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Kenneth Irvine is affiliated with the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Environmental Science, contributing a significant corpus of 65 publications in this area. Within this broad field, their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Water Science and Technology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics Kenneth Irvine explores include Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Water Quality and Pollution Assessment, Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Water Resources Management and Optimization, Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Ecology, and Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

The scientist has published several research papers examining various aspects of water and ecosystem science. Recent papers include:

  • Capacity challenges in water quality monitoring: understanding the role of human development (2020) in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
  • A global assessment of lake restoration in practice: New insights and future perspectives (2023) in Ecological Indicators
  • Monitoring biodiversity loss in rapidly changing Afrotropical ecosystems: an emerging imperative for governance and research (2023) in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Investigating the effect of Eh and pH on binding forms of Co, Cu, and Pb in wetland sediments from Zambia (2022) in Journal of Environmental Management
  • Participatory governance in Lake Victoria (Kenya) fisheries: whose voices are heard? (2020) in MAST. Maritime studies/Maritime studies

Kenneth Irvine collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Nzula Kitaka, John P. Simaika, Laurence Carvalho, Joel Onyango, and Miquel Lürling. These frequent coauthors have been involved in multiple joint publications, reflecting ongoing collaborative research efforts.

Their work has been published in a variety of venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • UEF eRepo (University of Eastern Finland)
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Research Square (Research Square)

In addition to journal articles, Kenneth Irvine has contributed to books, including a publication titled F2.3 Seasonal Freshwater Lakes in 2020, under the University of South Florida.

Best Publications

  • The determination of ecological status in shallow lakes - a tested system (ECOFRAME) for implementation of the European Water Framework Directive

    Brian Moss;Deborah Stephen;Cristina Alvarez;Eloy Becares

  • The alliance for freshwater life : a global call to unite efforts for freshwater biodiversity science and conservation

    William Darwall;Vanessa Bremerich;Aaike De Wever;Anthony I. Dell

  • Nutrient enrichment homogenizes lake benthic assemblages at local and regional scales

    Ian Donohue;Andrew L. Jackson;Martin T. Pusch;Kenneth Irvine

  • The role of climate in shaping zooplankton communities of shallow lakes

    M. Gyllström;L.-A. Hansson;E. Jeppesen;F. García Criado

  • Progressive restoration of a shallow lake : a 12-year experiment in isolation, sediment removal and biomanipulation

    Moss B;Stansfield J;Irvine K;Perrows M

  • Transforming European Water Governance? Participation and River Basin Management under the EU Water Framework Directive in 13 Member States

    Nicolas W. Jager;Edward Challies;Elisa Kochskämper;Jens Newig

  • The loss of submerged plants with eutrophication II. Relationships between fish and zooplankton in a set of experimental ponds, and conclusions

    Kenneth Irvine;Brian Moss;Hilary Balls

  • Macroinvertebrate functional feeding groups in Kenyan highland streams: evidence for a diverse shredder guild

    Frank O. Masese;Nzula Kitaka;Nzula Kitaka;Julius Kipkemboi;Julius Kipkemboi;Gretchen M. Gettel

  • The loss of submerged plants with eutrophication. I: Experimental design, water chemistry, aquatic plant and phytoplankton biomass in experiments carried out in ponds in the Norfolk Broadland

    Hilary Balls;Brian Moss;Kenneth Irvine

  • Restoration of two lowland lakes by isolation from nutrient-rich water sources with and without removal of sediment.

    Brian Moss;Hilary Balls;Kenneth Irvine;Julia Stansfield

  • The use of littoral mesohabitats and their macroinvertebrate assemblages in the ecological assessment of lakes

    J. White;K. Irvine

  • Climate change and the future of freshwater biodiversity in Europe: a primer for policy-makers

    Brian Moss;Daniel Hering;Andy J. Green;Ahmed Aidoud

  • Classifying ecological status under the European Water Framework Directive: the need for monitoring to account for natural variability

    Kenneth Irvine

  • Capacity challenges in water quality monitoring: understanding the role of human development.

    Sabrina Kirschke;Tamara Avellán;Ilona Bärlund;Janos J. Bogardi

  • Importance of spatial and temporal patterns for assessment of risk of diffuse nutrient emissions to surface waters

    Ian Donohue;David Styles;Catherine Coxon;Kenneth Irvine

  • Lake of flies, or lake of fish? A trophic model of Lake Malawi

    William R.T. Darwall;Edward H. Allison;George F. Turner;Kenneth Irvine

  • Relationships between aquatic biotic communities and water quality in a tropical river-wetland system (Ecuador)

    G. Alvarez-Mieles;G. Alvarez-Mieles;G. Alvarez-Mieles;K. Irvine;A.V. Griensven;A.V. Griensven;M. Arias-Hidalgo;M. Arias-Hidalgo

  • Patterns in freshwater diatom taxonomic distinctness along an eutrophication gradient

    M. Leira;G. Chen;C. Dalton;K. Irvine

  • Factors controlling hydrochemical and trophic state variables in 86 shallow lakes in Europe

    P Noges;T Noges;L Tuvikene;H Smal

  • Litter processing and shredder distribution as indicators of riparian and catchment influences on ecological health of tropical streams

    Frank O. Masese;Nzula Kitaka;Julius Kipkemboi;Gretchen M. Gettel

  • The Alliance for Freshwater Life: A global call to unite efforts for freshwater biodiversity science and conservation

    W. Darwall;Vanessa Bremerich;Aaike de Wever;Anthony I. Dell

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian Moss
Brian Moss University of Liverpool
Ian Donohue
Ian Donohue Trinity College Dublin
Erik Jeppesen
Erik Jeppesen Aarhus University
Michael E. McClain
Michael E. McClain IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Philip Jordan
Philip Jordan University of Ulster
Tiina Nõges
Tiina Nõges Estonian University of Life Sciences
Helen Bennion
Helen Bennion University College London
Eloy Bécares
Eloy Bécares University of Leon
Lars-Anders Hansson
Lars-Anders Hansson Lund University
Timo Kairesalo
Timo Kairesalo University of Helsinki

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