Staff Profile:Dr Joanna Clark

Name:

Dr Joanna Clark

Job Title:

Associate Professor

Responsibilities:

• Director, Loddon Observatory
• Teaching: Loddon Catchment Consultancy, Carbon & Global Change, Dissertation Supervision

Areas of Interest:

Joanna's main interests are focused on understanding the interactions between water, carbon and other biogeochemical cycles within terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. She works collaboratively on interdisciplinary projects that include environmental scientists, engineers, agriculture, ecologists, social scientists, economists across research, public, private and third sectors.

• Drivers of increased dissolved organic carbon (DOC) release from soils to surface water
• Impacts of hydrological extremes (drought and flooding) on carbon cycling in soils
• Catchment management to support drinking water provision
• Resilience of peatland ecosystems to environmental change
• Carbon cycling in forest soils
• Co-benefits from ecosystem services delivered from natural flood management
• Perceptions and understanding of ecosystem services and dis-services

Research Fellows and Assistants

Jonny Ritson, Adapting to Changing Catchments, TWENTY65, EPSRC

PhD supervision

Joanna currently supervises eight PhD students:

• Catharine Pschenyckyj, 'Application of microbial fingerprinting techniques to attribute biological controls on recent changes in carbon cycling in organic soils'. Funded by University of Reading Faculty of Science Studentship and Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.
• Yoshie Yageta, 'Difference of soil knowledge among farmers and its effect for soil management'. Funded by Japan Student Services Organisation (JASSO).
• Kirsten Lees, 'Measuring peatland carbon sequestration and emission by remote sensing'. Funded by NERC Scenario DTP and James Hutton Institute.
• Angie Elwin, 'Enhancing social and ecological magrove resilience in shrimp farming communities'. Funded by ESRC South East DTP.
• Phiala Mhering, 'Get your water out of my lounge': Understanding the societal perception of flood risk and the 'ownership' of flooding to facilitate the implementation of integrated catchment based flood risk management. Funded by University of Reading Regional Bursary.
• Charlotte Hawkins, 'Developing optical methods for catchment management to protect drinking water.' Funded by EPSRC DTC, Affinity Water and Syngenta.
• Vicky Struthers, 'Exploring the role of deadwood in the forest carbon cycle.' Funded by NERC-CASE with Forest Research/Forestry Commission.

• Dedy Antony, 'Factors affecting soil carbon storage at depth in different land uses in UK.' Funded by Indonesian Government Scholarship (DIKTI-LPDP).

Completed students:

• Michael Bell, (2016) 'The direct and indirect role of climate in regulating litter decomposition processes in blanket peatlands.' Funded by NERC.
• Oliver Crowley, (2016) 'Can land management mediate functional response of soils to extreme drought events?' Funded by Edith Mary Gayton Trust, University of Reading.
• Jonny Ritson (2016) 'The impact of climate change on surface water quality and drinking water treatment'. Funded by Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College London.
• Maria Luise Fernandez-Romero (2016) 'Effects of management, land use and geographical variables on soil organic carbon in Mediterranean and Temperature climates'. University of Cordoba, Spain.
• Katarzyna Sawicka (2015) 'Multi-scale investigations of soil water DOC dynamics with respect to long-term trends'. Jointly funded by University of Reading Faculty of Science Studentship, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and Forest Research.

Joanna is keen to discuss PhD opportunities with students interested in carbon cycling in organic soils, dissolved organic carbon dynamics, floodplain and riparian processes, and modelling climate change impacts on biogeochemical processes.

Current Research Projects

• Adapting to Changing Catchments, TWENTY65, EPSRC
• Ecosystem Services for Catchment Planning in the Loddon Catchment, NERC Impact Accelerator Account

• CALIBRE: Co-delivery of food and climate regulation from temperate agroforestry, NERC Greenhouse Gas Removal Programme

Research groups / Centres:

• Environmental Science Research Division
• Soil Research Centre
• Walker Institute
• Centre for Food Security

Key Facts:

Joanna joined the department in October 2010. She completed her PhD on dissolved organic carbon dynamics in blanket peat in 2005 at the University of Leeds in collaboration with CEH Merlewood/Lancaster (NERC-CASE). She then worked as a Research Fellow on three projects based at Imperial College, Bangor University and the University of Leeds:

• Sensitivity of peatland carbon cycling to climate change (Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College)
• Vulnerability of upland peatland ecosystem services to climate change (Environment Agency and NERC-QUEST)
• Influence of recovery from acidification on the dynamics of dissolved organic carbon in organic soils (NERC)

Joanna is currently on the Editorial Board for Scientific Reports. Joanna was a Guest Editor for a special issue of Climate Research on Climate Change and the British Uplands.

Publications:

Y

Jump to: 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005

Number of items: 42.

2017

• Sawicka, K., Rowe, E. C., Evans, C. D., Monteith, D. T., Vanguelova, E. I., Wade, A. J. and Clark, J. M. (2017) Modelling impacts of atmospheric deposition and temperature on long-term DOC trends. Science of the Total Environment. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.164
• Ritson, J. P., Brazier, R. E., Graham, N. J. D., Freeman, C., Templeton, M. R. and Clark, J. (2017) The effect of drought on dissolved organic carbon (DOC) release from peatland soil and vegetation sources. Biogeosciences, 14 (11). pp. 2891-2902. ISSN 1726-4170 doi: 10.5194/bg-14-2891-2017

2016

• Fernández-Romero, M. L., Lozano-García, B., Parras-Alcántara, L., Collins, C. D. and Clark, J. M. (2016) Effects of land management on different forms of soil carbon in olive groves in Mediterranean areas. Land Degradation and Development, 27 (4). pp. 1186-1195. ISSN 1085-3278 doi: 10.1002/ldr.2327
• Smith, P., House, J. I., Bustamante, M., Sobocká, J., Harper, R., Pan, G., West, P., Clark, J., Adhya, T., Rumpel, C., Paustian, K., Kuikman, P., Cotrufo, M. F., Elliott, J. A., McDowell, R., Griffiths, R. I., Asakawa, S., Bondeau, A., Jain, A. K., Meersmans, J. and Pugh, T. A.M. (2016) Global change pressures on soils from land use and management. Global Change Biology, 22 (3). pp. 1008-1028. ISSN 1365-2486 doi: 10.1111/gcb.13068
• Sawicka, K., Monteith, D., Vanguelova, E., Wade, A. J. and Clark, J. M. (2016) Fine-scale temporal characterization of trends in soil water dissolved organic carbon and potential drivers. Ecological Indicators. ISSN 1470-160X doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.12.028
• Fernández-Romero, M. L., Parras-Alcántara, L., Lozano-García, B., Clark, J. M. and Collins, C. D. (2016) Soil quality assessment based on carbon stratification index in different olive grove management practices in Mediterranean areas. Catena, 137. pp. 449-458. ISSN 0341-8162 doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2015.10.019
• Fernández-Romero, M.L., Clark, J.M., Collins, C.D., Parras-Alcántara, L. and Lozano-García, B. (2016) Evaluation of optical techniques for characterising soil organic matter quality in agricultural soils. Soil and Tillage Research, 155. pp. 450-460. ISSN 0167-1987 doi: 10.1016/j.still.2015.05.004
• Ritson, J. P., Bell, M., Brazier, R. E., Grand-Clement, E., Graham, N. J. D., Freeman, C., Smith, D., Templeton, M. R. and Clark, J. M. (2016) Managing peatland vegetation for drinking water treatment. Scientific Reports, 6. 36751. ISSN 2045-2322 doi: 10.1038/srep36751

2015

• Smith, P., Cotrufo, M. F., Rumpel, C., Paustian, K., Kuikman, P. J., Elliott, J. A., McDowell, R., Griffiths, R. I., Asakawa, S., Bustamante, M., House, J. I., Sobocká, J., Harper, R., Pan, G., West, P. C., Gerber, J. S., Clark, J. M., Adhya, T., Scholes, R. J. and Scholes, M. C. (2015) Biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity as key drivers of ecosystem services provided by soils. SOIL Discussions, 2 (1). pp. 537-586. ISSN 2199-3998 doi: 10.5194/soild-2-537-2015
• Smith, P., Cotrufo, M. F., Rumpel, C., Paustian, K., Kuikman, P. J., Elliott, J. A., McDowell, R., Griffiths, R. I., Asakawa, S., Bustamante, M., House, J. I., Sobocká, J., Harper, R., Pan, G., West, P. C., Gerber, J. S., Clark, J. M., Adhya, T., Scholes, R. J. and Scholes, M. C. (2015) Biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity as key drivers of ecosystem services provided by soils. SOIL, 1 (2). pp. 665-685. ISSN 2199-398X doi: 10.5194/soil-1-665-2015

2014

• Ritson, J. P., Bell, M., Graham, N. J.D., Templeton, M. R., Brazier, R. E., Verhoef, A., Freeman, C. and Clark, J. M. (2014) Simulated climate change impact on summer dissolved organic carbon release from peat and surface vegetation: implications for drinking water treatment. Water Research, 67. pp. 66-76. ISSN 0043-1354 doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.09.015
• Ritson, J.P., Graham, N.J.D., Templeton, M.R., Clark, J.M., Gough, R. and Freeman, C. (2014) The impact of climate change on the treatability of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in upland water supplies: A UK perspective. Science of the Total Environment, 473-474. pp. 714-730. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.12.095
• Gougoulias, C., Clark, J. M. and Shaw, L. J. (2014) The role of soil microbes in the global carbon cycle: tracking the below-ground microbial processing of plant-derived carbon for manipulating carbon dynamics in agricultural systems. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 94 (12). pp. 2362-2371. ISSN 0022-5142 doi: 10.1002/jsfa.6577

2013

• Swaine, M., Obrike, R., Clark, J. and Shaw, L. (2013) Biochar alteration of the sorption of substrates and products in Soil Enzyme Assays. Applied and Environmental Soil Science, 2013. 968682. ISSN 1687-7667 doi: 10.1155/2013/968682
• Palmer, S. M., Clark, J. M., Chapman, P. J., van der Heijden, G. M. F. and Bottrell, S. H. (2013) Effects of acid sulphate on DOC release in mineral soils: the influence of SO42−retention and Al release. European Journal of Soil Science, 64 (6). pp. 537-544. ISSN 1365-2389 doi: 10.1111/ejss.12048
• Tang, R., Clark, J. M., Bond, T., Graham, N., Hughes, D. and Freeman, C. (2013) Assessment of potential climate change impacts on peatland dissolved organic carbon release and drinking water treatment from laboratory experiments. Environmental Pollution, 173. pp. 270-277. ISSN 0269-7491 doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.09.022

2012

• Artz, R. R. E., Donnelly, D., Cuthbert, A., Evans, C., Smart, S., Reed, M., Kenter, J. and Clark, J., (2012) Restoration of lowland raised bogs in Scotland: emissions savings and the implications of a changing climate on lowland raised bog condition. Technical Report. Scottish Wildlife Trust and The James Hutton Institute pp80.
• Evans, C. D., Jones, T. G., Burden, A., Ostle, N., Zieliński, P., Cooper, M. D.A., Peacock, M., Clark, J. M., Oulehle, F., Cooper, D. and Freeman, C. (2012) Acidity controls on dissolved organic carbon mobility in organic soils. Global Change Biology, 18 (11). pp. 3317-3331. ISSN 1365-2486 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02794.x
• Clark, J. M., Heinemeyer, A., Martin, P. and Bottrell, S. H. (2012) Processes controlling DOC in pore water during simulated drought cycles in six different UK peats. Biogeochemistry, 109 (1-3). pp. 253-270. ISSN 1573-515X doi: 10.1007/s10533-011-9624-9

2011

• Clark, J. M., van der Heijden, G. M. F., Palmer, S. M., Chapman, P. J. and Bottrell, S. H. (2011) Variation in the sensitivity of DOC release between different organic soils following H2SO4 and sea-salt additions. European Journal of Soil Science, 62 (2). pp. 267-284. ISSN 1351-0754 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2010.01344.x
• House, J., Clark, J., Gallego-Sala, A. and Orr, H., (2011) Vulnerability of upland peatland services to climate change. Technical Report. Environment Agency pp109.

2010

• Clark, J. M., Gallego-Sala, A. V., Allott, T. E. H., Chapman , S. J., Farewell, T., Freeman, C., House, J. I., Orr, H. G., Prentice, I. C. and Smith, P. (2010) Assessing the vulnerability of blanket peat to climate change using an ensemble of statistical bioclimatic envelope models. Climate Research, 45. pp. 131-150. ISSN 0936-577X doi: 10.3354/cr00929
• Clark, J. M., Orr, H. G., Freer, J., House, J. I., Smith, P. and Freeman, C. (2010) Assessment of projected changes in upland environments using simple climatic indices. Climate Research, 45. pp. 87-104. ISSN 0936-577X doi: 10.3354/cr00923
• Gallego-Sala, A. V., Clark, J. M., House, J. I., Orr, H. G., Prentice, I. C., Smith, P., Farewell, T. and Chapman, S. J. (2010) Bioclimatic envelope model of climate change impacts on blanket peatland distribution in Great Britain. Climate Research, 45. pp. 151-162. ISSN 0936-577X doi: 10.3354/cr00911
• Billett, M. F., Charman, D. J., Clark, J. M., Evans, C. D., Evans, M. G., Ostle, N. J., Worrall, F., Burden, A., Dinsmore, K. J., Jones, T., McNamara, N. P., Parry, L., Rowson, J. G. and Rose, R. (2010) Carbon balance of UK peatlands: current state of knowledge and future research challenges. Climate Research, 45. pp. 13-29. ISSN 0936-577X doi: 10.3354/cr00903
• Smart, S. M., Henrys, P. A., Scott, W. A., Hall, J. R., Evans, C. D., Crowe, A., Rowe, E. C., Dragosits, U., Page, T., Whyatt, J. D., Sowerby, A. and Clark, J. M. (2010) Impacts of pollution and climate change on ombrotrophic Sphagnum species in the UK: analysis of uncertainties in two empirical niche models. Climate Research, 45. pp. 163-177. ISSN 0936-577X doi: 10.3354/cr00969
• Clark, J. M. , Billett, M. F., Coyle, M., Croft, S., Daniels, S., Evans, C. D., Evans, M., Freeman, C., Gallego-Sala, A. V., Heinemeyer, A., House, J. I., Monteith, D. T., Nayak, D., Orr, H. G., Prentice, I. C., Rose, R., Rowson, J., Smith, J. U., Smith, P., Tun, Y. M., Vanguelova, E., Wetterhall, F. and Worrall, F. (2010) Model inter-comparison between statistical and dynamic model assessments of the long-term stability of blanket peat in Great Britain (1940-2099). Climate Research, 45. pp. 227-248. ISSN 0936-577X doi: 10.3354/cr00974
• Clark, J. M., Bottrell, S. H., Evans, C. D., Monteith, D. T., Bartlett, R., Rose, R., Newton, R. J. and Chapman, P. J. (2010) The importance of the relationship between scale and process in understanding long-term DOC dynamics. Science of the Total Environment, 408 (13). pp. 2768-2775. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.02.046
• House, J. I., Orr, H. G., Clark, J. M., Gallego-Sala, A. V., Freeman, C., Prentice, I. C. and Smith, P. (2010) Climate change and the British Uplands: evidence for decision-making. Climate Research, 45. pp. 3-12. ISSN 0936-577X doi: 10.3354/cr00982

2009

• Clark, J. M., Ashley, D., Wagner, M., Chapman, P. J., Lane, S. N., Evans, C. D. and Heathwaite, A. L. (2009) Increased temperature sensitivity of net DOC production from ombrotrophic peat due to water table draw-down. Global Change Biology, 15 (4). pp. 794-807. ISSN 1365-2486 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01683.x

2008

• Evans, C. D., Monteith, D. T., Reynolds, B. and Clark, J. M. (2008) Buffering of recovery from acidification by organic acids. Science of the Total Environment, 404 (2-3). pp. 316-325. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.11.003
• Clark, J. M., Lane, S. N., Chapman, P. J. and Adamson, J. K. (2008) Link between DOC in near surface peat and stream water in an upland catchment. Science of the Total Environment, 404 (2-3). pp. 308-315. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.11.002
• Chapman, P. J., Clark, J. M., Reynolds, B. and Adamson, J. K. (2008) The influence of organic acids in relation to acid deposition in controlling the acidity of soil and stream waters on a seasonal basis. Environmental Pollution, 151 (1). pp. 110-120. ISSN 0269-7491 doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.03.001
• Clark, J. M., Evans, C. D., Bottrell, S., Monteith, D. T., Rose, R., Ratcliffe, M. and Chapman, P. J. (2008) Have increased dissolved organic carbon (DOC) losses from UK peat and organo-mineral soils been driven by the decline in acid rain? In: After Wise Use – The Future of Peatlands, Proceedings of the 13th International Peat Congress (Volume 1), 8-13 June 2008, Tullamore, Ireland, pp. 576-579.
• Clark, J. M., Heinemeyer, A., Martin, P. and Bottrell, S. (2008) Linking carbon and sulphur cycling during simulated drought cycles in peat from six sites across the UK. In: After Wise Use – The Future of Peatlands, Proceedings of the 13th International Peat Congress (Volume 1), 8-13 June 2008, Tullamore, Ireland, pp. 572-575.

2007

• Clark, J. M., Lane, S., Chapman , P. and Adamson, J. (2007) Export of dissolved organic carbon from an upland peatland during storm events: implications for flux estimates. Journal of Hydrology, 347 (3-4). pp. 438-447. ISSN 0022-1694 doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.09.030
• Bottrell, S.H., Mortimer, R.J., Spence, M., Krom, M.D., Clark, J. M. and Chapman, P.J. (2007) Insights into redox cycling of sulfur and iron in peatlands using high-resolution diffusive equilibrium thin film (DET) gel probe sampling. Chemical Geology, 244 (3-4). pp. 409-420. ISSN 0009-2541 doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.06.028
• Evans, C., Monteith, D., Wright, D. and Clark, J. (2007) Issues affecting upland water quality: Climate change, acidity, nitrogen and water colour. In: Climate change and aquatic ecosystems in the UK: Science, policy and management, 16th May 2007, Environmental Change Research Centre, University College London, pp. 21-25.

2006

• Evans, C.D., Chapman, P.J., Clark, J. M., Monteith, D.T. and Cresser, M.S. (2006) Alternative explanations for rising dissolved organic carbon export from organic soils. Global Change Biology, 12 (11). pp. 2044-2053. ISSN 1365-2486 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01241.x
• Clark, J. M., Chapman, P.J., Heathwaite, A.L. and Adamson, J.K. (2006) Suppression of dissolved organic carbon by sulfate induced acidification during simulated droughts. Environmental Science & Technology, 40 (6). pp. 1776-1783. ISSN 0013-936X doi: 10.1021/es051488c

2005

• Clark, J. M., Chapman, P. J., Adamson, J. K. and Lane, S. N. (2005) Influence of drought-induced acidification on the mobility of dissolved organic carbon in peat soils. Global Change Biology, 11 (5). pp. 791-809. ISSN 1365-2486 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00937.x
• Chapman, P. J., Clark, J. M., Heathwaite, A. L., Adamson, J. K. and Lane, S. N. (2005) Sulphate controls on dissolved organic carbon dynamics in blanket peat: linking field and laboratory evidence. In: Heathwaite, L., Webb, B., Rosenberry, D., Weaver, D. and Hayashi, M. (eds.) Dynamics and biogeochemistry of river corridors and wetlands. IAHS Press, Wallingford, pp. 3-9. ISBN 1901502031

This list was generated on Thu Aug 17 19:01:43 2017 BST.

Qualifications:

BSc (Durham); MSc (London); PhD (Leeds)