Professor Michael Chadwick Academics Supervisors Head, Department of Geography Professor of Ecology and Environmental Science. Research subject areas Geography Contact details +44 (0)20 7848 1233 michael.chadwick@kcl.ac.uk
Bringing Back the Burbot (Lota lota L.): Assessing Instream and Floodplain Habitat Availability to Support the Reintroduction of a Nationally Extinct Fish Litter Impact Index: A proposed weighting of litter items to inform sustainable packaging development and extended producer responsibility Rising Water, Declining Productivity: Monitoring and Managing Challenges Facing East African Lakes Transfer dynamics of litter: Introduction to new vectors in the mobility of terrestrial litter LAQUA: a LAndsat water QUality retrieval tool for east African lakes Productivity declines threaten East African soda lakes and the iconic Lesser Flamingo Regional Variations in Urban Trash: Connections between Litter Communities and Place Remote sensing and spatial analysis reveal unprecedented cyanobacteria bloom dynamics associated with elephant mass mortality Rising lake levels in central East Africa are driven by increasing rainfall and land-use intensification The Assessment of Heavy Metal Accumulation and Risks in Urban Rivers and Sediments of China’s Nine Major River Systems: A Meta-Analysis A review of the freshwater diversity in the Okavango Delta and Lake Ngami (Botswana): taxonomic composition, ecology, comparison with similar systems and conservation status A synthesis of ecosystem metabolism of China's major rivers and coastal zones (2000–2020) Chemical contamination of drinking water: Emerging risks and latest concerns DNA barcoding indicates multiple invasions of the freshwater snail Melanoides tuberculata sensu lato in Florida Estuarine copper concentrations following boat-wash down and subsequent accumulation in blue mussels Micropollutant Discharge from Combined Sewer Systems Will Increase with Storm Frequency Not all litter is littered: An exploration of unintentional means of public waste generation. The raptor lockdown menu – shifts in prey composition suggest urban peregrine diets are linked to human activities A function-based typology for Earth’s ecosystems Evaluating ex situ rates of carbon dioxide flux from northern Borneo peat swamp soils Experiential learning in physical geography using arduino low-cost environmental sensors Influences of Elevated Nutrients and Water Temperature from Wastewater Effluent on River Ecosystem Metabolism Mapping invasive strawberry guava (Psidium cattleianum) in tropical forests of Mauritius with Sentinel-2 and machine learning New records of digenetic trematodes infecting Melanoides tuberculata (O.F. Müller, 1774) in Florida, USA Nutrient Dynamics and Ecosystem Metabolism of Megacity Rivers: Influence of Elevated Nutrient Concentrations in Beijing’s Waterways A novel ‘triple drawdown’ method highlights deficiencies in invasive alien crayfish survey and control techniques Assessing methods to improve benthic fish sampling in a stony headwater stream Breeding habitat selection of urban peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) in London Historical analysis exposes catastrophic seagrass loss for the United Kingdom Living in the concrete jungle: a review and socio-ecological perspective of urban raptor habitat quality in Europe Nutrient dynamics at the sediment-water interface: influence of wastewater effluents Species invasions in freshwater ecosystems The ‘Pritchard Trap’: a novel quantitative survey method for crayfish A waterbody typology derived from catchment controls using self-organising maps Low-cost electronic sensors for environmental research: Pitfalls and opportunities The potential role of social media in support of otter conservation in the Indian Himalayan biodiversity hotspots An overview of non-native species invasions in urban river corridors Artificial substrate experiments to investigate potential impacts of invasive quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis, Bivalvia: Dreissenidae) on macroinvertebrate communities in a UK river Carpooling with ecologists, geographers and taxonomists: Perceptions from conducting environmental research in tropical regions Influence of urban river restoration on nitrogen dynamics at the sediment-water interface Satellite remote sensing reveals impacts from dam-associated hydrological changes on chlorophyll-a in the world's largest desert lake Addressing the Arsenic Issue in the Lower Mekong Region—The Challenges and Systematic Approaches Effects of Parasite Infection and Host Body Size on Habitat Associations of Invasive Aquatic Snails: Implications for Environmental Monitoring Variability of UK seagrass sediment carbon: Implications for blue carbon estimates and marine conservation management Impact of invasive quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis, Bivalva: Dreissenidae) on the macroinvertebrate community structure of a UK river Macroinvertebrate trophic structure on waterfalls in Borneo Restoration of rivers and streams Benthic community structure and ecosystem functions in above- and below-waterfall pools in Borneo Eco-hydromorphic Classification for Understanding Stream Macroinvertebrate Biodiversity in Brunei Darussalam, Northern Borneo Fluvial biotopes influence macroinvertebrate biodiversity in South-East asian tropical streams View all publications
12 April 2024 Flamingos threatened by rising African lake levels Increased rainfall is diluting saltwater habitats, leading to a decline in birds’ phytoplankton…