Professor Alexander Milner

Professor Alexander Milner

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Professor of River Ecosystems

Contact details

Telephone
+ 44(0)121 41 48098
Fax
+ 44(0)121 41 45528
Email
a.m.milner@bham.ac.uk
Address
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
黑料吃瓜网
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Professor Alexander Milner has been at the 黑料吃瓜网 for 15 years, where he was initially responsible for setting up the Environmental Science and Environmental Management degrees. He is now responsible for the Masters degree in River Environmental Management. His research involves river ecosystems in alpine and Arctic environments and has long term studies in Glacier Bay National Park and Denali National Park in Alaska. The study in Glacier Bay represents the longest continual study of stream succession and development within a primary successional framework. Other studies have included how water sources are changing in glacially influenced river systems with climate change and how these changes alter ecological structure and function.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Aquatic Ecology, University of London
  • MSc in Applied Hydrobiology University of London
  • BSc (Hons)in Biological Sciences, University of Aston

Teaching

Courses presently led or contributed to;

  • Global Environmental Issues
  • Advanced Issues in Environmental Science
  • Ecological Systems
  • Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems
  • River Ecology, Research and Management, River Assessment and Biomonitoring and River Restoration modules of the Masters in River Environmental Management

Postgraduate supervision

Alexander Milner鈥檚 research involves river ecosystems in alpine and Arctic environments and includes long-term studies in Glacier Bay National Park and Denali National Park in Alaska. The study in Glacier Bay represents the longest continual study of stream succession and development within a primary successional framework. Other studies have included how water sources are changing in glacially influenced river systems with climate change and how these changes alter ecological structure and function. Ongoing research includes:

Hydroecology of glacier-fed river systems in Arctic and alpine regions (French Pyrenees, New Zealand, Lapland and Svalbard)
Colonisation and development of new streams in coastal Alaska
Long term variation in benthic communities/upwelling channels of braided floodplains in Denali National Park, interior Alaska

Professor Milner welcomes enquiries from prospective doctoral researchers in his areas of interest.

Other activities

Member of the European Science Foundation peer review panel (2006 -)

Member of the International Profiles Committee and Election/Place Committee of the North American Benthological Society.

Grants and Awards Committee, Freshwater Biological Association

Editorial Board – BMC Ecology (2005 - ), River Research and Applications (2007 - )

Member of the NERC Arctic Programme Advisory Group (March 2010 - )

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Jackson, MC, Friberg, N, Moliner Cachazo, L, Clark, DR, Mutinova, PT, O鈥橤orman, EJ, Kordas, RL, Gallo, B, Pichler, DE, Bespalaya, Y, Aksenova, OV, Milner, A, Brooks, SJ, Dunn, N, Lee, KWK, 脫lafsson, JS, G铆slason, GM, Millan, L, Bell, T, Dumbrell, AJ & Woodward, G 2024, '', Communications Biology, vol. 7, no. 1, 316.

Milner, S, Vega, E, Matthews, T, Conn, S & Windsor, FM 2023, '', Global Change Biology, vol. 29, no. 9, pp. 2466-2477.

Crossman, J, Bradley, C, Windsor, FM & Milner, S 2023, '', Hydrobiologia, vol. 850, no. 8, pp. 1801-1816.

Takenaka, M, Hayashi, K, Yamada, G, Ogura, T, Ito, M, Milner, AM & Tojo, K 2022, '', Scientific Reports, vol. 12, no. 1, 20324.

Lento, J, Culp, JM, Levenstein, B, Aroviita, J, Baturina, MA, Bogan, D, Brittain, JE, Chin, K, Christoffersen, KS, Docherty, C, Friberg, N, Ingimarsson, F, Jacobsen, D, Lau, DCP, Loskutova, OA, Milner, A, Mykr盲, H, Novichkova, AA, 脫lafsson, JS, Schartau, AK, Shaftel, R & Goedkoop, W 2022, '', Freshwater Biology, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 159-175.

Eagle, LJB, Milner, AM, Klaar, MJ, Carrivick, JL, Wilkes, M & Brown, LE 2021, '', Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 90, no. 9, pp. 2135-2146.

Pitman, KJ, Moore, JW, Huss, M, Sloat, MR, Whited, DC, Beechie, TJ, Brenner, R, Hood, EW, Milner, AM, Pess, GR, Reeves, GH & Schindler, DE 2021, '', Nature Communications, vol. 12, no. 1, 6816.

Windsor, FM, Docherty, CL, Brekenfeld, N, Tojo, K, Krause, S & Milner, AM 2021, '', Journal of Hydrology, vol. 600, 126560.

Arias Font, R, Khamis, K, Milner, S, Sambrook-Smith, G & Ledger, M 2021, '', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 777, 146067.

Eagle, LJB, Carrivick, JL, Milner, AM, Brown, LE & Klaar, MJ 2021, '', Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, vol. 46, no. 7, pp. 1294-1310.

Milner, AM, Wood, SA, Docherty, C, Biessy, L, Takenaka, M & Tojo, K 2021, '', Scientific Reports, vol. 11, no. 1, 23091.

Skovsholt, LJ, Pastor, A, Docherty, CL, Milner, AM & Riis, T 2020, '', Biogeochemistry, vol. 151, no. 2-3, pp. 187-201.

Comment/debate

Brown, LE, Khamis, K, Wilkes, M, Blaen, P, Brittain, JE, Carrivick, JL, Fell, S, Friberg, N, F眉reder, L, Gislason, GM, Hainie, S, Hannah, DM, James, WHM, Lencioni, V, Olafsson, JS, Robinson, CT, Saltveit, SJ, Thompson, C & Milner, AM 2023, '', Nature ecology & evolution, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 472-476.

Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

Khamis, K, Milner, AM, Fell, SC, Hannah, DM & Brown, LE 2022, . in Encyclopedia of Inland Waters (Second Edition). vol. 2, Elsevier, pp. 598-615.

Review article

Krause, S, Abbott, BW, Baranov, V, Bernal, S, Blaen, P, Datry, T, Drummond, J, Fleckenstein, JH, Velez, JG, Hannah, DM, Knapp, JLA, Kurz, M, Lewandowski, J, Mart铆, E, Mendoza鈥恖era, C, Milner, A, Packman, A, Pinay, G, Ward, AS & Zarnetzke, JP 2022, '', Water Resources Research, vol. 58, no. 3, e2021WR029771. ,