Leah Jackson-Blake

Publications

Journals

• Jackson-Blake, L.A.; Sample, J.E.; Wade, A.J.; Helliwell, R.C.; Skeffington, R.A. (2017) Are our dynamic water quality models too complex? A comparison of a new parsimonious phosphorus model, SimplyP, and INCA-P., Water Resources Research, 53, 5382-5399.
• Jackson-Blake, L.A.; Wade, A.J.; Futter, M.N.; Butterfield, D.; Couture, R.M.; Cox, B.A.; Crossman, J.; Ekholm, P.; Halliday, S.J.; Jin, L.; Lawrence, D.S.L.; Lepisto, A.; Lin, Y.; Rankinen, K.; Whitehead, P.G. (2016) The INtegrated CAtchment model of phosphorus dynamics (INCA-P): Description and demonstration of new model structure and equations., Environmental Modelling and Software, 83, 356-386.
• Jackson-Blake, L.A.; Starrfelt, J. (2015) Do higher data frequency and Bayesian auto-calibration lead to better model calibration? Insights from an application of INCA-P, a process-based river phosphorus model., Journal of Hydrology, 527, 641-655.
• Balana, B.B.; Jackson-Blake, L.; Martin-Ortega, J.; Dunn, S.M. (2015) Integrated cost-effectiveness analysis of agri-environmental measures for water quality., Journal of Environmental Management, 161, 163-172.
• Martin-Ortega, J.; Perni, A.; Jackson-Blake, L.; Balana, B.B.; Dunn, S.M.; McKee, A.; Helliwell, R.C.; Psaltopoulos, D.; Skuras, D.; Cooksley, S.; Slee, B. (2015) A transdisciplinary approach to the economic analysis of the European Water Framework Directive., Ecological Economics, 116, 34-45.
• Jackson-Blake, L.A.; Dunn, S.M.; Helliwell, R.C.; Skeffington, R.A.; Stutter, M.I.; Wade, A.J. (2015) How well can we model stream phosphorus concentrations in agricultural catchments?, Environmental Modelling and Software, 64, 31-46.
• Helliwell, R.C.; Wright, R.F.; Jackson-Blake, L.A.; Ferrier, R.C.; Aherne, J.; Cosby, B.J.L; Evans, C.D.; Forsius, M.; Hruska, J.; Jenkins, A.; Kram, P.; Kopacek,J.; Majer, V.; Moldan, F.; Posch, M.; Potts, J.M.; Rogora, M.; Schopp, W. (2014) Assessing recovery from acidification of European surface waters in the year 2010: evaluation of projections made with the MAGIC model in 1995., Environmental Science and Technology, 48, 13280-13288.
• Tipping, E.; Benham, S.; Boyle, J.F.; Crow, P.; Davies, J.; Fischer, U.; Guyatt, H.; Helliwell, R.C.; Jackson-Blake, L.; Lawlor, A.J.; Monteith, D.T.; Rowe, E.C.; Toberman, H. (2014) Atmospheric deposition of phosphorus to land and freshwater., Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 16, 1608-1617.
• Helliwell, R.C.; Aherne, J.; Nisbet, T.R.; MacDougall, G.; Broadmeadow, S.; Sample, J.; Jackson-Blake, L.; Doughty, R. (2014) Modelling the long-term response of stream water chemistry to forestry in Galloway, Southwest Scotland., Ecological Indicators, 37, 396-411.
• Jackson-Blake, L.A.; Helliwell, R.C.; Britton, A.; Gibbs, S.; Coull, M.C.; Dawson, L.A. (2012) Controls on soil solution nitrogen along an altitudinal gradient in the Scottish uplands., Science of the Total Environment, 431, 100-108.

Reports

• Jackson-Bake, L; Balana, B.; Dunn, S.M.; Helliwell, R.C.: Martin-Ortega, J.; Perni, A.; Slee, B. (2014) Synthesis of work in the River Dee catchment, UK., Deliverable 7.13 of the EU FP7 REFRESH Project.
• Balana, B.; Martin-Ortega, J.; Perni, A.; Slee, B.; Helliwell, R.C.; Jackson-Blake, L.; Cooksley, S.L.; Dunn, S.M. (2013) Cost-effectiveness analysis report for the Dee sub-catchment (Scotland) including analysis of disproportionality., REFRESH PROJECT: Adaptive Strategies to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change on European Freshwater Ecosystems.
• Jackson-Blake, L.; Dunn, S.M.; Hershkovitz, Y.; Sample, J.; Helliwell, R.C.; Balana, B. (2013) Biophysical catchment-scale modelling in the River Dee, Scotland, Deliverable 5.3: REFRESH website.
• Jackson-Blake, L.A. (2013) Comparison of phosphorus sources: bioavailability and timing of delivery., CREW Report.
• Jackson-Blake, L.A.; Dunn, S.M.; Helliwell, R.C. (2012) Strategies to mitigate the impacts of climate change on European freshwater ecosystems. Interim report on the biophysical catchment-scale modelling in the River Dee, Scotland., EU FP7 REFRESH Project. Integrated Biophysical Modelling (WP5) Reporting.
• Martin-Ortega, J.; McKee, A.; Cooksley, S.; Jackson-Blake, L.; Slee, B. (2012) Workshop proceedings on collaborative scoping of solutions in the Dee catchment, UK., REFRESH Project Report- Adaptive strategies to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change on European Freshwater Ecosystems
  Deliverable 6.5.
• Jackson-Blake, L.A.; Macleod, K.; Stutter, M.I.; Kenyon, W. (2012) Impacts of climate change on water quantity and quality in the North Sea Region., Report to Interreg IVB on WaterCAP WP3, Activity 1.
• Vinten, A.J.A.; Oliver, D.; Martin-Ortega, J.; Christen, B.; Jackson-Blake, L.; Macleod, C. (2011) CREW-DP report on workshop on strategies to assess effectiveness of diffuse pollution mitigation policy in Scotland., CREW-DP Workshop Final Report, The James Hutton Institute, 3-4 November 2011.
• Helliwell, R.C.; Aherne, J.; MacDougall, G.; Broadmeadow, S.; Nisbet, T.R.; Sample, J.; Jackson-Blake, L.; Doughty, R.; Malcolm, I. (2011) Modelling the long-term response of stream water chemistry to atmospheric pollution and forestry practices in Galloway, SW Scotland., Forestry Commission Report.
• Jackson-Blake, L.; Kenyon,W.; Macleod, K.; Matthews, K.B.; Stutter, M. (2011) Policy brief on water management: how to find win-win solutions., Policy Briefs for preliminary contact with DG staff in Brussels prior to interviewing.
• Stutter, M.I.; Baggaley, N.; Barry, C.; Chapman, S.J.; Dawson, J.J.C.; Helliwell, R.C.; Higgins, A.; Howden, N.; Jackson-Blake, L.; Lumsdon, D.G.; Malcolm, I.; Sample, J.; Potts, J.; Worrall, F. (2011) Assessment of the contribution of aquatic carbon fluxes to carbon losses from UK peatlands. Final report, SNIFFER Contract Report ER18, July 2011.

Conference papers

• Dunn, S.M.; Castellazzi, M.; Shahgedanova, M.; Jackson-Blake, L.; Brown, I.; Sample, J.; Helliwell, R.C. (2012) Modelling scenarios of land use and climate change on diffuse pollution from agricultural nitrate., Proceedings of the 11th British Hydrological Society National Symposium, University of Dundee, Dundee, 9-11 July 2012.
• Jackson-Blake, L.A; Helliwell, R.C.; Posch, M. (2011) Development of long-term N and S deposition scenarios for the demonstration catchments for use in WP5., Deliverable 1.10 for the REFRESH Project.

Conference posters

• Helliwell, R.C.; Donnelly, D.; Bowes, J.; Jackson-Blake, L.; Sample, J.; Hallard, M. (2017) A preliminary assessment of the performance of the PLUS+ (Phosphorus Land Use and Slope) model to evaluate WFD compliance in Scottish standing waters., LuWQ 2017, International Interdisciplinary Conference on Land use and Water Quality, Effect of Agriculture on the Environment, The Hague, The Netherlands, 29 May – 1 June 2017. Abstract No. 164.
• Helliwell, R.C.; Tipping, E.; Davies, J.; Naden, P.; Bell, V.; Dragosits, U.; Dore, A; Sutton, M.; Whitmore, A.; Muhammed, S.; Boyle, J.; Quinton, J.; Stuart, M.; Rose, N.; Ullah, S. ; Smart, S.; Rowe, E.; Jarvis S.; Chaplow, J.; Jackson-Blake, L. (2016) Oxford – Futures., Final NERC Macronutrient Cycling Programme Event.
• Jackson-Blake, L.; Helliwell, R.C.; Wade, A.; Skeffington, R. (2015) A model evaluation checklist for process-based environmental models., EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 12-17 April 2015.
• Jackson-Blake, L.; Helliwell, R.C. (2015) How does higher frequency monitoring data affect the calibration of a process-based water quality model?, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 12-17 April 2015.
• Cooksley, S.L.; Addy, S.; Ferguson, M; Jackson-Blake, L.; Sample, J.; Slee, B. (2014) Scotland’s hydropower resource: availability and risks., Poster and flier available from The James Hutton Institute website.
• Martin-Ortega, J.; Balana, B.; Cooksley, S.; Dunn, S.M.; Helliwell, R.C.; Jackson-Blake, L.; McKee, A.; Perni, A.; Slee, B. (2014) A transdisciplinary approach to the economic analysis of the water framework directive., Well-being and Equity within Planetary Boundaries. Biannual Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics, University of Iceland, 13-15 August 2014.
• Jackson-Blake, L.A. (2013) How useful are complex catchment-scale phosphorus models?, 7th International Phosphorus Workshop (IPW7), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, 9-13 September 2013.
• Baggaley, N.; Lilly, A.; Jackson-Blake, L.; Helliwell, R.C. (2012) Soil moisture regime of upland soils: relationship with zero tension lysimeters., 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.
• Jackson-Blake, L.A.; Helliwell, R.C.; Britton, A.; Gibbs, S.; Coull, M.C.; Dawson, L.A. (2012) Controls on soil solution nitrogen along an altitudinal gradient in the Scottish uplands., European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. 23-27 April 2012.
• Jackson-Blake, L.A; Helliwell, R.C.; Britton, A.; Gibbs, S; Coull, M.C. (2010) Can environmental traits be used to understand nitrogen leaching?, Global Change and the World’s Mountains, Perth, Scotland, 26-30 September 2010.