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Dr. Carl Sayer

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Environmental Change Research Centre
Department of Geography
University College London
Pearson Building
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT

Phone: +44 20 7679 0517
Fax: +44 20 7679 0565

E-Mail: c.sayer@ucl.ac.uk

Current Teaching

Undergraduate teaching

  • GEOG2007 Ecological Patterns and Processes (co-convenor)
  • Slapton Ley First Year Fieldclass (contributor)

Masters teaching for MSc Aquatic Science

  • GEOGG070 Aquatic Systems (convenor)
  • GEOGG074 Lakes (convenor)
  • GEOGG021 Environmental Data Acquisition (co-convenor)
  • GEOGG103 Aquatic Macrophytes (co-convenor)
  • Contributor to other modules

Publications

Selected academic publications since 2001

  • Sayer C.D. (2001) Problems with the application of diatom-total phosphorus transfer functions: Examples from a shallow English Lake. Freshwater Biology 46, 743-757.
  • Bennion H., Simpson G., Battarbee R.W., Cameron N.G., Curtis C., Flower R.J., Hughes M., Jones V.J., Kernan M., Monteith D.T., Patrick S.T., Rose N.L., Sayer, C.D. and Yang H. (2002) Environmental Change in Scottish Freshwaters. In Usher et al., (eds) The State of Scotland’s Natural Heritage. Scottish Natural Heritage, Edinburgh, 145-152.
  • Jones J.I. & Sayer C.D. (2003) Does the fish-invertebrate-periphyton cascade precipitate plant loss in shallow lakes? Ecology 84, 2155-2167.
  • Davidson T.A., Sayer C.D., Perrow M.R. & Tomlinson M.L. (2003) Representation of fish communities by scale sub-fossils in shallow lakes: implications for inferring cyprinid-percid shifts. Journal of Paleolimnology 30, 441-449.
  • Davidson T.A., Sayer C.D., Bennion H., David C., Rose N. & Wade M. (2005) A 250 year comparison of historical, macrofossil and pollen records of aquatic plants in a shallow lake. Freshwater Biology 50, 1671-1686.
  • Zhao Y., Sayer C.D., Birks H.H., Peglar S.M. & Hughes M. (2006) Spatial representation of aquatic vegetation by macrofossil and pollen remains in a small and shallow lake. Journal of Paleolimnology 35, 335-350.
  • Sayer C.D., Jackson M.J., Hoare D.J., Waldock M.J., Simpson G.L., Boyle J.F., Jones J. I., Appleby P.G., Liptrot E.R. & Henderson A.C.G. (2006) TBT causes regime shift in shallow lakes. Environmental Science & Technology 40, 5269-5275.
  • Hill S.L.L., Sayer C.D., Hammond P.M., Rimmer V.K., Davidson T.A., Hoare D.J., Burgess A. & Okamura B. (2007) Are rare species rare or just overlooked? Assessing the distribution of the freshwater bryozoan, Lophopus crystallinus. Biological Conservation 135, 223-234.
  • Davidson T.A., Sayer C.D., Perrow M.R., Bramm M. & Jeppesen E. (2007) Are the controls of species composition similar for contemporary and sub-fossil cladoceran assemblages? - A study of 39 shallow lakes of contrasting trophic status. Journal of Paleolimnology 38, 117-134.
  • Reid M.A., Sayer C.D., Kershaw A.P. & Heijnis H. (2007) Palaeolimnological evidence for submerged plant loss in a floodplain lake associated with accelerated catchment soil erosion (Murray River, Australia). Journal of Paleolimnology 38, 191-208.
  • Zambrano L., Perrow M.R., Sayer C.D., Tomlinson M.L. & Davidson T.A. (2007) Relationships between fish feeding guild and trophic structure in English lowland shallow lakes subject to anthropogenic influence: implications for lake restoration. Aquatic Ecology 40, 391-405.
  • Ayres K., Sayer C.D., Perrow M. & Skeate E. (2008) The contribution of palaeolimnology to shallow lake management: an example from Upton Great Broad, Norfolk, UK. Biodiversity and Conservation 17, 2153-2168.
  • Sayer C.D., Davidson T.A., & Kelly A. (2008) Ornamental lakes - an overlooked conservation resource? Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 18, 1046-1051.
  • Langdon, P.G., Ruiz, Z., Wynne, S., Sayer, C.D. & Davidson, T.A. (2010). Ecological influences on larval chironomid communities in shallow lakes: implications for palaeolimnological interpretations. Freshwater Biology, 55, 531-545.
  • Sayer C.D., Burgess A., Kari K., Peglar S., Davidson T.A., Yang H. & Rose N. (2010) Long-term dynamics of submerged macrophytes and algae in a small and shallow, eutrophic lake: implications for the stability of macrophyte-dominance. Freshwater Biology, 55, 565-583.
  • Davidson, T.A., Sayer, C.D., Perrow, M. & Jeppesen E. (2010) The simultaneous inference of zooplanktivorous fish and macrophyte density from sub-fossil cladoceran assemblages: A multivariate regression tree approach. Freshwater Biology, 55, 546-564.
  • Davidson T.A., Sayer C.D., Langdon P.G., Burgess A. & Jackson M.J. (2010) Inferring past zooplanktivorous fish and macrophyte density from sub-fossil cladoceran assemblages: Application of a new regression tree model. Freshwater Biology, 55, 584-599.
  • Sayer C.D., Davidson T.A. & Jones J.I. (2010) Seasonal dynamics of macrophytes and phytoplankton in shallow lakes: a eutrophication-driven pathway from plants to plankton. Freshwater Biology, 55, 500-513.
  • Sayer C.D., Davidson T.A., Jones I.J. & Langdon P.G. (2010) Combining contemporary ecology and palaeolimnology to understand shallow lake ecosystem change. Freshwater Biology, 55, 487-499.
  • Rawcliffe R., Sayer C.D., Woodward G., Grey J., Davidson T.A. & Jones J.I. (2010) Back to the future: using palaeolimnology to infer long-term changes in shallow lake food webs. Freshwater Biology, 55, 600-613.
  • Salgado J., Sayer C.D., Carvalho L., Davidson T.A. & Gunn I. (2010). Assessing aquatic macrophyte community change through the integration of palaeolimnological and historical data at Loch Leven, Scotland. Journal of Paleolimnology, 43, 191-204.
  • Hughes M. & Sayer C.D. (2010) Water Pollution and Wildlife in the UK. In N. Maclean (ed.), Silent Summer: The State of Wildlife in Britain and Ireland. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • Bennion H., Sayer C.D, Tibby J. & Carrick H. (2010) Diatoms as indicators of environmental change in shallow lakes. In E.F. Stoermer & J.P. Smol (eds), The Diatoms: Applications for the Environmental and Earth Sciences (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Pp. 152-173.
  • Holmes J., Sayer C.D., Liptrott E., Hoare D.J. (2010) Complex controls on ostracod faunal palaeoecology in a shallow, coastal brackish-water lake: implications for palaeosalinity reconstruction. Freshwater Biology, 55, 2484-2498.
  • Bennion H., Battarbee R.W., Sayer C.D., Simpson G.L. & Davidson T.A. (2011) Defining reference conditions and restoration targets for lake ecosystems using palaeolimnology: a synthesis. Journal of Paleolimnology, 45, 533-544.
  • Bennion, H., Simpson, G.L., Anderson, N.J., Dong, X., Hobaeck, A., Guilizzoni, P., Marchetto, A., Sayer, C.D., Thies, H. & Tolotti. M. (2011) Defining ecological and chemical reference conditions and restoration targets for nine European lakes. Journal of Paleolimnology, 45, 415-431.

 

Papers in press/accepted

  • Sayer, C.D., Copp, G.H., Emson, D., Godard, M.J., Zięba, G. & Wesley K.J. (in press 2011) Towards the conservation of crucian carp Carassius carassius: understanding the extent and causes of decline within part of its native English range. Journal of Fish Biology.
  • Madgwick, G., Emson D., Sayer C.D., Willby N.J., Rose N., Jackson M.J. & Kelly A. (in press 2011) Centennial-scale changes to the aquatic vegetation structure of a shallow eutrophic lake and implications for restoration. Freshwater Biology.
  • Davidson, T.A., Bennion, H., Sayer, C.D, Jeppesen, E., Clarke, G.H., Morley, D., Odgaard, B., Rasmussen, R., Rawcliffe, R., Salgado, J. & Amsinck, S.L. (in press 2011). The role of cladocerans in tracking long-term change in shallow lake ecosystem structure and function. Hydrobiologia.
  • Jeppesen, E., Nõges P., Davidson, T.A., Haberman, J., Nõges, T., Kätlin, B., Lauridsen, T.L., Søndergaard, M., Sayer, C.D., Laugaste, R., Johansson, L.S., Bjerring, R. & Amsinck, S.L. (in press 2011). Bring the zooplankton back to lakes – a plea for including zooplankton in the ecological quality assessment of lakes according to the European Water Framework Directive (WFD). Hydrobiologia.
  • Dong, X., Bennion, H., Bennion H., Sayer, C.D. (in press 2011). A multi-proxy palaeolimnological study of climate and nutrient impacts on Esthwaite Water, England over the past 1200 years. The Holocene.
  • Bennion, H., Carvalho, L., Sayer, C.D., Wischnewski, J. & Simpson GL. (in press, 2011) Identifying nutrient and climate impacts on Loch Leven from recent sediment records and long-term datasets. Freshwater Biology.
  • Dong, X., Bennion, H., Maberly, S. Sayer, C.D., Simpson, G.L. & Battarbee, R.W. (in press 2011) Using diatoms to understand climate-nutrient interactions in Esthwaite Water: evidence from observational and paleolimnological records Freshwater Biology.
  • Sayer, C.D., Bennion, H., Davidson, T.A., Burgess, A., Clarke, G., Hoare, D., Frings P. & Hatton-Ellis (accepted 2011) The application of palaeolimnology to practical lake management and conservation: examples from UK lakes. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.
  • Almeida D., Copp G., Masson L., Miranda R., Murai M. & Sayer C.D. (accepted 2011). Changes in the diet of a recovering Eurasian otter population between the 1970s and the 2010s. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.

 

Popular articles

  • Sayer C.D., Almeida D., Copp G., Sayer D., Linford T., Cornwall C. & Murai M. (2011) What do otters eat in the Glaven catchment? River Glaven Conservation Group Newsletter, Spring 2011, p. 6.
  • Shepherd V., Barr S., Sayer C.D. & Leach T. (2010) Glaven Herd – a conservation success. River Glaven Conservation Group Newsletter, Spring 2010, p. 4.
  • Sayer C.D., Copp G.H, Wesley K.J. (2010) The crucian carp: Norfolk’s New BAP species. Norfolk Biodiversity Partnership Winter Update 2010, p. 8.
  • Sayer C.D. (2009) The crucian carp: a native species on the brink. Norfolk Non-native Species Initiative Newsletter, Issue 2, April 2009, p.
  • Sayer C.D. (2009) Otters are back but what are the eating? River Glaven Conservation Group Newsletter, Autumn, 2009, p. 6.
  • Sayer C.D. (2008) Crucian carp: a native species on the brink. River Glaven Conservation Group Newsletter, Autumn 2008, P. 3.
  • Sayer C.D. & Shilland E. (2008) Great Crested Newt: The discovery of pond heavan! River Glaven Conservation Group Newsletter, Spring 2008, p. 3.
  • Sayer C.D. (2006) Histories of underwater weeds. NERC Planet Earth, summer 2006. p. 22-23.
  • Sayer C.D. (2006) The crystal clear waters of Selbrigg Pond. River Glaven Conservation Group Newsletter, Spring 2006, p. 4.
  • Devenish E.S. & Sayer C.D. (2007) A review of the ecology and conservation of the neotropical river otter, Lontra longicaudis (Ofers, 1818), with special reference to Trinidad. Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club, August 2007, 8-11.
  • Sayer C.D. (2005) Sea trout in the River Glaven. River Glaven Conservation Group Newsletter, Spring 2005, p. 5.
  • Sayer C.D. (2004) Stoneworts - have you seen them? River Glaven Conservation Group Newsletter, Autumn 2004, p. 3.

 

Recent research reports

  • Goldsmith, B.J., Luckes, S.J., Bennion, H., Carvalho, L., Hughes, M., Appleby P.G. & Sayer C.D. 2003. Feasibility studies on the restoration needs of four lake SSSIs. Final Report to English Nature, Contract No. EIT 30-05-005. ECRC Research Report  No. 87.
  • Bennion H., Burgess A., Boyle P.G., Appleby P.G., Rose N., Sayer C.D. & Theophile S. 2003. Sediment survey of the Suffolk Broads. Final Report to English Nature on Contract No. NB/T/806/02-04. ECRC Research Report  No. 92.
  • Perrow M.R., Sayer C.D., Skeate E.R., Shilland E.M., Goldsmith B.J. & Hughes M.J. 2004. The future management of Falcondale Lake, Site of Special Scientific Interest. Countryside Council for Wales Contract Science Report No. 620.
  • Sayer C.D., Jackson M.J., Simpson G.L., Waldock M.J., Reed J., Henderson A.C.G., Boyle J.F. & Appleby P.G. (2001) Tributyltin (TBT) and the decline of the Norfolk Broads. Final Report to DEFRA. ECRC Research Report  No. 83.
  • Goldsmith B.J., Hoare D.J., Jones J.I., Nobes G.N. & Sayer C.D. (2004) A biological survey of the Blakeney Freshes: North Norfolk. Report to the National Trust. ECRC Research Report No. 95.
  • Hoare D.J., Sayer C.D., Liptrot E., Emson D., Bennion H., Appleby P.G. & Waldock M.J. 2004. Tributyltin (TBT) and the decline of the Norfolk Broads: Hickling Broad and Barton Broads. Final Report to DEFRA. ECRC Research Report  No. 96.
  • Perrow M.R., Sayer C.D., Skeate E.R., Shilland E.M., Goldsmith B.J. & Hughes M.J. (2004) The future management of Falcondale Lake Site of Special Scientific Interest, Ceredigion. CCW Contract Report No. 620.
  • Skeate E.R., Perrow M.R., Sayer C.D., Wheeler B., Shaw S., Hughes M., Shilland E. & Ayres K. (2004). A feasibility study into the restoration of Upton Broad including potential sediment removal. Final Report to the Norfolk Wildlife Trust.
  • Rose N.L., Appleby P.G., Sayer C.D. & Bennion H. (2005). Sediment accumulation in the Broads. Final Report to the Broads Authority. ECRC Research Report No. 101.
  • Davidson T.A.,  Hoare D., Morley D., Cundy A. & Sayer C.D. (2006) Reconstructing the macrophyte flora of three Broads: A palaeolimnological analysis. Report to the Broads Authority. ECRC Research Report No. 106.
  • Shilland E. & Sayer C.D. (2006) Pond amphibian survey: Manor Farm, Melton Constable, Norfolk. ECRC Research Report No. 118.
  • Davidson T.A., Clarke G., Morley D., Rose N., Turner S. & Sayer C.D. (2008) Palaeoecological investigation of the past biological structure and function of the Trinity Broads: Report to the Trinity Broads Partnership. ECRC Research Report No. 122.
  • Davidson T.A., Appleby P.G., Clarke G., Morley D., Rose N., Sayer C.D., Tuffin S. & Turner S. (2008) A palaeoecological study of Rockland Broad. ECRC Research Report No. 124.
  • Hughes M., Sayer C.D., Davidson T.A. (2008) Conservation value of non-Broads lakes in Norfolk: Final Report to to Norfolk Biodiversity Partnership. ECRC Research Report No. 125.
  • Bennion H., Clarke G., Davidson T., Rose C., Rose N., Turner S. & Sayer C.D. (2008) Using novel palaeolimnological techniques to define lake conservation objectives (Phase 1). Final Report to Natural England. ECRC Research Report No.126
  • Sayer C.D., Goldsmith B., Davidson T.A. & Hughes M. (2008) Nutrient Sources to Blickling Hall Lake. Final Report to the National Trust. ECRC Research Report No. 131
  • Bennion H., Rawcliffe R., Burgess A., Davidson T., Sayer C.D, Rose N. & Clarke S. (2009) Using novel palaeolimnological techniques to define lake conservation objectives (Phase 2). Final Report to Natural England. ECRC Research Report No.135.
  • Bennion H., Rawcliffe R., Burgess A., Clarke G., Davidson T., Rose C., Rose N, Sayer C.D, & Turner S. (2009) Using novel palaeolimnological techniques to define lake conservation objectives. Final Report to Natural England. Natural England Commissioned Report No. 22.
  • Jones J.I., McGowan S., Sayer C.D. & Rawcliffe R. (2009) The ecology and conservation of ribbon-leaved water-plantain (Alisma gramineum Lejeune) in the United Kingdom. Natural England Contract No. SAE03-02-202.
  • Davidson T.A., Clarke G., Rawcliffe R., Roe K., Rose N., Sayer, C.D. & Turner S. (2009) Defining lake restoration targets for Llyn Cadarn: A palaeolimnological approach. ECRC Research Report No. 133.
  • Sayer, C.D., Copp G.H., Emson D., Godard M.J., Zięba G. & Wesley K.J. (2009) The decline of crucian carp Carassius carassius in its native English range: the example of rural ponds in north Norfolk. Report to the Norfolk Biodiversity Partnership. ECRC Research Report No. 139.
  • Bennion H., Goldsmith B., Clarke G., Rawcliffe R., Rose N., McGowan, S., Willby N., Davidson T.A, Sayer C.D., Panizzo V. & Roe K. (2010) Using novel palaeolimnological techniques to define lake conservation objectives for three Cheshire meres. Final Report to Natural England. ECRC Research Report No. 146.

Research Grants

Recent funding (since 2000)

Consultancy projects for conservation agencies

· Approximately £200,000 of consultancy from Natural England, National Trust, Norfolk Wildlife Trust, Broads Authority, Countryside Council for Wales, Environment Agency managed through ENSIS

DEFRA

· £1250: TBT contamination of the Norfolk Broads - 2003-2004

· £5,000: Further studies of TBT contamination in the Norfolk Broads - 2001-2002

NERC

· £49,592 for small grant (principal investigator) on ‘Fish kills and their consequences in shallow lakes: the potential of palaeolimnology’ NE/D008344/1 - 2006-2009

· £24,910 for small grant (principal investigator) on ‘Achieving species-level identification of fossil oospores from UK Characeae’ NE/C515155/1 - 2004-2006

· £29,213 for small grant (co-investigator) on ‘Ecological influences on larval chironomid communities in shallow lakes: implications for palaeolimnological interpretations’ NER/B/S/2003/00824 - 2003-2004

·  £34,000 for small grant (co-investigator) on ‘Assessing the value of plant macrofossil records in shallow lakes’ NER/M/S/2000/00320 - 2000-2001

· £35,011 for small grant (principal investigator) on ‘Palaeoecological methods for reconstructing past fish communities in shallow lakes’ GR8/04350 - 1999-2000

· Fellowship (4 years) on ‘Inferring eutrophication-related changes in the trophic structure and biodiversity of shallow lakes’ GT5/98/22/CB - 1998-2002· £15,000 (supervisor of post-doctoral fellow) on ‘Representation of aquatic vegetation by macrofossil remains in a shallow lake’ - 1999-2000

Royal Society

· £15,000 (supervisor of post-doctoral fellow) on ‘Representation of aquatic vegetation by macrofossil remains in a shallow lake’ - 1999-2000

· Joint exchange project between Geography UCL and the Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology (co-coordinator with Rick Battarbee) on ‘Palaeolimnology of shallow floodplain lakes of the Yangtze’ - 2004-2007.

Research Students

PhD supervision

Current:

  • HELEN GREAVES: Assessing the value of pond managewent for biodiversity conservation; 2011-current
  • ISABEL BISHOP: Assessing the changing status of Najas flexilis in Scottish mesotrophic lochs using the sediment record: implications for conservation; 2011-current
  • LUKE MITCHELL: Hydrogeomorphic succession of rehabilitated gravel habitat and implications for salmonid spawning; 2010-current
  • MURRAY THOMPSON: Consequences of woody debris introduction in lowland chalk rivers and implications for restoration ecology; 2009-current
  • EMMA WICK: Understanding the ecological response of marl lakes to enrichment: a combined limnological and palaeolimnological approach; 2008-current
  • VICTORIA SHEPHERD: Coleopteran diversity in floodplain ecosystems 2008-current
  • HANNAH CLILVERD: Hydrological and ecological implications of floodplain re-connectance; 2007-current
  • JORGE SALGADO: Community ecology of shallow lakes: importance of long-term records; 2007-current
  • DAVE EMSON: Palaeoecological studies in ponds to explore past Lemna abundances and consequences for pond food-webs; 2006-current

Completed:

  • XUHUI DONG: Using diatom to understand climate-nutrient interaction in shallow lakes: evidence from observational and paleolimnological records; 2006-2010
  • GENEVIEVE MADGWICK: Macrophyte community change in two lowland lake districts in the UK; 2005-2009.
  • TOM DAVIDSON: Zooplankton ecology and palaeoecology in nutrient enriched shallow lakes; 2002-2006
  • DANIEL HOARE: Did boat-derived toxicity lead to plant loss in the Norfolk Broads shallow lakes? 2003-2007
  • AMY BURGESS: The potential of UK lowland reservoirs for the development of diatom-nutrient palaeolimnological inference models; 2000-2004

 

MSc supervision:

  • AMY BURGESS (MRes Environmental Science 1998) A palaeolimnological assessment of eutrophication-related changes in the ecological status of Felbrigg Lake, Norfolk
  • DAVE EMSON (MRes Environmental Science 1999) A palaeoecological assessment of the botanical history of Barton Broad, Norfolk
  • ELEANOR LIPTROT (MSc Quaternary Science 2002) Recent palaeosalinity reconstructions in Hickling Broad, Norfolk: A multi-proxy analysis
  • MARKOS SARRIS (MSc Freshwater and Coastal Sciences 2003) Acidification history of a shallow lowland lake (Calthorpe Broad, Norfolk) using a diatom-based palaeolimnological approach
  • KIRSTY EVANS (MSc Quaternary Science 2003) The trophic development of a medieval fish pond: a palaeolimnological analysis
  • ELEANOR DEVENISH (MSc Conservation 2003) The importance of habitat disturbance factors for the local distribution of neotropical river otter (Lontra longicaudis) in Trinidad, with implications for its conservation
  • SHARON MCAUSLAN (MSc Conservation 2003) The use of agricultural buildings by the long-eared bat Plecotus auritus.
  • MARKOS SARRIS (MSc Freshwater & Coastal Sciences 2003) Acidification history of a shallow lowland lake (Calthorpe Broad, Norfolk) using a diatom-based palaeolimnological approach..
  • ZOË COKELISS (MSc Conservation 2003) Characteristics of threatened bird species inhabiting avian threat hotspots in Australasia: implications for conservation.
  • CHRISTINE KOGLER (MSc Freshwater & Coastal Sciences 2004) A study of bicentennial macrophyte trait dynamics in the Norfolk Broads, UK.
  • KATHRYN AYRES (MSc Freshwater & Coastal Sciences 2004) The contribution of palaeolimnology to lake management: an exmple from Upton Great Broad.
  • LAURA EVANS (MSc Freshwater & Coastal Sciences 2004) Factors affecting the distribution and abundance of the submerged aquatic macrophyte community in Hickling Broad, Norfolk: Is boating activity having an adverse impact?
  • THOMAS STEPHENS (MSc Freshwater & Coastal Sciences 2005) A palaeoecological test of fossil plant assemblages from Calthorpe Broad, a shallow lake in Norfolk.
  • JORGE SALGADO (MSc Freshwater & Coastal Sciences 2006) Assessing macrophyte responses to eutrophication and recovery using both contemporary survey and palaeolimnological data; Loch Leven, Kinross, Scotland.
  • RUTH RAWCLIFFE (MSc Freshwater & Coastal Sciences 2007) Using palaeolimnology to infer long-term changes in shallow lake foodwebs
  • SARAH ELLIS (MSc Freshwater & Coastal Sciences 2008) Response of shallow lakes to isolation from a polluted river as determined by palaeolimnological analyses.
  • LAURA PETETTI (MSc Freshwater & Coastal Sciences 2008) A preliminary palaeolimnologcal assessment of biodiversity chnages with particular emphasis on the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha): Upper Lough Erne, Northern Ireland.
  • EMILY DRESNER (MSc Conservation 2008) Consequences of shading for pond invertebrates.
  • KATHERINE WOTHERSPOON (MSc Freshwater & Coastal Sciences 2008) The influence of land management on the composition of lowland wet meadow vegetation, with implications for restoration.
  • SEBASTIAN MEIS (MSc Freshwater & Coastal Sciences 2008) Spatial and temporal macrophyte dynamics in three shallow lowland lakes: implications for ther stability of aquatic macrophyte cover.
  • LUKE MITCHELL (MSc Freshwater & Coastal Sciences 2008) An investigation into the effects of different basal resources on ecological networks: A study from a small chalk stream.
  • CHRIS JENNINGS (MSc Freshwater & Coastal Sciences 2009) The effects of partial carp removal on shallow lake recovery.
  • KATIE ANDREWS (MSc Conservation 2009) The value of pond management for biodiversity conservation.
  • AMBROISE BAKER (MSc Quaternary Science, 2009) Long-term origins of plant loss in  a shallow lake.
  • JAMES MCPHERSON (MSc Quaternary Science, 2010) Long-term changes in the benthic-pelagic primary production balance of shallow lake ecosystem: A δ13C approach
  • MIZUKI MURAI (MSc Conservation, 2010) The diet of Eurasian otter Lutra lutra (L.) around ponds and their significance in the Glaven catchment, North Norfolk
  • SARAH ASBERRY (MSc Conservation, 2010) Fostering local stewardship: Opportunities and constraints for stakeholder participation in river conservation groups.
  • ADAM DEVENISH (MSc Conservation, 2010) Bloomers Valley diversification: a template for grassland enhancement.
  • KRIS CHAN (MSc Conservation, 2011) Can great crested newts (Triturus cristatus) co-exist with fish?
  • HOLLY WATSON (MSc Conservation, 2011) The potential of the River Stiffkey as an Ark site for the white-clawed crayfish, Austropotamobius pallipes.
  • JOSCELYNE ASHPOLE (MSc Conservation, 2011) Conserving urban birds: identifying important features of the urban eenvironment to inform future conservation action.
  • CLEO RIDGEWAY (MSc Conservation, 2011) Gong with the flow? The effects of drifting weed on invertebrate populations as a consequence of weed management in English chalk streams.