Contact
| Name | Dr Peter J. Gilbert |
| Position | Environmental Biogeochemist |
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| Phone Number | +44 (0) 1847 889 586 |
| Joined the ERI | July 4, 2016 |
Career
2020 – Present: Environmental Biogeochemist, Environmental Research Institute, UHI 2018 – 2020: Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, Environmental Research Institute, UHI 2016 – 2018: Field Technician, Environmental Research Institute, UHI |
Qualifications
2012 – 2016: PhD Environmental geochemistry, Northumbria University 2010 – 2011: MSc Environmental Biogeochemistry, Newcastle University 2006 – 2009: BSc Environmental Management, Northumbria University |
Publications
2021 1. Gilbert P. Taylor S., Cooke D., Deary M., Jeffries M. Quantifying organic carbon storage in temperate pond sediments. 2021. Journal of Environmental Management. 2. Williamson J. et al. Gilbert P. (+30 authors). 2021. Landscape controls on riverine export of dissolved organic carbon from Great Britatin. Biogeochemistry. 3. Attermeyer K., et al., Gilbert P (+30 authors). Carbon dioxide fluxes increase from day to night across European streams. 2021. Nature Communications Earth & Environment
2020 4. Alshammari, L., Boyd, D. S., Sowter, A., Marshall, C., Andersen, R., Gilbert, P., Marsh, S. & Large, D. J. 2020. Use of Surface Motion Characteristics Determined by InSAR to Assess Peatland Condition Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 5. Nagler M. et al. Gilbert P. (+31 authors). 2020. Abundance and biogeography of methanogenic and methanotrophic microorganisms across European streams. Journal of Biogeography.
2019 6. Taylor S., Gilbert P., Cooke D., Deary M., Jeffries M. 2019. High carbon burial rates by small ponds in the landscape. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 7. Sloan, T., Payne, R. J., Anderson, R., Gilbert, P., Mauquoy, D., Newton, A. & Andersen, R.. 2019. Ground surface subsidence in an afforested peatland fifty years after drainage and planting. Mires and Peat.
2018 8. Bravo A., Kothawala D., et al. Gilbert P. (+30 authors) 2018. The interplay between total mercury, methylmercury and dissolved organic matter in fluvial systems: A latitudinal study across Europe. Water Research. 9. Payne R., Anderson R., Sloan T., Gilbert P., Newton A., Ratcliffe J. Maguey D., Andersen R. 2018. The future of peatland forestry in Scotland: balancing economics, carbon and biodiversity. Scottish Forestry. 10. Sloan T., Payne R., Anderson R., Bain C., Chapman S., Cowie N., Gilbert P, Lindsay R., Mauquoy D., Newton A., Andersen R. 2018. The effects of afforestation on peatland carbon storage in the UK. Mires and Peat.
2017 11. Gilbert P., Taylor S., Cooke D., Deary M., Jeffries M. 2017. Capturing the aquatic breath: rapid spatial and temporal variations of CO2 fluxes from small, lowland freshwater wetlands at Druridge Bay, north east England, in response to summer drying. Hydrobiologia.
2015 12. Gilbert P., Polya D., Cooke D. 2015. Arsenic hazard in Cambodian rice from a market based survey and a case study of Preak Russey Village, Kandal Province. Environmental Geochemistry & Health.
2014 Gilbert P., Taylor S., Cooke D., Deary M., Cooke M., Jeffries M. 2014. Variations in sediment organic carbon among different types of small natural ponds along Drudge Bay, Northumberland, UK. Inland Waters. |
Profile
I am a researcher at the ERI, specialising in carbon cycling in aquatic systems and peatlands. Throughout my time at the ERI I have been involved in a wide range of projects under the theme of ‘Carbon, Water and Climate’ including: – RESAS – A project focusing on four eddy covariance flux towers that are recording data on changes in carbon and water balances among forest-to-bog restoration sites in North Scotland. The project is run in conjunction between the Environmental Research Institute, University of Highlands and Islands, James Hutton Institute, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, University of Exeter, and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology – Edinburgh. – InSAR as a tool to evaluate peatland sensitivity to global change (2017-2020) NERC Soil Security Programme. (www.soilsecurity.org/insar-as-a-tool/) – EuroRun – a European wide survey of gas fluxes from running waters. (https://freshproject-eurorun.jimdo.com/) – LOCATE (Land Ocean Carbon Transfer) programme – a Great Britain wide study on how much carbon from soils is getting into our rivers and estuaries, determining what happens to it, and answering questions about the long-term fate of the organic carbon held in the soil over the next 50 to 100 years. This NERC funded project is led by National Oceanography Center (NOC), in partnership with Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), British Geological Survey (BGS), and the University of Highlands & Islands (UHI) – Quantifying carbon accumulation and loss in afforested peatlands (2016-2020). Leverhulme Large Grant. (https://www.york.ac.uk/environment/carbon-accumulation-loss/#tab-1)
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