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Alan F. Youngson

Alan F. Youngson

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
52
Citations
7734
World Ranking
4589
National Ranking
352

Overview

Alan F. Youngson is affiliated with Marine Scotland in the United Kingdom and has conducted research primarily within the field of environmental science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including ecology, nature and landscape conservation, aquatic science, global and planetary change, and oceanography.

Their research focuses on several main topics related to aquatic and environmental systems. These include fish ecology and management studies, fish biology and ecology studies, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, hydrology and sediment transport processes, land use and ecosystem services, underwater acoustics research, and marine animal studies.

Recent publications by Alan F. Youngson encompass a range of studies published in recognized scientific journals. These include:

  • Evidence of potential establishment of pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha in Scotland, 2023, Journal of Fish Biology
  • Combining acoustic tracking and hydrodynamic modelling to study migratory behaviour of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolts on entry into high-energy coastal waters, 2021, ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • The ecohydrology of rewilding: A pressing need for evidence in the restoration of upland Atlantic salmon streams, 2024, Hydrological Processes
  • Potential Exposure of Aquatic Organisms to Dynamic Visual Cues Originating from Aerial Wind Turbine Blades, 2024, Fishes

Alan F. Youngson has collaborated with various researchers in their publications. Frequent co-authors include Jason McIlvenny, Benjamin J. Williamson, Michał E. Skóra, J. Iwan Jones, and Sean Robertson.

Key publication venues where their work has appeared are:

  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • Hydrological Processes
  • ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Fishes

Best Publications

  • A critical review of adaptive genetic variation in Atlantic salmon: implications for conservation

    C. Garcia de Leaniz;I. A. Fleming;S. Einum;E. Verspoor

  • Fine sediment influence on salmonid spawning habitat in a lowland agricultural stream: a preliminary assessment.

    Christopher Soulsby;A. Youngson;Hamish Moir;I. A. Malcolm

  • Sex reversal in salmonid culture

    R. Johnstone;T.H. Simpson;A.F. Youngson

  • Hydrological influences on hyporheic water quality: implications for salmon egg survival

    I. A. Malcolm;Christopher Soulsby;A. F. Youngson;D. M. Hannah

  • Connectivity between landscapes and riverscapes—a unifying theme in integrating hydrology and ecology in catchment science?

    D. Tetzlaff;C. Soulsby;P. J. Bacon;A. F. Youngson

  • Conceptualization of runoff processes using a geographical information system and tracers in a nested mesoscale catchment

    Doerthe Tetzlaff;Christopher Soulsby;S. Waldron;I. A. Malcolm

  • Variation in river water temperatures in an upland stream over a 30-year period.

    S.J. Langan;L. Johnston;M.J. Donaghy;A.F. Youngson

  • Survival of salmonid eggs in a degraded gravel‐bed stream: effects of groundwater–surface water interactions

    Iain A. Malcolm;Alan F. Youngson;Chris Soulsby

  • A comparison of forest and moorland stream microclimate, heat exchanges and thermal dynamics

    David M. Hannah;Iain A. Malcolm;Chris Soulsby;Alan F. Youngson

  • Heat exchanges and temperatures within a salmon spawning stream in the Cairngorms, Scotland: seasonal and sub-seasonal dynamics

    David M. Hannah;Iain A. Malcolm;Chris Soulsby;Alan F. Youngson

  • Inferring groundwater influences on surface water in montane catchments from hydrochemical surveys of springs and streamwaters

    Christopher Soulsby;Doerthe Tetzlaff;D. Van Den Bedem;I. A. Malcolm

  • Hydrological controls on nutrient concentrations and fluxes in agricultural catchments

    J. Petry;C. Soulsby;I.A. Malcolm;A.F. Youngson

  • Seasonal growth patterns of wild juvenile fish: partitioning variation among explanatory variables, based on individual growth trajectories of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) parr

    P.J. Bacon;William Gurney;W. Jones;I.S. McLaren

  • Catchment-scale controls on groundwater-surface water interactions in the hyporheic zone: implications for salmon embryo survival

    I. A. Malcolm;C. Soulsby;A. F. Youngson;D. M. Hannah

  • Spawning success in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.): a long-term DNA profiling-based study conducted in a natural stream.

    J. B. Taggart;J. B. Taggart;I. S. McLaren;D. W. Hay;J. H. Webb

  • Hydraulic and sedimentary characteristics of habitat utilized by Atlantic salmon for spawning in the Girnock Burn, Scotland

    H. J. Moir;C. Soulsby;A. Youngson

  • Tributary-specific variation in timing of return of adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) to fresh water has a genetic component

    David C Stewart;Gordon W Smith;Alan F Youngson

  • The influence of riparian woodland on stream temperatures: implications for the performance of juvenile salmonids

    I. A. Malcolm;C. Soulsby;D. M. Hannah;P. J. Bacon

  • The spawning behaviour of escaped farmed and wild adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in a northern Scottish river

    J.H. Webb;D.W. Hay;P.D. Cunningham;A.F. Youngson

  • Seasonal and diurnal rhythms of thyroidal status in the rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson

    R. H. Osborn;T. H. Simpson;A. F. Youngson

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Soulsby
Chris Soulsby University of Aberdeen
Doerthe Tetzlaff
Doerthe Tetzlaff Leibniz Association
David M. Hannah
David M. Hannah University of Birmingham
William Gurney
William Gurney University of Strathclyde
Samuel A.M. Martin
Samuel A.M. Martin University of Aberdeen
John B. Taggart
John B. Taggart University of Stirling
Simon J. Langan
Simon J. Langan International Water Management Institute
Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad
Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad University of Oslo
Michael William Bruford
Michael William Bruford Cardiff University
Andrew M. Moore
Andrew M. Moore University of California, Santa Cruz

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