Michael Dobson Email & Phone Number

Ulverston, GB

Cork, County Cork, Ireland

I manage the freshwater work delivered by APEM Ireland, including biological monitoring, water quality monitoring, flow gauging and mitigation.I provide specialist ecological assessment for lake and river monitoring and management. I support other teams with respect to a range of areas including Water Framework Directive assessment and drought permit.

Cumbria, United Kingdom

I set up and worked closely with APEM's invasive and non-native species (INNS) team, which is now established as one of the leading centres of expertise on INNS monitoring, management, risk assessment and biosecurity in the country. I also work with the water quality and limnology team, which works closely with water companies, power companies and.

I was responsible for running the Freshwater Biological Association (FBA), a charitable organisation that carries out research into freshwater ecology and conservation and which provides services (publications, training courses, meetings, etc.) for professional and amateur biologists worldwide. The FBA is also active in management and archiving of data and.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Teaching specialisms in ecology, freshwater biology and biogeography. Research into impacts of commercial forestry on stream ecosystems and on ecology of highland streams in Kenya, with publications in "Freshwater Biology", "Ecology", "Journal of Applied Ecology", "Archiv fuer Hydrobiologie" and other journals.

Toulouse Area, France

Working in the Centre d'Ecologie des Ressources Renouvelables. Research into invertebrate ecology in low order streams in the Montagne Noire and the Pyrenees.

Belfast, United Kingdom

Survey of water birds in rivers and wetlands along the River Blackwater, Cor River and Oona Water (Co. Tyrone and Co. Monaghan), impacted by the Blackwater Cross-border Drainage Scheme, and along the Finn River (Co. Fermanagh and Co. Cavan).

Phd, River Ecology

Bsc, Biology