Publications

The Llyn Brianne Observatory is one of the longest-running catchment projects anywhere in the world. Scores of scientific papers and student projects, from undergraduate to PhD, have been based on research carried out at the Observatory.

Published papers

Hayes, L. et al. 2023. The occurrence and zoonotic potential of Cryptosporidium species in freshwater biota. Parasites and Vectors 16, article number: 209. (10.1186/s13071-023-05827-9)
Pharaoh, E., Diamond, M., Ormerod, S. J., Rutt, G. and Vaughan, I. P. 2023. Evidence of biological recovery from gross pollution in English and Welsh rivers over three decades. Science of the Total Environment 878, article number: 163107. (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163107)
Pye, M. C., Vaughan, I. P., Ormerod, S. J. and Durance, I. 2022. Organic litter dynamics in headwater streams draining contrasting land uses. Hydrobiologia (10.1007/s10750-022-05084-4)
Whelan, M. J. et al. 2022. Is water quality in British rivers "better than at any time since the end of the Industrial Revolution"?. Science of the Total Environment 843, article number: 157014. (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157014)
Gutierrez-Canovas, C. et al. 2021. Populations of high-value predators reflect the traits of their prey. Ecography 44(5), pp. 690-702. (10.1111/ecog.05438)
Perkins, D. M. et al. 2021. Systematic variation in food web body-size structure linked to external subsidies. Biology Letters 17(3), article number: 20200798. (10.1098/rsbl.2020.0798)
Seymour, M. et al. 2018. Acidity promotes degradation of multi-species eDNA in lotic mesocosms. Communications Biology, 1(4), (10.1038/s42003-017-0005-3).
Feld, C.K., 2018, Evaluating riparian solutions to multiple stressor problems in river ecosystems — a conceptual study. Water Research, 139, pp. 381-394 (10.1016/j.watres.2018.04.014).
Larsen, S., et al. 2018. Lifting the veil: richness measurements fail to detect systematic biodiversity change over three decades. Ecology, 99, pp. 1316-1326 (10.1002/ecy.2213).
Riley, W.D., et al. 2018. Small Water Bodies in Great Britain and Ireland: Ecosystem function, human-generated degradation, and options for restorative action. Science of the Total Environment, 645, pp. 1598-1616 (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.243).
Verberk, W. et al. 2016. Field and laboratory studies reveal interacting effects of stream oxygenation and warming on aquatic ectotherma. Global Change Biology 22(5), pp. 1769-1778. (10.1111/gcb.13240)
Frame, J. et al. 2016. Biological barriers to restoration: testing the biotic resistance hypothesis in an upland stream recovering from acidification. Hydrobiologia 777(1), pp. 161-170. (10.1007/s10750-016-2772-0)
Woodward, G. et al. 2016. The effects of climatic fluctuations and extreme events on running water ecosystems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences 371(1694), article number: 20150274. (10.1098/rstb.2015.0274)
Durance, I. et al. 2016. The challenges of linking ecosystem services to biodiversity. Advances in Ecological Research 54, pp. 87-134. (10.1016/bs.aecr.2015.10.003)
Thomas, S. M. et al. 2016. Beyond cool: adapting upland streams for climate change using riparian woodlands. Global Change Biology 22(1), pp. 310-324. (10.1111/gcb.13103)
Johnston, S. R. et al. 2015. Acid-base status mediates the selection of organic habitats by upland stream invertebrates. Hydrobiologia 745(1), pp. 97-109. (10.1007/s10750-014-2097-9)
Watts, G.et al. 2015. Climate change and water in the UK - past changes and future prospects. Progress in Physical Geography 39(1), pp. 6-28. (10.1177/0309133314542957)
Hering, D.et al. 2015. Managing aquatic ecosystems and water resources under multiple stress - An introduction to the MARS project. Science of the Total Environment 503, pp. 10-21. (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.106)
Thomas, S. M., Griffiths, S. W. and Ormerod, S. J. 2015. Adapting streams for climate change using riparian broadleaf trees and its consequences for stream salmonids. Freshwater Biology 60(1), pp. 64-77. (10.1111/fwb.12467)
Raffaelli, D. et al. 2014. Big Data and ecosystem research programmes. Advances in Ecological Research 51, pp. 41-77. (10.1016/B978-0-08-099970-8.00004-X)
Larsen, S. and Ormerod, S. J. 2014. Anthropogenic modification disrupts species co-occurrence in stream invertebrates. Global Change Biology 20(1), pp. 51-60. (10.1111/gcb.12355)
Ormerod, S. J. 2014. Rebalancing the philosophy of river conservation. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 24(2), pp. 147-152. (10.1002/aqc.2452)
Dray M. et al. 2014. Effects of elevated CO2 on litter chemistry and subsequent invertebrate detritivore feeding responses. PLoS ONE 9(1), article number: e86246. (10.1371/journal.pone.0086246)
Hails, R. S. and Ormerod, S. J. 2013. Ecological science for ecosystem services and the stewardship of Natural Capital [Editorial]. Journal of applied ecology 50(4), pp. 807-810. (10.1111/1365-2664.12127)
Mant, R. et al. 2013. A systematic review of the effectiveness of liming to mitigate impacts of river acidification on fish and macro-invertebrates. Environmental Pollution 179, pp. 285-293. (10.1016/j.envpol.2013.04.019)
Gutierrez-Casanovas, C. et al. 2013. Contrasting effects of natural and anthropogenic stressors on beta diversity in river organisms. Global Ecology and Biogeography 22(7), pp. 796-805. (10.1111/geb.12060)
Murphy, J. et al. 2013. A diagnostic biotic index for assessing acidity in sensitive streams in Britain. Ecological Indicators 24, pp. 562-572. (10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.08.014)
Stockdale, A.et al. 2013. Recovery of macroinvertebrate species richness in acidified upland waters assessed with a field toxicity model. Ecological Indicators 37(Part B), pp. 341-350. (10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.11.002)
Pye, M. C. et al. 2012. Episodic acidification affects the breakdown and invertebrate colonisation of oak litter. Freshwater Biology 57(11), pp. 2318-2329. (10.1111/fwb.12007)
Maltby, E. & Ormerod, S.J. 2011. Freshwaters – Openwaters , Wetlands and Floodplains. In: The UK National Ecosystem Assessment Technical Report, pp. 285 295-360. UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge.
Durance, I. and Ormerod, S.J. 2010. Evidence for the role of climate in the local extinction of a cool-water triclad. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 29, 1367-1378
Ormerod, S.J. and Durance, I. 2009. Restoration and recovery from acidification in upland Welsh streams over 25 years. Journal of Applied Ecology, 46, pp.164-174
Kowalik, R.A. et al. 2007. Acid episodes retard the biological recovery of upland British streams from acidification. Global Change Biology. 13, pp. 2439–2452.
Masters, Z. et al. 2007. Insect dispersal does not limit the biological recovery of streams from acidification. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 17, pp. 375-383
Durance, I. and Ormerod, S.J. 2007.Climate change effects on upland stream invertebrates over a 25 year period. Global Change Biology, 13, pp. 942-957
Williams, H.C. et al. 2006. Molecular Systematics and Phylogeography of the Cryptic Species Complex Baetis rhodani (Ephemeroptera , Baetidae ). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40, pp. 370-382,
Kowalik, R. A. and Ormerod, S. J. 2006. Intensive sampling and transplantation experiments reveal continued effects of episodic acidification on sensitive stream invertebrates. Freshwater Biology 51(1), pp. 180-191. (10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01476.x)
Petersen, I. et al. 2004. Dispersal of adult aquatic insects in catchments of differing land use. Journal of Applied Ecology, 41, pp. 934-950
Bradley, D.C. and Ormerod, S.J. 2002. Long-term effects of catchment liming on invertebrates in upland streams. Freshwater Biology, 47, pp. 161-171
Hirst, H. et al. 2002. Comparing the responses of diatoms and macroinvertebrates to metals in upland streams of Wales and Cornwall. Freshwater Biology, 47, pp.1752-1765
Bradley, D.C. and Ormerod, S.J. 2001. Community persistence among upland stream invertebrates tracks the North Atlantic Oscillation. Journal of Animal Ecology, 70, 987-996
Buckton, S.T. et al. 1998. The distribution of dippers Cincluscinclus in the acid senstive region of upland Wales, 1984-1995.Freshwater Biology, 39, pp. 387-396
Weatherley, N.S. and Ormerod S.J. 1990. Forests and the temperature of upland streams: a modelling study of the biological consequences. Freshwater Biology, 24, pp. 109-122.