| Full name |
Deborah Louise Snook |
| Year of birth |
1966 |
| Nationality |
British |
| Profession |
Freshwater Ecologist |
| Position in firm |
Associate |
| Range of experience |
Dr Snook is a Chartered Biologist and Chartered Environmentalist with 20 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 |
2004-date | Consultant freshwater ecologist (ASEDA) |
| 2004-date | Associate, Aquatonics Ltd |
| 2002-2003 | Nicholas Pearson Associates |
| 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 |
1984-1987 |
B.Sc in Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia |
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1996-2000 |
PhD Macroinvertebrate communities in alpine glacier-fed streams: The Taillon catchment in the French Pyrénées., University of Birmingham |
| Professional affiliation |
Member of the Institute of Biology |
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Member of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management |
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British Ecological Society |
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Freshwater Biological Association |
| Recent work |
- Consultant freshwater ecologist. Specialist freshwater ecological surveys throughout southern UK. River and pond creation, enhancement and restoration.
- 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.
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| Countries of work |
United Kingdom, France, Belize. |
| Languages |
English |
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