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Roseanna Mayfield

Assistant Professor of Environmental Aquatic Science, Faculty of Science

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Biography

Roseanna's research focuses on understanding climate, nutrient, and human driven lake ecosystem change over timescales of 100s to 1000s of years. I am particularly interested in arctic and subarctic lake ecosystems, which are highly sensitive to a warming climate and currently undergoing large scale change.

Teaching Summary

Roseanna teaches lake systems, water quality, climate change, and statistical analysis.

Roseanna is co-convenor for:

- Academic Skills (BIOS 1069)

Roseanna currently teaches on the following courses:

- Climate Change Science (BIOS2013)

- Environmental Geochemistry (BIOS2044)

- Climate Change Mitigation (BIOS3103)

Research Summary

Research interests include:

  • freshwater invertebrates (such as Chironomidae, non-biting midges) as a proxy for past climate and lake ecosystem conditions
  • changes in lake methane production with changing climatic and environmental conditions
  • development and application of statistical tools to increase our understanding of complex systems, such as ecosystems
  • human-driven lake ecosystem change

Recent Publications

  • LANGDON, P.G., BROWN, A.G., CLARKE, C.L., EDWARDS, M.E., HUGHES, P.D.M., MACKAY, H., MAYFIELD, R., MONTEATH, A. and SEAR, D., 2023. Peat and Lake records of climate change.. In: POLLARD, A.M., ed., Handbook of Archaeological Sciences 2.
  • MAYFIELD, R.J., DEARING, J.A., DONCASTER, C.P. and LANGDON, P.G., 2022. Stability of chironomid community structure during historic climatic and environmental change in subarctic Alaska. Limnology and Oceanography. 67, S444-S460
  • LOWE, J.J., MATTHEWS, I.P., MAYFIELD, R., LINCOLN, P., PALMER, A.P., STAFF, R. and TIMMS, R.G.O., 2021. The Kingshouse 2 record for timing the deglaciation of the Rannoch basin.. In: PALMER, A.P., LOWE, J.J. and MATTHEWS, I.P., eds., The Quaternary of the West Grampian Highlands: Field Guide. Quaternary Research Association.
  • MAYFIELD, R.J., LANGDON, P.G., DONCASTER, C.P., DEARING, J.A., WANG, R., VELLE, G., DAVIES, K.L. and BROOKS, S.J., 2021. Late Quaternary chironomid community structure shaped by rate and magnitude of climate change. Journal of Quaternary Science. 38(3), 360-376

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