Research

My research interests fall into two broad categories: the use of modern and fossil diatoms for monitoring environmental change, and the analysis of ecological and palaeoecological data.

The list below contains links to recent projects. A list of my recent publication can be found on the School web site.

Current projects
DARES	Diatom Assessment of River Ecological Status.
DALES	Diatom Assessment of Lake Ecological Status.
Recent projects
Diatom CD-ROM	Computerised multi-access key and web-based flora for the identification of UK river diatoms.
CLAM	Critical Loads of Acidity and Metals. Acidification and recovery of UK surface waters.
MOLTEN	Monitoring Long-term Trends in Eutrophication and Nutrients in the Coastal Zone. Diatom-based transfer functions and palaeoecological indicators of recent (150 year) ecosystem change in NW European coastal waters.
EDDI	European Diatom Database. A web-based system of diatom training sets, ecological and taxonomic information, diatom images and transfer functions for performing environmental reconstructions from fossil assemblages.
ADIAC	Automated Diatom Identification and Classification. Automated diatom identification project with a web-based diatom image database, image analysis and feature extraction algorithms, and pattern recognition software.
Las Encinas	Sediment records of closed-basin saline lakes in Spain as indicators of changes in climate, water resources, vegetation and human impact over the last 10-15,000 years.

Further information on research in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology and the School's Environmental Change and Management (ECAM) research group.