Affiliations Landcare Research
Email carricks@landcareresearch.co.nz
Website http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/home
Honours, awards, and memberships
2014. Appointed to Council of New Zealand Soil Science Society.
2014. Appointed associate editor of the Journal of Environmental Quality.
2013. Landcare Research Distinguished service award, for achievement in science communication and technology transfer.
2010. Morice Fields award for exceptional merit in PhD thesis, NZ Soil Science Society.
2009. Summit-Quinphos award for 3rd year PhD students, NZ Soil Science Society.
Member of the NZ Soil Science Society
2008. Royal Society international travel grant.
2005 - 2008. AgMardt PhD scholarship.
Research interests
Research Priority Leader for national soil mapping and modelling https://soils.landcareresearch.co.nz/
Soil Physics in relation to irrigation management and contaminant transfer
List of your recent publications
Gray CW, McDowell RW, Carrick S, Thomas S 2016. The effect of irrigation and urine application on phosphorus losses to subsurface flow from a stony soil. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 233: 425-431.
Cichota, R., Kelliher, S., Thomas, S., Clemens, G., Fraser, P., Carrick, S. 2016. Effects of irrigation intensity on preferential solute transport in a stony soil. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research inpress
Mueller, K., Carrick, S., Meenken, E., Clemens, G., Hunter, D., Rhodes, P., Thomas, S. 2016. Is subcritical water repellency an issue for efficient irrigation in arable soils? Soil & Tillage Research accepted
McLeod, M.; Aislabie, J.; McGill, A.; Rhodes, P.; Carrick, S. 2014. Leaching of Escherichia coli from stony soils after effluent application. Journal of Environmental Quality 43: 528-538
Manderson A, Lilburne L, Hewitt A, Pollacco J, Carrick S. 2015. Recommendations and interim soils data to support the development of a national freshwater reporting model. Landcare Research Contract Report LC2380 for Ministry for the Environment.
Collins A, Mackay A, Basher L, Schipper L, Carrick S, Manderson A, Cavanagh J, Clothier B, Weeks E, Newton P 2014. Future requirements for soil management in New Zealand. Phase 1: Looking Back. National Land Resource Centre, Palmerston North. Landcare Research contract report LC 2077, for Ministry of Primary Industries. pp 52.
Carrick, S., Cavanagh, J., Scott, J., McLeod, M. 2014. Understanding phosphorus, nitrogen, and cadmium transfer through a young stony soil. In: Nutrient management for the farm, catchment and community. (Eds L.D. Currie and C L. Christensen). http://flrc.massey.ac.nz/publications.html. Occasional Report No. 27. Fertilizer and Lime Research Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.11 pages.
Carrick, S., Palmer, D., Webb, T., Scott, J., Lilburne, L., 2013. Stony soils are a major challenge for nutrient management under irrigation development. In: Accurate and efficient use of nutrients on farms. (Eds L.D. Currie and C L. Christensen). http://flrc.massey.ac.nz/publications.html. Occasional Report No. 26. Fertilizer and Lime Research Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. 8 pages.
NEMS 2013. Soil Water Measurement, National Environmental Monitoring Standard. Version1. http://www.lawa.org.nz/learn/factsheets/(nems)-national-environmental-monitoring-standards/. 45 pages.
Lilburne, L., Carrick, S., Webb, T., Moir, J. 2012. Computer-based evaluation of methods to sample nitrate leached from grazed pasture. Soil Use and Management 28, 19-26.
Hedley, C., Payton, I., Lynn, I., Carrick, S., Webb, T., McNeill, S. 2012. Random sampling of stony and non-stony soils for testing a national soil carbon monitoring system. Soil Research vol. 50. Pp 18-29.
Carrick, S.; Buchan, G.; Almond, P.; Smith, N. 2011. Atypical infiltration into a structured soil near field capacity: The dynamic interplay between sorptivity, hydrophobicity, and air encapsulation. Geoderma vol 160. Pp 579-589
Schwarzel, K., Carrick, S., Wahren, A., Feger, K., Bodner, G., Buchan, G. 2011. Soil hydraulic of recently tilled soil under crop rotation compared with two-year pasture: measurement and modelling. Vadose Zone Journal vol. 10. Pp 354-366.
Carrick, S.; Almond, P.; Buchan, G.; Smith, N. 2010. Characterising in situ hydraulic conductivities of individual soil profile layers during infiltration over long time periods. European Journal of Soil Science vol. 61. Pp 1056-1069.