Dr Amanda Arnold

Research

Research Interests:

I'm an aquatic ecologist with an interest in identifying the mechanisms which drive changes in populations and communities of freshwater invertebrates throughout their life cycle.

Amanda is working with the River Communities Group - one of our collaborative research centres.

Research group

• Dr J Iwan Jones

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Publications

• Jones JI, Lloyd CEM, Murphy JF et al. (2023). What do macroinvertebrate indices measure? Stressor‐specific stream macroinvertebrate indices can be confounded by other stressors.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1111/fwb.14106

  
  

  QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/88118
• Arnold A, Murphy JF, Pretty JL et al. (2021). Accumulation of trace metals in freshwater macroinvertebrates across metal contamination gradients.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116721

  
  

  QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/70480
• Jones JI, Vdovchenko A, Cooling D et al. (2020). Systematic Analysis of the Relative Abundance of Polymers Occurring as Microplastics in Freshwaters and Estuaries.

  
  

  DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17249304

  
  

  QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/69345
• Armitage PD, Murphy J, Pretty JL et al. (2020). Faunal community change in the sediment impacted Bovington Stream and the River Frome (Dorset, UK) between 1998 and 2016.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1007/s42452-020-03736-5

  
  

  QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/67998
• Jones J, Murphy JF, Arnold A et al. (2020). Analysis, Prevalence & Impact of Microplastics in Freshwater and Estuarine Environments Evidence Review 2 What are the sources of the microplastics found in freshwater environments?.

  
  

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  QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/65404
• Jones J, Murphy J, Arnold A et al. (2020). Evidence Reviews on Analysis, Prevalence & Impact of Microplastics in Freshwater and Estuarine Environments Evidence Review 3 What is/are the impact(s) of microplastics on freshwater and estuarine biota?.

  
  

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  QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/65403
• Jones J, Murphy JF, Arnold A et al. (2020). Evidence Reviews on Analysis, Prevalence & Impact of Microplastics in Freshwater and Estuarine Environments. Evidence Review 1 Are the current sampling and analytical methods scientifically robust and appropriate?.

  
  

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  QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/65402
• JONES JI, Spencer K, Rainbow PS et al. (2019). The Ecological Impacts of Contaminated Sediment from Abandoned Metal Mines.

  
  

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  QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/63941
• Blackman R, Mächler E, Altermatt F et al. (2019). Advancing the use of molecular methods for routine freshwater macroinvertebrate biomonitoring – the need for calibration experiments.

  
  

  DOI: 10.3897/mbmg.3.34735

  
  

  QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/58787
• JONES JI, MURPHY JF, Collins AL et al. (2019). The Impact of Metal-Rich Sediments Derived from Mining on Freshwater Stream Life.

  
  

  DOI: 10.1007/398_2018_21

  
  

  QMRO: https://uat2-qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/55088