Storage dynamics in hydropedological units control hillslope connectivity, runoff generation, and the evolution of catchment transit time distributions

Acknowledgments We thank the European Research Council (ERC; project GA 335910 VEWA) and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC; project NE/K000268/1) for funding. We would like to thank Konrad Piegat for invaluable help with the fieldwork. Iain Malcolm and staff at Marine Scotland (Pitlochry) are also thanked for the provision of data from the AWS. We also thank three anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Six decades of ecohydrological research connecting landscapes and riverscapes in the Girnock Burn, Scotland : Atlantic salmon population and habitat dynamics in a changing world

Open Access via the Wiley Agreement C. Soulsby is grateful to The Leverhulme Trust for the Fellowship enti-tled“Atlantic Salmon as environmental sentinels.”The Girnock fishtraps and associated data collection on freshwater fish populationsand their habitats are managed and funded by the Scottish Govern-ment Marine Directorate under Service Level Agreement FW01T.Peer reviewe

Information footprint of different ecohydrological data sources using multi-objective calibration of a physically-based model as hypothesis testing

Acknowledgments We particularly thank the many people who have been involved in establishing and continuing data collection at the Bruntland Burn, particularly C. Birkel, M. Blumstock, J.J. Dick, J. Geris, K. Piegat, C. Tunaley, and H. Wang.Non peer reviewedPublisher PD

Integrated assessment of groundwater – surface water exchange in the hillslope – riparian interface of a montane catchment

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Partnership for Schools and Building Schools for the Future: An Emerging Strategy?

This dissertation investigates the strategy adopted by Partnership for Schools (PfS) to meet the Government‟s commitment to build schools fit for the 21st century. The Government‟s intention was that the programme: Building Schools for the Future (BSF) would be not just be about good buildings but also lead to improvements in educational performance. The rationale lying behind this „twin track‟ approach is examined. The state of the school estate at the end of the twentieth century, and the chronic lack of investment, is exposed. The commonly held belief that improving school buildings would lead to improvements in educational standards is also discussed. Existing literature is examined to see if there is any basis for this belief, and it is established that, certainly from the qualitative research carried out, that a link can be made. Quantitative research into the link is found to be much more inconclusive in its findings, and the best that can be said is that this does not find any evidence to the contrary. The findings are that the strategy adopted by PfS, although failing to meet initial targets regarding the number of completed schools, has now started to show success. The dissertation examines how this strategy has led to the centralisation of power around PfS over the building procedures, but also discusses how the erosion of power away from local authorities has been reversed in part. By interviewing a number of key stakeholders, the picture of an emerging strategy within the BSF programme is constructed. The study also finds that there is a distinct lack of detailed guidance as to what schools must do in order to improve standards, and that, with the exception of headteachers, teachers have been the least involved of all the stakeholders in the BSF process. The final conclusion is that new buildings provide the opportunity for improving pupil performance, but it is good school leadership that drives change, and teachers that effect it

Assessing land use effects on ecohydrological partitioning in the critical zone through isotope-aided modelling

Research Funding Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung. Grant Numbers: 033W034A, 16LW0156 Leibniz Association Einstein Foundation Berlin Einstein Stiftung Berlin. Grant Number: ERU-2020- 609 Leverhulme Trust Article Funding Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Assessing land use influences on isotopic variability and stream water ages in urbanising rural catchments

Funding This work was supported by the Leverhulme Trust under Grant RPG-2018-375. Acknowledgements We are grateful to the Leverhulme ISOLAND project (RPG-2018-375) for funding and we are especially grateful to Dr A. Neill for his assistance with the creation of Figure 4.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Using isotopes to understand the evolution of water ages in disturbed mixed land‐use catchments

Funding Information: Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen The Macaulay Development Trust Rural and Environment Sciences Analytical Services Division of the Scottish Government Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland. Grant Number: 70112 Royal Society. Grant Number: RG140402 Macaulay Development Trust and the School of Geosciences, University of AberdeenPeer reviewedPostprin

Time variable effectiveness and cost-benefits of different nature-based solution types and design for drought and flood management

We would like to acknowledge financial support from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (project NE/P010334/1) and Chivas Brothers via a CASE industrial studentship. Mark Wilkinson received funding from the Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services Division of the Scottish Government programme. Drs Luca Fabris and Aaron Neill are thanked for advice on modelling and David Drummond, Dr Katya Dimitrova-Petrova, Martyn Roberts and Eva Loerke are thanked for assistance with fieldwork. Trevor Buckley and staff at the Glenlivet Distillery are thanked for on-site assistance and supply of data and abstraction records. We thank Audrey Innes for her support with the laboratory analysis. Finally, many thanks to DHI for providing the software for MIKE 11/MIKE SHE used in the hydrological simulations.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Assessing the role of location and scale of Nature Based Solutions for the enhancement of low flows

Acknowledgements We would like to acknowledge financial support from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (project NE/P010334/1) and Chivas Brothers via a CASE industrial studentship. Mark Wilkinson received funding from the Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services Division of the Scottish Government programme. Dr Luca Fabris and Dr Aaron Neill are thanked for advice on modelling and David Drummond, Dr Katya Dimitrova-Petrova, Martyn Roberts and Eva Loerke are thanked for assistance with fieldwork. Trevor Buckley and staff at the Glenlivet Distillery are thanked for on-site assistance and supply of data and abstraction records. We thank Audrey Innes for her support with the laboratory analysis. Finally, many thanks to DHI for providing the software for MIKE 11/MIKE SHE used in the hydrological simulations.Peer reviewedPublisher PD