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Pollen‐based reconstruction reveals the impact of the onset of agriculture on plant functional trait composition (2022)
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Veeken, A., Santos, M. J., McGowan, S., Davies, A. L., & Schrodt, F. (2022). Pollen‐based reconstruction reveals the impact of the onset of agriculture on plant functional trait composition. Ecology Letters, 25(9), 1937-1951. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14063

The onset of agriculture improved the capacity of ecosystems to produce food, but inadvertently altered other vital ecosystem functions. Plant traits play a central role in determining ecosystem properties, therefore we investigated how the onset of... Read More about Pollen‐based reconstruction reveals the impact of the onset of agriculture on plant functional trait composition.

Habitat heterogeneity enables spatial and temporal coexistence of native and invasive macrophytes in shallow lake landscapes (2021)
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Salgado, J., Sayer, C. D., Willby, N., Baker, A. G., Goldsmith, B., McGowan, S., …Okamura, B. (2022). Habitat heterogeneity enables spatial and temporal coexistence of native and invasive macrophytes in shallow lake landscapes. River Research and Applications, 38(8), 1387-1399. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3839

Macrophyte invasive alien species (IAS) fitness is often hypothesised to be associated with beneficial environmental conditions (environmental matching) or species-poor communities. However, positive correlations between macrophyte IAS abundance and... Read More about Habitat heterogeneity enables spatial and temporal coexistence of native and invasive macrophytes in shallow lake landscapes.

Anthropocene climate warming enhances autochthonous carbon cycling in an upland Arctic lake, Disko Island, West Greenland (2021)
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Stevenson, M. A., Mcgowan, S., Pearson, E. J., Swann, G. E., Leng, M. J., Jones, V. J., …Whiteford, E. (2021). Anthropocene climate warming enhances autochthonous carbon cycling in an upland Arctic lake, Disko Island, West Greenland. Biogeosciences, 18(8), 2465-2485. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-2465-2021

The Arctic is rapidly changing, disrupting biogeochemical cycles and the processing, delivery and sedimentation of carbon (C), in linked terrestrial-aquatic systems. In this investigation, we coupled a hydrogeomorphic assessment of catchment soils, s... Read More about Anthropocene climate warming enhances autochthonous carbon cycling in an upland Arctic lake, Disko Island, West Greenland.

Climatic and environmental change in the western Tibetan Plateau during the Holocene, recorded by lake sediments from Aweng Co (2021)
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Zhang, Y., Zhang, J., McGowan, S., Metcalfe, S., Jones, M., Leng, M. J., & Hou, J. (2021). Climatic and environmental change in the western Tibetan Plateau during the Holocene, recorded by lake sediments from Aweng Co. Quaternary Science Reviews, 259, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106889

Understanding the strength and extent of the Asian summer monsoon (including the East Asian summer monsoon and the Indian summer monsoon) in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) region is crucial for predicting possible changes in the regional eco-environment an... Read More about Climatic and environmental change in the western Tibetan Plateau during the Holocene, recorded by lake sediments from Aweng Co.

High rates of biodeposition and N-excretion indicate strong functional effects of mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in certain anthropogenic tropical freshwater habitats (2020)
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Zieritz, A., Ning, C. W., Mcgowan, S., & Gibbins, C. (2021). High rates of biodeposition and N-excretion indicate strong functional effects of mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in certain anthropogenic tropical freshwater habitats. Hydrobiologia, 848(12-13), 3153-3166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-020-04464-y

The functional roles of freshwater mussels (Unionida) in tropical systems are poorly understood. We quantified the effects of mussel filtration, excretion and deposition in three anthropogenic tropical systems, i.e. a man-made lake, abandoned mining... Read More about High rates of biodeposition and N-excretion indicate strong functional effects of mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) in certain anthropogenic tropical freshwater habitats.

Can ?18O help indicate the causes of recent lake area expansion on the western Tibetan Plateau? A case study from Aweng Co (2020)
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Zhang, Y., Jones, M., Zhang, J., McGowan, S., & Metcalfe, S. (2020). Can ?18O help indicate the causes of recent lake area expansion on the western Tibetan Plateau? A case study from Aweng Co. Journal of Paleolimnology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-020-00158-6

© 2020, Springer Nature B.V. Glacier-fed lakes on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) have undergone rapid expansions since the late 1990s, concurrent with the changing climate. However, the dominant cause(s) of lake area increases is still debated. To identify... Read More about Can ?18O help indicate the causes of recent lake area expansion on the western Tibetan Plateau? A case study from Aweng Co.

Changing nutrient cycling in Lake Baikal, the world’s oldest lake (2020)
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Swann, G. E. A., Panizzo, V. N., Piccolroaz, S., Pashley, V., Horstwood, M., Roberts, S., …Mackay, A. W. (2020). Changing nutrient cycling in Lake Baikal, the world’s oldest lake. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(44), 27211-27217. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2013181117

Copyright © 2020 the Author(s). Published by PNAS. Lake Baikal, lying in a rift zone in southeastern Siberia, is the world's oldest, deepest, and most voluminous lake that began to form over 30 million years ago. Cited as the "most outstanding exampl... Read More about Changing nutrient cycling in Lake Baikal, the world’s oldest lake.

Rapidly rising transboundary atmospheric pollution from industrial and urban sources in Southeast Asia and its implications for regional sustainable development (2020)
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Chen, Q., McGowan, S., Gouramanis, C., Fong, L., Balasubramanian, R., & Taylor, D. (2020). Rapidly rising transboundary atmospheric pollution from industrial and urban sources in Southeast Asia and its implications for regional sustainable development. Environmental Research Letters, 15(10), Article 1040a5. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abb5ce

Transboundary atmospheric pollution is a major concern throughout much of Southeast Asia (SEA), although most attention has, to date, focused on episodic haze events associated with biomass burning in the region. Here, we reconstruct long-term variat... Read More about Rapidly rising transboundary atmospheric pollution from industrial and urban sources in Southeast Asia and its implications for regional sustainable development.

Using stable isotopes to estimate young water fractions in a heavily regulated, tropical lowland river basin (2020)
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Trinh, A. D., Do, T. N., Panizzo, V. N., McGowan, S., & Leng, M. J. (2020). Using stable isotopes to estimate young water fractions in a heavily regulated, tropical lowland river basin. Hydrological Processes, 34(22), 4239-4250. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13878

© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd The young water fraction of streamflow (Fyw), an important hydrological variable, has been calculated for the first time, for a monsoon-fed coastal catchment in northern Vietnam. Oxygen stable isotopes (δ18O) from six r... Read More about Using stable isotopes to estimate young water fractions in a heavily regulated, tropical lowland river basin.

Source and quantity of carbon influence its sequestration in Rostherne Mere (UK) sediment: a novel application of stepped combustion radiocarbon analysis (2020)
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Keaveney, E. M., Radbourne, A. D., McGowan, S., Ryves, D. B., & Reimer, P. J. (2020). Source and quantity of carbon influence its sequestration in Rostherne Mere (UK) sediment: a novel application of stepped combustion radiocarbon analysis. Journal of Paleolimnology, 64, 347–363. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-020-00141-1

Diatoms in a sediment core from a flood pulse wetland in Malaysia record strong responses to human impacts and hydro‐climate over the past 150 years (2020)
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Briddon, C. L., McGowan, S., Metcalfe, S. E., Panizzo, V., Lacey, J., Engels, S., …Idris, M. (2020). Diatoms in a sediment core from a flood pulse wetland in Malaysia record strong responses to human impacts and hydro‐climate over the past 150 years. Geo: Geography and Environment, 7(1), Article e00090. https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.90

Rapid development and climate change in southeast Asia is placing unprecedented pressures on freshwater ecosystems, but long term records of the ecological consequences are rare. Here we examine one basin of Tasik Chini (Malaysia), a UNESCO?designate... Read More about Diatoms in a sediment core from a flood pulse wetland in Malaysia record strong responses to human impacts and hydro‐climate over the past 150 years.

Marine resource abundance drove pre-agricultural population increase in Stone Age Scandinavia (2020)
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Lewis, J. P., Ryves, D. B., Rasmussen, P., Olsen, J., van der Sluis, L. G., Reimer, P. J., …Juggins, S. (2020). Marine resource abundance drove pre-agricultural population increase in Stone Age Scandinavia. Nature Communications, 11, Article 2006. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15621-1

How climate and ecology affect key cultural transformations remains debated in the context of long-term socio-cultural development because of spatially and temporally disjunct climate and archaeological records. The introduction of agriculture trigge... Read More about Marine resource abundance drove pre-agricultural population increase in Stone Age Scandinavia.

Towards the conservation of Borneo’s freshwater mussels: rediscovery of the endemic Ctenodesma borneensis and first record of the non-native Sinanodonta lauta (2020)
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Zieritz, A., Taha, H., Lopes-Lima, M., Pfeiffer, J., Sing, K. W., Sulaiman, Z., …Rahim, K. A. (2020). Towards the conservation of Borneo’s freshwater mussels: rediscovery of the endemic Ctenodesma borneensis and first record of the non-native Sinanodonta lauta. Biodiversity and Conservation, 29(7), 2235–2253. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-020-01971-1

The freshwater mussel fauna of Borneo is highly endemic, with at least 11 species being unique to that island. Most of these species have not been recorded for at least 50 years owing to a lack of sampling effort and large-scale habitat destruction a... Read More about Towards the conservation of Borneo’s freshwater mussels: rediscovery of the endemic Ctenodesma borneensis and first record of the non-native Sinanodonta lauta.

Diatom-based water-table reconstruction in Sphagnum peatlands of northeastern China (2020)
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Chen, X., McGowan, S., Bu, Z., Yang, X., Cao, Y., Bai, X., …Qiao, Q. (2020). Diatom-based water-table reconstruction in Sphagnum peatlands of northeastern China. Water Research, 174, 115648. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.115648

Peatlands are important ecosystems for biodiversity conservation, global carbon cycling and water storage. Hydrological changes due to climate variability have accelerated the degradation of global and regional ecosystem services of peatlands. Diatom... Read More about Diatom-based water-table reconstruction in Sphagnum peatlands of northeastern China.

Mercury loading within the Selenga River basin and Lake Baikal, Siberia (2019)
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Roberts, S., Adams, J. K., Mackay, A. W., Swann, G. E. A., McGowan, S., Rose, N. L., …Shchetnikov, A. A. (2020). Mercury loading within the Selenga River basin and Lake Baikal, Siberia. Environmental Pollution, 259, Article 113814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113814

Mercury (Hg) loading in Lake Baikal, a UNESCO world heritage site, is growing and poses a serious health concern to the lake’s ecosystem due to the ability of Hg to transform into a toxic form, known as methylmercury (MeHg). Monitoring of Hg into Lak... Read More about Mercury loading within the Selenga River basin and Lake Baikal, Siberia.

Dissolved Inorganic Geogenic Phosphorus Load to a Groundwater-Fed Lake: Implications of Terrestrial Phosphorus Cycling by Groundwater (2019)
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Nisbeth, C. S., Kidmose, J., Weckström, K., Reitzel, K., Odgaard, B. V., Bennike, O., …Jessen, S. (2019). Dissolved Inorganic Geogenic Phosphorus Load to a Groundwater-Fed Lake: Implications of Terrestrial Phosphorus Cycling by Groundwater. Water, 11(11), Article 2213. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11112213

The general perception has long been that lake eutrophication is driven by anthropogenic sources of phosphorus (P) and that P is immobile in the subsurface and in aquifers. Combined investigation of the current water and P budgets of a 70 ha lake (Nø... Read More about Dissolved Inorganic Geogenic Phosphorus Load to a Groundwater-Fed Lake: Implications of Terrestrial Phosphorus Cycling by Groundwater.

Shallow water phytoplankton responses to nitrate and salinity enrichment may be modified by benthic processes (2019)
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McGowan, S., Leavitt, P. R., Barker, T., & Moss, B. (2019). Shallow water phytoplankton responses to nitrate and salinity enrichment may be modified by benthic processes. Inland Waters, 10(1), 137-151. https://doi.org/10.1080/20442041.2019.1634948

The effects of salinity (as chloride [Cl] at 600, 1000, 1600, and 2500 mg L−1) and nitrate (as nitrogen [N] loading rates using concentrations of 1, 2, 5, and 10 mg L−1) additions on phytoplankton communities (as chlorophyll and carotenoid pigments)... Read More about Shallow water phytoplankton responses to nitrate and salinity enrichment may be modified by benthic processes.

Admixture between ancient lineages, selection, and the formation of sympatric stickleback species-pairs (2019)
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Dean, L. L., Magalhaes, I. S., Foote, A., D’Agostino, D., McGowan, S., & MacColl, A. D. (2019). Admixture between ancient lineages, selection, and the formation of sympatric stickleback species-pairs. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 36(11), 2481-2497. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msz161

Ecological speciation has become a popular model for the development and maintenance of reproductive isolation in closely related sympatric pairs of species or ecotypes. An implicit assumption has been that such pairs originate (possibly with gene fl... Read More about Admixture between ancient lineages, selection, and the formation of sympatric stickleback species-pairs.

Transitions in diatom assemblages and pigments through dry and wet season conditions in the Red River, Hanoi (Vietnam) (2019)
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Thi, T. D., Nguyen, H. Y., Le, T. P. Q., Kien, N. T., Tran, T. T. H., Le, . N. D., …Mcgowan, S. (2019). Transitions in diatom assemblages and pigments through dry and wet season conditions in the Red River, Hanoi (Vietnam). Plant Ecology and Evolution, 152(2), 163-177. https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2019.1627

Background and aims – Biomonitoring is an important tool for assessing river water quality, but is not routinely applied in tropical rivers. Marked hydrological changes can occur between wet and dry season conditions in the tropics. Thus, a prerequis... Read More about Transitions in diatom assemblages and pigments through dry and wet season conditions in the Red River, Hanoi (Vietnam).