Associate - Debbie Snook

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Summary of Curriculum Vitae: Debbie Snook
FULL NAME			Adrian Nicholas Mandeville
YEAR OF BIRTH			1966
NATIONALITY			British
PROFESSION			Freshwater ecologist
POSITION IN FIRM			Associate
RANGE OF EXPERIENCE			Dr Snook is a Chartered Biologist with 14 years experience as an ecologist within research, regional planning, government and voluntary bodies, in temperate, alpine and tropical habitats. Experience has focused on the hydro-ecology of freshwater environments, investigating and resolving water quality problems, habitat restoration and amelioration, and ecosystem community dynamics.
CAREER SUMMARY			2002-date Nicholas Pearson Associates 2002-date Aquatic Environmental Consultants 2000-2002 Aquatic Environments Research Centre 1996-2000 The University of Birmingham 1990-1993 National Rivers Authority, Wessex Region 1990 South Glamorgan County Council 1988-1989 University of East Anglia 1987-1988 British Trust for Conservation Volunteers 1987 UEA Expedition to Belize
EDUCATION			B.Sc in Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, 1987. PhD Macroinvertebrate communities in alpine glacier-fed streams: The Taillon catchment in the French Pyrénées. The University of Birmingham, 2000.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION			Member of the Institute of Biology British Ecological Society Freshwater Biological Association
RECENT WORK			Ecologist with an ecological consultancy. The preparation of Ecology Chapters of Environmental Statements for development proposals in the SW of the UK. A review of the water quality of the River Lee catchment (London’s Waterway Partnership funded project). A graphical and statistical presentation of a comprehensive long-term data set. Study of the macrophyte – epiphyte dynamics in the River Kennet (EA funded research project). EU funded research project Arctic and Alpine Stream Ecosystem Research. Alpine zoobenthic community ecology; taxonomic zonation; the role of stream hydraulics, geomorphology and water quality in determining zoobenthic communities; patch-scale habitat utilisation; adaptive life history strategies to habitat templates; resistance and resilience of taxa to physical disturbance; population dynamics of chironomid taxa. Biologist with the National Rivers Authority responsible for the assessment of biological water quality as defined by macroinvertebrate, riparian and in-channel macrophyte communities. Research in use of biomanipulation in restoring water quality in Hickling Broad NNR. The trophic relationships in this eutrophic brackish lentic waterbody. Research in the role of water quality in the early decay of thatching reed in reedbeds in the Norfolk Broads. Expedition biologist studying the fire ecology of the Caribbean Pine in the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve.
COUNTRIES OF WORK			United Kingdom, France, Belize.
LANGUAGES			English
For more information contact associate@watres.com