Dr Sheila Palmer
Research overview
I am a soil biogeochemist with a particular interest in forest and upland soils. My work includes the effect of environmental (e.g. acid rain) and land management change (e.g. burning, afforestation) on soil and solution chemistry, and sometimes the subsequent effects on surface water quality. I am particularly interested in the cycling of carbon and the mobilisation and speciation of aluminium.
Contact details
Room 3.69
School of Geography
University of Leeds
University Road
Leeds LS2 9JT UK
Email:
s.m.palmer
Telephone:
+44 (0) 113 34
37991
Student hours:
Mondays 10am to 1pm or email for an appointment.
Latest publications
- Palmer SM; Clark JM; Chapman PJ; Van der Heijden GMF; Bottrell SH (2013) Effects of acid sulphate on DOC release in mineral soils: The influence of SO retention and Al release, European Journal of Soil Science, . doi: 10.1111/ejss.12048
- Holden J; Chapman PJ; Palmer SM; Kay P; Grayson R (2012) The impacts of prescribed moorland burning on water colour and dissolved organic carbon: a critical synthesis., J Environ Manage, 101, pp.92-103. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.02.002
- Ryan JL; Heal KV; Lynam P; Palmer SM (2012) The effect of broadleaf woodland on aluminium speciation in stream water in an acid-sensitive area in the UK, Science of the Total Environment, 439, pp.321-331. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.09.034
- Chapman PJ; Palmer SM; Irvine BJ; Mitchell G; McDonald AT (2012) A response to 'Changes in water colour between 1986 and 2006 in the headwaters of the River Nidd, Yorkshire, UK: A critique of methodological approaches and measurement of burning management' by Yallop et al, Biogeochemistry, 111, pp.105-109. doi: 10.1007/s10533-011-9665-0
Current projects
- Greenhouse gas emissions associated with non gaseous losses of carbon from peatlands - fate of particulate and dissolved carbon
- Characterisation of dissolved organic carbon from different sources within a catchment
- EMBER: Effects of Moorland Burning on the Ecohydrology of River Basins
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