Dr Christopher Joyce
Reader/Assistant Head of School
contact:
Environment and Technology
Moulsecoomb
Brighton
BN2 4GJ
Telephone: +44 (0)1273 642422
Email: C.B.Joyce@brighton.ac.uk
Teaching
- Biogeography and ecology
- Wetlands
- Environmental conservation and management
Research
- Ecology, management and restoration of wetlands
- Wet grasslands
- Saline lagoons
- Rivers and floodplains
Consultancy
- Ecological assessment
- Survey and monitoring of habitat, flora and fauna
- Expert advice
Biography
- Appointed Assistant Head of School (Geography and Geology) in 2011
- Appointed leader of the 'Ecology, landscape and pollution management' research theme in 2010
- Secretary of the Society of Wetland Scientists (Europe) 2008-11
- Chair of the Biogeography Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers 2007-10
- Promoted to Principal Lecturer in 2004
- Presented with the AVIVA/Earthwatch Institute Award for Climate Change Research 2003
- Secretary of the Biogeography Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers 2002-7
- Joined the University of Brighton as Senior Lecturer in 1999
Research Publications
Beer, Nicola A. and JOYCE, CHRISTOPHER (2012) North Atlantic coastal lagoons: conservation, management and research challenges in the 21st century Hydrobiologia, 701 . ISSN 0018-8158
WARD, RAYMOND, BURNSIDE, NIALL, JOYCE, CHRISTOPHER and Sepp, Kalev (2012) The use of medium point density LIDAR data in determining the coverage of plant community types in internationally important Baltic seashore indicators Ecological Indicators . ISSN 1470-160X
BILOTTA, GARY, BURNSIDE, NIALL, CHEEK, LIZ, Dunbar, M.J., GROVE, MAGDALENA, Harrison, C., JOYCE, CHRISTOPHER, Peacock , C. and Davy-Bowker, J. (2012) Developing environment-specific water quality guidelines for suspended particulate matter Water Research, 46 (7). pp. 2324-2332. ISSN 0043-1354
BURNSIDE, NIALL, BERG, MAUREEN and JOYCE, CHRISTOPHER (2011) Differential responses of abandoned wet grassland plant communities to reinstated cutting management Hydrobiologia, 692 . ISSN 0018-8158
WARD, RAYMOND, BURNSIDE, NIALL, JOYCE, CHRISTOPHER and Sepp, Kalev (2010) The effects of micro-topography and edaphic factors on vegetation community structure In: Proceedings of the 17th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Landscape Ecology, University of Brighton, UK 13-16 September, 2010.
JOYCE, CHRISTOPHER, TEASDALE, PHILLIP and Waller, Catherine L. (2010) A biological survey of the intertidal sediments of Lee-on-the-Solent to Itchen Estuary, Medina Estuary, North Solent, Thanet Coast, and Thorness Bay Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Isle of Wight, for the purpose of SSSI condition assessment [Report (for external body)]
Bilotta, G.S., Harrison, C., Joyce, Chris B. and Peacock, C. (2010) Developing meaningful measures and guidelines for particulates in equatic ecosystems American Geophysical Union.
Joyce, C.B. (2009) New challenges for biogeography pp. 354-357. ISSN 1475-4762
Joyce, C.B., Teasdale, P. and Waller, C. (2009) A biological survey of the intertidal sediments of Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges, King's Quay Shore and Yar Estuary Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Isle of Wight, for the purpose of SSSI condition assessment Report to Natural England.
Joyce, C.B., Teasdale, P. and Waller, C. (2009) A biological survey of the intertidal sediments of the Adur Estuary Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), West Sussex, for the purpose of SSSI condition assessment Report to Natural England.
Toogood, S.E. and Joyce, C.B. (2009) Effects of raised water levels on wet grassland plant communities Applied Vegetation Science, 12 (3). pp. 283-294. ISSN 1402-2001
Joyce, C.B. (2009) Review of "Hydroecology and ecohydrology: past, present and future" edited by Wood, P.J., Hannah, D.M. and Sadler, J.P. River Research and Applications, 25 (3). pp. 364-365. ISSN 1535-1459
BURNSIDE, NIALL, BERG, MAUREEN and JOYCE, CHRISTOPHER (2008) The relationship between microtopography and vegetation in Estonian coastal wetlands: implications for climate change Publicationes Instituti Geographici Universitatis Tartuensis, 106 . pp. 19-23. ISSN 1406-3069
Scott, D.M., Joyce, C.B. and Burnside, N.G. (2008) The influence of habitat and landscape on small mammals in Estonian coastal wetlands Estonian Journal of Ecology, 57 (4). pp. 279-295. ISSN 1736-602X
Toogood, S.E., Joyce, C.B. and Waite, S. (2008) Response of floodplain grassland plant communities to altered water regimes Plant Ecology, 197 (2). pp. 285-298. ISSN 1385-0237
Burnside, Niall, Joyce, Chris B., Puurmann, Elle and Scott, Dawn M. (2007) Use of vegetation classification and plant indicators to assess grazing abandonment in Estonian coastal wetlands Journal of Vegetation Science, 18 (5). pp. 645-654. ISSN 1100-9233
Vina-Herben, C., Garnacho, E. and JOYCE, CHRISTOPHER (2007) Shoreham pilot: key results on environmental quality, fisheries and saltmarsh surveys, conclusions and recommendations [Report (for external body)]
Joyce, C.B. and Da Silva Cerqueira-Holt, A. (2007) Ecological survey of Pagham lagoon, West Sussex Report to West Sussex County Council, Chichester.
Joyce, Chris B., Vina-Herben, C. and Metcalfe, Daniel J. (2005) Biotic variation in coastal water bodies in Sussex, England: implications for saline lagoons Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 65 (4). pp. 633-644. ISSN 0272-7714
Holm, R.A., Burnside, Niall, Joyce, Chris B. and Waite, S. (2005) Structure of calcareous grassland plant communities at different scales: a study from the South Downs, Sussex, U.K. In: McCollin, D. and Jackson, J., eds. Planning, people and practice: the landscape ecology of sustainable landscapes. IALE, UK, pp. 81-88. ISBN 0954713036
Joyce, Chris B. and Burnside, Niall (2004) Baltic coastal wetlands: back from the brink? National Wetlands Newsletter, 26 (1). pp. 11-15. ISSN 0164-0712
Joyce, C.B. (2004) A baseline survey of Widewater lagoon, West Sussex Report to West Sussex County Council, Chichester.
Ducros, Caroline and Joyce, Chris B. (2003) Field-base evaluation tool for riparian buffer zones in agricultural catchments Environmental Management, 32 (2). pp. 252-267. ISSN 1432-1009
Mackenzie, S.M., Waite, S., Metcalfe, Daniel J. and Joyce, Chris B. (2003) Landfill leachate ecotoxicity experiments using Lemna minor Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus, 3 (3). pp. 171-179. ISSN 1573-2940
Burnside, N.G., Joyce, C.B., Metcalfe, D.J., Smith, R.F. and Waite, S. (2003) South Downs lifescapes: suitability modelling for BAP target habitats in the proposed South Downs National Park English Nature, Peterborough, UK.
Joyce, C.B. (2003) A survey of Widewater lagoon, West Sussex, with particular reference to Edwardsia ivelli (Ivell's sea anemone) Final report to English Nature, Lewes.
Joyce, C.B. (2002) Sussex saline lagoon baseline and mapping survey Final report to English Nature, Lewes.
Joyce, Chris B. (2001) The sensitivity of a species-rich flood-meadow plant community to fertilizer nitrogen: the Lužnice river floodplain, Czech Republic Plant Ecology, 155 (1). pp. 47-60. ISSN 1385-0237
Mackenzie, S.M., Metcalfe, D.J., Waite, S. and Joyce, C.B. (2001) Constructed wetlands for landfill leachate treatment: ecotoxicity experiments using Lemna minor. In: Proceedings of the 1st European Bioremediation Conference, Chania, Crete, 2 - 5 July 2001. Hellenic Ministry of Environment.
Rice, Stephen P., Greenwood, Malcolm T. and Joyce, Chris B. (2001) Macroinvertebrate community changes at coarse sediment recruitment points along two gravel bed rivers Water Resources Research, 37 (11). pp. 2793-2804. ISSN 0043-1397
Prach, K., Bartha, S., Joyce, C.B., Pysek, P., Van Diggelen, R. and Wiegleb, G. (2001) The role of spontaneous vegetation succession in ecosystem restoration: a perspective Applied Vegetation Science, 4 (1). pp. 111-114. ISSN 1402-2001
Rice, Stephen P., Greenwood, Malcolm T. and Joyce, Chris B. (2001) Tributaries, sediment sources, and the longitudinal organisation of macroinvertebrate fauna along river systems Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 58 (4). pp. 824-840. ISSN 1205-7533
Church, A, Ravenscroft, N, Curry, N, Burnside, N, Fish, P, Joyce, C, Hill, D, Smith, T, Scott, P, Markwell, S, Mobbs, B and Grover, S (2001) Water-based sport and recreation: the facts DEFRA, London.

