Dr. Bryan M. Spears

Contact details

Job Title: Freshwater Ecologist

Location: Edinburgh

Email: spear@ceh.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (0)131 445 8536

Biography

Research Interests:

I am a freshwater ecologist with an interest in biogeochemical processes and ecological resilience in lakes. Currently, my research is focussed on the control of legacy pollution in lake bed sediments using geo-engineering. This research is designed to develop our ability to manage freshwater resources more effectively.

Click here to view my publication list: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bryan_Spears

Click here to find out more about CEH research on lake restoration: http://www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/projects/uk-lake-restoration

Click here to view the CEH e-conference on Geo-engineering in Lakes: http://cehgeoengineering.invisiondiscussion.com/

Publications

Friberg Nikolai; Buijse Tom; Carter Caitríona; Hering Daniel; Spears Bryan M.; Verdonschot Piet; Moe Therese Fosholt; , 2017, Effective restoration of aquatic ecosystems: scaling the barriers. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 4

Douglas G.B.; Hamilton D.P.; Robb M.S.; Pan G.; Spears B.M.; Luring M.; , 2016, Guiding principles for the development and application of solid-phase phosphorus adsorbents for freshwater ecosystems. Aquatic Ecology, 50, 385-405

Olszewska Justyna P.; Meharg Andrew A.; Heal Kate V.; Carey Manus; Gunn Iain D.M.; Searle Kate R.; Winfield Ian J.; Spears Bryan M.; , 2016, Assessing the legacy of red mud pollution in a shallow freshwater lake: arsenic accumulation and speciation in macrophytes. Environmental Science & Technology, 50, 9044-9052

Douglas Grant B.; Lurling Miquel; Spears Bryan M.; , 2016, Assessment of changes in potential nutrient limitation in an impounded river after application of lanthanum-modified bentonite. Water Research, 97, 47-54

Dithmer Line; Nielsen Ulla Gro; Lurling Miquel; Spears Bryan M.; Yasseri Said; Lundberg Daniel; Moore Alanna; Jensen Nicholai D.; Reitzel Kasper; , 2016, Responses in sediment phosphorus and lanthanum concentrations and composition across 10 lakes following applications of lanthanum modified bentonite. Water Research, 97, 101-110

Spears Bryan M.; Carvalho Laurence; Futter Martyn N.; May Linda; Thackeray Stephen J.; Adrian Rita; Angeler David G.; Burthe Sarah J.; Davidson Tom A.; Daunt Francis; Gsell Alena S.; Hessen Dag O.; Moorhouse Heather; Huser Brian; Ives Stephen C.; Janssen Annette B.G.; Mackay Eleanor B.; Søndergaard Martin; Jeppesen Erik; , 2016, Ecological instability in lakes: a predictable condition?. , 50, 3285-3286

Bryce Casey C.; Le Bihan Thierry; Martin Sarah F.; Harrison Jesse P.; Bush Timothy; Spears Bryan; Moore Alanna; Leys Natalie; Byloos Bo; Cockell Charles S.; , 2016, Rock geochemistry induces stress and starvation responses in the bacterial proteome. , 18, 1110-1121

Lang P.; Meis S.; Procházková L.; Carvalho L.; Mackay E.B.; Woods H.J.; Pottie J.; Milne I.; Taylor C.; Maberly S.C.; Spears B.M.; , 2016, Phytoplankton community responses in a shallow lake following lanthanum-bentonite application.

Lürling Miquel; Mackay Eleanor; Reitzel Kasper; Spears Bryan M.; , 2016, Editorial – A critical perspective on geo-engineering for eutrophication management in lakes.

Spears Bryan M.; May Linda; , 2015, Long-term homeostasis of filterable un-reactive phosphorus in a shallow eutrophic lake following a significant reduction in catchment load. , 257-258, 78-85

Copetti Diego; Finsterle Karin; Marziali Laura; Stefani Fabrizio; Tartari Gianni; Douglas Grant; Reitzel Kasper; Spears Bryan M.; Winfield Ian J.; Crosa Giuseppe; D'Haese Patrick; Yasseri Said; Lurling Miquel; , 2015, Eutrophication management in surface waters using lanthanum modified bentonite: a review.

Tipping Edward; Boyle John F.; Schillereff Daniel N.; Spears Bryan M.; Phillips Geoffrey; , 2015, Macronutrient processing by temperate lakes: a dynamic model for long-term, large-scale application.

Spears Bryan M.; Mackay Eleanor B.; Yasseri Said; Gunn Iain D.M.; Waters Kate E.; Andrews Christopher; Cole Stephanie; de Ville Mitzi; Kelly Andrea; Meis Sebastian; Moore Alanna L.; Nurnberg Gertrud K.; van Oosterhout Frank; Pitt Jo-Anne; Madgwick Genevieve; Woods Helen J.; Luring Miquel; , 2015, A meta-analysis of water quality and aquatic macrophyte responses in 18 lakes treated with lanthanum modified bentonite (PHOSLOCK®).

Burthe Sarah J.; Henrys Peter A; Mackay Eleanor B.; Spears Bryan M.; Campbell Ronald; Carvalho Laurence; Dudley Bernard; Gunn Iain D.M.; Johns David G.; Maberly Stephen C.; May Linda; Newell Mark A.; Wanless Sarah; Winfield Ian J.; Thackeray Stephen J.; Daunt Francis; , 2015, Do early warning indicators consistently predict nonlinear change in long-term ecological data?.

Spears Bryan M.; Ives Stephen C.; Angeler David G.; Allen Craig R.; Birk Sebastian; Carvalho Laurence; Cavers Stephen; Daunt Francis; Morton R. Daniel; Pocock Michael J.O.; Rhodes Glenn; Thackeray Stephen J.; , 2015, Effective management of ecological resilience – are we there yet?.

Lang Pauline; Meis Sebastian; Spears Bryan M.; Krokowski Jan; Milne Ian; Pottie John; , 2015, Dinobryon stokesii var. neustonicum in Loch Flemington, Scotland: a rarely observed variety of golden alga new to UK freshwaters. , 26

Brownlie Will Joseph; Spears Bryan; Patidar Sandhya; May Linda; Roaf Susan; , 2015, Assessing pro-environmental behaviour in relation to the management of pollution from private sewage systems. , 43, 131-140

Gunn, Iain D.M.; Meis, Sebastian; Maberly, Stephen C.; Spears, Bryan M., 2014, Assessing the responses of aquatic macrophytes to the application of a lanthanum modified bentonite clay, at Loch Flemington, S. Hydrobiologia, 737, 309-320

Acreman Mike C.; Blake James R.; Carvalho Laurence R.; Dunbar Mike J.; Gunn Iain D.M.; Gustard Alan; Jones Ian D.; Laize Cedric; Maberly Stephen C.; Mackay Eleanor B.; May Linda; Mountford J. Owen; Spears Bryan M.; Stratford Charlie J.; Thackeray Stephen J.; Winfield Ian J.; , 2015. Ecohydrology. In: John C., (eds.) , Progress in modern hydrology: past, present and future. Wiley Blackwell, 267-301. .

May L.; Place C.; O'Malley M.; Spears B.; , 2015, The impact of phosphorus inputs from small discharges on designated freshwater sites.