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Dr Ben MacDonald

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Dr Ben Macdonald is developing improved agricultural production systems through the measurement of nutrient and water fluxes within agricultural and natural ecosystems. His research also focuses on the quantification of gaseous exchange between the land surface and the atmosphere and the key processes responsible for emissions from agricultural and natural ecosystems.

Currently Dr Macdonald is leading research projects in Australian cotton production systems with a focus on nitrogen use efficiency and nutrient cycling within root cropping systems of the Pacific Island Countries and Territories.
Topics of interest:
Soil carbon
Soil Health
Water quality
Dr Macdonald has worked in Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Kiribati and Tuvalu.
Have been Principal Supervisor to 8 PhD students and have Co-Supervised 8 PhD students.

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