Accelerating Nutrient Cycles at the Riparian Land : Water Interface
Lead Research Organisation:
James Hutton Institute
Department Name: Enviromental & Biochemical Sciences
Abstract
Riparian zones are the dynamic interfaces between terrestrial and aquatic systems, ultimately governing transfers of the macronutrients carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) between the land and the oceans, via rivers. The concern is that with a changing climate, the stability of these systems is shifting, and potentially the nutrient cycling rates are accelerating as a consequence. This proposal focuses on our concept of the dynamic riparian reactive interface (RRI) and how it governs the fate of nutrients down the system from the land to the river, perhaps to the atmosphere, and onward to the oceans. The proposal describes an approach that combines data-rich UK research catchments (Scottish Dee, English Eden) with flagship international catchment platforms (in Sweden and Germany). We propose to conduct new biogeochemical research and new modelling across geo-climatic regions to evaluate riparian functions controlling the potential acceleration in nutrient mass transfers across the land to water interface and how these may scale to globally-significant changes in nutrient cycles as our climate changes.
Organisations
- James Hutton Institute (Lead Research Organisation)
- Ecosystem Conservation Society-Japan (Collaboration)
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Collaboration)
- Marine Scotland Science (MSS) (Collaboration)
- EdenDTC (Collaboration)
- The Lyell Centre, Edinburgh (Collaboration)
- SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY (Collaboration)
- Forest Research (Collaboration)
- Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (Collaboration)
- Eden Rivers Trust (Collaboration)
- Government of Scotland (Collaboration)
- NatureScot (Collaboration)
- River Dee Trust (Collaboration)
- Buglife (Collaboration)
- Scottish Wildlife Trust (Collaboration)
- Swedish Univ of Agricultural Sci (SLU) (Project Partner)
- Helmholtz Ctr for Environmental Research (Project Partner)
Publications
Haygarth PM
(2023)
Opportunity to improve global phosphorus governance.
in Nature food
Janes-Bassett V
(2022)
A meta-analysis of phosphatase activity in agricultural settings in response to phosphorus deficiency
in Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Kronvang B
(2024)
Understanding and preventing soil erosion
McDowell RW
(2023)
A Global Database of Soil Plant Available Phosphorus.
in Scientific data
Ogilvy T
(2022)
Riverwoods for Scotland: Report on Scientific Evidence
Ramler D
(2022)
Keeping Up with Phosphorus Dynamics: Overdue Conceptual Changes in Vegetative Filter Strip Research and Management
in Frontiers in Environmental Science
Stutter M
(2023)
The riparian reactive interface: a climate-sensitive gatekeeper of global nutrient cycles
in Frontiers in Environmental Science
Stutter M
(2025)
Cost-effectiveness of targeted riparian management for sediment and total phosphorus considering convergent surface flow pathways: an Irish case study
in Discover Geoscience
| Description | Key findings are interim for now until published. We have documented the processes in-situ (e.g. water table dynamics, river flow, soil temperature and soil solution) for >1 year at 6 riparian 'observatories'. These are grounded in the extensive characterisation of soil biogeochemistry and pedology (soil formation processes) of these sites alongside a further 6 riparian sites in Sweden and Germany. In addition, we have achieved experimentation on manipulations (topsoil wetting and drying and subsoil water table cycling change) of soils taken from UK and European sites. Informing our site selection and now, iteratively, using data generated to explore the groupings we have a system of riparian classification linking properties to nutrient cycling sensitivities linking to a conceptual publication developed early in the project and this is being transferred into process modelling. |
| Exploitation Route | Through rapid publications (in preparation) with full associated datasets to inform: modelling, catchment and nutrient process understanding and soil monitoring programs recognising specific roles and sensitivities of riparian soils |
| Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Environment |
| Description | Consultee on water quality monitoring plan for Clashindarroch phase 2 windfarm extension |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Group discussion guiding SEPA's role in Scotland Riverwoods initiative |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| Impact | The close role of SEPA was cemented by the commitment of the new Chief Executive in terms of support for strategic staff within SEPA to integrate the Riverwoods goals with their regulatory goals. This will develop into further impact stories within a 1-2 year timespan. |
| Description | Member of advisory group for Rothamsted Research Resilient Farming Futures program |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Co-development of improved soil management options for cropland. |
| Description | Participation in Ministerial Briefing |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://x.com/ProfPHaygarth/status/1757479128268423454?s=20 |
| Description | Riparian management factsheet and podcast for farmers (part of SRuC Rural ecosystem services series) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| URL | https://www.sruc.ac.uk/business-services/sac-consulting/sustainability/rural-ecosystem-services/ |
| Description | Shaping the strategy for Riverwood's Demonstration Area selection process |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| Impact | The outcome will be effective targeting of national lottery funding and multi-agency resources associated with the Riverwoods initiative towards the nest projects for furthering the goals of demonstrating the benefits and pathways towards the wider benefits associated with river restoration as achieved by the actions of community-led river woodland creation/restoration projects. |
| URL | https://www.riverwoods.org.uk/streams/blueprint/ |
| Description | Creating healthy and resilient river systems across Scotland: prioritising research and development gap opportunities for river woodlands |
| Amount | £194,813 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | CoE-2022-25-CREW |
| Organisation | Centre of Expertise for Waters |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2024 |
| End | 02/2025 |
| Description | Innovate UK Farming Futures: Nutrient Management Phase 1 - Industrial Research. Development of mycoremediation filters for the clean up of agricultural water pollutants |
| Amount | £1,000,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Project number: 10134695 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2025 |
| End | 12/2027 |
| Description | Seedcorn funding - RESAS |
| Amount | £20,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | James Hutton Institute |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2024 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | WWC Plus The strategic use of woodland on farms to lower diffuse pollution and ameliorate the impacts of future climate |
| Amount | £43,500 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Forest Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2023 |
| End | 04/2024 |
| Title | A Global Database of Soil Plant Available Phosphorus |
| Description | Soil phosphorus drives food production that is needed to feed a growing global population. However, knowledge of plant available phosphorus stocks at a global scale is poor but needed to better match phosphorus fertiliser supply to crop demand. We collated, checked, converted, and filtered a database of c. 575,000 soil samples to c. 33,000 soil samples of soil Olsen phosphorus concentrations. These data represent the most up-to-date repository of freely available data for plant available phosphorus at a global scale. We used these data to derive a model (R2 = 0.54) of topsoil Olsen phosphorus concentrations that when combined with data on bulk density predicted the distribution and global stock of soil Olsen phosphorus. We expect that these data can be used to not only show where plant available P should be boosted, but also where it can be drawn down to make more efficient use of fertiliser phosphorus and to minimise likely phosphorus loss and degradation of water qualit |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | A new first time dataset of soil Olsen phosphorus |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02022-4 |
| Description | Analysing the river surface microlayer |
| Organisation | The Lyell Centre, Edinburgh |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Advancing knowledge in surface microlayer chemistry, a major understudied field in freshwater science. We will also invite the lead researcher on microlayer, Dr Ryan Pereira, to a workshop in Aberdeen on the topic. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr Ryan Pereira allows me to analyse water samples taken by JHI colleagues to be analysed in his laboratory free of charge. |
| Impact | Currently no outputs, but at least one report and one publication is planned. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Chair of the Riverwoods science group |
| Organisation | Forest Research |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As the chair of this group I coordinate the partners, spanning research, regulatory and applied organisations, for developing the state of evidence and knowledge supporting advancing the goals for multiple benefit woodland along Scotland's river corridors |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners (10-12) regularly contribute to quarterly-bi-annual meetings and via emails and editing reports and wider input. |
| Impact | Ogilvy T, Melville N, Martinez R, Stutter M, Sime I, Wilkinson M, Morison J, Broadmeadow S, O'Brien L (2022) Riverwoods for Scotland: Report on Scientific Evidence. Available at: https://www.riverwoods.org.uk/resource/riverwoods-evidence-review/ Co-development of the Riverwoods storymap: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5eef590832aa486b86c78cb9d2d2d71f |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Chair of the Riverwoods science group |
| Organisation | Marine Scotland Science (MSS) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As the chair of this group I coordinate the partners, spanning research, regulatory and applied organisations, for developing the state of evidence and knowledge supporting advancing the goals for multiple benefit woodland along Scotland's river corridors |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners (10-12) regularly contribute to quarterly-bi-annual meetings and via emails and editing reports and wider input. |
| Impact | Ogilvy T, Melville N, Martinez R, Stutter M, Sime I, Wilkinson M, Morison J, Broadmeadow S, O'Brien L (2022) Riverwoods for Scotland: Report on Scientific Evidence. Available at: https://www.riverwoods.org.uk/resource/riverwoods-evidence-review/ Co-development of the Riverwoods storymap: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5eef590832aa486b86c78cb9d2d2d71f |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Chair of the Riverwoods science group |
| Organisation | NatureScot |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As the chair of this group I coordinate the partners, spanning research, regulatory and applied organisations, for developing the state of evidence and knowledge supporting advancing the goals for multiple benefit woodland along Scotland's river corridors |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners (10-12) regularly contribute to quarterly-bi-annual meetings and via emails and editing reports and wider input. |
| Impact | Ogilvy T, Melville N, Martinez R, Stutter M, Sime I, Wilkinson M, Morison J, Broadmeadow S, O'Brien L (2022) Riverwoods for Scotland: Report on Scientific Evidence. Available at: https://www.riverwoods.org.uk/resource/riverwoods-evidence-review/ Co-development of the Riverwoods storymap: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5eef590832aa486b86c78cb9d2d2d71f |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Chair of the Riverwoods science group |
| Organisation | Scottish Environment Protection Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | As the chair of this group I coordinate the partners, spanning research, regulatory and applied organisations, for developing the state of evidence and knowledge supporting advancing the goals for multiple benefit woodland along Scotland's river corridors |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners (10-12) regularly contribute to quarterly-bi-annual meetings and via emails and editing reports and wider input. |
| Impact | Ogilvy T, Melville N, Martinez R, Stutter M, Sime I, Wilkinson M, Morison J, Broadmeadow S, O'Brien L (2022) Riverwoods for Scotland: Report on Scientific Evidence. Available at: https://www.riverwoods.org.uk/resource/riverwoods-evidence-review/ Co-development of the Riverwoods storymap: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5eef590832aa486b86c78cb9d2d2d71f |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Chair of the Riverwoods science group |
| Organisation | Scottish Wildlife Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | As the chair of this group I coordinate the partners, spanning research, regulatory and applied organisations, for developing the state of evidence and knowledge supporting advancing the goals for multiple benefit woodland along Scotland's river corridors |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners (10-12) regularly contribute to quarterly-bi-annual meetings and via emails and editing reports and wider input. |
| Impact | Ogilvy T, Melville N, Martinez R, Stutter M, Sime I, Wilkinson M, Morison J, Broadmeadow S, O'Brien L (2022) Riverwoods for Scotland: Report on Scientific Evidence. Available at: https://www.riverwoods.org.uk/resource/riverwoods-evidence-review/ Co-development of the Riverwoods storymap: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5eef590832aa486b86c78cb9d2d2d71f |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Collaboration with Eden Demonstration Test Catchment Project |
| Organisation | EdenDTC |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | We share knowledge on catchment function, share results from additional phosphorus sampling and stream gauging |
| Collaborator Contribution | Eden DTC shares all data from their catchment monitoring: weather data, stream discharge and water quality data |
| Impact | . |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Collaboration with Eden Rivers Trust |
| Organisation | Eden Rivers Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | We provide evidence of diffuse pollution which Eden Rivers Trust can use to help farmers understand how to plan mitigation measures |
| Collaborator Contribution | Eden Rivers Trust has helped with gaining land access permissions for installing and maintaining equipment, and has been a vital link in contacting farmers for stakeholder workshops |
| Impact | Stakeholder workshop in Morland, Cumbria, jointly organised by NUTCAT and Eden Rivers Trust |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Contribution to the development of the Riverwoods story map |
| Organisation | River Dee Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To support a database of river woodland project sites we compiled data with stakeholders (River Dee Trust) on ~8 riparian woodland planting projects for the River Dee, including data on issues being addressed, potential for demonstration/visits, evidence provision etc. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Supply of data on the projects (from River Dee Trust); Generation of excel database into a web-based interface in the storymap (SWT) |
| Impact | Increase in awareness of the initiative and associated demonstration sites. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Field trip for Harz mountain field site scoping, hosted by UFZ Helmholtz, Leipzig |
| Organisation | Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres |
| Department | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Field sites from the Harz mountain headwaters to River Elbe, N Germany, will be used in the data collection collaboration for our international riparian observatories. This trip furthered the exchange by a visit to look in detail in the field at site selection for the main sampling trip in 2024, discussions of measurements and data sharing and the process of exchanging spatial data to map the sites into our consistent system of riparian units. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The exchange visit was hosted by UFZ Helmholtz scientists involving arranging field excursion, site specialists for discussion and later pathway to data exchanges. |
| Impact | Data sharing; Knowledge exchange; field guide; access to sites and measurements; local soil and hydrochemical expertise. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Hosting knowledge exchange day and field trip for the Ecosystem Conservation Society of Japan's executive delegation to UK |
| Organisation | Ecosystem Conservation Society-Japan |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The meeting was held at Ardmore distillery and highlighted the applied research being carried out between JHI, Suntory (Japan), Beam Suntory UK at the Peatland Water Sanctuary project in Gartly forest. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Ecosystem Conservation Society delegation included chief executives and their assistants and interpreters. Following the exchange the society has developed a brochure and news of their findings as they visited various examples of catchment restoration across the UK. |
| Impact | Article in the newsletter (Nov 2023) 'Ecosystem'. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Research visit to Germany, Harz mountains |
| Organisation | Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres |
| Department | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We are exchanging our growing knowledge about riparian zones with our partners. We also give information's about their field sites back to them such as soil profile description and chemical soil characterisation data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The collaboration is part of the riparian observatory study. The German colleagues gave us access to their study sites, exchanged their long-time datasets with us and is joining at regular project meetings to exchange knowledge. |
| Impact | Outcomes are still being produced. The field visit happened May 2024 and we continue to produce data from the soils taken during the visit. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Research visit to SLU, Uppsala and field trip to Krycklan catchment, Sweden |
| Organisation | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Field trip is the first of two international soil sampling campaigns. We collected soils from three different river catchments (Krycklan, Langbaecken, Stortjanbaecken) that are part of the Krycklan research catchment and part of SLU monitoring sites. This trip also allowed us to have discussions of ongoing measurements/projects, data sharing and future collaborations during the Krycklan symposium (20-21 September 2023) and Riparian reactivity workshop (22nd September 2023). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The exchange visit was hosted by SLU scientists, who arranged field excursions/site visits, discussion about site specifics and later pathway to data exchanges. |
| Impact | Knowledge exchange; field guide; access to sites and measurements; local hydrological and biogeochemical expertise; Data sharing. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Riverwoods - measuring and monitoring group |
| Organisation | Buglife |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | As chair of the Riverwoods Science group I helped develop the strategy for the Measuring and Monitoring Working Group including the aims, resource planning and delivery. Once established I am now acting as one of the contributors to the series of workshops. The group oversees a member of Scottish Wildlife Trust staff researching around recommendations for evaluation of river woodland demonstration projects that will form part of a centre of excellence for resources for Riverwoods projects and is a deliverable on the Heritage Lottery funded Blueprint project. The discussions on the strategy started in early 2023 and the series of three workshops are being held through summer to autumn 2023. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Along with all the partners I am collaborating to be part of a series of 3 online workshops acting as steering group for the measuring and monitoring workstream. |
| Impact | Outputs are in development including: review of monitoring and evaluation techniques for different evidence levels, including citizen science; summaries of stakeholder inputs to needs for monitoring and methods being employed; recommendations on tiered levels of evidence collection, limitations and benefits/costs. Outputs due in early 2024. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Riverwoods - measuring and monitoring group |
| Organisation | Government of Scotland |
| Department | Marine Scotland Directorate |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As chair of the Riverwoods Science group I helped develop the strategy for the Measuring and Monitoring Working Group including the aims, resource planning and delivery. Once established I am now acting as one of the contributors to the series of workshops. The group oversees a member of Scottish Wildlife Trust staff researching around recommendations for evaluation of river woodland demonstration projects that will form part of a centre of excellence for resources for Riverwoods projects and is a deliverable on the Heritage Lottery funded Blueprint project. The discussions on the strategy started in early 2023 and the series of three workshops are being held through summer to autumn 2023. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Along with all the partners I am collaborating to be part of a series of 3 online workshops acting as steering group for the measuring and monitoring workstream. |
| Impact | Outputs are in development including: review of monitoring and evaluation techniques for different evidence levels, including citizen science; summaries of stakeholder inputs to needs for monitoring and methods being employed; recommendations on tiered levels of evidence collection, limitations and benefits/costs. Outputs due in early 2024. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Riverwoods - measuring and monitoring group |
| Organisation | NatureScot |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | As chair of the Riverwoods Science group I helped develop the strategy for the Measuring and Monitoring Working Group including the aims, resource planning and delivery. Once established I am now acting as one of the contributors to the series of workshops. The group oversees a member of Scottish Wildlife Trust staff researching around recommendations for evaluation of river woodland demonstration projects that will form part of a centre of excellence for resources for Riverwoods projects and is a deliverable on the Heritage Lottery funded Blueprint project. The discussions on the strategy started in early 2023 and the series of three workshops are being held through summer to autumn 2023. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Along with all the partners I am collaborating to be part of a series of 3 online workshops acting as steering group for the measuring and monitoring workstream. |
| Impact | Outputs are in development including: review of monitoring and evaluation techniques for different evidence levels, including citizen science; summaries of stakeholder inputs to needs for monitoring and methods being employed; recommendations on tiered levels of evidence collection, limitations and benefits/costs. Outputs due in early 2024. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Riverwoods - measuring and monitoring group |
| Organisation | Scottish Wildlife Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | As chair of the Riverwoods Science group I helped develop the strategy for the Measuring and Monitoring Working Group including the aims, resource planning and delivery. Once established I am now acting as one of the contributors to the series of workshops. The group oversees a member of Scottish Wildlife Trust staff researching around recommendations for evaluation of river woodland demonstration projects that will form part of a centre of excellence for resources for Riverwoods projects and is a deliverable on the Heritage Lottery funded Blueprint project. The discussions on the strategy started in early 2023 and the series of three workshops are being held through summer to autumn 2023. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Along with all the partners I am collaborating to be part of a series of 3 online workshops acting as steering group for the measuring and monitoring workstream. |
| Impact | Outputs are in development including: review of monitoring and evaluation techniques for different evidence levels, including citizen science; summaries of stakeholder inputs to needs for monitoring and methods being employed; recommendations on tiered levels of evidence collection, limitations and benefits/costs. Outputs due in early 2024. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Article on Observer and Guardian Newspapers and Online |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Intereviewed and quoted in paper |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/12/scientists-warn-of-phosphogeddon-fertiliser-shor... |
| Description | Contribution to the Guardian: Statement supporting evidence in new paper on the threats to the Brazilian Pantanal wetland from the cross S America canal project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | A multi-authored science paper was coming out stating the threats of the cross S America canal project on the Pantanal, the world's largest continuous wetland. The Guardian requested a UK expert assessment of the facts and evidence around the main messages of the paper. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Contribution to the Krycklan Swedish research platform newsletter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The NERC Accelerating Nutrient Cycles project (now given the short name: Changes at the Reactive Riparian Interface; CARRI) was invited to give an overview for a compilation of new research investment linked to the Krycklan international research platform (N Sweden). The lead of this platform Prof Hjalmar Laudon is a project partner. The communication aimed to bring together international researchers on catchment processes and contained other highly relevant riparian processes projects that we are exploring links with. We also have an invite to contribute in person to the Sept 2023 Krycklan international research symposium (part of the 20 year site celebrations). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://ui.ungpd.com/Issues/52a9099f-0c6f-4f2a-b278-ac2206e7568d?AccountId=f7787f2e-8aad-4bf3-a6cc-9... |
| Description | Discussions with land owners on the needs and rationale for a set of riparian observatories with the River Dee, Aberdeenshire |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | During 2022 to 2023 three main discussions have been held with influential landowners in Aberdeenshire in order to negotiate the need for and goals of three riparian science 'observatory' sites along the River Dee. These were: (i) with Michel Bruce, owner of Glen Tanar estate, (ii) with Iain Hill, senior forester at Invercauld estate and (iii) John Rogie, farmer at Tarland. During discussions researchers addressed the rationale and need for such data and answered questions. This led to successful negotiations to run the three sites over a period of 2 years, including paperwork on site agreements and permissions to work in National Park and on SSSI areas. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| Description | Effective Phosphorus Management BASIS Podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In this month's episode of the BASIS Agronomy Matters Podcast, our Business Development Executive, Jade Prince hones in on effective phosphorus management as an essential part of producing high quality profitable crops whilst also protecting the wider environment and as this year's topic for the FACTS online assessment, phosphorus management is of particular interest to our FACTS Qualified Advisers. We have some great speakers who tell us more about phosphorus application, use efficiency and potential impacts on the environment. First, we have Tim Kerr, crop nutrition manager at Hutchinsons who speaks about the importance of phosphate for plant growth and building and protecting phosphate reserves in our soils. Our second speaker is Professor Phil Haygarth from the University of Lancaster, who talks about the risks and potential mitigation strategies for phosphates in the environment and finally we have Matt Taylor from the Biosolids assurance scheme who tells us a bit more about the contribution that biosolids can make to phosphate in soils as well as other benefits and potential concerns around biosolids use. Make sure you listen to the end to find out how to claim one BASIS CPD point via the members' area on the BASIS website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://open.spotify.com/episode/5q6cUOiuptqx0JMYi1yzrB?si=341e400033894007 |
| Description | Field trip for International conference on High Resolution Monitoring |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Around 55 persons who were in Aberdeen for the 5th International workshop on High Temporal Resolution Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis attended a field visit prepared by JHI staff. First we visited the Beltie Burn stream restoration site where Marc presented data from in-situ sensors that support investigations into C:N:P interactions. Secondly we moved to the Glensaugh upland soil and stream monitoring catchment and hosted a walk and talk where Marc described the basis of the 30 years of the Environmental Change Network monitoring sites and how this was the platform for new investigation of riparian change. The trip lasted about 7 hours in total. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.crew.ac.uk/news/5th-international-workshop-high-temporal-resolution-water-quality-monito... |
| Description | Filming and BBC television output on river restoration in the uplands for BBC Landward |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In the first series of 2024 (aired in Apr on BBC1, BBC Scotland) we had a 6 minute piece showing and discussing the merits of wood placement for rewetting floodplains and spilling water out of channel during high flows to store water and reconnect riparian processes. Filming showed Marc Stutter and Mark Wilkinson (JHI) and covered science developed through a number of activities and funding. Feedback gained has been very good. Even a local farmer in NE Scotland responded 'that is exactly what we should be doing, and where we should be doing it'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xzyb |
| Description | Hosting the 5th International workshop on High Temporal Resolution Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 5th International Workshop on High Temporal Resolution Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis was held at the James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, Scotland 17th-19th June 2024 and was organised by a team of 5 of which Marc was one. Duties involved chairing sessions, developing sessions and leading networking in the evening. This meeting follows a series of scientific workshops previously held in Uppsala (2021), Clonakilty (2018), Sandjberg (2016), and Magdeburg (2014). The 5th in the series will explore recent technological and scientific advances in water quality measurements allowing for high-resolution determination of chemicals in water with a range of instruments deployed in situ. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.crew.ac.uk/news/5th-international-workshop-high-temporal-resolution-water-quality-monito... |
| Description | Integrating and managing nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics in agriculturally impacted inland waters via a stoichiometric nutrient management framework |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A poster was presented at EGU, Vienna, April 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | International Phosphorus workshop (IPW10), Dundee |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The James Hutton Institute delivered this workshop with the help of the international science committee. Between August 26th to 30th 105 delegates from 19 countries (including NZ, S America, Europe, China, US) attended the IPW10. As well as traditional talks (72) and posters (29) there were four excursions, a panel debate, 3 workshops and sessions led by early career scientists (ECS). We successfully delivered a workshop that had ECS leadership, promotion and strong vocal involvement, gender balance and international country participation. Aspects of phosphorus in environmental systems, waters, soils and the agri-food system were presented for KE. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://congresshub.uk/event/10th-international-phosphorus-workshop-ipw10/ |
| Description | Oral Presentation at IPW10 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I presented initial data from my drying-rewetting experiment on topsoils to 50-60 international scientists at the IPW10. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Organisation of the 10th International Phosphorus Workshop (IPW10) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I helped organise the IPW10 from 26-30 August 2024 in Dundee. The conference was a major success with scientists and other practitioners from 19 countries attending over the 4.5 days discussing the rising importance of phosphorus in catchments. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Panel membership and talk at Catchment Science 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Panel Discussion at International Catchment Science Workshop and a talk. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://x.com/teagasc/status/1721852852727869848?s=20 |
| Description | Podcast on Science for the Anthropocene |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Podcast on phosphorus and climate change |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://open.spotify.com/episode/3I2bgqwKi4q3NmxvQkmGQs?si=TehsjpHWQIO63V3c8mtP_g |
| Description | Presentation at Teagasc Catchment Science conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given at the Catchment Science conference in Wexford, Ireland. The talk showed the first results of the project to a wider audience. We highlighted the challenges of interdisciplinary and international riparian observatories work. The main findings of the presentation will be part of a conjoined summary paper of the conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presented talk to international riparian research group at Umea, Sept 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | After the Krycklan symposium an international group of ~20 researchers on riparian biogeochemistry attended a research exchange day, looking across methods and findings from several key large funded initiatives in riparian research. I gave a talk on the Carri project. Outcomes from this have included exchanges of ideas on methods between PDRAs, attendance at a project meeting in UK by a colleague on a riparian project based in Spain, a Lancaster Uni MSc student undertaking a project based on Krycklan samples. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Project website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The team created a website through a Hutton domain. The website is showing the team, project idea and the general work included in the project. More information's about publications and other news will be regularly added |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://carri.hutton.ac.uk/ |
| Description | QUANTOM - QUANTification of dissolved Organic Matter and the metabolic balance in river networks: mechanisms and model simulations of CO2 emissions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A talk delivered to EGU, Vienna, April 2024 from the collaboration of Norwegian, UK, USA scientists working on DOC cycling in the Arctic River Tana. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Research group contribution to Krycklan 2023 anniversary (20th year) research conference, Umea, Sweden |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The 20th Krycklan research catchment seminar day was held in Sept in Umea. As part of a week long research group trip from the Carri (NERC project) a group of 5 researchers participated in the 20th anniversary seminar, field trips, soil sampling and analysis within the catchment research facilities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | River corridor management talk for countryside management students at Scotland's Rural College |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A couple of applied scientists and regulators in the water environment are invited as guest speakers to this course annually. Marc Stutter gave the talk 'Improving water quality and wider ecosystem services through riparian condition and functions' giving a summary of riparian and river management work from different research projects. There were about 20 students present on the day and the talk and Q&A was filmed for use at the central SRuC facility at Edinburgh as a further teaching aid. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | SRuC-produced video and communication materials for farm advisory service: Exploring Rural Ecosystem Services: 3D bufferstrips |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | SRuC produce communication materials for the farm advisory service in Scotland. M Stutter and M Wilkinson were asked to develop a short film and supporting materials on riparian management via buffer zones. This was filmed in autumn 2023 and is hosted online at the URL given for farmers, policy and other interests in rural conservation and agronomic advisory work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.sruc.ac.uk/media/iwypycaa/3d-bufferstrips.pdf |
| Description | Sediment and phosphorus measures, cost-effectiveness talk for countryside management students at Scotland's Rural College |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Guest lecture for ~10 countryside management post grad students at Craibstone, SRuC in Nov 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talk at UFZ, Leipzig 'Observatories of change at the Riparian Reactive Interface: processes, measurements and collaboration' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A talk given at UFZ Helmholtz Institute, Leipzig, was part of a visit to view and discuss field sites, monitoring and experimentation for riparian processes. The talk explained the concepts of the NERC funded research, the role of UFZ as one of the international partners and explored wider collaborations with the staff and students at UFZ in terms of data sharing, development of riparian landscape units that support both UK and UFZ catchment sciences, potential for joint student projects and additional site investigations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talk delivered: Using a Stoichiometric Macronutrient Framework to predict Secondary Effects of Freshwater Restoration Strategies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A talk was given with an international authorship to the DGL conference (session S2 or S1 on improving freshwater management in Germany beyond the EU WFD) . Using a Stoichiometric Macronutrient Framework to predict Secondary Effects of Freshwater Restoration Strategies Authors: Daniel Graeber¹, Anika Große¹, Katja Westphal², Alexander Wachholz³, Marc Stutter4, Gabriele Weigelhofer5, Thomas A. Davidson6, Tom Shatwell7, Andreas Musolff8, Rohini Kumar?, Dietrich Borchardt¹ 1. Dep. Aquatic Ecosystem Analysis and Management, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Magdeburg, Germany 2. Schleswig Holstein State Agency for the Environment, Flintbek, Germany 3. Federal Environmental Agency, Berlin, Germany 4. Environmental and Biochemical Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, UK 5. University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, AT 6. Dep. Of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark 7. Dep. Lake Research, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Magdeburg, Germany 8. Dep. Hydrogeology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany 9. Dep. Computational Hydrosystems, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |