Publications

in press

Mackay, A.W. , Swann, G.E.A., Brewer, T., Leng, M.J., Morley, D.W., Piotrowska, N., Rioual, P. & White, D. (in press) A reassessment of late glacial–Holocene diatom oxygen isotope records from Lake Baikal using a mass balance approach. Journal of Quaternary Science

2010

Mackay, A.W., Edlund, M.B. & Khursevich, G. (2010) Diatoms in Ancient Lakes. In: The Diatoms: applications in the environmental sciences.Eds: J.P. Smol & E. Stoermer. CUP, Cambridge. pp 209-228.

Singh, C.R., Thompson, J.R., French, J.R., Kingston, D. & Mackay, A.W. (2010) Modelling the impact of prescribed global warming on runoff from headwater catchments of the Irrawaddy River and their implications for the water level regime of Loktak Lake, northeast India. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 1745-1765. doi:10.5194/hess-14-1745-2010

McGlynn, G., Mackay, A.W., Rose, N.L., Taylor, R.G., Leng, M.J. & Engstrom, D.R. (2010) Palaeolimnological evidence of environmental change over the last 400 years in the Rwenzori Mountains of Uganda. Hydrobiologia 648, 109-122

2009

Mackay, A.W. (2009) An introduction to Late Glacial - Holocene environments [Chapter 1]. In: “Holocene Extinctions” Ed. Samuel T. Turvey. OUP, Oxford. 1-15.

Mills, K., Mackay, A.W., Bradley, R.S., Finney, B. (2009) Diatom and stable isotope records of late-Holocene lake ontogeny at Indrepollen, Lofoten, NW Norway: a response to glacio-isostacy and neoglacial cooling. The Holocene, 19, 261-271.

Boomer, I., Wünnemann, B., Mackay, A.W., Austin, P., Sorrel, P., Reinhardt, C., Keyser, D., Guichard, F., Fontugne, M. (2009) Advances in understanding the late Holocene history of the Aral Sea region. Quaternary International, 194, 79-90. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2008.03.007

2008

Panizzo, V., Mackay, A.W., Ssemmanda, I., Taylor, R., Rose, N., Leng, M.J. (2008) Recent changes in aquatic productivity in a remote, tropical alpine lake in the Rwenzori Mountain National Park, Uganda, associated with glacier recession since the 1860s. Journal of Paleolimnology 40, 325-338. doi: 10.1007/s10933-007-9163-5

Mackay, A.W., Karabanov, E. Khursevich, G., Leng, M., Morley, D.W., Panizzo, G., Sloane, H.J. & Williams, D (2008) Reconstructing hydrological variability in Lake Baikal during MIS 11: an application of oxygen isotope analysis of diatom silica. Journal of Quaternary Science 23, 365-374. doi: 10.1002/jqs.1174

Brewer, T., Leng, M., Mackay, A.W., Lamb, A., Tyler, J., Marsh, N. (2008) Unravelling contamination signals in biogenic silica oxygen isotope composition: the role of major and trace element geochemistry. Journal of Quaternary Science 23, 365-374. doi: 10.1002/jqs.1174

Hammarlund, D., Mackay, A.W., Fallon, D.M.J., Pateman, G., Tavio, L.C.,, Leng, M.J. & Rose, N.L. (2008). The rise and fall of metal industry in Bergslagen, south central Sweden, as reflected by geochemistry and pollen content of a lake sediment record. Journal of Paleolimnology 39, 463-475. doi: 10.1007/s10933-007-9124-z

Holden, P.B., Mackay, A.W. & Simpson, G.L. (2008) A Bayesian palaeoenvironmental transfer function model for acidified lakes. Journal of Paleolimnology, 39, 551-566 doi: 10.1007/s10933-007-9129-7

Fagel, N. & Mackay, A.W. (2008) Weathering in the Lake Baikal watershed during the Kazantsevo (Eemian) interglacial: evidence from the lacustrine clay record. Palaeogeography Palaeoecology Palaeoclimatology 259, 244-257 doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.10.011

Kattel, G.R., Battarbee, R.W., Mackay, A.W. & Birks, H.J.B. (2008) Recent ecological change in a remote Scottish mountain loch: an evaluation of a Cladocera-based temperature transfer-function. Palaeogeography Palaeoecology Palaeoclimatology 259, 51-76.  doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.03.052

Mackay, A.W., Mazebedi, R., Wolski, P., Davidson, T.A., Huntsman-Mapila, P. & Todd, M. (2008) Monitoring and simulating threats to aquatic biodiversity in the Okavango Delta: field and laboratory methods. Methods report to Darwin Initiative 162/14/029. ECRC Research Report 129, 35 pp.

Mackay, A.W. (2008) Book review: Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. M.L. Parry, O.F. Canziani, J.P. Palutikof, P.J. van der Linden and C.E. Hanson, Eds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. Journal of Environmental Quality 37, 2407

2007

Mackay, A.W. (2007) The paleoclimatology of Lake Baikal: a diatom synthesis and prospectus. Earth-Science Reviews 82, 181-215. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2007.03.002

Mackay, A.W. & Oberhänsli, H. (2007) Editors. Special Issue: Reconstructing past environments from remnants of Human occupation and sedimentary archives in western Eurasia. Quaternary Research 67, pp. 313-410.

Mackay, A.W. & Oberhänsli, H. (2007) Reconstructing past environments from remnants of Human occupation and sedimentary archives in western Eurasia: Introduction. Quaternary Research 67, 313-314. doi:10.1016/j.yqres.2007.01.008

Austin, P., Mackay, A.W. , Palushkina, O. & Leng, M. (2007) A high-resolution diatom-inferred palaeoconductivity and sea-level record of the Aral Sea for the last ca. 1600 years. Quaternary Research 67, 383-393. doi:10.1016/j.yqres.2007.01.009

Mackay, A.W. (2007) Quaternary diatom records from Large Lakes. In: Encyclopedia of Quaternary Research. Chief Ed: S. Elias. pp 548-557. Publisher: Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B0-44-452747-8/00240-4

Kattel, G.R., Battarbee, R.W., Mackay, A.W. & Birks, H.J.B. (2007) Are Cladoceran fossils in lake sediment samples a biased reflection of the communities from which they are derived? Journal of Paleolimnology 38, 157-18. doi: 10.1007/s10933-006-9073-y

Taylor, R.G., Rose, N.L., Mackay, A.W., Panizzo, V., Mileham, L., Ssemmanda, I., Tindimugaya, C., Nakileza, B., Muwanga, A. & Hau, J. 2007. Climate change and the aquatic ecosystems of the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda. ECRC Research Report 113, 98 pp.

2006

Mackay, A.W., Ryves, D.B.. Morley, D.W., Jewson, D.J. & Rioual, P. (2006) Assessing the vulnerability of endemic diatom species in Lake Baikal to predicted future climate change: a multivariate approach. Global Change Biology, 12, 2297–2315. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01270.x

Kattel, G.R., Mackay, A.W.& Battarbee, R.W. (2006). Variation in patterns of composition and abundance of cladocerans in littoral and open water habitats of Loch Coire Fionnaraich, Scotland. International Journal of Lakes and Rivers, 1, 35-50

Swann, G.E.A. & Mackay, A.W. (2006)) Potential limitations of biogenic silica as an indicator or abrupt climate change in Lake Baikal, Russia. Journal of Paleolimnology, 36, 81-89 doi: 10.1007/s10933-006-0005-7

Huntsman-Mapila, P., Ringrose, S., Mackay, A.W. , Modisi, M., Downey, W.S., Coetzee, S., Tiercelin, J.-J., Kampunzu, A.B., Vink, B. & Vanderpost, C. (2006) Use of the geochemical sedimentary record in establishing palaeo-environments and climate change in the Lake Ngami basin, NW Botswana. Quaternary International, 148, 51-64 doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2005.11.02

Kattel, G.R., Battarbee, R.W., Mackay, A.W. & Birks, H.J.B. (2006) Recent ecological change in northwest Scotland: evidence from the sub-fossil assemblages of Cladocera in Loch Coire Fionnaraich. In Global Change in Mountain Regions by Price, M.F. Sapiens Publishing, Dumfries & London. pp 37-38

2005

Oberhänsli, H .& Mackay, A.W. (2005) Editors. Special Issue: Progress towards reconstructing past climate in Central Eurasia, with special emphasis on Lake Baikal. Global and Planetary Change, 46, Issues 1-4. pp 1-383. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.11.003

Oberhänsli, H .& Mackay, A.W. (2005) Introduction: Progress towards reconstructing past climate in Central Eurasia, with special emphasis on Lake Baikal. Global and Planetary Change, 46, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.11.003

Battarbee, R.W., Mackay, A.W. , Jewson, D., Ryves, D.B. & Sturm, M. (2005) Differential dissolution of Lake Baikal diatoms: correction factors and implications for palaeoclimatic reconstruction. Global & Planetary Change, 46, 75-86. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.11.007

Rioual, P. & Mackay, A.W. (2005) A diatom record of centennial resolution for the Kazantsevo Interglacial stage in Lake Baikal (Siberia) Global & Planetary Change, 46, 199-219. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.08.002

Morley, D.W., Leng, M.J., Mackay, A.W. & Sloane, H.J. (2005) Late Glacial and Holocene atmospheric circulation change in the Lake Baikal region documented by oxygen isotopes from diatom biogenic silica. Global & Planetary Change, 46, 221-233. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.09.018

Swann, G.E.A., Mackay, A.W. , Leng, M. & Demoray, F. (2005) Climatic change in Central Asia during MIS 3: a case study using biological responses from Lake Baikal sediments. Global and Planetary Change, 46, 235-253. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.09.019

Mackay, A.W. , Ryves, D.B., Battarbee, R.W., Flower, R.J., Jewson, D., Rioual, P. & Sturm, M. (2005) 1000 years of climate variability in central Asia: assessing the evidence using Lake Baikal diatom assemblages and the application of a diatom-inferred model of snow thickness. Global & Planetary Change, 46, 281-297. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.09.021

2004

Morley, D.W., Leng, M.J., Mackay, A.W. , Sloane, H., Rioual, P. & Battarbee, R.W. (2004) Cleaning of lake sediment samples for diatom oxygen isotope analysis. Journal of Paleolimnology, 31, 391-401. doi:10.1023/B:JOPL.0000021854.70714.6b

Mackay, A.W. (2004) Palaeolimnological evidence for recent environmental change in tropical alpine Africa: assessing the palaeolimnological evidence from Lake Bujuku, Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Uganda. Small grant report to the QRA. Quaternary Newsletter, 104, 55-57.

Mackay, A.W. (2004) Book review: The Climate in Historical Times (KIHZ). Eds: H. Fischer, T. Kumke, G. Lohmann, G. Flöser, H. Miller, H. von Storch, J.F.W. Negendank (Springer). EOS. 85(43) 26th October, 2004.

2003

Mackay, A.W. , Battarbee, R.W., Birks, H.J.B. & Oldfield, F. (Eds.) (2003) Global Change in the Holocene. Publisher: Arnold, London. Paperback version now available.

Mackay, A.W. , Jones, V.J. & Battarbee, R.W. (2003) Approaches to Holocene climate reconstruction using diatoms. In Global Change in the Holocene; Eds: Mackay, A.W., Battarbee, R.W., Birks, H.J.B. & Oldfield, F. Published by Arnold. (Chapter 20) pp 294-309

Todd, M.C. & Mackay, A.W. (2003) Large-scale climate controls on Lake Baikal ice cover. Journal of Climate, 16, 3186-3199. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<3186:LCCOLB>2.0.CO;2

Mackay, A.W. , Battarbee, R.W., Flower, R.J., Granin, N.G., Jewson, D.H., Ryves, D.B. & Sturm, M. (2003) Assessing the potential for developing internal diatom-based inference models in Lake Baikal. Limnology & Oceanography, 48, 1183-1192.

Ryves, D.B., Jewson, D.H., Sturm, M., Battarbee, R.W. Flower, Mackay, A.W. & Granin, N.G. (2003) Quantitative and qualitative relationships between planktonic diatom communities and diatom assemblages in sedimenting material and surface sediments in Lake Baikal, Siberia. Limnology & Oceanography, 48, 1643-1661.

Sier, A.R.J., Parr, T.W., Battarbee, R.W. & Mackay, A.W. (2003) Editors. Detecting environmental change: science and society. Special Issue Science of the Total Environment, 310, Issues 1-3, 1-271. DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00257-2

Parr, T.W., Sier, A.R.J., Battarbee, R.W., Mackay, A.W. & Burgess, J. (2003) Detecting environmental change: science and society - perspectives on long-term research and monitoring in the 21 st Century. Science of the Total Environment, 310, 1-8. DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00257-2

Mackay, A.W. (2003) A balanced synthesis of peatland research. Book review: Peatlands and Environmental Change, by D. Charman (John Wiley & Sons). Global Ecology & Biogeography, 12, 438-439

Mackay, A.W. (2003) UK-BICER Final Report: 2000-2003. Report to The Royal Society summarising research achievements supported by the UK-BICER fund. 21 pages.

2002

Mackay, A.W. (2002) Lake Baikal. In: Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change: Vol 3 Causes and consequences of global environmental change . Ed.: Ian Douglas. pp. 413-417. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

Mackay, A.W., Flower, R.J. & Granina, L.Z. (2002) Lake Baikal. In: The Physical Geography of Northern Eurasia: Russia and Neighbouring States. Ed. by M. Shahgedanova & A. Goudie. Published by OUP, Oxford. (Chapter 17) pp 403-421

Mackay, A.W.(2002) Book review Climates Past & Present, by M.B. Hart (ed). The Holocene, 12, 122-123.

2001

Mackay, A.W. (2001) UK-BICER Interim Report: 1998-2000. Report to The Royal Society updating research achievements supported by the UK-BICER fund. 11 pages.

2000

Bangs, M., Battarbee, R.W., Flower, R.J., Jewson, D., Lees, J.A., Sturm, M., Vologinova, E. & Mackay, A.W. (2000) Climate change in Lake Baikal: diatom evidence in an area of continuous sedimentation. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 89, 251-259.

Mackay, A.W. , Battarbee, R.W., Flower, R.J., Jewson, D., Lees, J.A., Ryves, D.B. & Sturm, M. (2000) The deposition and accumulation of endemic planktonic diatoms in the sediments of Lake Baikal and an evaluation of their potential role in climate reconstruction during the Holocene. Terra Nostra, 9, 34-48.

Royal Society SSSI Working Group Members (2000). The Future of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). Policy statement and report. Publisher: The Royal Society, London. 17 pp.

Battarbee, R.W. & Mackay, A.W. (2000) Biogenic composition of recent sediments: diatoms. Abstract. Terra Nostra, 9, 223-225.

Mackay, A.W.(2000) Book review: Principles of Paleoclimatology, by Thomas Cronin. The Holocene, 10, 537-538.

1999

Mackay, A.W., Long, X., Rose, N.L. & Battarbee, R.W. (1999) New approaches to characterizing urban air particles in central London. Journal of Environmental Science, 11(3), 367-372.

Rose, N.L., Mackay, A.W., Long, X. & Hutton, B. (1999) Morphological and chemical source apportionment of atmospheric particulates and their temporal and spatial distributions in central London. JEI Final Report

Mackay, A.W. (1999) Pollution & Climate Change in Lake Baikal. Radio interview with Associated Press Television News.

Mackay, A.W. (1999) Contribution on biological particulates in: Source Apportionment of Airborne Particulate Matter in the United Kingdom. Ed. By Airborne Particles Expert Group. Published by DETR. 158 pp. pp 72-73

Mackay, A.W. (1999) Characterisation and temporal trends of primary particulate matter in the urban aerosol: functional relationships with traffic-related pollutants and meteorological variables. JEI Working Paper, 4, 95 pp.

Mackay, A.W. , Battarbee, R.W., Flower, R.J., Jewson, D., Lees, J.A., Ryves, D.B. & Sturm, M. (1999) The deposition and accumulation of endemic planktonic diatoms in the sediments of Lake Baikal and an evaluation of their potential role in climate reconstruction during the Holocene. Final Report to NERC contract No. GR3/10529. ECRC Research Report, 59, 139 pp.

Maslin, M.A. & Mackay, A.W. (1999) Muddying the Waters. The Guardian. 7-Jan-99, On-Line.

Mackay, A.W. (1999) NERC-GEOPASS Final Project Review GR3/10529. ECRC Research Report, 54, 17 pp.

1998

Mackay, A.W. , Flower, R.J., Rose, N.L., Kuzmina, A.E., Granina, L.Z., Appleby, P.G., Boyle, J.F. & Battarbee, R.W. (1998) Recent trends in diatom succession in surface sediments from Lake Baikal and their relation to atmospheric pollution and to climate change. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 353, 1011-1055.   Reviewed by Laurence, E. (1998) Diatoms pinpoint pollution in Lake Baikal. Nature Science Update , 6th August, 1998.

Flower, R.J., Battarbee, R.W., Lees, J., Levina, O., Jewson, D.H., Mackay, A.W., Ryves, D.B., Sturm, M. & Vologina, E.G. (1998) Diatom deposition and sediment accumulation in Lake Baikal, Siberia: on-going inter-related NERC-GEOPASS studies. Freshwater Forum, 11, 16-29.

Appleby, P.G., Flower, R.J., Mackay, A.W. , Rose, N.L. (1998) Palaeolimnological assessment of recent environmental change in Lake Baikal: sediment chronology. Journal of Paleolimnology, 20, 119-133.

Boyle, J.F., Mackay, A.W. , Rose, N.L., Flower, R.J., Appleby, P.G. (1998) Sediment heavy metal record in Lake Baikal: natural and anthropogenic sources. Journal of Paleolimnology, 20, 135-150.

Rose, N.L., Appleby, P.G., Boyle, J.F., Mackay, A.W. & Flower, R.J. (1998) The spatial and temporal distribution of fossil-fuel derived pollutants in the sediment record of Lake Baikal, eastern Siberia. Journal of Paleolimnology, 20, 151-162.

Dearing, J.A., Boyle, J.F., Appleby, P.G., Mackay, A.W. & Flower, R.J. (1998) Magnetic properties of recent sediments in Lake Baikal, Siberia. Journal of Paleolimnology, 20, 163-173.

Mackay, A.W. & Rose, N.L. (1998) Characterisation and temporal distribution of atmospheric particulates (PM10s) in central London. Air Pollution VI Eds. C.A. Brebbia, C.F. Ratto & H. Power. Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton. pp.947-958.

Mackay, A.W. (1998) NERC - GEOPASS Mid Project Review: GR3/10529: minutes of Workshop 1. ECRC Research Report, 51, 8 pp.

Mackay, A.W. (1998) Temporal trends of fungal spores in central London, and their functional relationships with environmental factors. JEI Working Paper, 2, 32 pp.

1997

Mackay, A.W. (1997) Peat erosion: some implications for conservation and management of blanket mires and heather moorland in the U.K. Conserving Peatlands. Ed by L. Parkyn, R.E. Stoneman & H.A.P. Ingram. Published by CAB International, Oxon. Chapter 8, pp. 81-86.

Mackay, A.W. & Murlis, J. (Eds.) (1997) Britain’s Natural Environment: a State of the Nation Review. Ensis Publishing: London. 88 pp.

Mackay, A.W. (ed.) (1997) Surface Water Acidification: the increasing importance of nitrogen. ECRC Research Report, 41, 19pp.

1996

Mackay, A.W. & Tallis, J.H. (1996) Summit - type blanket mire erosion in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, U.K.: predisposing factors and implications for conservation. Biological Conservation, 76, 31-44.

Mackay, A.W., Flower, R.J. & Battarbee, R.W. (1996) Stratigraphical evidence of environmental change in Lake Baikal, associated with recent changes in climate. ECRC Research Report, 19, 166 pp.

1995

Flower, R.J., Mackay, A.W. , Rose, N., Boyle, J., Dearing, J.D., Appleby, P.G., Kuzmina, A.E. And Granina, L.Z. (1995) Sedimentary records of recent environmental change in Lake Baikal, Siberia. The Holocene, 5, 323-327.

Flower, R.J., Monteith, D.T., Mackay, A.W. , Chambers, J.M. & Appleby, P.G. (1995) The design and performance of a new box corer for collecting undisturbed samples of soft sub-aquatic sediments. Journal of Paleolimnology, 14, 101-111.

1994

Mackay, A.W. & Tallis, J.H. (1994) The recent vegetation history of the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, UK. New Phytologist, 138, 571-584.

Mackay, A.W., Flower, R.J. & Battarbee, R.W. (1994) Further high-resolution analyses of surface sediment cores taken from Lake Baikal. ECRC Research Report, 18, 8 pp.

1993

Press, M.C., Parsons, A.N., Mackay, A.W. , Vincent, C.A., Cochrane, V. & Seel, W.E. (1993) Ecophysiological characteristics of the Mediterranean root hemi-parasite Bartsia trixago and Parentucellia viscosa. Oecologia, 95, 145-151.

Mackay, A.W. , Flower, R.J., Appleby, P.G., Boyle, J., Dearing, J.A., Kuzmina, A., Monteith, D., Rose, N. & Battarbee, R.W. (1993) Recent environmental change in Lake Baikal, Eastern Siberia, with special reference to the sedimentary diatom record. ECRC Research Report, 1, 40 pp.

Mackay, A.W. (1993) Recent vegetational history of the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, UK. Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of Manchester, Manchester. GT4/89/TL5/38)

1992

Mackay, A.W. & Tallis, J.H. (1992) Possible causes of blanket mire erosion in northwest England. Proceedings International Peat Congress, 9(1), 244 - 255.

Mackay, A.W. (1992) Peat erosion, Sphagnum and pollution. Quaternary Newsletter, 68, p13.