Clare Cameron

Research Assistant
Ecological Sciences
E: clare.cameron@hutton.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)344 928 5428 (*)
Clare is a Research Assistant in the Biodiversity and Ecosystems Group within the Ecological Sciences.  She has over 25 years’ experience in soil microbial ecology, using both phospholipid fatty acid analysis and physiological profiling methods to assess structure and function of soil microbial communities.   Clare was jointly responsible for the development of MicroResp™ and currently manages the commercial aspects of the MicroResp™ product for James Hutton Limited.

Research

Clare is currently working on projects focused on:

  • the impact of tree colonisation on moorland biodiversity and ecosystem processes in a long-term experiment (MOORCO)
  • assessing the main drivers of change (e.g., climate change, pollution) to soil microbial community structure and abiotic properties on Scottish soils at a national scale
  • Natural England Long Term Monitoring Network

Publications

Journals

Technical / contract reports

  • Mitchell, R.J.; Lilly, A.; Bell, J.S.; Cameron, C.; Donald, C.; Fielding, D.; Green, G.; Hewison, R.H.; McIntyre, S.; Newman, G.: Nolan, A.; Owen, J.; Smith, D.; Sturgeon, F.; Thompson, C.; Towers, W.; Williams E. (2014) Ecosystem effects of long-term herbivore exclusion., SNH Contract Report.
  • Ritz, K.; Harris, H.; Pawlett, M.; Cameron, C.; Black, H.I.J. (2011) Climate change impacts on soil biota – development of a resistance and resilience assay., Final Report to Defra CTE0825.
  • Campbell, C.D.; Paton, G.I.; Towers, W.; Paterson, E.; Dawson, J.J.C.; Cameron, C.M.; Coull, M.C.; Christie, P. (2001) A biological classification scheme to assess the sensitivity of Scottish and Northern Ireland soils to heavy metals., Technical Report SR(00) 09 to SNIFFER, Edinburgh, June 2001.

Conference papers

  • Aitkenhead, M.J.; Cameron, C.; Gaskin, G.; Choisy, B.; Coull, M.C.; Black, H.I.J.; Robertson, A.H.J. (2016) The Scottish way – getting results in soil spectroscopy without spending money., European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2016 (EGU 2016), Vienna, Austria, 17-22 April 2016. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 18, EGU2016-162.
  • Mitchell R.J.; Hester A.H.; Campbell C.D.; Chapman S.J.; Cameron C.M.; Hewison R.L.; Potts J.M. (2010) Predicting the soil microbial community: is vegetation composition or soil chemistry the better predictor?, British Ecological Society Conference, University of Leeds, Leeds, 7-9 September 2010.
  • Black, H.I.J.; Cameron, C.M.; Campbell, C.D.; Chamberlain, P.M.; Creamer, R..; Harris, J.A.; Pawlett, M.; Ritz, K.; Singh, B.K. (2009) Are biological indicators of soil quality reliable enough for monitoring?, BSSS/SSSI Soil Quality Conference, Johnstown Castle, Wexford, Ireland, 9-11 September 2009.
  • Towers, W.; Campbell, C.D.; Paton, G.I.; Paterson, E.; Dawson, J.J.C.; Cameron, C.M.; Coull, M.C.; Christie, P.; Scanlan, C. (2003) The development of a biological sensitivity classification of soils to heavy metals., Proceedings of “Integrating Novel Approaches to Pollution Research in Terrestrial and Marine Environments”. A Joint BSSS/SETAC-UK Meeting, 8-10 September 2003.
  • Campbell, C.D., Davidson, M.S. and Cameron, C.M. (1999) Changes in soil microbial community structure following organic waste application – an indicator of long changes in soil organic matter decomposition?, British Society of Soil Science, “Sustainable Management of Soil Organic Matter”, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 15-17 September 1999.
  • Campbell, C.D.,Gelder, J.van, Davidson, M. and Cameron,C.M. (1995) Use of sole carbon source utilisation patterns to detect changes in soil microbial communities affected by Cu, Mi, and Zn., International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment, 10th, Hamburg, pp30-33.

Conference posters / abstracts

  • Black, H.I.J.; Cameron, C.; Campbell, C.D.; Chamberlain, P.; Creamer, R.; Harris, J.; Pawlett, M.; Robinson, L.; Singh, B.; Woods, C.; Ritz, K. (2012) Shifting dimensions – defining the ecological status of soils., EUROSOIL 2012 Soil Science for the Benefit of Mankind and Environment, 4th International Congress of the European Confederation of Soil Science Societies (ECSSS), Bari, Italy, 2-6 July 2012.
  • Cameron, C.M.; Campbell, C.D.; Chapman, S.J.; White, D. (2009) MicroResp: A versatile methodology for measuring environmental quality., BSSS/SSSI Soil Quality Conference, Johnstown Castle, Wexford, Ireland, 9-11 September 2009.
  • Black, H.I.J.; Cameron, C.M.; Campbell, C.D.; Chamberlain, P.M.; Creamer, R.E.; Harris, J.A.; Pawlett, M.; Ritz, K.; Robinson, L.; Singh, B.K. (2008) Scoping biological indicators of soil quality for national soil monitoring., Proceedings of the Annual BSSS Conference, Rothamstead, September 2008.
  • Towers, W.; Cameron, C.; Robinson, L. (2008) Resampling the National Soils Inventory in Scotland ¿the interface between traditional pedology and molecular biology., Proceedings of the Annual BSSS Conference, Rothamstead, September 2008.
  • Black,H.I.J.; Chamberlain, P.; Cameron, C.; Campbell, C.D.; Creamer, R.; Harris, J.; Pawlett, M.; Ritz, K.; Singh, B.; Thomas, N.; Robinson, L.; Wood, C. (2008) Can we establish useful biological indicators of soil quality for national-scale soil monitoring?, Eurosoil 2008, Conference Proceedings, Vienna, Austria, 25-29 August 2008.
  • Towers, W.; Campbell, C.D.; Paton, G.I.; Patterson, E.; Dawson, J.; Cameron, C.M.; Coull, M.C.; Christie, P.; Scanlan, C. (2002) The development of a biological sensitivity classification of soils to heavy metals., Proceedings of the 17th World Congress of Soil Science, Volume 5, p1735.
  • Campbell, C.D.; Warren, A.; Cameron, C.M.; Hope, S.J. (1995) Use of colpoda steinii to bioassay the toxicity and bioavailability of heavy metals in a long term sewage sludge treated soil., British Section of the Society of Protistologists, Annual Meeting, Liverpool, 27-29 March, 1995.
  • Campbell, C.D.; Warren, A.; Cameron, C.M.; Hope, S.J. (1995) Use of a soil protozoan bioassay to assess the toxicity and bioavailability of heavy metals in a long term sewage sludge treated soil., European Protistology Congress, Montpellier, July 1995.