Prof Joseph Holden

CONTACT DETAILS
Room 1.39
School of Geography
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
UK

Email: j.holden@leeds.ac.uk
Tel:+44 (0 in UK) 113 34 33317



Student hours: Anytime

PUBLICATIONS

Papers

In Press
  • Holden, J., Chapman, P.J., Palmer, S., Grayson, R. and Kay, P. (in review) The impacts of prescribed moorland burning on water colour and dissolved organic carbon: a critical synthesis. Journal of Environmental Management.
  • Holden, J., Smart, R.P., Dinsmore, K., Baird A.J., Billett M.F., Chapman, P.J. (in press) Morphological change of natural pipe outlets in blanket peat. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.
  • Ramchunder, S.J., Brown, L.E. and Holden, J. (in press) Catchment-scale peatland restoration benefits stream ecosystem biodiversity. Journal of Applied Ecology.
  • Reed MS, Fazey I, Stringer LC, Raymond CM, Akhtar-Schuster M, Begni G, Bigas H, Brehm S, Briggs J, Bryce R, Buckmaster S, Chanda R, Davies J, Diez E, Essahli W, Evely A, Geeson N, Hartmann I, Holden J, Hubacek K, Ioris I, Kruger B, Laureano P, Phillipson J, Prell C, Quinn CH, Reeves AD, Seely M, Thomas R, van der Werff, Ten Bosch MJ, Vergunst P, Wagner L (in press) Knowledge management for land degradation monitoring and assessment: an analysis of contemporary thinking. Land degradation and development. DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1124
Published
  • J. Holden, P.J. Chapman, S.M. Palmer, P. Kay, R. Grayson (2012) The impacts of prescribed moorland burning on water colour and dissolved organic carbon: A critical synthesis Journal of Environmental Management,  101, 92-103. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.02.002
  • Ramchunder, S.J., Brown, L.E. and Holden, J. (2012) Catchment-scale peatland restoration benefits stream ecosystem biodiversity. Journal of Applied Ecology, 49, 182-191. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02075.x.
  • ZhiJian, Z., ZhaoDe, W., Holden, J., Xin, X., YaoWen, W., JinJin, L., QiChun, Z. (2012) The release of phosphorus from sediment into water in subtropical wetlands: a microcosm experiment. Hydrological Processes, 26, 15-26. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8105
  • Grayson, R. and Holden, J. (2012) Continuous sampling of spectrophotometric absorbance in peatland streamwater in northern England: implications for understanding fluvial carbon fluxes. Hydrological Processes, 26, 27- 39, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8106.
  • Dinsmore, K. J., Smart, R. P., Billett, M. F., Holden, J., Baird, A. J., Chapman, P. J. (2011) Greenhouse gas losses from peatland pipes: a major pathway for loss to the atmosphere? Journal of Geophysical Research 116, G03041, doi:10.1029/2011JG001646.
  • Ballard, C.E., McIntyre, N., Wheater, H.S, Holden, J. and Wallage, Z.E. (2011) Hydrological modelling of drained blanket peat. Submitted to Journal of Hydrology, 407, 81-93, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.07.005
  • Ramchunder, S.J., Brown, L.E. and Holden, J. and Langton, R. (2011) Spatial and seasonal variability of peatland stream ecosystems. Ecohydrology, 4, 577-588. doi: 10.1002/eco.189
  • Wilson, L., Wilson, J. M., Johnstone, I., Holden, J., Armstrong, A. & Morris, M. (2011) The impact of drain blocking on an upland blanket bog during storm and drought events, and the importance of sampling-scale. Journal of Hydrology, 404, 198-208, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.04.030
  • Wallage, Z.E. and Holden, J*. (2011) Near-surface macropore flow and saturated hydraulic conductivity in drained and restored blanket peatlands. Soil Use and Management, 27, 247-254. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2011.00336.x * Corresponding author
  • Reed MS, Buenemann, M, Atlhopheng J, Akhtar-Schuster M, Bachmann F, Bastin G, Bigas H, Chanda R, Dougill AJ, Essahli W, Evely AC, Fleskens L, Geeson N, Glass JH, Hessel R, Holden J, Ioris A, Kruger B, Liniger HP, Mphinyane W, Nainggolan D, Perkins J, Raymond CM, Ritsema CJ, Schwilch G, Sebego R, Seely M, Stringer LC, Thomas R, Twomlow S, Verzandvoort S (2011) Cross-scale monitoring and assessment of land degradation and sustainable land management: a methodological framework for knowledge management. Land Degradation and Development 22, 261-271, doi: 10.1002/ldr.1087.
  • Holden, J. and Rose, R. (2011) Temperature and surface lapse rate change: a study of the UK’s longest upland instrumental record. International Journal of Climatology, 31, 907-919. doi:10.1002/joc.2136
  • Holden, J, Wallage, Z.E., Lane, S.N and McDonald, A.T. (2011) Water table dynamics in drained and restored blanket peat. Journal of Hydrology, 402, 103-114.
  • Wilson, L., Wilson, J., Holden, J., Johnstone, I., Armstrong, A., Morris, M. (2011) Ditch blocking, water chemistry and organic carbon flux: evidence that blanket bog restoration reduces erosion and fluvial carbon loss. Science of the Total Environment, 409, 2010-2018.
  • Reed MS, Buenemann, M, Atlhopheng J, Akhtar-Schuster M, Bachmann F, Bastin G, Bigas H, Chanda R, Dougill AJ, Essahli W, Evely AC, Fleskens L, Geeson N, Glass JH, Hessel R, Holden J, Ioris A, Kruger B, Liniger HP, Mphinyane W, Nainggolan D, Perkins J, Raymond CM, Ritsema CJ, Schwilch G, Sebego R, Seely M, Stringer LC, Thomas R, Twomlow S, Verzandvoort S (2011) Cross-scale monitoring and assessment of land degradation and sustainable land management: a methodological framework for knowledge management. Land Degradation and Development 22, 261-271,  doi: 10.1002/ldr.1087.
  • Burt, T.P. and Holden, J*. (2010) Changing temperature and rainfall gradients in the uplands. Climate Research, 45, 57-70.  *Corresponding author
  • Heinemeyer A., Croft, S., Garnett, M., Gloor, E., Holden, J., Lomas M.R. and Ineson, P. (2010) The MILLENIA peat cohort model, predicting past, present and future soil carbon budgets and fluxes under changing climates in peatlands. Climate Research, 45, 207-226.
  • Wallage, Z.E. and Holden, J.* (2010) Spatial and temporal variability in the relationship between water colour and dissolved organic carbon concentrations in blanket peat pore waters. Science of the Total Environment 408, 6235-6242. *Corresponding author
  • Brown, L, Cooper, L., Holden, J. and Ramchunder, S. (2010) Afforestation influence on upland stream water temperature, Yorkshire Dales, northern England. Hydrological Processes, 24, 3206-3218 DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7746
  • Wilson, L., Wilson, J., Holden, J., Johnstone, I., Morris, M. and Armstrong, A. (2010) Recovery of water tables in Welsh blanket bog after drain-blocking: discharge rates, timescales and the influence of local conditions. Journal of Hydrology, 391, 377-386.
  • Robroek, B.M.J., Smart, R.P., Holden, J. (2010) Sensitivity of blanket peat vegetation and hydrochemistry to local disturbances. Science of the Total Environment 408, 5028-5034.
  • Grayson, R., Holden, J. and Rose, R. (2010) Long-term change in storm hydrographs in response to peatland vegetation change. Journal of Hydrology, 389, 336-343.
  • Armstrong A, Holden J, Kay P, Francis B, Foulger M, Gledhill S, McDonald AT, Walker A (2010)
    The impact of peatland drain-blocking on dissolved organic carbon loss and discolouration of water; results from a national survey. Journal of Hydrology, 381, 112-120.
  • Reed MS, Bonn A, Slee W, Beharry-Borg N, Birch J, Brown I, Burt TP, Chapman D, Chapman PJ, Clay G, Cornell S, Fraser EDG, Holden J, Hodgson J, Hubacek K, Irvine B, Jin N, Kirkby MJ, Kunin W, Moore O, Moseley D, Prell C, Quinn C, Redpath S, Stagl S, Stringer LC, Termansen M, Thorp S, Towers W, Worrall F (2009) The future of the uplands. Land Use Policy S26, S202-S216.
  • Holden, J., Smart, R., Chapman, P.J., Baird, A.J., and Billett, M. (2009) The role of natural soil pipes in water and carbon transfer in and from peatlands. In Baird, A.J., Belyea, L., Comas, X., Reeve, A . and Slater, L. (editors) Northern Peatlands and Carbon Cycling. American Geophysical Union Monograph, Washington DC, p151-164.
  • Worrall, F., Evans M.G., Bonn, A., Reed, M.S., Chapman, D., Holden, J. (2009) Can carbon offsetting pay for upland ecological restoration? Science of the Total Environment, 408, 26-36
  • Wallage, Z.E. and Holden, J.* (2010) Spatial and temporal variability in the relationship between water colour and dissolved organic carbon concentrations in blanket peat pore waters. Science of the Total Environment 408, 6235-6242. *Corresponding author
  • Brown, L, Cooper, L., Holden, J. and Ramchunder, S. (2010) Afforestation influence on upland stream water temperature, Yorkshire Dales, northern England. Hydrological Processes, 24, 3206-3218 DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7746
  • Wilson, L., Wilson, J., Holden, J., Johnstone, I., Morris, M. and Armstrong, A. (2010) Recovery of water tables in Welsh blanket bog after drain-blocking: discharge rates, timescales and the influence of local conditions. Journal of Hydrology, 391, 377-386.
  • Robroek, B.M.J., Smart, R.P., Holden, J. (2010) Sensitivity of blanket peat vegetation and hydrochemistry to local disturbances. Science of the Total Environment 408, 5028-5034.
  • Grayson, R., Holden, J. and Rose, R. (2010) Long-term change in storm hydrographs in response to peatland vegetation change. Journal of Hydrology, 389, 336-343.
  • Armstrong A, Holden J, Kay P, Francis B, Foulger M, Gledhill S, McDonald AT, Walker A (2010)
    The impact of peatland drain-blocking on dissolved organic carbon loss and discolouration of water; results from a national survey. Journal of Hydrology, 381, 112-120.
  • Reed MS, Arblaster K, Bullock C, Burton R, Davies AL, Holden, J, Hubacek K, May R, Mitchley J, Morris J, Nainggolan D, Potter C, Quinn CH, Swales V, Thorp S (2009) Using scenarios to explore UK upland futures. Futures, 41, 619-630.
  • Armstrong A., J. Holden, P. Kay, A.T. McDonald, S. Gledhill, M. Foulger and A.Walker (2009) Drain blocking techniques on blanket peat: a framework for best practice. Journal of Environmental Management, 90, 3512-2519.
  • Holden, J. Howard, A.J., West, L.J., Maxfield, E., Panter, I., Oxley, J. (2009) A critical review of hydrological data collection schemes for assessing preservation risk for urban waterlogged archaeology: a case study from the City of York, UK. Journal of Environmental Management, 90, 3197-3204.
  • Holden, J. and Gell, K.F. (2009) Morphological characterization of solute flow in a brown earth grassland soil with cranefly larvae burrows (leatherjackets). Geoderma, 152, 181-186.
  • Ramchunder, S., Brown, L.E. and Holden, J. (2009) Environmental effects of drainage, drain-blocking and prescribed vegetation burning in UK upland peatlands. Progress in Physical Geography, 33, 49-79.
  • Holden, J. (2009) Topographic controls upon soil macropore flow. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34, 345-351.
  • Holden, J. (2009)  Flow through macropores of different size classes in blanket peat. Journal of Hydrology, 364, 342-348.
  • Limpens, J., Berendse, F., Blodau, C., Canadell, P., Freeman, C., Holden, J., Roulet, N. Rydin, H., Schaepman-Strub, G. (2008) Peatlands and the carbon cycle: from local processes to global implications - a synthesis. Biogeosciences 5, 1475-1491.
  • Howard, A.J., Challis, K., Holden, J., Kincey, M. and Passmore, D.G. (2008) The impact of climate change on archaeological resources in Britain: a catchment scale assessment. Climatic Change, doi: 10.1007/s10584-008-9426-9
  • Holden, J., Kirkby, M.J., Lane, S.N., Milledge, D.J., Brookes, C.J., Holden, V. and McDonald, A.T. (2008) Factors affecting overland flow velocity in peatlands. Water Resources Research, 44, W06415, doi:
  • Jin, N., Termansen, M., Hubacek, K., Holden, J. and Kirkby, M.J. (2007) Adaptive farming strategies for dynamic economic environments. Journal of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Press, p1212-1220
  • Holden, J., Shotbolt, L., Bonn, A., Burt, T.P., Chapman, P.J., Dougill, A.J., Fraser, E.D.G., Hubacek, K., Irvine, B., Kirkby, M.J., Reed, M.S., Prell, C., Stagl, S., Stringer, L.C., Turner, A., Worrall, F. (2007) Environmental change in moorland landscapes. Earth-Science Reviews, 82, 75-100 [PDF FILE]
  • Holden, J., Gascoign, M. and Bosanko, N.R. (2007) Erosion and natural revegetation associated with surface land drains in upland peatlands.Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 32, 1547-1557. [PDF FILE]
  • Holden, J. (2007) A plea for more careful presentation of near-surface air temperature data in geomorphology . Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 32, 1433–1436 [PDF FILE]
  • Prell, C.; Hubacek, K.; Reed, M.S.; Quinn, C.H.; Jin, N.; Holden, J.; Burt, T.P.; Kirkby, M.J.; Sendzimir, J. (2007) If you have a hammer everything looks like a nail: ‘traditional’ versus participatory model building. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 32(3).[PDF FILE]
  • Worrall, F., Armstrong, A., and Holden, J. (2007) Short-term impact of peat drain blocking on water colour, dissolved organic carbon concentration and water table depth. Journal of Hydrology 337, 315– 325 [PDF FILE]
  • Cook, V., Phillips, D. and Holden, J (2006) Geographical fieldwork in a ‘risk society’. Area 38, 413-420.[PDF FILE]
  • Reid, S., Lane, S.N., Berney, J.M., and Holden, J. (2006) The timing and magnitude of coarse sediment transport events within an upland, temperate gravel-bed river. Geomorphology, 83, 152-183.[PDF FILE]
  • Holden, J., Burt, T.P., Evans, M.G. and. Horton, M. (2006) Impact of land drainage on peatland hydrology. Journal of Environmental Quality 35, 1764-1778, doi:10.2134/jeq2005.0477 [PDF FILE]
  • Holden, J., West, J., Howard, A.J., Maxfield, E., Panter, I., Oxley, J. (2006) Hydrological controls of in situ preservation of waterlogged archaeological deposits. Earth-Science Reviews 78, 59-83 [PDF FILE]
  • Wallage, Z.E., Holden, J. and McDonald, A.T. (2006) Drain blocking is an effective treatment for reducing dissolved organic carbon loss and water colour in peatlands. Science of the Total Environment 367, 811-821 [PDF FILE]
  • Holden, J. (2006) Sediment and particulate carbon removal by pipe erosion increase over time in blanket peatlands as a consequence of land drainage. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, F02010, doi:10.1029/2005JF000386 [PDF FILE]
  • Dougill, A., Fraser, E. Hubacek, K., Reed, M. Holden, J., Prell, C. Stringer, L. (2006) Learning from doing participatory rural research: Lessons from the Peak District National Park. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 57-259-275 [PDF FILE]
  • Holden, J. (2005) Peatland hydrology and carbon cycling: why small-scale process matters. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 363, 2891-2913 doi:10.1098/rsta.2005.1671 [PDF FILE]
  • Holden, J. (2005) Piping and woody plants in peatlands; cause or effect? Water Resources Research, 41, W06009 DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003909.[PDF FILE]
  • Holden, J. (2005) Controls of soil pipe frequency in upland blanket peat. Journal of Geophysical Research,110, F010002, doi: 10.1029/2004JF000143.[PDF FILE]
  • Warburton, J., Holden, J. and Mills, A.J. (2004) Hydrological controls of surficial mass movements in peat. Earth-Science Reviews, 67, 139-156. [PDF FILE]
  • Holden, J. and Wright, A. (2004) UK tornado climatology and the development of simple prediction tools. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 130, 1009-1022.[PDF FILE]
  • Holden, J. (2004) Hydrological connectivity of soil pipes determined by ground penetrating radar tracer detection. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 29, 437-442. [PDF FILE]
  • Holden, J., Chapman, P.J. and Labadz, J.C. (2004) Artificial drainage of peatlands: Hydrological process and wetland restoration. Progress in Physical Geography, 28, 95-123. [PDF FILE]
  • Lane, S.N., Brookes, C.J., Kirkby, M.J. and Holden, J. (2004) A network index based version of TOPMODEL for use with high resolution digital topographic data. Hydrological Processes, 18, 191-201. [PDF FILE]
  • Holden, J. (2003) Restoration of 17th century water gardens; science and history. Regional Review, 13, 34-36.
  • Holden, J. and Burt, T.P. (2003) Runoff production in blanket peat covered catchments. Water Resources Research, 39, 1191, DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002067. [PDF FILE]
  • Holden, J. and Burt, T.P. (2003) Hydraulic conductivity in upland blanket peat; measurement and variability. Hydrological Processes, 17, 1227-1237. [PDF FILE]
  • Holden, J. and Burt, T.P. (2003) Hydrological studies on blanket peat: The significance of the acrotelm-catotelm model. Journal of Ecology, 91, 86-102 [PDF FILE]
  • Holden, J. and Adamson, J. (2002) The Moor House long-term upland temperature record – new evidence of recent warming. Weather, 57, 119-126.
  • Holden, J., Burt, T.P. and Vilas, M. (2002). Application of ground penetrating radar to the identification of subsurface piping in blanket peat. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 27, 235-249. [PDF FILE]
  • Holden, J and Burt, T.P. (2002) Laboratory experiments on drought and runoff in blanket peat. European Journal of Soil Science, 53, 675-689. [PDF FILE]
  • Holden, J. and Burt, T.P. (2002) Piping and pipeflow in a deep peat catchment. Catena, 48, 163-199.[PDF FILE]
  • Holden, J. and Burt, T.P. (2002) Infiltration, runoff and sediment production in blanket peat catchments: implications of field rainfall simulation experiments. Hydrological Processes, 16, 2537-2557. [PDF FILE]
  • Holden, J., Burt, T.P. and Cox, N.J. (2001) Macroporosity and infiltration in blanket peat: the implications of tension disc infiltrometer measurements. Hydrological Processes, 15, 289-303. [PDF FILE]
  • Holden, J. (2001) Recent reduction in frost in the North Pennines. Journal of Meteorology, 26, 369-374
  • Holden, J. and Adamson, J. (2001) Gordon Manley and the north Pennines. Journal of Meteorology, 26, 329-333
  • Evans, M.G., Burt, T.P., Holden, J. and Adamson, J. (1999) Runoff generation and water table fluctuations in blanket peat: evidence from UK data spanning the dry summer of 1995. Journal of Hydrology, 221, 141-160. [PDF FILE]

Books

Book Chapters

Refereed
  • Holden, J., Reed, M., Hubacek, K. Worrall, F., Beharry-Borg, N. Burt, T.P., Chapman, P.J., Doigill, A.J., Fraser, E., Irvine, B., Jin, N., Kirkby, M.J., Prell, C., Quinn, C., Termansen, M., Buckmaster, S. (2010) Sustainable uplands for sustainable lowlands. In Atherden, M., Bloomer, A., and Wallace, V. Yorkshire’s green and healthy land? Connecting urban and rural greenspace. PLACE, York, p22-30. ISBN 978-1-906604-31-8.
  • Hubacek, K. Beharry, N., Bonn, A., Burt, T., Holden, J., Ravera, F., Reed, M., Stringer, L., Tarrasón D. (2009) Ecosystem services in dynamic and contested landscapes: the case of UK uplands. In: Winter, Michael and Matt Lobley (eds). What is land for? Earthscan, London.
  • Holden, J. (2008) Upland hydrology. In Bonn, A., Hubacek, K., Stewart, A., Allott, T. Drivers of change in upland environments. Routledge.
  • Holden, J. (2008) Catchment hydrology. In Holden, J. (2008) Editor: An introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment. Second edition. Pearson Education, Harlow.
  • Holden, J. (2008) Quaternary environmental change. In Holden, J. (2008) Editor: An introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment. Second edition. Pearson Education, Harlow.
  • Holden, J. (2008) Approaching physical geography. In Holden, J. (2008) Editor: An introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment. Second edition. Pearson Education, Harlow.
  • Holden, J. (2006) Peat hydrology. In Martini, I.P., Cortizas, A.M. and Chesworth, W. (eds) Peatlands: basin evolution and depository of records of global environmental and climatic changes, Elsevier, pp. 319-346.
  • Holden, J., Chapman, P.J., Lane, S.N and Brookes, C.J. (2006) Impacts of artificial drainage of peatlands on runoff production and water quality. In Martini, I.P., Cortizas, A.M. and Chesworth, W. (eds) Peatlands: basin evolution and depository of records of global environmental and climatic changes, Elsevier, pp. 501-528.
  • Holden, J. (2005) Approaching physical geography. In Holden, J. (ed) An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment. Pearson Education, Harlow, 3-24. www.pearsoned.co.uk/Bookshop/detail.asp
  • Holden, J. (2005) Catchment hydrology. In Holden, J. (ed) An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment. Pearson Education, Harlow, 300-326. www.pearsoned.co.uk/Bookshop/detail.asp
  • Holden, J. (2005) Quaternary environmental change. In Holden, J. (ed) An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment Pearson Education, Harlow, 491-524. www.pearsoned.co.uk/Bookshop/detail.asp
  • Holden, J. (2005) Darcy’s Law. In Lehr, J.H. and Keeley, J. (eds) Water Encyclopedia, Volume 5. John Wiley and Sons, New York, p63-64. (4000 word article)
  • Holden, J. (2005) Rain simulators. In Lehr, J.H. and Keeley, J. (eds) Water Encyclopedia, Volume 4. John Wiley and Sons, New York, pp330-333. (4000 word article)
  • Holden, J. (2005) Soil pipes and pipeflow. In Lehr, J.H. and Keeley, J. (eds) Water Encyclopedia, Volume 5. John Wiley and Sons, New York, pp401-404. (4000 word article)
  • Holden, J. (2005) Surface runoff and subsurface drainage. In Lehr, J.H. and Keeley, J. (eds) Water Encyclopedia, Volume 3. John Wiley and Sons, New York pp451-454. (4000 word article)
  • Holden J. (2005) Mariotte Bottle- use in hydrology. In Lehr, J.H. and Keeley, J. (eds) Water Encyclopedia, Volume 4. John Wiley and Sons, New York, pp503-504. (4000 word article)
  • Holden, J. (2005) Infiltrometers. In Lehr, J.H. and Keeley, J. (eds) Water Encyclopedia, Volume 5. John Wiley and Sons, New York, pp214-216. (4000 word article)
  • Holden, J. (2005) Infiltration, infiltration rate and infiltration capacity. In Lehr, J.H. and Keeley, J. (eds) Water Encyclopedia, Volume 5. John Wiley and Sons, New York, pp212-214. (4000 word article)
  • Holden, J. (2005) Infiltration and soil water processes. In Lehr, J.H. and Keeley, J. (eds) Water Encyclopedia, Volume 5, John Wiley and Sons, New York pp210-212. (4000 word article)
  • Burt, T.P., Holden, J. and Evans, M.G. (1998) The hydrology of blanket peat with special reference to the Moor House NNR. In Warburton, J. (Ed) Geomorphological Studies in the North Pennines: Field Guide. British Geomorphological Research Group, Durham, 24-36.

Conference Abstracts/Papers/Proceedings

Refereed
  • Jin, N., Termansen, M., Hubacek, K., Holden, J. and Kirkby, M.J. (2007) Adaptive Farming Strategies for Dynamic Economic Environments. In Proceedings of the 2007 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC). IEEE press, p1213-1220.
  • Wallage, Z.E., Holden, J., McDonald, A.T. (2006) Drain blocking is an effective treatment for reducing dissolved organic carbon loss and water colour in peatlands. Tenth National Hydrological Symposium, 2006, University of Durham, British Hydrological Society.
  • Lane, S.N., Brookes, C.J., Hardy, R.J., Holden, J., James, T.D., Kirkby, M.J., McDonald, A.T, Tayefi, V. and Yu, Dapeng (2003) Land management, flooding and environmental risk: new approaches to a very old question. Proceedings of Chartered Institution of Water Environmental Management National Conference, The environment- visions, values and innovation. Harrogate, 10-12 September 2003.
  • Holden, J. and Burt, T.P. (2000) The spatial and temporal distribution of runoff generation in upland blanket peat; implications of plot, hillslope and catchment scale monitoring. Seventh National Hydrological Symposium, 2000, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. British Hydrological Society, p2.89-2.96.
Officially Published Abstracts
  • Holden, J. and Grayson, R. (2011) Changes in storm hydrographs associated with long-term peatland vegetation change Geophysical Research Abstracts, 13. EGU Conference, Vienna April 2011
  • Holden, J., Smart, R J., Dinsmore, K., Baird, A.J., Billett. M.F., Chapman, P.J. (2011) Natural pipes are major carbon pathways in peatlands. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 13. EGU Conference, Vienna April 2011
  • Holden, J. and Burt, T.P. (2011) Long-term change in temperature and rainfall with altitude in Britain. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 13. EGU Conference, Vienna April 2011
  • Grayson, R. and Holden, J. (2011) Improving DOC flux estimates in peatlands through continuous UV-visible absorbance measurement. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 13. EGU Conference, Vienna April 2011
  • A. Armstrong, J. Holden, P. Kay, B. Francis, M. Foulger, S. Gledhill, A.T. McDonald and A.Walker (2010) The impact of peatland drain-blocking on dissolved organic carbon loss: results from a national survey. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 12. EGU Conference, Vienna May 2010
  • A Savage, J Holden, and J Wainwright (2010) Understanding the Impact of Land Management on Carbon Losses from Peatlands. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 12. EGU Conference, Vienna May 2010
  • Alona Armstrong, Rick Bourbonierre, Joseph Holden, Kate Luxton, John Quinton, and Mike Waddington (2010) The impact of vegetation on dissolved organic carbon quality and quantity in peatlands. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 12. EGU Conference, Vienna May 2010
  • A Savage, J Holden, and J Wainwright Assessing the Impact of Land Management on Organic Matter Composition in Peat Soils (2010) Geophysical Research Abstracts, 12. EGU Conference, Vienna May 2010
  • J. Holden, R.P Smart, P.J. Chapman, A.J. Baird, M.F. Billett, and Dinsmore, K. (2009) The role of pipes in carbon transfer in and from peatlands. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 11. EGU Conference, Vienna April 2009
  • Z.E. Wallage, J. Holden, T.D. Jones, and A.T. McDonald (2009) Microbial activity and dissolved organic carbon production in drained and rewetted blanket peat. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 11. EGU Conference, Vienna April 2009
  • J. Holden, MJ. Kirkby, SN. Lane, DG. Milledge (2009) Overland flow velocity and roughness properties with different vegetation types in peatlands. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 11. EGU Conference, Vienna April 2009
  • Brown, L., Holden, J., Palmer, S. (2009) Effects of peatland burning on hydrology, water quality and aquatic ecosystems. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 11. EGU Conference, Vienna April 2009
  • Holden, J. Bonn A., Walker J., Evans M.G., Worrall F., Davison S., Buckler M. (2009) A study of all UK peatland restoration and management projects - Lessons learned. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 11. EGU Conference, Vienna April 2009
  • Holden, J. (2009) Topographic controls upon soil macropore flow. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 11. EGU Conference, Vienna April 2009
  • Holden, J. (2009) Flow through macropores of different size classes in blanket peat. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 11. EGU Conference, Vienna April 2009
  • S. J. Ramchunder, L.E. Brown and J. Holden (2009) Impacts of peatland management on stream ecosystems. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 11. EGU Conference, Vienna April 2009
  • S. Alexander, C. Keylock, and J. Holden (2009) The interaction between the North Atlantic oscillation and river discharge across the pan-North Atlantic region. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 11. EGU Conference, Vienna April 2009.
  • Rowson J.G., Worrall, F., Evans M.G., Bonn A., Reed, M.S., Chapman, D. and Holden J. (2008) The potential for carbon storage in UK peatlands. Paper presented at the AGU conference, San Francisco, December 2008.
  • Reed MS, Dougill AJ, Fraser EDG, Burt T, Chapman PJ, Cornell S, Holden J, Hubacek K, Irvine B, Jin N, Kirkby M, Kunin B, Prell C, Quinn CH, Ritsema C, Jetten V, Sendzimir J, Stagl ST, Stringer LC, Taylor M, Termansen M, Turner A, Worrall F (2006) An adaptive learning process for developing and applying sustainability indicators with local communities. Participatory Approaches in Science & Technology (PATH) Conference, 4th-7th June 2006, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Wallage, Z.E. Holden, J. McDonald, A.T (2006) An unstable relationship between dissolved organic carbon concentration and water colour in peatlands. European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2006. Published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 8.
  • Wallage, Z.E. Holden, J. McDonald A.T. (2006) Drain blocking: An effective treatment for reducing dissolved organic carbon loss and water discolouration in a drained peatland. European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2006. Published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 8.
  • Holden, J. (2006) Soil piping and woody plants in peats: cause or effect European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2006. Published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 8.
  • Wallage, Z.E. Jones, T. Holden, J. (2006) Determining the effect of peatland drainage and restoration on the rate of microbial activity in an upland blanket peat. European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2006. Published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 8.
  • Holden, J. (2005) Impact of land drainage and its remediation on hydrological and water quality processes in upland peatlands. Paper presented to the European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2005. Published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 7.
  • Holden, J., West, J., Howard, A.J. Panter, I, Maxfield, E. (2005) Predicting impacts of environmental change on subsurface-surface hydrological interactions in sensitive urban environments where in situ archaeological preservation is a key issue. Paper presented to the European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2005. Published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 7.
  • Holden, J., Gascoign, M. and Bosanko, N.R. (2005) Impact of surface land drains and their blocking strategies on sediment release from upland peatlands. Paper presented to the European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2005. Published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 7.
  • Holden, J. (2005) The role of natural soil pipes in providing vertical and lateral connectivity of water, sediment and solute within peatland catchments. Paper presented to the European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2005. Published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 7.
  • Holden, J., Trotter, S., Hodson S., Lindup, S., Milner, S., McHale, S., Worman, C., Flitcroft, C., Buckler, M., Bonn , A., Evans, M.G., Allot, T., Crowe, S., Liddaman, L., Hobson, G., Irvine, B., Maxfield, E., and James, T. (2005) Understanding gully blocking in deep peat. Paper presented to the European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2005. Published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 7.
  • Holden, J., Bosanko, N.R., and Gascoign, M. (2005) Erosion caused by surface land drains in upland peatlands and the impact of remediation strategies. Paper presented to the European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2005. Published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 7.
  • Holden, J. (2004) Runoff production in blanket peat covered catchments; why space and scale matter. Abstracts of the 32nd International Geological Congress (32nd IGC), August 20-28, 2004, Florence, Italy, Abstract 254-6. Invited paper.
  • Holden, J. (2004) Controls on piping in peatlands; understanding surface-subsurface landform development. Abstracts of the 32nd International Geological Congress (32nd IGC), August 20-28, 2004, Florence, Italy, Abstract 254-7.
  • Brookes, C.J., Holden, J., James, T.D., Kirkby, M.J., Lane, S.N., McDonald, A.T., Reid, S.C. and Tayefi, V. (2003) Connectivity and routing of overland flow in TOPMODEL : The SCIMAP Approach. Paper presented to the European Geophysical Society XXVIII General Assembly, Nice, France, April 2003. Published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 5.
  • Holden, J. and Adamson J.K. (2003) A 70 year record of upland climate in the UK. Paper presented to the European Geophysical Society XXVIII General Assembly, Nice, France, April 2003. Published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 5.
  • Holden, J. and Burt, T.P. (2003) Drought and runoff in blanket peat. Paper presented to the European Geophysical Society XXVIII General Assembly, Nice, France, April 2003. Published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 5.
  • Holden, J. (2003) Going beyond the acrotelm-catotelm model in blanket peat catchments. Paper presented to the European Geophysical Society XXVIII General Assembly, Nice, France, April 2003. Published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 5.
  • Holden, J. (2003) Artificial drainage of peatlands: hydrological and hydrochemical process and wetland restoration. Paper presented to the European Geophysical Society XXVIII General Assembly, Nice, France, April 2003. Published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 5.
  • Holden, J. (2003) Hydrological, fine sediment and water colour response of managed upland wetlands. Paper presented to the European Geophysical Society XXVIII General Assembly, Nice, France, April 2003. Published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 5.
  • Holden, J. (2003) Hydrological connectivity of soil pipes. Paper presented to the European Geophysical Society XXVIII General Assembly, Nice, France, April 2003. Published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 5.
  • Lane, S.N., Brookes, C.J., Holden, J. and Kirkby, M.J. (2003) Assessment of the effects of land drainage upon upland flood generation using a quasi-distributed hydrological model. Paper presented to the European Geophysical Society XXVIII General Assembly, Nice, France, April 2003. Published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 5.
  • Holden, J. (2003) Soil pipe density in the UK uplands. Paper presented to the European Geophysical Society XXVIII General Assembly, Nice, France, April 2003. Published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 5.
  • Holden, J. (2002) A comparison of some runoff process regimes in upland blanket peat. In Burt, T.P., Thompson, D.B.A. and Warburton, J. (Eds.). The British Uplands: Dynamics of change. JNCC Report No 319. JNCC, Peterborough, 136-137.
  • Holden, J. and Burt, T.P. (2001) Water balance or hydrological process? - Conway and Millar 40 years on: a process-based assessment of runoff-generation in blanket peat covered catchments. Paper presented to the European Geophysical Society XXVI General Assembly, Nice, France, March 2001. Published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 3.
  • Holden, J. and Vilas, M. (2001) Application of ground penetrating radar to the identification of natural piping in blanket peat catchments. Poster presented to the European Geophysical Society XXVI General Assembly, Nice, France, March 2001. Published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 3.
  • Holden, J., Clark, J.M., Kirkby, M.J., and Chapman, P.J. (2001) The development of a pipeflow model for upland wetlands. Poster presented to the European Geophysical Society XXVI General Assembly, Nice, France, March 2001. Published in Geophysical Research Abstracts, 3.

Other Publications

  • Brown, L. Slack, R., Mitchell, G and Holden, J. (2011) UK water research – what do policy makers need to know? Environment Industry Magazine.
  • Evans, C. Worrall, F., Holden, J., Chapman, P.J., Smith, P. and Artz, R. (2011) Design for a research programme to address evidence gaps in greenhouse gas and carbon fluxes from UK peatlands. Final report to JNCC.
  • Worrall, F., Chapman, P.J., Holden, J., Evans, C. Smith, P. and Artz, R. (2011) Review of evidence for greenhouse gas and carbon flux data from UK peatlands. Final report to JNCC.
  • Blundell, A., Kay, P. and Holden, J. (2011) Oldfield land management pilot: results from two years monitoring. Final report to Yorkshire Water.
  • Holden, J., Chapman, P.J., Palmer, S.M., Kay, P. and Grayson, R. (2011) A review of moorland burning impacts on raw water quality with a focus on water colour. Final report to Yorkshire Water Services, Project B4897, University of Leeds, Leeds.
  • Worrall, F., Blundell, A. and Holden, J (2010) Optimising carbon storage in Yorkshire Water peat catchments, Phase II. Final Report to Yorkshire Water Services.
  • Jo House, Joanna Clark, Angela Gallego-Sala, Harriet Orr, Jonathan Aylen, Richard Bardgett,  Mike Billett, Aletta Bonn Simon Caporn, Steve Chapman, Ben Clutterbuck, Chris Evans, Martin Evans, Tim Farewell, Chris Freeman, Richard Grayson, Jane Hall, Joseph Holden, Julia McMorrow, David Milledge, Dali Nayak, Nick Ostle, Lauren Parry, Colin Prentice, Carly Stevens, Jo Smith, Pete Smith, Elena Vanguelova, Sue Ward, Susan Waldron, Sue White, Fred Worrall, Adrian Yallop (2010) Vulnerability of upland peatland services to climate change.  Environment Agency Science Report SC070036/SR in press.
  • Armstrong, A., Holden, J., and Walker, A. 2009, Grip-blocking in upland catchments: some insights from a national survey. Conservation Land Management, 7(4), 5-9.
  • Mariam Akhtar-Schuster et al., Joseph Holden, et al  (2010) Monitoring and Assessment of Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought: Knowledge Management, Institutions and Economics; White Paper of the Dryland Science for Development Working Group 3. 133pp
  • Sitch, S., Holden J., Baird, A., Jones, C., Gloor, E., Falloon, P., Betts, R. Venevsky, S., Coppell, R., Arrell K., Carrivick, J. (2009) Present and future circumpolar Arctic terrestrial carbon cycling in a global perspective. Integrated Land Ecosystem - Atmosphere Processes Study Newsletter, 8, 20-22.
  • Holden, J. (2009) What do we know about the impacts of grip blocking. Report for Environment Agency, 16pp.
  • Bonn, A., Holden, J., Parnell, M., Worrall, F., Chapman, P.J., Evans. C.D., Termansen, M., Beharry-Borg, N., Acreman, M.C., Rowe, E., Emmett, B., Tsuchiya, A. (2009) Ecosystem services of peat – Phase 1 Project code: SP0572. Final report for DEFRA, 140pp.
  • Baird, A.J., Holden, J. and Chapman, P.J. (2009) Emissions of methane from peatlands. Defra report, SP0574.
  • Brown, L., Ramchunder, S. and Holden, J. (2009) Understanding moorland aquatic insect ecology to inform biodiversity conservation and sustainable land management. Peatscapes project report
  • Nesha Beharry-Borg, Klaus Hubacek, Jim Smart, Mette Termansen, Pippa J. Chapman, Bjorn JM Robroek, Joseph Holden,  Brian Irvine, David Ashley (2009)  Determining the socio-economic implications of different land management policies in Yorkshire Water’s catchments. Yorkshire Water project report.
  • Worrall, F. and Holden J. (2008) Optimising carbon storage in Yorkshire Water peat catchments. Yorkshire Water Final Report.
  • Armstrong, A., Holden, J., and Stevens, C. (2008) What controls vegetation growth in moorland grips after they have been blocked. Peatscapes final project report.
  • Holden, J., Kay, P., McDonald, A.T. and Grayson, P. (2008) Catchment management for water colour reduction: pilot implementation study - method statement. Yorkshire Water Final report.
  • Holden, J., Walker, J., Evans, M. F., Worrall, F., (2008). Compendium of UK Peat restoration and management project. DEFRA Report.
  • Armstrong, A., Holden, J., Kay, P. Chapman, P.J., Gledhill, S., Foulger, M., McDonald, A.T., Walker, A. (2007) Grip-blocking in upland catchments: costs and benefits. Yorkshire Water Final report.
  • Holden, J. and Armstrong, A. (2007) Monitoring the hydrological consequences of ditch blocking and related restoration activities within blanket bog in the Berwyn and South Clwyd Mountains SAC, NE Wales: Report 1 - Hydrological monitoring design, July 2007. Report for RSPB.
  • Holden, J., Chapman, P., Evans, M., Hubacek, K., Kay, P. and Warburton, J. (2006) Vulnerability of organic soils in England and Wales. Final technical report to DEFRA. Project SP0532. [PDF FILE]
  • Worrall, F., Armstrong, A. and Holden J. (2005) Grip blocking on Whitendale. United Utilities
  • Holden, J. Geltsdale peat hydrology report (2005) English Nature.
  • Holden, J. (2004) Geospatial aspects of catchment hydrology. Geoinformatics Magazine, 7, 22-25.
  • Holden, J., Maxfield, E., Hobson, G., McFarland, O., Brookes, C.J., James, T.J. and Irvine, B.J. (2004) Strategic locations for gully blocking based using high resolution topographic data. Moors for the Future/Peak District NP.
  • Holden, J., Maxfield, E., Howard, A.J., West, J, and Lane, S.N. (2004) Predicting impacts of environmental change on surface-subsurface hydrological interactions in sensitive urban environments. English Heritage.
  • Holden, J., Keylock, C.J. and Howard, A. J. (2003) Geomorphology of Upper Wharfedale. (Teacher and student book for schools)
  • Holden, J. (2003) Soil piping in peatlands. Geographical Magazine, July 2003.
  • Holden, J. (2003) Further Rainfall-runoff relationships at Osbaldwick Beck, York. Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust.
  • Holden, J and Howard, A.J. (2003) Restoration of water features at Bramham; Part III.
  • Holden, J and Howard, A.J. (2003) Restoration of water features at Bramham; Part II.
  • Holden, J. (2003) Rainfall-runoff relationships at Osbaldwick Beck, York. Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust.
  • McDonald, A.T., Lane, S.N., Kirkby, M.J., Holden, J., Reid, S.C., Tayefi, V. and Brookes, C.J. (2003) Information requirements for the Integrated Management of Agricultural Areas in Sensitive River Basins. Environment Agency E1-108.
  • Holden, J. (2002) Spring head water tower, Whitby Abbey Headland and surrounding hydrology. English Heritage.
  • Holden, J., Howard, A.J., Lockwood, R.A., and Stanley, D.J. (2002) Restoration of water features at Bramham Park: Hydrological feasibility study – Part I: Ground penetrating radar survey and hydrological instrumentation. Report for English Heritage and the Bramham Estate.
  • Lane, S.N., McDonald, A., Kirkby, M.J., Holden, J., Brookes, C.J. Ashley, D., Reid, S.C., and Tayefi, (2002). BGRG Field Guide for the Upper Wharfe: Buckden. University of Leeds.
  • Holden, J. (2002) Detecting environmental change: science and society. Circulation, 72, 4-5.
  • Holden, J. (2001) Changing wetlands. Circulation, 71, 11-12.
  • Holden, J. (2000) Upland sediment budgets. Geophemera, 80, 33.
  • Mills, A.J. and Holden, J. (2000) Cuilcagh Mountain, Ireland. Geophemera, 80, 28-29.

 

 

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