Alison D. Reeves

Research Interests

My research interests are linked by the theme of transitional waters and associated environmental quality;

• Sediment fingerprinting (provenance) studies using organic tracers. Particularly carbon sinks and stores in coastal and estuarine environments,
• Use of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging to study oil binding in sediments,
• Changes to EU legislation regarding the aquatic environment,
• Interactions of natural scientists and lawyers in the formulation of environmental regulations (specifically diffuse pollution),
• Natural resource management, environmental protection and environmental crime.

Recent Research Funding

Recent Postgraduate research projects supervised

Adaptive water governance: flood management and the policy process in Scotland
J. Rouillard, 2012

Academic Background

Appointments

Professional Memberships

• European Geophysical Union (EGU)
• EGU Technical Committee (Hydrological Sciences)
• Higher Education Academy
• Scottish Royal Geographical Society

Professional Roles

• Editor for Hydrology and Earth Systems Science (HESS) 2004 onwards
• Editor for HEA Planet 2012

2012

Hendry, S., Reeves, A. D. The regulation of diffuse pollution in the European Union: science, governance and water resource management. International Journal of Rural Law and Policy, North America, Nov. 2012. 

Rouillard, JJ, Heal, KV, Reeves, AD & Ball, T 2012, 'Impact of institutions on flood policy learning' Water Policy : Official Journal of the World Water Council, vol 14, no. 2, pp. 232-249. 

2011

Reed, MS, Fazey, I, Stringer, LC, Raymond, CM, Akhtar-Schuster, M, Begni, G, Bigas, H, Brehm, S, Briggs, J, Bryce, R, Buckmaster, S, Chanda, R, Davies, J, Diez, E, Essahli, W, Evely, A, Geeson, N, Hartmann, I, Hubacek, K, Ioris, AAR, Kruger, B, Laureano, P, Phillipson, J, Prell, C, Quinn, CH, Reeves, AD, Seely, M, Thomas, R, van der Werff Ten Bosch, MJ, Vergunst, P & Wagner, L 2011, 'Knowledge management for land degradation monitoring and assessment: an analysis of contemporary thinking' Land Degradation and Development.

Kirk, EA & Reeves, AD 2011, 'Regulatory agencies and regulatory change: breaking out of the routine' Environmental Law Review, vol 13, no. 3, pp. 155-168. 

Fyfe, NR & Reeves, AD 2011, 'The thin green line? police perceptions of the challenges of policing wildlife crime in Scotland'. in: Rural policing and policing the rural: a constable countryside?. Rural policing and policing the rural: a constable countryside?, Ashgate, pp. 169-182. 

2010

Loh, PS, Reeves, AD, Miller, AEJ, Harvey, SM & Overnell, J 2010, 'Sediment fluxes and carbon budgets in Loch Creran, western Scotland' Special Publications. Geological Society of London, vol 344, pp. 103-124. 

2008

Loh, PS, Miller, AEJ, Reeves, AD, Harvey, SM & Overnell, J 2008, 'Assessing the biodegradability of terrestrially-derived organic matter in Scottish sea loch sediments' Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, vol 12, no. 3, pp. 811-823. 

Loh, PS, Miller, AEJ, Reeves, AD, Harvey, SM & Overnell, J 2008, 'Optimised recovery of lignin-derived phenols in a Scottish fjord by the CuO oxidation method' Journal of Environmental Monitoring, vol 10, no. 10, pp. 1187-1194.

Loh, PS, Reeves, AD, Harvey, SM, Overnell, J & Miller, AEJ 2008, 'The fate of terrestrial organic matter in two Scottish sea lochs' Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, vol 76, no. 3, pp. 566-579. 

2007

Kirk, EA, Reeves, AD & Blackstock, KL 2007, 'Path dependency and the implementation of environmental regulation' Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, vol 25, no. 2, pp. 250-268. 

Reeves, AD, Kirk, EA & Blackstock, KL 2007, 'The limitations of regulatory science in the effective control of diffuse pollution' Law, Science and Policy: an International Journal, vol 3, no. 2, pp. 123-156. 

Reeves, AD & Chudek, JA 2007, 'The observation and quantification of oil migration and binding in sediments using T2 magnetic resonance imaging' Magnetic Resonance Imaging, vol 25, no. 1, pp. 136-143. 

2005

Blackstock, KL, Kirk, EA & Reeves, AD 2005, 'Sociology, science and sustainability: developing relationships in Scotland' Sociological Research Online, vol 10, no. 2. 

Reeves, AD & Patton, D 2005, 'Faecal sterols as indicators of sewage contamination in estuarine sediments of the Tay Estuary, Scotland: an extended baseline survey' Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, vol 9, no. 1/2, pp. 81-94. 

2004

Sherlock, KL, Kirk, EA & Reeves, AD 2004, 'Just the usual suspects? Partnerships and environmental regulation' Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, vol 22, no. 5, pp. 651-666. 

Kirk, EA, Sherlock, K & Reeves, AD 2004, 'SUDS law: non-state actors and the haphazard route to implementation of international obligations' Non-State Actors and International Law, vol 4, no. 2, pp. 87-109. 

2003

Kirk, EA & Reeves, AD 2003, 'Disciplinary interactions: ontological commitments and environmental standard setting'. J Holder & C Harrison (eds), in: Law and geography. Current legal issues, no. 5, Oxford University Press, pp. 557-573. 

2002

Loh, PS, Reeves, AD, Overnell, J, Harvey, SM & Miller, AEJ 2002, 'Assessment of terrigenous organic carbon input to the total organic carbon in sediments from Scottish coastal waters (sea lochs) I: methodology and preliminary results' Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, vol 6, no. 6, pp. 959-970.

Black, AR, Bragg, OM, Caudwell, CM, Duck, RW, Findlay, AM, Hanley, ND, Morrocco, SM, Reeves, AD & Rowan, JS 2002, Case study project on Heavily Modified Waters in Scotland: case study on the Forth Estuary. vol. SR(02)11B, Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER), Edinburgh.

Black, AR, Bragg, OM, Duck, RW, Findlay, AM, Hanley, ND, Morrocco, SM, Reeves, AD & Rowan, JS 2002, Case study project on Heavily Modified Waters in Scotland: case study on the River Tummel. vol. SR(02)11C, Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER), Edinburgh.

Black, AR, Bragg, OM, Duck, RW, Findlay, AM, Hanley, ND, Morrocco, SM, Reeves, AD & Rowan, JS 2002, Case study project on Heavily Modified Waters in Scotland: case study on the River Dee. vol. SR(02)11D, Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER), Edinburgh.

Black, AR, Bragg, OM, Caudwell, CM, Duck, RW, Findlay, AM, Hanley, ND, Morrocco, SM, Reeves, AD & Rowan, JS 2002, Case study project on Heavily Modified Waters in Scotland: summary report. vol. SR(02)11A, Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER), Edinburgh.

2001

Reeves, AD & Duck, RW 2001, 'Density fronts: sieves in the estuarine sediment transfer system?' Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology Oceans and Atmosphere, vol 26, no. 1, pp. 89-92.