Dr Lee Brown
Research overview
Through my research I aim to increase understanding of how aquatic ecosystem biodiversity and functional processes respond to environmental change.
I am a freshwater ecologist with a particular interest in river ecosystems. My work crosses several research fields (population and community ecology, hydrology and geomorphology). I am particularly interested in river ecosystems in cold regions (alpine, sub-alpine, arctic), the effects of catchment management (e.g. artificial drainage, vegetation burning) on rivers in the UK uplands, and aquatic food webs.
Feel free to contact me for reprints of papers, or if you are interested in studying/working in our research group.
Contact details
Room 1.36a
School of Geography
University of Leeds
University Road
Leeds LS2 9JT UK
Email:
l.brown
Telephone:
+44 (0) 113 34
33302
Student hours:
Monday, Wednesday & Thursday 10:00am - 16:00pm please email to make an appointment
Latest publications
- Hughes SR; Kay P; Brown LE (2013) Global synthesis and critical evaluation of pharmaceutical data sets collected from river systems., Environ Sci Technol, 47, pp.661-677. doi: 10.1021/es3030148
- Ramchunder SJ; Brown LE; Holden J (2013) Rotational vegetation burning effects on peatland stream ecosystems, Journal of Applied Ecology, . doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12082
- Clitherow LR; Carrivick JL; Brown LE (2013) Food web structure in a harsh glacier-fed river., PLoS One, 8, pp.e60899. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060899
- Carrivick JL; Dickson NE; Carver SJ; Evans AJ; Brown LE et al. (2013) Contemporary geomorphological activity throughout the proglacial area of an alpine catchment, Geomorphology, 188, pp.83-95. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.03.029
- Milner AM; Klaar MJ; Robertson AL; McDermott MJ; Brown LE (2013) Major flood disturbance alters river ecosystem evolution, Nature Climate Change, 3, pp.137-141. doi: 10.1038/nclimate1665
Current projects
- EMBER: Effects of Moorland Burning on the Ecohydrology of River Basins. Funded by a 38 month NERC standard grant
- Biodiversity of natural and artificial upland blanket peat bog-pools. Funded by Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
- The influence of major FLOOD disturbance on River EcoSystem Evolution Trajectories (FLOODRESET) in recently deglaciated terrain. Funded by a NERC urgency grant (with Milner [Bham] and Robertson [Roehampton]
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