Professor J Iwan Jones

Head of the River Communities Group
Email: j.i.jones@qmul.ac.ukTelephone: +44 (0)20 7882 5735Room Number: 48, River Laboratory, Wareham, Dorset
Postgraduate Teaching
- Science into Policy and Management (BIO739P)
Publications
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Johnson AC, Outhwaite CL, Isaac NJB et al. (2026). What has happened to river macroinvertebrate biodiversity in England and Wales over the past 30 years?. nameOfConference
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Wei H, Copp GH, Lauridsen RB et al. (2026). Non‐native pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha carcasses benefit native benthic macroinvertebrates. nameOfConference
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.70352
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Mathers KL, McKenzie M, Collins AL et al. (2026). Context matters: how river typology shapes biotic responses to fine sediment pressure. nameOfConference
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Jones JI, King RA, Sturrock AM et al. (2025). Anadromous Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) Contribute Disproportionally to Recruitment: Insights From Genomics and Multi‐Tissue Stable Isotope Chemistry. nameOfConference
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.70078
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Stollewerk A, Kratina P, Sentis A et al. (2025). Plasticity in climate change responses. nameOfConference
DOI: 10.1111/brv.70056
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Jones JI, Arnold A, Buchner D et al. (2025). Sources of uncertainty in DNA metabarcoding of whole communities: Implications for its use in biomonitoring. nameOfConference
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Millard J, Skinner G, Bladon AJ et al. (2025). A Multithreat Meta‐Analytic Database for Understanding Insect Biodiversity Change. nameOfConference
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.70025
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Cooke R, Outhwaite CL, Bladon AJ et al. (2025). Integrating multiple evidence streams to understand insect biodiversity change. nameOfConference
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Marchant DJ, Perkins DM, Jones JI et al. (2025). Physiological and behavioural responses of aquatic organisms to microplastics and experimental warming. nameOfConference
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McKenzie M, Collins AL, Davis NG et al. (2025). Stream Invertebrate Responses to Fine Sediment Depend on the Organic and Inorganic Components. nameOfConference
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.70022
Performance
Grants
- DNAquaNet EUR146,000 European Cooperation in Science and Technology (20-10-2016 - 19-10-2020)
- Developing new genetic tools for bioassessment of aquatic ecosystems in Europe European Cooperation in Science and Technology (20-10-2016 - 19-10-2020)
- Evidence Reviews on Analysis, Prevalence and Impact of Microplastics in Freshwater Environments £58,515 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (07-01-2019 - 31-03-2020)
- Ranunculus as a Bioengineer in Chalk Stream Ecosystems £82,934 G & K Boyes Charitable Trust (17-08-2015 - 31-10-2019)
- Phase 2 of the Demonstration test catchment Project £2,062,454 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (01-04-2015 - 30-09-2017)
- Characterisation and targeting of measures for (non-coal) polluted mine waters – Impacts of contaminated sediment on ecological recovery
£535,123 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (17-06-2013 - 30-09-2016) - The role of lateral exchange in modulating the seaward flux of C, N, P. £1,016,143 Natural Environment Research Council (30-09-2012 - 31-12-2015)
- Extending the evidence base on the ecological impacts of fine sediment and developing a framework for targeting mitigation of agricultural sediment losses £780,000 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (01-04-2009 - 31-03-2012)
- Agri-Environment Monitoring and Technical Services Contract Lot 3: Soil, Water and Climate Change (Ecosystems) £700,000 Welsh Government / N.E.R.C. (23-09-2009 - 31-12-2011)
- Demonstration Test Catchments: Catchment scale testing of measures to mitigate diffuse agricultural pollution on the Hampshire Avon £2,843,736 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2009 - 2015)
- Evidence Reviews on Analysis, Prevalence and Impact of Microplastics in Freshwater Environments £58,515 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2018 - 2020)