Bryan M. Spears

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Bryan M. Spears is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Ecology and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bryan M. Spears has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 24 papers in Ecology and 21 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Bryan M. Spears's work include Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (44 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (42 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (18 papers). Bryan M. Spears is often cited by papers focused on Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (44 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (42 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (18 papers). Bryan M. Spears collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Australia. Bryan M. Spears's co-authors include Linda May, Anthony R. Buda, Andrew N. Sharpley, Peter J. A. Kleinman, Helen P. Jarvie, Rupert Perkins, Sebastian Meis, Laurence Carvalho, Miquel Lürling and Stephen C. Maberly and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Bryan M. Spears

92 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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Phosphorus Legacy: Overcoming the Effects of Past Management Practices to Mitigate Future Water Quality Impairment

2013 765 citations Linda May, Bryan M. Spears et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Nutrient asymmetry challenges the sustainability of Ukrainian agriculture 2025 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Sergiy Medinets, O. Oenema, Bryan M. Spears, (unknown), В. І. Мединец, Will J. Brownlie, Eiko Nemitz, Massimo Vieno, Mark A. Sutton	0
2	Lake ecosystem tipping points and climate feedbacks 2024 ·Earth System Dynamics ·Dag O. Hessen, Tom Andersen, David I. Armstrong McKay, Sarian Kosten, Mariana Meerhoff, Amy Pickard, Bryan M. Spears	10
3	Interacting impacts of hydrological changes and air temperature warming on lake temperatures highlight the potential for adaptive management 2024 ·AMBIO ·(unknown), Eleanor B. Mackay, Bryan M. Spears, Philip Barker, Ian D. Jones	5
4	Global food security threatened by potassium neglect 2024 ·Nature Food ·Will J. Brownlie, Peter Alexander, Mark Maslin, Miguel Cañedo‐Argüelles, Mark A. Sutton, Bryan M. Spears	26
5	National phosphorus planning for food and environmental security 2024 ·Current Opinion in Biotechnology ·Will J. Brownlie, Peter Alexander, Dana Cordell, Mark Maslin, Geneviève S. Metson, Mark A. Sutton, Bryan M. Spears	4
6	Transforming the food system: Are farmers ready to take phosphorus stewardship action? 2024 ·Environmental Science & Policy ·Julia Martín-Ortega, Lukas J. Wolf, Emmanouil Tyllianakis, (unknown), Miller Alonso Camargo‐Valero, Dana Cordell, Donnacha G. Doody, (unknown), Brent Jacobs, Shane A. Rothwell, (unknown), (unknown), Bryan M. Spears, Paul J. A. Withers	1
7	Reviews and syntheses: Understanding the impacts of peatland catchment management on dissolved organic matter concentration and treatability 2023 ·Biogeosciences ·Jennifer Williamson, Chris Evans, Bryan M. Spears, Amy Pickard, Pippa J. Chapman, Heidrun Feuchtmayr, (unknown), Susan Waldron, Don Monteith	4
8	Making waves. Bridging theory and practice towards multiple stressor management in freshwater ecosystems 2021 ·Water Research ·Bryan M. Spears, Daniel S. Chapman, Laurence Carvalho, Christian K. Feld, Mark O. Gessner, Jeremy J. Piggott, Lindsay F. Banin, Cayetano Gutiérrez‐Cánovas, Anne Lyche Solheim, Jessica Richardson, Rafaela Schinegger, Pedro Segurado, Stephen J. Thackeray, Sebastian Birk	33
9	Can reductions in water residence time be used to disrupt seasonal stratification and control internal loading in a eutrophic monomictic lake? 2021 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·(unknown), Eleanor B. Mackay, Philip Barker, (unknown), (unknown), Bryan M. Spears, Giles Exley, Stephen J. Thackeray, Ian D. Jones	29
10	Will UK peatland restoration reduce dissolved organic matter concentrations in upland drinking water supplies? 2020 ·Jennifer Williamson, Chris Evans, Bryan M. Spears, Amy Pickard, Pippa J. Chapman, Heidrun Feuchtmayr, (unknown), Don Monteith	2
11	Vanadium: A Re-Emerging Environmental Hazard 2018 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·(unknown), Ian T. Burke, (unknown), Heath Malcolm, William M. Mayes, Justyna Olszewska, Gang Pan, Margaret C. Graham, Kate V. Heal, Neil L. Rose, Simon Turner, Bryan M. Spears	109
12	Assessing the role of bed sediments in the persistence of red mud pollution in a shallow lake (Kinghorn Loch, UK) 2017 ·Water Research ·Justyna Olszewska, Kate V. Heal, Ian J. Winfield, Lorna J. Eades, Bryan M. Spears	17
13	Assessing the Legacy of Red Mud Pollution in a Shallow Freshwater Lake: Arsenic Accumulation and Speciation in Macrophytes 2016 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Justyna Olszewska, Andrew A. Meharg, Kate V. Heal, Manus Carey, Iain Gunn, Kate R. Searle, Ian J. Winfield, Bryan M. Spears	42
14	Phytoplankton community responses in a shallow lake following lanthanum-bentonite application 2016 ·Water Research ·(unknown), Sebastian Meis, Lenka Procházková, Laurence Carvalho, Eleanor B. Mackay, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Stephen C. Maberly, Bryan M. Spears	13
15	A meta-analysis of water quality and aquatic macrophyte responses in 18 lakes treated with lanthanum modified bentonite (Phoslock®) 2015 ·Water Research ·Bryan M. Spears, Eleanor B. Mackay, Said Yasseri, Iain Gunn, (unknown), Christopher Andrews, (unknown), (unknown), Andrea Kelly, Sebastian Meis, (unknown), Gertrud K. Nürnberg, F. van Oosterhout, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Miquel Lürling	104
16	The response of the rotifer community in Loch Leven, UK, to changes associated with a 60% reduction in phosphorus inputs from the catchment 2014 ·International Review of Hydrobiology ·Linda May, Bryan M. Spears, Bernard Dudley, Iain Gunn	12
17	Variation in chlorophyll a to total phosphorus ratio across 94 UK and Irish lakes: Implications for lake management 2013 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·Bryan M. Spears, Laurence Carvalho, Bernard Dudley, Linda May	39
18	Highly Differentiated Populations of the Freshwater Diatom Sellaphora capitata Suggest Limited Dispersal and Opportunities for Allopatric Speciation 2009 ·Protist ·Katharine Evans, Victor A. Chepurnov, Hans J. Sluiman, (unknown), Bryan M. Spears, David G. Mann	74
19	The ecology of freshwater epipelic algae: an update 2008 ·Phycologia ·Aloisie Poulíčková, Petr Hašler, (unknown), Bryan M. Spears	75
20	Effects of light on sediment nutrient flux and water column nutrient stoichiometry in a shallow lake 2007 ·Water Research ·Bryan M. Spears, Laurence Carvalho, Rupert Perkins, David M. Paterson	80

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