Professional summary

Justyna is a freshwater ecologist with an interest in the impact of contaminants and macronutrients on the functioning and service provision of freshwater and coastal ecosystems, and the long-term recovery trajectories following pollution. Her work involves quantifying and manipulating processes that control pollutant cycling between bed sediments and aquatic biota, and carrying out research to increase understanding of the responses of freshwater ecosystems to environmental change and restoration.

Justyna is involved in several projects, including: Mainstreaming Ecological Restoration of freshwater-related ecosystems in a Landscape context: Innovation, upscaling and transformation (MERLIN); Biogeochemical processes and ecosystem function in changing polar systems and their global impacts (BIOPOLE); Uptake of chemicals from legacy waste sites in coastal food webs and effects on higher predators (CLEWS); Legacy wastes in the coastal zone: Environmental risks and management futures; and, Monitoring restoration impacts and environmental conditions at Loch Leven (UK SCAPE).

Selected publications

Salmi Pauliina et al. , (2023), Resolving phytoplankton pigments from spectral images using convolutional neural networks. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10588

Riley Alex L. et al. , (2022), Incorporating conceptual site models into national-scale environmental risk assessments for legacy waste in the coastal zone. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1045482

Garcia-Martin E. Elena et al. , (2021), Contrasting estuarine processing of dissolved organic matter derived from natural and human‐impacted landscapes. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021GB007023

Tye Andrew M. et al. , (2022), Dissolved inorganic carbon export from rivers of Great Britain: Spatial distribution and potential catchment-scale controls. Journal of Hydrology, 615, 128677, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128677

Williamson Jennifer L. et al. , (2021), Landscape controls on riverine export of dissolved organic carbon from Great Britain. Biogeochemistry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10533-021-00762-2

May L. et al. , (2020), Eutrophication and restoration in temperate lakes. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 535, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/535/1/012001

Olszewska Justyna P. et al. , (2019), Assessing the legacy of red mud pollution in a shallow freshwater lake: long-term chemical recovery in the water column. Inland Waters, 9, 453-463, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20442041.2018.1561083

Watt James A.J. et al. , (2018), Vanadium: a re-emerging environmental hazard. Environmental Science & Technology, 52, 11973-11974, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05560

Olszewska Justyna P. et al. , (2017), Assessing the role of bed sediments in the persistence of red mud pollution in a shallow lake (Kinghorn Loch, UK). Water Research, 123, 569-577, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.07.009

Olszewska Justyna P. et al. , (2016), Assessing the legacy of red mud pollution in a shallow freshwater lake: arsenic accumulation and speciation in macrophytes. Environmental Science & Technology, 50, 9044-9052, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b00942

Other Publications

Cowan, N., White, S., Olszewska, J., Dobel, A., Sim, G., Eades, L. & Skiba, U. 2022. Integration of algae treatment with hydroponic crop waste to reduce impact of nutrient waste streams.  Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment 1: 203-215, https://doi.org/10.1002/sae2.12025

 

García‐Martín, E. Elena; Sanders, Richard; Evans, Chris D.; Kitidis, Vassilis; Lapworth, Dan J.; Spears, Bryan M.; Tye, Andy; Williamson, Jennifer L.; Balfour, Chris; Best, Mike; Bowes, Michael; Breimann, Sarah; Brown, Ian J.; Burden, Annette; Callaghan, Nathan; Dise, Nancy B.; Farr, Gareth; Felgate, Stacey L.; Fishwick, James; Fraser, Mike; Gibb, Stuart; Gilbert, Pete J.; Godsell, Nina; Gomez‐Castillo, Africa P.; Hargreaves, Geoff; Harris, Carolyn; Jones, Oban; Kennedy, Paul; Lichtschlag, Anna; Martin, Adrian P.; May, Rebecca; Mawji, Edward; Mounteney, Ian; Nightingale, Philip D.; Olszewska, Justyna P.; Painter, Stuart C.; Pearce, Christopher R.; Pereira, M. Glória; Peel, Kate; Pickard, Amy; Stephens, John A.; Stinchcombe, Mark; Thornton, Barry; Woodward, E. Malcolm S.; Yarrow, Deborah; Mayor, Daniel J.. 2023 Sources, composition, and export of particulate organic matter across British estuaries. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128 (4), e2023JG007420. 15, pp. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007420

Brownlie, Will J.; Woods, Helen J.; Waters, Kate E.; Moore, Alanna L.; Bruce, Alannah M.; Olszewska, Justyna P.; Ives, Stephen C.. 2017 Freshwater science for the benefit of society: a perspective from early career researchers. Inland Waters, 7 (2). 227-235. https://doi.org/10.1080/20442041.2017.1326793

Olszewska, J.P., Woods, H., Pickard, A., Moore, A. Grant, A., Corr, M., Watt, J., Goldsmith, B., Southwood, R., Madgwick, G., Hardy, S., Terry, C. & Spears, B.M. (2022) An assessment of sediment phosphorus content, composition and release before and after desilting in Hoveton Great Broad and Hudson’s Bay. Report to Natural Enland.

Olszewska, J. P., May, L., Spears, B. M., Keenan, P., Salisbury, E. & Hemingway, A. (2021) Linlithgow Loch nutrient load and source apportionment study. Contract Report to Historic Environment Scotland.