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Citations
7921
World Ranking
8270
National Ranking
625

Overview

Linda May is affiliated with the Natural Environment Research Council in the United Kingdom. Their primary research contributions lie within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's research covers diverse topics, notably:

  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Ecosystem Dynamics and Resilience
  • Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

Linda May has published multiple papers in reputable venues. Recent publications include:

  • "Global Climate," 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Increasing maximum lake surface temperature under climate change," 2021, Climatic Change
  • "Emerging water pollution in the world's least disturbed lakes on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau," 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • "Early warning signals have limited applicability to empirical lake data," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Lake management: is prevention better than cure?," 2021, Inland Waters

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers and has worked notably with:

  • Christopher Mulanda Aura
  • Chrisphine S. Nyamweya
  • Elvira de Eyto
  • Martin T. Dokulil
  • Duncan O'Brien

Regular publication venues include:

  • Inland Waters
  • IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science
  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Climatic Change

Best Publications

  • Rapid and highly variable warming of lake surface waters around the globe

    Catherine M. O'Reilly;Sapna Sharma;Derek K. Gray;Stephanie E. Hampton

  • Phosphorus legacy: overcoming the effects of past management practices to mitigate future water quality impairment.

    Andrew Sharpley;Helen P. Jarvie;Anthony Buda;Linda May

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Water quality remediation faces unprecedented challenges from "legacy phosphorus".

    Helen P. Jarvie;Andrew N. Sharpley;Bryan Spears;Anthony R. Buda

  • A global database of lake surface temperatures collected by in situ and satellite methods from 1985–2009

    Sapna Sharma;Derek K. Gray;Jordan S. Read;Catherine M. O'Reilly

  • State of the Climate in 2018

    M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

  • Do septic tank systems pose a hidden threat to water quality

    Paul J.A. Withers;Philip Jordan;Linda May;Helen P. Jarvie

  • Interaction of Climate Change and Eutrophication

    Erik Jeppesen;Brian Moss;Helen Bennion;Laurence Carvalho

  • National scale evaluation of the InVEST nutrient retention model in the United Kingdom.

    John W. Redhead;Linda May;Tom H. Oliver;Perrine Hamel

  • Comparing strengths and weaknesses of three ecosystem services modelling tools in a diverse UK river catchment.

    Katrina Sharps;Dario Masante;Amy Thomas;Bethanna Jackson

  • State of the Climate in 2016

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Do early warning indicators consistently predict nonlinear change in long‐term ecological data?

    Sarah J. Burthe;Peter A. Henrys;Eleanor B. Mackay;Bryan M. Spears

  • Nutrient emissions to water from septic tank systems in rural catchments: Uncertainties and implications for policy

    P.J.A. Withers;L. May;H.P. Jarvie;Philip Jordan

  • Increasing maximum lake surface temperature under climate change

    Martin T. Dokulil;Elvira de Eyto;Stephen C. Maberly;Linda May

  • Substantial increase in minimum lake surface temperatures under climate change

    R. Iestyn Woolway;R. Iestyn Woolway;Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer;Martin Schmid;Martin T. Dokulil

  • Seasonal export of phosphorus from a lowland catchment: upper River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, England.

    Linda May;W.Alan House;Michael Bowes;Jim McEvoy

  • A tiered risk-based approach for predicting diffuse and point source phosphorus losses in agricultural areas.

    A.L. Heathwaite;R.M. Dils;S. Liu;L. Carvalho

  • Changes in phytoplankton over various time scales in a shallow, eutrophic: the Loch Leven experience with special reference to the influence of flushing rate

    A.E. Bailey-Watts;A.A. Kirika;L. May;D.H. Jones

  • The sensitivity of phytoplankton in Loch Leven (U.K.) to changes in nutrient load and water temperature

    J. Alex Elliott;Linda May

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

    J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

Frequent Co-Authors

Bryan M. Spears
Bryan M. Spears UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Laurence Carvalho
Laurence Carvalho Natural Environment Research Council
Stephen C. Maberly
Stephen C. Maberly Lancaster University
Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer
Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer Uppsala University
Martin T. Dokulil
Martin T. Dokulil University of Vienna
James A. Rusak
James A. Rusak Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Martin Schmid
Martin Schmid Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Helen Bennion
Helen Bennion University College London
Andrew M. Paterson
Andrew M. Paterson Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Christopher J. Merchant
Christopher J. Merchant University of Reading

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