Professional summary

Alex is a Lake Ecosystem Modeller based at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster. His role is to examine various aspects of phytoplankton community assembly, including species succession, the effects of disturbance events, climate change impacts, drought and lake restoration. To assist in this task, he uses the PROTECH (Phytoplankton RespOnses To Environmental CHange) model, which simulates the growth of multiple algal species in lakes and reservoirs. He has been working with the model for over 25 years and have published over 60 papers.

1993-1997       :  University of Stirling (BSc Biology (hons))

1997-2000       :  Napier University (PhD)

Selected publications

Elliott J. Alex; , (2021), Modelling lake phytoplankton communities: recent applications of the PROTECH model. Hydrobiologia, 848, 209-217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-020-04248-4

Gray Emma et al. , (2020), Wide-spread inconsistency in estimation of lake mixed depth impacts interpretation of limnological processes. Water Research, 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115136

Mortazavi‐Naeini Mohammad et al. , (2019), Assessment of risks to public water supply from low flows and harmful water quality in a changing climate. Water Resources Research, 55, 10386-10404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018WR022865

Gray Emma et al. , (2019), Modelling lake cyanobacterial blooms: disentangling the climate‐driven impacts of changing mixed depth and water temperature. Freshwater Biology, 64, 2141-2155, https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13402

Crossman J. et al. , (2019), Optimizing land management strategies for maximum improvements in lake dissolved oxygen concentrations. Science of the Total Environment, 652, 382-397, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.160

Hutchins M.G. et al. , (2018), Combined impacts of future land-use and climate stressors on water resources and quality in groundwater and surface waterbodies of the upper Thames river basin, UK. Science of the Total Environment, 631-632, 962-986, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.052

Crossman J. et al. , (2018), Bridging the gap between terrestrial, riverine and limnological research: application of a model chain to a mesotrophic lake in North America. Science of the Total Environment, 622-623, 1363-1378, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.052

Elliott J. Alex et al. , (2015), The past and future of phytoplankton in the UK's largest lake, Lough Neagh. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.07.015

Elliott J. Alex et al. , (2015), Predicting the habitat expansion of the invasive roach Rutilus rutilus (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae), in Great Britain. 751, 127-134, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10750-015-2181-9

Elliott, J. Alex, (2012), Is the future blue-green? A review of the current model predictions of how climate change could affect pelagic freshwater cyano. Water Research, 46, 1364-1371, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135411007901