Brian Moorhead
Brian joined Lincoln Agritech in 2000 and specialises in optimising agricultural and horticultural land use while minimising environmental impacts. He provides technical support and manages large‑scale operations for projects focused on hydrology and nutrient dynamics across the soil-vadose zone-groundwater continuum.
His contributions to field site investigations include engineering design and building instrument installations, soil coring and well installation, sampling, stream flow gauging, streambed and groundwater monitoring, and GPS applications. Brian’s expertise ensures robust data collection and practical solutions for research teams and industry partners.
In recognition of his outstanding work, Brian was awarded the prestigious NZ Soil Society L.C. Blakemore Award, presented biennially for excellence in soil science technical support.
Focus areas:
- Managing field site investigations
- Technical support and engineering solutions
- Health and safety
Projects
Publications
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Elucidating phosphorus removal dynamics in a denitrifying woodchip bioreactor, Science of the Total Environment, March 2024
Perera GN, Rojas DT, Rivas A, Barkle G, Moorhead B, Schipper LA, Craggs R, Hartland A
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170478
Improving accuracy of quantifying nitrate removal performance and enhancing understanding of processes in woodchip bioreactors using high-frequency data, “Science of The Total Environment”
Rivas A, Barkle G, Sarris T, Park J, Kenny A, Maxwell B, Stenger R, Moorhead B, Schipper L, Clague J
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163289
Biogeochemical pathways for phosphorus removal in woodchip bioreactors, 35th Annual FLRC Workshop
Perrera, G, Torres-Rojas, D, Rivas, A, Barkle, G, Moorhead, B, Schipper, L, Craggs, R, Hartland, A
https://www.massey.ac.nz/~flrc/workshops/23/paperlist23.html
High-frequency spatiotemporal data improves estimates of nitrate removal performance and understanding of processes in woodchip bioreactors, Adaptive Strategies for Future Farming
Rivas A, Barkle G, Park J, Moorhead B, Maxwell B, Stenger R, Schipper L, Clague J
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Woodchip bioreactors – design considerations, New Zealand Land Treatment Collective Annual Conference: Improving outcomes for land treatmen
Barkle, G., Rivas, A., Moorhead, B., Stenger, R., Schipper, L., & Clague, J.
The importance of the hydrological pathways in exporting nitrogen from grazed artificially drained land Journal of Hydrology, 597: 126218
Barkle, G., Stenger, R., Moorhead, B., Clague, J
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126218
A novel method for calculating nitrate removal rates in woodchip bioreactors using data from high-frequency monitoring. Weathering the Storm Conference Handbook, Oral abstracts.
Rivas, A., Barkle, G., Maxwell, B., Moorhead, B., Stenger, R., Park, J., Schipper, L., and Clague, J
Synoptic flow gaugings/stream sampling to unravel heterogeneity within catchments NZHS, NZ Rivers Group and NZFSS Joint Conference
Stenger. R, Rivas.A, Brakle.G, Clague.J, Moorhead.B, Park.J, Morgenstern.U
Synoptic gaugings/samplings to elucidate water and nutrient fluxes within catchments, NZ-China Water Research Centre workshop
Stenger, R, Rivas, A, Barkle, G, Owers, J, Clague, J, Moorhead, B, Park, J, Morgenstern, U.
Nitrate removal and secondary effects of a woodchip bioreactor for the treatment of subsurface drainage with dynamic flows under pastoral agriculture, “Ecological Engineering”
Rivas, A., Barkle, G., Stenger, R., Moorhead, B. Clague, J
doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2020.105786
Determining spatial variability of nitrate removal in a woodchip bioreactor through high frequency monitoring at multiple locations, FLRC 2020
Aldrin Rivas, Greg Barkle, Bryan Maxwell, Brian Moorhead, Roland Stenger, Louis Schipper, François Birgand, Juliet Clague
Pilot-scale woodchip bioreactor for removing nitrate from artificial drainage in a Waikato dairy farm, A Workshop on Innovations for Attenuating Nutrient Loss from Farms
A. Rivas, G. Barkle, B. Moorhead, J. Clague, & R. Stenger
