Andrew Stimson

BA Geography - University of Durham.
MSc Environmental Modelling Monitoring and Reconstruction – University of Manchester.

Fluvial Carbon dynamics in restored peatland catchments: implications for water supply.

Supervisors: Martin Evans, Tim Allott and Steve Boult.

Peatland Restoration, Peatland Carbon Budgets, Upland Hydrology.

The aim of the projects is to characterise the impact of peatland restoration on fluvial carbon flux and quality in water supply catchments

It shall combine an assessment of the direct impacts of peatland restoration on carbon supply to peatland streams with an analysis of in-stream carbon transformations

There are two main aims.  The first being to assess the impact of peatland restoration on the nature of headwater supply of carbon to the fluvial system and the second will be to assess the impacts at the scale of a water supply catchment.

The project is collaboration between Manchester University, United Utilities (UU), the National Trust (NT) and Moors for the Future.