PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed outputs and other publications by our team members
A few recent non-standard publications, before the list of journal articles:
Click the pdf icon for access to our report Chalk streams of the future:
The effects of climate change on biodiversity in England’s iconic river ecosystems https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21663269
Published online 17 November 2022
Rachel contributed part G: The ecological effects of drought on England’s rivers to the Environment Agency Chief Scientist's Group's Review of the research and scientific understanding of drought, published in November 2023. It's available here.
Kieran wrote a blog post for The Applied Ecologist based on his paper Predicting invertebrate richness and rarity in aquatic-terrestrial ecosystems, which was shortlisted for the Georgina Mace Prize 2022. It's available here.
Ro and his colleagues at INRAE, France, wrote the article Where does carbon go when a river dries? Insights from across the channel for the Freshwater Biological Association online newsletter. It's available here.
Peer-reviewed journal papers
More papers are listed on Google Scholar for Chloe, Kieran, Rachel and Ro.
2024
Sarremejane, R., Silverthorn, T., Arbaretaz, A., Truchy, A., Barthélémy, N., López-Rojo, N., Foulquier, A., Simon, L., Pella, H., Singer, G. and Datry, T. (2024), Drying and fragmentation drive the dynamics of resources, consumers and ecosystem functions across aquatic-terrestrial habitats in a river network. Oikos e10135. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10135
2023
Datry, T., Boulton, A.J., Fritz, K., Stubbington, R., Cid, N., Crabot, J. and Tockner, K., 2023. Non-perennial segments in river networks. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 4, 815-830. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-023-00495-w
Datry, T., Truchy, A., Olden, J.D., Busch, M.H., Stubbington, R., Dodds, W.K., Zipper, S., Yu, S., Messager, M.L., Tonkin, J.D. and Kaiser, K.E., 2023. Causes, responses, and implications of anthropogenic versus natural flow intermittence in river networks. BioScience, 73, 9-22. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biac098
Haase, P., Bowler, D.E., Baker, N.J., Bonada, N., Domisch, S., Garcia Marquez, J.R., Heino, J., Hering, D., Jähnig, S.C., Schmidt-Kloiber, A., Stubbington, R. et al. 2023. The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt. Nature, 620, 582-588. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06400-1
Messager, M.L., Olden, J.D., Tonkin, J.D., Stubbington, R., Rogosch, J.S., Busch, M.H., Little, C.J., Walters, A.W., Atkinson, C.L., Shanafield, M. and Yu, S., 2023. A metasystem approach to designing environmental flows. BioScience, 73, 643-662. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad067
2022
DelVecchia, A.G., Shanafield, M., Zimmer, M.A., Busch, M.H., Krabbenhoft, C.A., Stubbington, R., Kaiser, K.E., Burrows, R.M., Hosen, J., Datry, T. and Kampf, S.K., 2022. Reconceptualizing the hyporheic zone for nonperennial rivers and streams. Freshwater Science, 41. https://doi.org/10.1086/720071
Gething, K.J., Hayes, C., Webb, J.R., Sykes, T., England, J. and Stubbington, R., 2022. Living on the edge: predicting invertebrate richness and rarity in disturbance‐prone aquatic–terrestrial ecosystems. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 3, e12196. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12196
Milner, V.S., Dutton, J.S. and Hayes, C., 2022. Colonisation of terrestrial vegetation in an intermittent river: Diversity responses to seasonal drying. River Research and Applications. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.4085
Stubbington, R., Sarremejane, R., Laini, A., Cid, N., Csabai, Z., England, J., Munné, A., Aspin, T., Bonada, N., Bruno, D. and Cauvy‐Fraunie, S., 2022. Disentangling responses to natural stressor and human impact gradients in river ecosystems across Europe. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59: 537–548. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14072
Webb, J.R., Gething, K.J., Kratz, C.C., England, J., Drewitt, A.L. and Stubbington, R., 2022. A standardized multi‐method survey to enhance characterization of riparian invertebrate communities. Water and Environment Journal, 36: 425–432. https://doi.org/10.1111/wej.12775
2021
Blackman, R.C., Altermatt, F., Foulquier, A., Lefébure, T., Gauthier, M., Bouchez, A., Stubbington, R., Weigand, A.M., Leese, F. and Datry, T., 2021. Unlocking our understanding of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams with genomic tools. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 19: 574–583. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2404
Sarremejane, R., Stubbington, R., England, J. Sefton, C., Parry, S., Eastman, M. and Ruhi, A. 2021. Drought increases aquatic invertebrate metapopulation extinction risk by synchronizing local responses in river networks. Global Change Biology, 27: 4024–4039. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15720
Not open access - email rachel.stubbington[a]ntu.ac.uk to ask for a copy
Westwood, C.G., England, J., Hayes, C., Johns, T. and Stubbington, R. 2021. The Plant Flow Index: a new method to assess the hydroecological status of intermittent rivers. Ecological Indicators, 120: 106964. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106964
2020
Bunting, G., England, J., Gething, K., Sykes, T., Webb, J. and Stubbington, R. 2020. Aquatic and terrestrial invertebrate community responses to drying in chalk streams. Water and Environment Journal, 39: 225–241. https://doi.org/10.1111/wej.12621
Sarremejane, R., England, J., Sefton, C. E. M., Parry, S., Eastman, M. and Stubbington, R. 2020. Local and regional drivers influence how aquatic community diversity, resistance and resilience vary in response to drying. Oikos, 129: 1877–1890. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.07645
Stubbington, R., Acreman M., Acuña, V., Boon, P. J., Boulton, A. J., England, J., Gilvear, D., Sykes, T. and Wood, P. J. 2020. Ecosystem services of dry temporary streams differ among regions with contrasting climates and economies. People and Nature, 2: 660–677 https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10113
Westwood, C.G., England, J., Johns, T. & Stubbington, R. 2020. A revised classification of southern English groundwater-fed headwaters based on their flora. Water and Environment Journal, 34: 573–585. https://doi.org/10.1111/wej.12561
Not open access - email rachel.stubbington[a]ntu.ac.uk to ask for a copy
2019
England, J., Chadd, R., Dunbar, M.J., Sarremejane, R., Stubbington, R., Westwood, C.G. and Leeming, D. 2019. An invertebrate-based index to characterize ecological responses to flow intermittence in rivers. Fundamental and Applied Limnology, 193: 93–117. https://doi.org/10.1127/fal/2019/1206
Mathers, K., Stubbington, R., Leeming, D., Westwood, C.G and England J. 2019. Structural and functional responses of macroinvertebrate assemblages to long-term flow variability and drying at perennial and non-perennial sites. Ecohydrology e2112. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2112
Sarremejane, R., Stubbington, R., Dunbar, M. J., Westwood, C. G. and England, J. 2019. Biological indices to characterize community responses to drying in streams with contrasting flow permanence regimes. Ecological Indicators, 107: 105620 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105620
Stubbington, R., Paillex, A., England, J., Barthès, A., Bouchez, A., Rimet, F., Sánchez-Montoya, M., Westwood, C. G. and Datry, T. 2019. Biotic groups as indicators of dry-phase ecological quality assessments in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams. Ecological Indicators, 97: 165–174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.09.061
2018
Stubbington, R., Chadd, R., Cid, N., Csabai, Z., Miliša, M., Morais, M., Munné, A., Pařil, P., Pešić, V., Tziortzis, I., Verdonschot, R. C. M. and Datry, T. 2018. Biomonitoring of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams in Europe: current practice and priorities to enhance ecological status assessments. Science of the Total Environment 618: 1096-1113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.09.137
2017
Stubbington, R., England, J., Sefton, C. and Wood, P. J. 2017. Temporary streams in temperate zones: recognizing, monitoring and restoring transitional aquatic-terrestrial ecosystems. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs): Water 4: e1223. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1223
Other publications
Shuker, L., Gething, K.J., Hayes, C. and England, J. 2023. The Modular River Survey and its application in ecological studies. FBA News: the Freshwater Biological Association newsletter, 4-8. Available at:
https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/48422/1/1735478_Gething.pdf
Biondi, G., Gething, K.J., Kabir, J., Sykes, T. and Stubbington, R., 2022. The invertebrate biodiversity in the hidden headwater springs and streams of the southern Chalk. FBA News: the Freshwater Biological Association newsletter, 85: 8–11. Available at: https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/47092/1/1601100_Gething.pdf
Stubbington, R., England, J., Pickwell, A. and Walker-Holden, E., 2022. Between dry rocks and a hard place: detecting ecological responses to human impacts in stream communities altered by natural drying. FBA News: the Freshwater Biological Association newsletter, 84: 13–14. Available at: https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/47177/1/1604223_Stubbington.pdf
England, J., Westwood, C., House, A, Hayes, C. and Stubbington, R. 2021. Using plant communities to characterise
biotic response to drying in chalk stream headwaters. FBA News: the Freshwater Biological Association newsletter, 81: 8–15. Available at: https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/44943/1/1498761_Stubbington.pdf
Gething, K.J., Sykes, T., Biondi, G., Macadam, C. and Stubbington, R., 2021. Ditching misconceptions: rare temporary stream specialists in artificial habitats. FBA News: the Freshwater Biological Association newsletter, 83: 14–18. Available at: https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/44941/1/1498745_Gething.pdf
Sarremejane, R., Stubbington, R. and England, J. 2018. Dry rivers: it’s time to recognize their natural value. FBA News: the Freshwater Biological Association newsletter, 75: 6–9. Available at: https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/44942/1/1498753_Stubbington.pdf
Stubbington, R., England, J., Acreman, M., Wood, P.J., Westwood, C., Boon, P., Mainstone, C., Macadam, C., Bates, A., House, A, Jorda-Capdevila, D. 2018. The Natural Capital of Temporary Rivers: Characterising the value of dynamic aquatic-terrestrial habitats. Valuing Nature. Natural Capital Synthesis Report VNP12.
