Publications

2012

• Beniston, M., Stoffel, M., Harding, R., Kernan, M. R., Ludwig, R., Moors, E., Samuels, P., Tockner, K. (2012). Obstacles to data access for research related to climate and water: Implications for science and EU policy-making. Environmental Science and Policy 17, 41-48 doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2011.12.002.

2010

• Kernan, M., Battarbee, R. W., Moss, B. (Eds.) (2010). Climate Change Impacts on Freshwater Ecosystems. Wiley-Blackwell.
• Kernan, M., Battarbee, R. W., Curtis, C. J., Monteith, D. T., Shilland, E. M. (Eds.) (2010). Recovery of lakes and streams in the UK from acid rain. The United Kingdom Acid Waters Monitoring Network 20 year interpretative report (2010). Report to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Contract EPG 1/3/160).
• Curtis, C. J., Battarbee, R. W., Shilland, E. M., Simpson, G. L., Kernan, M. R., Monteith, D. T. (2010). The UK Acid Waters Monitoring Network: 20 Year Interpretive Report - a brief summary. ( Vol. Proceedings of the 25th Meeting of the ICP Waters pp.29-35). Oslo, Norway: NIVA.
• Curtis, C., Battarbee, R., Shilland, E., Simpson, G., Kernan, M., Monteith, D. (2010). The UK Acid Waters Monitoring Network: 20 Year Interpretive Report – a brief summary.
• Kernan, M., Monteith, D. T., Battarbee, R. W., Curtis, C. J., Shilland, E. M., Simpson, G. L. (2010). Introduction. In Kernan, M., Battarbee, R. W., Curtis, C. J., Monteith, D. T., Shilland, E. M. (Eds.). UK Acid Waters Monitoring Network 20 Year Interpretative Report ( pp.23-30). London: ENSIS Ltd, Environmental Change Research Centre, University College London.
• Moss, B., Battarbee, R. W., Kernan, M. (2010). Introduction. In Kernan, M., Battarbee, R. W., Moss, B. (Eds.). Climate Change Impacts on Freshwater Ecosystems ( pp.1-14). Wiley-Blackwell.
• Shilland, E. M., Curtis, C. J., Kernan, M. R. (2010). UK Acid Waters Monitoring Network (UKAWMN). Llyn Llagi, Llyn Cwm Mynach, Afon Hafren and Afon Gwy. Sites Summary Report. Report to the Countryside Council for Wales. ENSIS Ltd, Environmental Change Research Centre, University College London.

2009

• Battarbee, R. W., Kernan, M., Rose, N. (2009). Threatened and stressed mountain lakes of Europe: Assessment and progress. AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM HEALTH & MANAGEMENT 12, 118-128 doi:10.1080/14634980902905742.
• Camarero, L., Rogora, M., Mosello, R., Anderson, N. J., Barbieri, A., Botev, I., Kernan, M., Kopacek, J., Korhola, A., Lotter, A. F., Muri, G., Postolache, C., Stuchlik, E., Thies, H., Wright, R. F. (2009). Regionalisation of chemical variability in European mountain lakes. FRESHWATER BIOLOGY 54, 2452-2469 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02296.x.
• Catalan, J., Curtis, C. J., Kernan, M. (2009). Remote European mountain lake ecosystems: regionalisation and ecological status. FRESHWATER BIOLOGY 54, 2419-2432 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02326.x.
• Curtis, C. J., Juggins, S., Clarke, G., Battarbee, R. W., Kernan, M., Catalan, J., Thompson, R., Posch, M. (2009). Regional influence of acid deposition and climate change in European mountain lakes assessed using diatom transfer functions. FRESHWATER BIOLOGY 54, 2555-2572 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02317.x.
• Kernan, M., Brancelj, A., Clarke, G., Lami, A., Raddum, G., Straškrábová, V., Stuchlík, E., Velle, G., Ventura, M. (2009). Environmental and biological characteristics of high altitude lochs in Scotland. Fundamental and Applied Limnology, Advances in Limnology 62, 379-417
• Kernan, M., Catalan, J., Curtis, C. (2009). A biological survey of high mountain and high latitude lakes across Europe: aims, sampling strategy, methods and main achievements. Fundamental and Applied Limnology, Advances in Limnology 62, 3-16
• Kernan, M., Ventura, M., Bitusik, P., Brancelj, A., Clarke, G., Velle, G., Raddum, G. G., Stuchlik, E., Catalan, J. (2009). Regionalisation of remote European mountain lake ecosystems according to their biota: environmental versus geographical patterns. FRESHWATER BIOLOGY 54, 2470-2493 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02284.x.
• Lami, A., Musazzi, S., Marchetto, A., Buchaca, T., Kernan, M., Jeppesen, E., Guilizzoni, P. (2009). Sedimentary pigments in 297 alpine lakes and their relation to environmental gradients. Fundamental and Applied Limnology, Advances in Limnology 62, 247-268
• Livingstone, D., Kernan, M. (2009). Regional coherence and geographical variability in the surface water temperatures of Scottish Highland lochs. Fundamental and Applied Limnology, Advances in Limnology 62, 367-378
• Moss, B., Hering, D., Green, A., Aidoud, A., Becares, E., Beklioglu, M., Bennion, H., Biox, D., Brucet, S., Carvalho, L., Clement, M., Davidson, T., Decklerk, S., Dobson, M., van, D. E., Dudley, B., Feuchtmayr, H., Friberg, N., Grenouillet, G., Hillebrand, H., Hobaek, A., Irvine, K., Jeppesen, E., Johnson, R., Jones, I., Kernan, M., Lauridsen, T. L., Manca, M., Meerhof, M., Olafsson, J., Ormerod, S., Papastergiadou, E., Penning, E., Ptacnik, R., Quintana, S., Sandin, L., Seferlis, M., Simpson, G., Trigal, C., Verdonschot, P., Verschoor, A. M., Weyhenmeyer, G. A. (2009). Climate change and the future of freshwater biodiversity in Europe: a primer for policy-makers. Freshwater Reviews 2, 103-130
• Ognjanova-Rumenova, N., Botev, I., Kernan, M. (2009). Benthic diatom flora in relation to chemical and physical factors in high mountain lakes in the Rila Mountains (Southwestern Bulgaria). Fundamental and Applied Limnology, Advances in Limnology 62, 153-166
• Rose, N., Cogălniceanu, D., Appleby, P., Brancelj, A., Camarero, L., Fernández, P., Grimalt, J., Kernan, M., Lami, A., Musazzi, S., Quiroz, R., Velle, G. (2009). Atmospherically deposited contamination and biological change as recorded in the sediments of Lacul Negru, Retezat National Park, Romania. Fundamental and Applied Limnology, Advances in Limnology 62, 319-350
• Straškrábová, V., Bertoni, R., Blažo, M., Callieri, C., Forsström, L., Fott, J., Kernan, M., Macek, M., Stuchlík, E., Tolotti, M. (2009). Structure of pelagic food webs in European mountain lakes during ice-free season. Fundamental and Applied Limnology, Advances in Limnology 62, 19-53
• Whitehead, P. G., Wilby, R. L., Battarbee, R. W., Kernan, M., Wade, A. J. (2009). A review of the potential impacts of climate change on surface water quality. Hydrological Sciences Journal 51(1), 101-123

2008

• Battarbee, R. W., Kernan, M., Livingstone, D., Nickus, U., Verdonschot, P., Hering, D., Moss, B., Wright, R., Evans, C., Grimalt, J., Johnson, R., Maltby, E., Linstead, L., Skeffington, R. (2008). Freshwater ecosystem responses to climate change: the Euro-limpacs project. In Quevauviller, P., Borchers, U., Thompson, C., Simonart, T. (Eds.). The Water Framework Directive - Ecological and Chemical Status Monitoring ( pp.313-515). London: John Wiley and Sons. Author URL
• Curtis, C. J., Simpson, G. L., Kernan, M. (2008). Source apportionment of N reaching UK waters : Work package 1.2: atmospheric nitrogen deposition. Contract Report to ADAS and DEFRA, March 2008 (Contract Reference WQ0111).

2007

• Curtis, C., Simpson, G. L., Shilland, J., Turner, S., Kernan, M., Monteith, D. T., Rose, N. L., Evans, C., Emmett, B., Sowerby, A., Heaton, T., Maberly, S. (2007). Freshwater Umbrella - The effect of nitrogen deposition and climate change on freshwaters in the UK. Report to DEFRA under contract CPEA17.
• Kernan, M., Battarbee, R. W., Binney, H. A. (2007). Climate Change and Aquatic Ecosystems in the UK: Science Policy and Management. UCL Environmental Change Research Centre.

2006

• Rose, C. F., Kernan, M. (2006). Introducing Euro-limpacs - Integrated Project to evaluate the impacts of global change on European freshwater ecosystems. SIL News 47, 0-0 Author URL

2005

• Clarke, G. H., Kernan,, M,, Marchetto,, A,, Sorvari,, Catalan, S. A., J, (2005). Using diatoms to assess geographical patterns of change in high- altitude European lakes from pre- industrial times to the present day. Aquatic Sciences 67(3), 1-13
• Clarke, G., Kernan, M., Marchetto, A., Sorvari, S., Catalan, J. (2005). Using diatoms to assess geographical patterns of change in high-altitude European lakes from pre-industrial times to the present day. AQUAT SCI 67(3), 224-236 doi:10.1007/s00027-004-0745-2.
• Curtis, C. J., Botev, I., Camarero, L., Catalan, J., Cogalniceanu, D., Hughes, M., Kernan, M., Kopáček, J., Korhola, A., Psenner, R., Rogora, M., Stuchlík, E., Veronesi, M., Wright, R. F. (2005). Acidification in European mountain lake districts: a regional assessment of critical load exceedance. Aquatic Sciences 67(3), 237-251 doi:10.1007/s00027-005-0742-0.
• Curtis, C. J., Posch, M., Casals-Carrasco, P., Catalan, J., Hughes, M., Kernan, M., Ventura, M. (2005). The significance of European high mountain lakes in critical load distributions at the EMEP grid scale. Aquatic Sciences 67(3), 252-262 doi:10.1007/s00027-005-0743-z.
• Curtis, C., Emmett, B. A., Grant, H., Reynolds, B., Kernan, M., Shilland, E. (2005). Nitrogen saturation in UK moorlands: the critical role of bryophytes and lichens in determining retention of atmospheric N deposition. Journal of Applied Ecology 42(3), 507-517 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01029.x.
• Kernan, M., Rose, N., Camarero, L., Pina, B., Grimalt, J. I. (2005). Contemporary and historical pollutant status of Scottish mountain lochs. In Thompson, D. B. A., Price, M. F., Galbraith, C. A. (Eds.). The Mountains of Northern Europe: Conservation, management and initiatives. ( ). Scottish Natural Heritage.

2004

• Helliwell, R. C., Kernan, M. (2004). Modelling hydrochemical and ecological trends in acid sensitive surface waters in the Scottish Highlands. Journal of Limnology 63(1), 111-122
• Hughes, M., Hornby, D., Bennion, H., Kernan, M., Hilton, J., Phillips, G., Thomas, R. (2004). The development of a GIS-based inventory of standing waters in Great Britain together with a risk-based proiritisation protocol. Water, Air and Soil Pollution: Focus 4, 43-84
• Kernan, M., Hughes, M., Hornby, D., Bennion, H., Hilton, J., Phillips, G., Thomas, R. (2004). The use of a GIS-based inventory to provide a regional risk assessment of standing waters in Great Britain sensitive to acidification from atmospheric deposition. Water, Air and Soil Pollution: Focus 4, 97-112

2003

• Bennion, H., Hilton, J., Hughes, M., Clark, J., Hornby, D., Kernan, M., Simspon, G. (2003). Development of a risk based prioritisation protocol for standing waters in Great Britain based on a georeferenced inventory - Phase 2 (P2-260/2/TR1).
• Curtis, C., Cooper, D., Jenkins, A., Kernan, M., Pope, L., Simpson, G. (2003). Freshwater screening and assessment based on freshwater critical loads. WRc.

2002

• Bennion, H., Simpson, G., Battarbee, R. W., Cameron, N. G., Curtis, C., Flower, R. J., Hughes, M., Jones, V. J., Kernan, M., Monteith, D. T., Patrick, S. T., Rose, N. L., Sayer, C. D., Yang, H. (2002). Environmental Change in Scottish Fresh Waters. In Usher, M. B., Mackey, E. C., Curran, J. C. (Eds.). The State of Scotland's Environment and Natural Heritage ( pp.145-152). Edinburgh: The Stationery Office.
• Bennion, H., Simpson, G., Battarbee, R. W., Cameron, N. G., Curtis, C., Flower, R. J., Hughes, M., Jones, V. J., Kernan, M., Monteith, D., Patrick, S. T., Rose, N. L., Sayer, C. D., Yang, H. (2002). Environmental Change in Scottish Fresh Waters. In Usher, M. B., Mackey, E. C., Curran, J. C. (Eds.). The State of Scotland's Environment and Natural Heritage ( pp.145-152). Edinburgh: The Stationery Office.
• Kernan, M., Hughes, M., Helliwell, T. C. (2002). Chemical variation and catchment characteristics in high altitude lochs in Scotland, UK. Water, Air and Soil Pollution: Focus 2, 61-73

2001

• Curtis, C. J., Hughes, M., Kernan, M., Shilland, E., Harriman, R. (2001). Critical loads of sulphur and nitrogen for surface waters in Northern Ireland. Report to the Environment and Heritage Service of the Department of the Environment Northern Ireland, Contract No. CON4/3(14). ECRC, University College London.
• Curtis, C., Harriman, R., Hughes, M., Kernan, M. (2001). Effects of site selection strategy on freshwater critical load exceedances in Wales. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 130, 1163-1168
• Helliwell, R. C., Ferrier, R., Kernan, M. (2001). Interaction of nitrogen deposition and land use on soil and water quality in Scotland: issues of spatial variability and scale. Science of the Total Environment 265, 51-63
• Kernan, M., Hall, J., Ullyet, J. M., Allott, T. E. H. (2001). Variation in freshwater critical loads across two upland catchments in the UK: implications for catchment scale management. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 130, 1169-1174
• Kernan, M., Helliwell, R. C. (2001). Partitioning the variation within the acid neutralizing capacity of surface waters in Scotland in relation to land cover, soil and atmospheric depositional factors. Science of the Total Environment 265, 39-49
• Kernan, M., Helliwell, R. C., Hughes, M. J. (2001). Predicting freshwater critical loads from catchment characteristics using national datasets. Water, Air and Soil Pollution: Focus 1, 415-435
• Ullyet, J. M., Hall, J. R., Hornung, M., Kernan, M. (2001). Mapping the potential sensitivity of surface waters to acidification using measured freshwater critical loads as an indicator of acid sensitive areas. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 130, 1235-1240

2000

• Allott, T. E. H., Curtis, C. J., Hughes, M., Kernan, M. (2000). Empirical Critical Loads Modelling for Freshwater Ecosystems. A report of the Environmental Diagnostics Freshwater Critical Loads Project to the National Power-Powergen-Eastern Generation Joint Environment Programme (contract PA 82932). ECRC, University College London.
• Curtis, C., Allott, T. E. H., Hall, J., Harriman, R., Helliwell, R., Kernan, M., Reynolds, B., Ullyet, J. (2000). Critical loads of sulphur and nitrogen for freshwaters in Great Britain and assessment of deposition reduction requirements with the First-order Acidity Balance (FAB) model. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 4, 125-140
• Kernan, M. (2000). The role of catchment attributes in determining variation in lake water chemistry in a 20x20km area in north Wales. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung fur Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie 27(2), 1132-1137
• Kernan, M., Curtis, C. (2000). Critical loads of acidity and metals: Interim Report to the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions (Contract no. EPG/1/3/117). ECRC, University College London.
• TEH, A., Reynolds, B., Chen, J., Collins, R., Curtis, C. J., Foster, H. J., Fowler, D., Hall, J., Harriman, R., Haris, P., Jenkins, A., Juggins, S., Kernan, M., Lees, M. J., McNish, J., Smith, R. I., Ormerod, S., Ullyet, J., Wheater, H. S. (2000). The biological significance and uncertainty of critical load exceedance for freshwaters at the catchment scale – Final Report to the Natural Environmental Research Council. Environmental Diagnostics Thematic Programme (Grant Reference GST/02/1572).

1999

• Curtis, C. J., Allott, T. E. H., Bird, D., Hall, J., Harriman, R., Helliwell, R., Kernan, M., Reynolds, B., Ullyett, J. (1999). Critical loads of sulphur and nitrogen for freshwaters in Great Britain and assessment of deposition reduction requirements with the First-order Acidity Balance (FAB) model. ECRC, University College London.
• Kernan, M., Allott, T. E. H. (1999). Spatial variability of nitrate concentration in lakes in Snowdonia, North Wales, UK. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 3, 395-408

1998

• Allott, T. E. H., Curtis, C., Evans, C., Harriman, R., Jenkins, A., Juggins, S., Kernan, M. R., Ormerod, S., Patrick, S. T. (1998). Critical loads in freshwater ecosystems (1995-1998): A summary report to the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. ECRC, University College London.
• Curtis, C. J., Harriman, R., Allott, T. E. H., Kernan, M. (1998). Water chemistry and critical load modelling at a network of moorland lake and reservoir sites in the British uplands: 2 Year Data Report (1996-97). ECRC, University College London.
• Kernan, M. (1998). Spatial variability of nitrate concentration in lakes in Snowdonia, North Wales. ECRC Research Paper No. 18.
• Kernan, M. R., Allott, T. E. H. (1998). Predicting water chemistry from drainage basin characteristics in stream systems. Water Resources and Ecology in Headwaters. Proceedings of the HeadWater '98 Conference. ( pp.459-465). IAHS.
• Kernan, M. R., Allott, T. E. H., Battarbee, R. W. (1998). Predicting freshwater critical loads of acidification at the catchment scale: An empirical model. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 105, 31-41

1995

• Kernan, M. (1995). An empirical statistical model for the prediction of critical loads at the catchment scale: A preliminary analysis. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 85(4), 2479-2484