species and atmospheric CO2 concentration on rhizodeposition and soil microbial activity and community composition., Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 183, 327-337.
- Shahbaz, M.; Kätterer, T.; Thornton, B.; Borjesson G. (2020) Dynamics of fungal and bacterial communities and their carbon sources during the growing season of maize in a long term experiment., Biology and Fertility of Soils, 56, 759-770.
- Jilkova, V.; Jandova, K.; Sim, A.; Thornton, B.; Paterson, E. (2019) Soil organic matter decomposition and carbon sequestration in temperate coniferous forest soils affected by soluble and insoluble spruce needle fractions., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 138, Article No. 107595.
- Mayor, D.J.; Thornton, B.; Jenkins, H.; Felgate, S.L. (2019) Microbiota: The living foundation., In: Beninger, P.G. (ed.). Mudflat Ecology. Aquatic Ecology Series, No. 7. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, Chapter 3, pp43-61.
- Birkel, C.; Helliwell, R.C.; Thornton, B.; Gibbs, S.; Cooper, P.; Soulsby, C.; Tetzlaff, D.; Spezia, L.; Esquivel-Hernandez, G.; Sanchez-Murillo, R.; Midwood, A. (2018) Characterization of surface water isotope spatial patterns of Scotland., Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 194, 71-80.
- Souza, I.D.; Arrivabene, H.P.; Craig, C-A.; Midwood, A.J.; Thornton, B.; Matsumoto, S.T.; Elliott, M.; Wunderlin, D.A.; Monferrán, M.V.; Fernandes, M.N. (2018) Interrogating pollution sources in a mangrove food web using multiple stable isotopes., Science of the Total Environment, 640-641, 501-511.
- Andriukonis, E.; Stirke, A.; Garbaras, A.; Mikoliunaite, L.; Ramanaviciene, A.; Remeikis, V.; Thornton, B.; Ramanavicius, A. (2018) Yeast-assisted synthesis of polypyrrole: quantification and influence on the mechanical properties of the cell wall., Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 164, 224-231.
- Bölscher, T.; Paterson, E.; Freitag, T.; Thornton, B.; Herrmann, A.M. (2017) Temperature sensitivity of substrate-use efficiency can result from altered microbial physiology without change to community composition., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 109, 59-69.
- Mayor, D.J.; Gray, N.B.; Hattich, G.S.I.; Thornton, B. (2017) Detecting the presence of fish farm-derived organic matter at the seafloor using stable isotope analysis of phospholipid fatty acids., Scientific Reports, 7, Article No. 5146.
- Waibel, M.; Santos, C.; Paterson, E.; Thornton, B.; Brennan, F.; Abram, F.; Tuohy, M. (2017) Biochemical characterisation of operational soil proteinaceous fractions, obtained by different extraction methods from grassland topsoils., 6th International Symposium on Soil Organic Matter, Harpenden, UK, 3-7 September 2017.
- Borjesson, G.; Menichetti, L.; Thornton, B.; Campbell, C.D.; Katterer, T. (2016) Seasonal dynamics of the soil microbial community: assimilation of old and young carbon sources in a long-term field experiment as revealed by natural C-13 abundance., European Journal of Soil Science, 67, 79-89.
- Hannam, K.D.; Neilsen, G.H.; Neilsen, D.; Midwood, A.J.; Millard, P.; Zhang, Z.L.; Thornton, B.; Steinke, D. (2016) Amino acid composition of grape (Vitis vinifera L.) juice in response to applications of urea to the soil or foliage., American Journal of Enology and Viticulture, 67, 47-55.
- Waibel, M.; Thornton, B.; Paterson, E.; Freitag, T. (2016) Interactions in labile C application to soil and soil organic matter mineralisation., 3rd Doctoral Researcher’s Conference, Signaling at the Plant-Soil Interface, Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany, 14-16 September 2016.
- Main, C.E.; Ruhl, H.A.; Jones, D.O.B.; Yool, A.; Thornton, B.; Mayor, D.J. (2015) Hydrocarbon contamination affects deep-sea benthic oxygen uptake and microbial community composition., Deep Sea Research Part 1 - Oceanographic Research Papers, 100, 79-87.
- Gontikaki, E.; Thornton, B.; Cornulier, T.; Witte, U. (2015) Occurrence of priming in the degradation of lignocellulose in marine sediments., PLoS ONE, 10, Article No. e0143917.
- Yao, H-Y.; Chapman, S.J.; Thornton, B.; Paterson, E. (2015) C-13 PLFAs: a key to open the soil microbial black box?, Plant and Soil, 392, 3-15.
- Thornton, B.; Martin, G.; Procee, M.; Miller, D.R.; Coull, M.C.; Yao, H.-Y.; Chapman, S.J.; Hudson, G.; Midwood, A.J. (2015) Distributions of carbon and nitrogen isotopes in Scotland's topsoil: a national-scale study., European Journal of Soil Science, 66, 1002-1011.
- Echavarri-Bravo, V.; Paterson, L.; Aspray, T.J.; Porter, J.S.; Winson, M.K.; Thornton, B.; Hartl, M.G. (2015) Shifts in the metabolic function of benthic estuarine microbial community following a single pulse exposure to silver nanoparticles., Environmental Pollution, 201, 91-99.
- Grammatopoulou, E.; Thornton, B.; Robinson, D.; Mayor, D.J. (2015) Distribution and origin(s) of organic matter and bacterial biomass in the Kermadec Trench: testing and resource accumulation depth hyopothesis., 14th Deep Sea Biology Symposium, Aveiro, Portugal, 31 August - 14 September 2015.
- Wang, J.; Thornton, B.; Yao, H. (2014) Incorporation of urea-derived C-13 into microbial communities in four different agriculture soils., Biology and Fertility of Soils, 50, 603-612.
- Mayor, D.J.; Gray, N.B.; Elver-Evans, J.; Midwood, A.J.; Thornton, B. (2013) Metal-macrofauna interactions determine microbial community structure and function in copper contaminated sediments., PLoS ONE, 8, Article No. e64940.
- Reinsch, S.; Ambus, P.; Thornton, B.; Paterson, E. (2013) Impact of future climatic conditions on the potential for plant-mediated soil organic matter priming., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 65, 133-140.
- Santos, P.M.; Thornton, B.; Corsi, M. (2012) Adaptation of the C-4 grass panicum maximum to defoliation is related to plasticity of N uptake, mobilisation and allocation patterns., Scientia Agricola, 69, 293-299.
- Mayor, D.J.; Thornton, B.; Zuur, A.F. (2012) Resource quantity affects benthic microbial community structure and growth efficiency in a temperate intertidal mudflat., PLoS ONE, 7, Article No. e38582.
- Veresoglou, S.D.; Thornton, B.; Menexes, G.; Mamolos, A.P.; Veresoglou, D.S. (2012) Soil fertilization leads to a decline in between-samples variability of microbial community delta C-13 profiles in a grassland fertilization experiment., PLoS ONE, 7, Article No. e44203.
- Huaiying, Y.; Thornton, B.; Paterson, E. (2012) Incorporation of 13C-labelled rice rhizodeposition carbon into soil microbial communities under different water status., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 53, 72-77.
- Meharg, A.A.; Edwards, K.J.; Schofield, J.E.; Raab, A.; Feldmann, J.; Moran, A.; Bryant, C.L.; Thornton, B.; Dawson, J.J.C. (2012) First comprehensive peat depositional records for tin, lead and copper associated with the antiquity of Europe’s largest cassiterite deposits., Journal of Archaeological Science, 39, 717-727.
- Ascher, J.; Sartori, G.; Graefe, U.; Thornton, B.; Ceccherini, M.T.; Pietramellara, G.; Egli, M. (2012) Are humus forms, mesofauna and microflora in subalpine forest soils sensitive to thermal conditions?, Biology and Fertility of Soils, 48, 709-725.
- Mayor, D.J.; Thornton, B.; Hay, S.; Zuur, A.F.; Nicol, G.W.; McWilliam, J.M.; Witte, U.F.M. (2012) Resource quality affects carbon cycling in deep-sea sediments., ISME Journal, 6, 1740-1748.
- García-Martín, E.E.; Sanders, R.; Evans, C.D.; Kitidis, V.; Lapworth, D.J.; Spears, B.M.; Tye, A.; Williamson, J.L.; Balfour, C.; Best, M.; Bowes, M.; Breimann, S.; Brown, I.J.; Burden, A.; Callaghan, N.; Dise, N.B.; Farr, G.; Felgate, S.L.; Fishwick, J.; Fraser, M.; Gibb, S.; Gilbert, P.J.; Godsell, N.; Gomez-Castillo, A.P.; Hargreaves, G.; Harris, C.; Jones, O.; Kennedy, P.; Lichtschlag, A.; Martin, A.P.; May, R.; Mawji, E.; Mounteney, I.; Nightingale, P.D.; Olszewska, J.P.; Painter, S.C.; Pearce, C.R.; Pereira, M.G.; Peel, K.; Pickard, A.; Stephens, J.A.; Stinchcombe, M.; Thornton, B.; Woodward, E.M.S.; Yarrow, D.; Mayor, D.J. (2023) Sources, Composition, and Export of Particulate Organic Matter Across British Estuaries, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128(4), Art. e2023JG007420
- Jilkova, V.; Sim, A.; Thornton, B.; Paterson, E. (2023) Grass rather than legume species decreases soil organic matter decomposition with nutrient addition, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 177, Art. 108936
- Wiltshire, C.; Waine, T.; Grabowski, R.; Meersmans, J.; Thornton, B.; Addy, S.; Glendell, M. (2023) Assessing n-alkane and neutral lipid biomarkers as tracers for land-use specific sediment sources, Geoderma, 433, Art. 116445
- Crittenden, P.D.; Ellis, C.J.; Smith, R.I.; Wanek, W.; Thornton, B. (2022) Loss of nitrogen fixing capacity in a montane lichen is linked to increased nitrogen deposition, Journal of Ecology, 111(2), pp. 280-299
- Jenkins, H.E.; Atherden, F.; Cook, K.B.; Anderson, T.R.; Thornton, B.; Mitchell, E.; Jacob, E.; Mayor, D.J. (2022) Grazing, egg production and carbon budgets for Calanus finmarchicus across the Fram Strait, Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, Art. 901461
- Mayor, D.J.; Cook, K.B.; Thornton, B.; Atherden, F.; Tarling, G.A.; Anderson, T.R. (2022) Biomass Turnover Rates in Metabolically Active and Inactive Marine Calanoid Copepods, Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, Art. 907290
- Demars, B. O. L. ; Kemp, J.L.; Marteau, B.; Friberg, N.; Thornton, B. (2021) Stream Macroinvertebrates and carbon cycling in tangled food webs., Ecosystems, 24, 1944-1961.
- Shahbaz, M.; Thornton, B.; Borjesson, G. (2021) Importance of fungi in a 63 years old long-term field experiment with 20 years of maize growth., European Journal of Soil Biology, 102, Article No. 103264.
- Penhaul Smith, J.K.; Hughes, A.D.; McEvoy, L.; Thornton, B.; Day, J.G. (2021) The carbon partitioning of glucose and DIC in mixotrophic, heterotrophic and photoautotrophic cultures of Tetraselmis suecica., Biotechnology Letters, 43, 729-743.
- Demars, B.O.L.; Friberg, N.; Thornton, B. (2020) Pulse of dissolved organic matter alters reciprocal carbon subsidies between autotrophs and bacteria in stream food webs., Ecological Monographs, 90, Article No. e01399.
- Vinnepand, M.; Fischer, P.; Fitzsimmons, K.; Thornton, B.; Fiedler, S.; Vott, A. (2020) Combining inorganic and organic carbon stable isotope signatures in the Schwalbenberg Loess-palaeosol-sequence near Remagen (Middle Rhine Valley, Germany)., Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, Article No. 276.
- Jilkova, V.; Sim, A.; Thornton, B.; Jandova, K.; Cajthaml, T.; Paterson, E. (2020) Impact of plant species and atmospheric CO2 concentration on rhizodeposition and soil microbial activity and community composition., Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 183, 327-337.
- Shahbaz, M.; Kätterer, T.; Thornton, B.; Borjesson G. (2020) Dynamics of fungal and bacterial communities and their carbon sources during the growing season of maize in a long term experiment., Biology and Fertility of Soils, 56, 759-770.
- Jilkova, V.; Jandova, K.; Sim, A.; Thornton, B.; Paterson, E. (2019) Soil organic matter decomposition and carbon sequestration in temperate coniferous forest soils affected by soluble and insoluble spruce needle fractions., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 138, Article No. 107595.
- Birkel, C.; Helliwell, R.C.; Thornton, B.; Gibbs, S.; Cooper, P.; Soulsby, C.; Tetzlaff, D.; Spezia, L.; Esquivel-Hernandez, G.; Sanchez-Murillo, R.; Midwood, A. (2018) Characterization of surface water isotope spatial patterns of Scotland., Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 194, 71-80.
- Souza, I.D.; Arrivabene, H.P.; Craig, C-A.; Midwood, A.J.; Thornton, B.; Matsumoto, S.T.; Elliott, M.; Wunderlin, D.A.; Monferrán, M.V.; Fernandes, M.N. (2018) Interrogating pollution sources in a mangrove food web using multiple stable isotopes., Science of the Total Environment, 640-641, 501-511.
- Andriukonis, E.; Stirke, A.; Garbaras, A.; Mikoliunaite, L.; Ramanaviciene, A.; Remeikis, V.; Thornton, B.; Ramanavicius, A. (2018) Yeast-assisted synthesis of polypyrrole: quantification and influence on the mechanical properties of the cell wall., Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 164, 224-231.
- Bölscher, T.; Paterson, E.; Freitag, T.; Thornton, B.; Herrmann, A.M. (2017) Temperature sensitivity of substrate-use efficiency can result from altered microbial physiology without change to community composition., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 109, 59-69.
- Mayor, D.J.; Gray, N.B.; Hattich, G.S.I.; Thornton, B. (2017) Detecting the presence of fish farm-derived organic matter at the seafloor using stable isotope analysis of phospholipid fatty acids., Scientific Reports, 7, Article No. 5146.
- Borjesson, G.; Menichetti, L.; Thornton, B.; Campbell, C.D.; Katterer, T. (2016) Seasonal dynamics of the soil microbial community: assimilation of old and young carbon sources in a long-term field experiment as revealed by natural C-13 abundance., European Journal of Soil Science, 67, 79-89.
- Hannam, K.D.; Neilsen, G.H.; Neilsen, D.; Midwood, A.J.; Millard, P.; Zhang, Z.L.; Thornton, B.; Steinke, D. (2016) Amino acid composition of grape (Vitis vinifera L.) juice in response to applications of urea to the soil or foliage., American Journal of Enology and Viticulture, 67, 47-55.
- Main, C.E.; Ruhl, H.A.; Jones, D.O.B.; Yool, A.; Thornton, B.; Mayor, D.J. (2015) Hydrocarbon contamination affects deep-sea benthic oxygen uptake and microbial community composition., Deep Sea Research Part 1 - Oceanographic Research Papers, 100, 79-87.
- Gontikaki, E.; Thornton, B.; Cornulier, T.; Witte, U. (2015) Occurrence of priming in the degradation of lignocellulose in marine sediments., PLoS ONE, 10, Article No. e0143917.
- Yao, H-Y.; Chapman, S.J.; Thornton, B.; Paterson, E. (2015) C-13 PLFAs: a key to open the soil microbial black box?, Plant and Soil, 392, 3-15.
- Thornton, B.; Martin, G.; Procee, M.; Miller, D.R.; Coull, M.C.; Yao, H.-Y.; Chapman, S.J.; Hudson, G.; Midwood, A.J. (2015) Distributions of carbon and nitrogen isotopes in Scotland's topsoil: a national-scale study., European Journal of Soil Science, 66, 1002-1011.
- Echavarri-Bravo, V.; Paterson, L.; Aspray, T.J.; Porter, J.S.; Winson, M.K.; Thornton, B.; Hartl, M.G. (2015) Shifts in the metabolic function of benthic estuarine microbial community following a single pulse exposure to silver nanoparticles., Environmental Pollution, 201, 91-99.
- Wang, J.; Thornton, B.; Yao, H. (2014) Incorporation of urea-derived C-13 into microbial communities in four different agriculture soils., Biology and Fertility of Soils, 50, 603-612.
- Mayor, D.J.; Gray, N.B.; Elver-Evans, J.; Midwood, A.J.; Thornton, B. (2013) Metal-macrofauna interactions determine microbial community structure and function in copper contaminated sediments., PLoS ONE, 8, Article No. e64940.
- Reinsch, S.; Ambus, P.; Thornton, B.; Paterson, E. (2013) Impact of future climatic conditions on the potential for plant-mediated soil organic matter priming., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 65, 133-140.
- Santos, P.M.; Thornton, B.; Corsi, M. (2012) Adaptation of the C-4 grass panicum maximum to defoliation is related to plasticity of N uptake, mobilisation and allocation patterns., Scientia Agricola, 69, 293-299.
- Mayor, D.J.; Thornton, B.; Zuur, A.F. (2012) Resource quantity affects benthic microbial community structure and growth efficiency in a temperate intertidal mudflat., PLoS ONE, 7, Article No. e38582.
- Veresoglou, S.D.; Thornton, B.; Menexes, G.; Mamolos, A.P.; Veresoglou, D.S. (2012) Soil fertilization leads to a decline in between-samples variability of microbial community delta C-13 profiles in a grassland fertilization experiment., PLoS ONE, 7, Article No. e44203.
- Huaiying, Y.; Thornton, B.; Paterson, E. (2012) Incorporation of 13C-labelled rice rhizodeposition carbon into soil microbial communities under different water status., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 53, 72-77.
- Meharg, A.A.; Edwards, K.J.; Schofield, J.E.; Raab, A.; Feldmann, J.; Moran, A.; Bryant, C.L.; Thornton, B.; Dawson, J.J.C. (2012) First comprehensive peat depositional records for tin, lead and copper associated with the antiquity of Europe’s largest cassiterite deposits., Journal of Archaeological Science, 39, 717-727.
- Ascher, J.; Sartori, G.; Graefe, U.; Thornton, B.; Ceccherini, M.T.; Pietramellara, G.; Egli, M. (2012) Are humus forms, mesofauna and microflora in subalpine forest soils sensitive to thermal conditions?, Biology and Fertility of Soils, 48, 709-725.
- Mayor, D.J.; Thornton, B.; Hay, S.; Zuur, A.F.; Nicol, G.W.; McWilliam, J.M.; Witte, U.F.M. (2012) Resource quality affects carbon cycling in deep-sea sediments., ISME Journal, 6, 1740-1748.
- Gontikaki, E.; Polymenakou, P.N.; Thornton, B.; Narayanaswamy, B.E.; Black, K.; Tselepides, A.; Witte, U. (2012) Microbial response to organic matter enrichment in the oligotrophic Levantine Basin (Eastern Mediterranean)., Geomicrobiology Journal, 29, 648-655.
- Gontikaki, E.; Mayor, D.J.; Thornton, B.; Black, K.; Witte, U. (2011) Processing of 13C-labelled diatoms by a bathyal community at sub-zero temperatures., Marine Ecology Progress Series, 421, 39-50.
- Veresoglou, S.D.; Mamolos, A.P.; Thornton, B.; Voulgari, O.K.; Sen, R.; Veresoglou, S. (2011) Medium-term fertilization of grassland plant communities masks plant species linked effects on soil microbial community structure., Plant and Soil, 344, 187-196.
- Mayor, D.J.; Cook, K.; Thornton, B.; Walsham, P.; Witte, U.F.M.; Zuur, A.F.; Anderson, T.R. (2011) Absorption efficiencies and basal turnover of C, N and fatty acids in a marine Calanoid copepod., Functional Ecology, 25, 509-518.
- Echavarri-Bravo, V.; Paterson, L.; Aspray, T.J.; Porter, J.S.; Winson, M.K.; Thornton, B.; Hartl, M.G. (2015) Shifts in the metabolic function of benthic estuarine microbial community following a single pulse exposure to silver nanoparticles., Environmental Pollution, 201, 91-99.
- Reinsch, S.; Ambus, P.; Thornton, B.; Paterson, E. (2013) Impact of future climatic conditions on the potential for plant-mediated soil organic matter priming., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 65, 133-140.
- Ascher, J.; Sartori, G.; Graefe, U.; Thornton, B.; Ceccherini, M.T.; Pietramellara, G.; Egli, M. (2012) Are humus forms, mesofauna and microflora in subalpine forest soils sensitive to thermal conditions?, Biology and Fertility of Soils, 48, 709-725.
- Ascough, P.L.; Bird, M.I.; Francis, S.M.; Thornton, B.; Midwood, A.J.; Scott, A.; Apperley, D. (2011) Variability in oxidative degradation of charcoal: influence of production variables and environmental exposure., Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75, 2361-2378.
- Paterson, E.; Neilson, R.; Midwood, A.J.; Osborne, S.M.; Sim, A.; Thornton, B.; Millard, P. (2011) Altered food web structure and C-flux pathways associated with mineralisation of organic amendments to agricultural soil., Applied Soil Ecology, 48, 107-116.
- Gontikaki, E.; Mayor, D.J.; Thornton, B.; Black, K.; Witte, U. (2011) Processing of 13C-labelled diatoms by a bathyal community at sub-zero temperatures., Marine Ecology Progress Series, 421, 39-50.
- Mayor, D.J.; Thornton, B.; Jenkins, H.; Felgate, S.L. (2019) Microbiota: The living foundation., In: Beninger, P.G. (ed.). Mudflat Ecology. Aquatic Ecology Series, No. 7. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, Chapter 3, pp43-61.
- Miller, D.G.; Matthews, K.B.; Towers, W. (2012) Stocking rate on Land with Environmental Designations: an estimation of stocking rate on land designated as either RAMSAR, SAC, SPA or SSSI., Report to the Scottish Government, Areas of Natural Constraint Working Group, 16pp, 29 October 2012.
- Ourry, A., Thornton, B. and Laine, P. (1997) Field evaluation of the contribution of N reserves versus N uptake for regrowth of the forage species ryegrass., Report for British Council on Alliance project No. PN 9720.
- Waibel, M.; Santos, C.; Paterson, E.; Thornton, B.; Brennan, F.; Abram, F.; Tuohy, M. (2017) Biochemical characterisation of operational soil proteinaceous fractions, obtained by different extraction methods from grassland topsoils., 6th International Symposium on Soil Organic Matter, Harpenden, UK, 3-7 September 2017.
- Waibel, M.; Thornton, B.; Paterson, E.; Freitag, T. (2016) Interactions in labile C application to soil and soil organic matter mineralisation., 3rd Doctoral Researcher’s Conference, Signaling at the Plant-Soil Interface, Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany, 14-16 September 2016.
- Grammatopoulou, E.; Thornton, B.; Robinson, D.; Mayor, D.J. (2015) Distribution and origin(s) of organic matter and bacterial biomass in the Kermadec Trench: testing and resource accumulation depth hyopothesis., 14th Deep Sea Biology Symposium, Aveiro, Portugal, 31 August - 14 September 2015.
- Delbos, E.; Dawson, L.A.; Hillier, S.; Robertson, J.; Ross, J.; Thornton, B. (2008) Traces of soil from archaeological artefacts: a multidisciplinary approach., International Crime Science Conference 2008, London, 17-18 July 2008.
- Lattanzi, F.A.; Thornton, B.; Schnyder, H. (2004) Functional heterogeneity within grass roots systems. 1. Growth and nitrogen accumulation and mobilisation., In: Proceedings of the "Mitteilungen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Grunland und Futterbau", Ettelbrucke Luxemburg, September 2004, Band 6, pp77-80.
- Lattanzi, F.A.; Thornton, B.; Schnyder, H. (2004) Functional heterogeneity within grass roots systems. 1. Nitrate influx rates., In: Proceedings of the "Mitteilungen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Grunland und Futterbau", Ettelbrucke Luxemburg, September 2004, Band 6, pp81-83.
- Lattanzi, F.A.; Thornton, B.; Schnyder, H. (2004) Functional heterogeneity within grass roots systems., Annual Meeting of the Pasture Ecology Group, Institute of Agronomy and Crop Science, University of Bonn, Bonn, 25-26 July 2004.
- Santos, P.M.; Thornton, B.; Corsi, M. (2003) The sources of nitrogen used for growth of new leaves and tillers in defoliated Panicum maximum plants., World Conference on Animal Production (WCAP-2003), 9th, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 26-31 October, 2003. On cd-rom.
- Midwood, A.J., Paterson, E. and Thornton, B. (2002) Steady-state 13C labeling of Lolium perenne (ryegrass): comparison of plant with root exudate isotope signatures., The 9th Canadian Continuous-Flow Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry Workshop, University of Newfoundland, St John's Newfoundland, August 25-28, 2002, p3.8
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