School of Geography - Faculty of Environment

PUBLICATIONS

Journal papers

• Brown, L.E. & Milner, A.M. (in press 2012) Rapid loss of glacial ice reveals stream community assembly processes. Global Change Biology
• Brown, L.E. (in press 2012) Freshwater Ecosystems. In: Holden, J. (Ed). An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment (3rd Edition). Pearson Prentice-Hall.
• Carrivick, J.L., Geilhausen, M., Warburton, J., Dickson, N.E., Carver, S.J., Evans, A.J. & Brown, L.E. (in press 2012) Contemporary geomorphological activity throughout the proglacial area of an alpine catchment. Geomorphology
• Hagen, M., Kissling, W.D., Rasmussen, C., De Aguuiar, M.A.M., Brown, L.E. and 20 other authors. (in press 2012) Ecological networks in a fragmented world. Advances in Ecological Research
• Jacobsen, D., Milner, A.M., Brown, L.E. & Dangles, O. (2012) Biodiversity under threat in glacier-fed river systems. Nature Climate Change 2: 361-364
• Carrivick, J.L., Brown, L.E., Hannah, D.M. & Turner, A.G.D. (2012) Numerical modelling of spatio-temporal thermal heterogeneity in a complex river system. Journal of Hydrology 414/415: 491-502
• Ramchunder, S.J., Brown, L.E. & Holden, J. (2012) Catchment scale peatland restoration benefits stream macroinvertebrate biodiversity. Journal of Applied Ecology 49: 182-191
• Brown, L.E. Podcasting and vodcasting to BSc Geography students. Planet 24: 62-67
• Brown, L.E., Edwards, F., Woodward, G. Milner, A.M., & Ledger, M.E., (2011) Food web complexity and allometric-scaling relationships in stream mesocosms: implications for experimentation. Journal of Animal Ecology 80: 884-895 (link)
• Ledger, M.E., Edwards, F., Brown, L.E., Woodward, G. & Milner, A.M. (2011) Impact of simulated drought on ecosystem biomass production: an experimental test in stream mesocosms. Global Change Biology 17: 2288-2297 (link)
• Milner, A.M., Robertson, A.L., Brown, L.E., Sonderland, S., McDermott, M., & Veal, A.J. (2011) Evolution of a stream ecosystem in recently deglaciated terrain. Ecology 92: 1924-1935 (link)
• Ramchunder, S., Brown, L.E. & Holden, J. (2011) Spatial and seasonal variability of peatland stream ecosystems. Ecohydrology 4: 577-588 (link)
• Woodward, G., Perkins, D. & Brown, L.E. (2010) Climate change and freshwater ecosystems: impacts across multiple levels of organisation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 365: 2093-2106 (link)
• Dickson, N.E., Brown, L.E. & Carrivick, J.L. (2010) Hydroclimatological and anthropogenic influences on stream temperature dynamics of the Eisboden glacier-fed river, Austrian Alps. Proceedings of the third British Hydrological Society international symposium, Newcastle, UK:
• Brown, L.E., Mitchell, G., Holden, J., Wright, N., Beharry-Borg, N., Berry, G., Brierley, B., Chapman, P., Clarke, S., Cotton, L., Davies, R.J., Dobson, M., Dollar, E., Elfleet, M., Fletcher, M., Folkard, A., Foster, J., Griffiths, M., Hanlon, A., Hildon, S., Hiley, P., Hillis, P., Hoseason, J., Johnston, K., Kay, P., McDonald, A., Parrot, A., Philips, M., Powell, A., Ponton, G., Slack, R.J., Sleigh, A., Spray, C., Tapley, K., Underhill, R. & Woulds, C. (2010) Priority water research questions as determined by UK practitioners and policy-makers. Science of the Total Environment  409: 261-271 (link)
• Woodward, G., Benstead, J.P., Beveridge, O.S., Blanchard, J., Brey, T., Brown, L.E., Cross, W.F., Friberg, N., Ings, T.C., Jacob, U., Jennings, S., Ledger, M.E., Milner, A.M., Montoya, J.M., Pichler, D.E., O’Gorman, E., Petchey, O.L., Olesen, J.M., Reuman, D.C., Thompson, M.S., Van Veen, F.J.F. & Yvon-Durocher, G. (2010) Ecological networks in a changing climate. Advances in Ecological Research 42: 71-139 (link)
• Brown, L.E., Cooper, L., Holden, J. & Ramchunder, S. (2010) A comparison of stream water temperature regimes from open and afforested moorland, Yorkshire Dales, northern England. Hydrological Processes 24: 3206-3218 (link)
• Brown, L.E., Milner, A.M. & Hannah, D.M. (2010) Predicting river ecosystem response to glacial meltwater dynamics: a case study of quantitative water sourcing and glaciality index approaches. Aquatic Sciences 72: 325-334 (link)
• Brown, L.E., Céréghino, R. & Compin, A. (2009) Endemic aquatic invertebrates from southern France: diversity, distribution and conservation implications. Biological Conservation 142: 2613-2619 (link)
• Brown, L.E, Hannah, D.M & Milner, A.M. (2009) ARISE: A classification approach for Alpine RIver and Stream Ecosystems. Freshwater Biology 54: 1357-1369 (link)
• Ramchunder, S., Brown, L.E. & Holden, J. (2009) Environmental effects of contemporary UK peatland catchment management. Progress in Physical Geography 33: 49-79 (link)
• Milner, A.M., Brown, L.E. & Hannah, D.M. (2009) Hydroecological effects of shrinking glaciers. Hydrological Processes 23: 62-77 (link)
• Ings, T.C., Montoya, J.M., Bascompte, J., Blüthgen, N., Brown, L.E., Dormann, C.F., Edwards, F., Figueroa, D., Jacob, U., Jones, J.I., Laurisden, R.B., Ledger, M.E., Olesen, J.M., Van Veen, F.J., Warren, P.H. & Woodward, G. (2009) Ecological networks – beyond food webs. Journal of Animal Ecology 78: 253-269 (link)
• Brown, L.E. & Hannah, D.M. (2008) Spatial heterogeneity of stream temperature across an alpine river basin. Hydrological Processes 22: 954-967
• Webb, B.W., Hannah, D.M., Moore, R.D., Brown, L.E. & Nobilis, F. (2008) Recent advances in stream and river temperature studies. Hydrological Processes 22: 902-918
• Cadbury, S.L., Hannah, D.M., Milner, A.M., Pearson, C.P. & Brown, L.E. (2008). Stream temperature dynamics within a New Zealand glacierized river basin. River Research and Applications 24: 68-89
• Hannah, D.M., Brown, L.E., Milner, A.M., Gurnell, A.M., McGregor, G., Petts, G.E., Smith, B.P.G. & Snook, D. (2007) Integrating climate-hydrology-ecology for alpine river systems. Aquatic Conservation: Marine & Freshwater Ecosystems 17: 636-656
• Brown, L.E. & Hannah, D.M. (2007) Alpine stream temperature response to storm events. Journal of Hydrometeorology 8: 952-967
• Brown, L.E, Hannah, D.M. & Milner, A.M. (2007) Vulnerability of alpine stream biodiversity to shrinking glaciers and snowpacks. Global Change Biology 13: 958-966.
• Brown, L.E, Milner, A.M. & Hannah. D.M. (2007) Groundwater influence on alpine stream ecosystems. Freshwater Biology 52: 878-890.
• Brown, L.E, Hannah, D.M., Milner, A.M., Soulsby, C., Hodson, A. & Brewer, M. (2006) Water source dynamics in a glacierized alpine river basin (Taillon-Gabiétous, French Pyrénées). Water Resources Research 42: W08404.
• Brown, L.E, Hannah, D.M & Milner, A.M. (2006) Hydroclimatological influences on water column and streambed thermal dynamics in an alpine river system. Journal of Hydrology 325: 1-20
• Brown, L.E, Hannah, D.M. & Milner, A.M. (2006) Short Communication: Thermal variability and stream flow permanency in an alpine river system. River Research and Applications 22: 493-501.
• Brown, L.E, Milner, A.M. & Hannah, D.M. (2006) Persistence and stability of alpine stream macroinvertebrate communities and the role of physicochemical habitat variables. Hydrobiologia 540: 159-173
• Milner, A.M., Conn, S.C. & Brown, L.E. (2006) Persistence and stability of macroinvertebrate communities in streams of Denali National Park, Alaska: implications for biological monitoring. Freshwater Biology 51: 373-387
• Brown, L.E, Hannah, D.M. & Milner, A.M. (2005) Spatial and temporal water column and stream bed temperature dynamics within an alpine catchment: Implications for benthic communities. Hydrological Processes 19: 1585-1610
• Brown, L.E, Sherlock, C., Milner, A.M., Hannah, D.M. & Ledger, M.E. (2004) Longitudinal distribution of diatom communities along a proglacial stream in the Taillon-Gabiétous catchment, French Pyrénées. Pirineos 158/159: 73-86.
• Brown, L.E, Hannah, D.M. & Milner, A.M. (2004) Alpine stream temperature variability and potential implications for benthic communities. In Webb, B.W. et al. Hydrology: Science and Practice for the 21st Century Volume 2. British Hydrological Society London.
• Brown, L.E, Hannah, D.M. & Milner, A.M. (2003) Alpine stream habitat classification: An alternative approach incorporating the role of dynamic water source contributions. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 35: 313-322.

Book chapters

• Brown, L.E. (in press) Freshwater Ecosystems. In Holden, J. (Ed). An Introduction to Physical Geography and the Environment (4th Edition). Pearson Prentice-Hall.
• Maltby, E., Ormerod, S., Acreman, M., Blackwell, M., Durance, I., Everard, M., Morris, J., Spray, C.J., Biggs, J., Boon, P., Brierley, B., Brown, L.E., Burn, A., Clarke, L., Clarke, S., Diack, I., Duigan, C., Dunbar, M., Gilvear, D., Gurnell, A.M., Jenkins, A., Large, A.R.G., Maberly, S., Moss, B., Newman, J., Robertson, A., Ross, M., Rowan, J.S., Shepherd, M.J., Vaughan, I.P. & Ward, R. (2011) Freshwaters - Open waters, wetlands and floodplains. UK National Ecosystem Assessment. UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge: 295:360 (link)
• Milner, A.M., Brittain, J.E., Brown, L.E., & Hannah, D.M. (2010) Water sources and habitat of alpine streams. In: (Eds) Bundi U., Peter, A., Robinson, C., Schädler, B., Truffer, B., Wehrli, B., Weingartner, R., Alpine Waters. Springer, Berlin. 175-191
• Brown, L.E, Milner, A.M. & Hannah, D.M. (2007). Hydroecology of alpine rivers. in Wood, P.J., Hannah, D.M. & Sadler, J.P. (eds). Hydroecology and Ecohydrology: Past, Present and Future. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester: 339-360

Other publications and reports

• Brown, L.E. (2010) New insights into disturbance and stressor effects on aquatic ecosystems meeting, University of Leeds. Freshwater Biological Association News 52: 12
• Castella, E., Hannah, D.M., Khamis, K., Lehmann, A., Milner, A.M. & Brown, L.E. Climate change and biological diversity in alpine running water ecosystems. ACQWA Newsletter 4: 7-13
• Slack, R. Brown, L.E., Mitchell, G. & Holden, J. 2011. UK water research – what do policy makers need to know? Environment Industry Magazine Feb/Mar: 122-127
• Brown, L.E. (2010) Detritus subsidies, biodiversity and ecosystem function in UK moorland streams. British Ecological Society small ecological project report. July 2010
• Hannah, D.M., Brown, L.E. & Milner, A.M. (2010) Climate-hydrology-ecology interactions in glacierized river systems. Geophysical Research Abstracts 12: EGU2010-12314.
• Milner, A.M., Hannah, D.M., Blaen, P. & Brown, L.E. Hydroecological response of Svalbard river systems to climate change: integrated comparison of responses across a number of high latitude basins. Summary Project Report. Submitted to European Centre for Arctic Environmental Research, October 2009.
• Brown, L.E., Holden, J., Ramchunder, S. & Langton, R. 2009. Understanding moorland aquatic insect ecology to inform biodiversity conservation and sustainable land management. Final report. Submitted to North Pennines AONB Peatscapes project, June 2009.
• Brown, L.E., Ledger, M.E. & Holden, J. 2009. Patch-scale mesocosms for applied aquatic ecology research: An assessment of replicability, realism and issues for upscaling: UKPopNet end of project report. Submitted to UKPopNet, June 2009.
• Brown, L.E. Holden, J. & Palmer, S.M. 2009. Effects of peatland burning on hydrology, water quality and aquatic ecosystems. Geophysical Research Abstracts 11: EGU2009-1918.
• Ramchunder, S.J., Brown, L.E. & Holden J. 2009. Peatland management effects on stream ecosystems. Geophysical Research Abstracts 11: EGU2009-3455-1.
• Dickson, N., Brown, L.E., Carrivick, J.L. & Füreder, L. 2009. Spatio-temporal habitat heterogeneity across an Alpine stream system. Geophysical Research Abstracts 11: EGU2009-157-2.
• Carrivick, J.L., Brown, L.E. & Arrell, K. Modelling Arctic glacier runoff and floodplain dynamics - final report of Geographical Fieldwork Grant activities, September 2008. Submitted to Royal Geographical Society.
• Brown, L.E., Carrivick, J.L., Warburton, J., Dickson, N., Arrell, K. & Füreder, L. (2008) Hydrogeomorphological response of alpine glacier-fed rivers to meltwater flood-pulses – interim report July 2008. Submitted to Royal Geographical Society and Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
• Brown, L.E., Holden, J. & Ramchunder, S. (2008). Understanding moorland aquatic insect ecology to inform biodiversity conservation and sustainable land management. Progress report 2. July 2008 submitted to North Pennines AONB Peatscapes project
• Hannah, D.M., Brown, L.E. & Milner, A.M. (2008) Hyporheic temperature dynamics of an alpine stream. Geophysical Research Abstracts 10: EGU2008-A-10954, 2008. SRef-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU2008-A-10954
• Brown, L.E. (2008) Investigations into the effects of elevated organic matter loads on the invertebrates of upland streams. Progress report, March 2006 submitted to Natural England
• Brown, L.E. & Holden, J. 2007. Understanding moorland aquatic insect ecology to inform biodiversity conservation and sustainable land management. Progress report 1. December 2007 submitted to North Pennines AONB Peatscapes project
• Brown, L.E. (2007) FBA NE Region Group – Report of the Inaugural Meeting. Freshwater Biological Association News 39: 7
• Brown, L.E, Hannah, D.M & Milner, A.M. (2007) Multi-scale thermal variability in alpine streams. Geophysical Research Abstracts 9: 00515: SRef-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU2007-A-00515
• Brown, L.E. & Hannah, D.M (2007) Alpine stream temperature response to storm events. Geophysical Research Abstracts 9: 01774: SRef-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU2007-A-01774
• Brown, L.E, Hannah, D.M & Milner, A.M. (2007) Vulnerability of alpine stream biodiversity to shrinking snowpacks and glaciers. Geophysical Research Abstracts 9: 01771: SRef-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU2007-A-01771
• Cadbury, S.L., Hannah, D.M., Milner, A.M., Pearson, C.P. & Brown, L.E. (2007). Stream temperature dynamics within a New Zealand glacierized river basin. Geophysical Research Abstracts 9: 05002: SRef-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU2007-A-05002
• Brown, L.E. Sunsets, salmon, glaciers and Duck tape: how the 54th North American Benthological Society meeting was about much more than stream ecology. BHS Circulation 90: 10-11.
• Brown, L.E, Milner, A.M. & Hannah, D.M. (2006) Vulnerability of alpine stream biodiversity to shrinking snowpacks and glaciers. Bulletin of the North American Benthological Society 23 (1): 163.
• Brown, L.E. (2004) The 52nd Annual North American Benthological Society Conference, Vancouver. BHS Circulation 85: 3-4
• Brown, L.E., Milner, A.M. & Hannah, D.M. (2004) Hydroecological response of alpine streams to dynamic water source contributions: A case study from the French Pyrénées. Bulletin of the North American Benthological Society 21 (1): 163-164.
• Hannah, D.M., Brown, L.E. & Milner, A.M. (2003) Previous, current and proposed (future) research by the University of Birmingham upon glacial and alpine systems within the Parc National des Pyrénées: A contribution to the 5 year (2004 2008) science plan. Report submitted to Pyrenees National Park Authority, February 2003.