Dr Stephen C. Maberly

Brief description of general interest: I am an aquatic ecologist with an interest in a mechanistic understanding of how lakes and their inhabitants function and are affected by external pressures such as nutrient-availability, climate change and altered trophic interactions. My prime interest is in the ecophysiology of phytoplankton and freshwater macrophytes. I have been working in the English Lake District for over 20 years and lead CEH’s long-term monitoring work there.

 Dr Jonathan Grey

Brief description of general interest: I am an aquatic ecologist with diverse interests but which are united by the common application of stable isotope techniques to answer ecological questions. My primary interests include: the importance of cross-boundary energy subsidies between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems; tracing novel energy resource use (e.g. methane) through food webs; and how invasive species interact, not only with native species, but also with other invaders, mediated via diet. Now a Senior Lecturer in Freshwater Biology at Queen Mary, University of London, I have worked on various lakes in the English Lake District, and particularly Esthwaite Water, for the past 15 years.

Dr Ian J. Winfield

Brief description of general interest: The ecology and management of freshwater fish using a broad, integrative approach. Although such work is conducted throughout the UK and overseas, a large component of it involves the continuation of long-term netting and trapping studies of Arctic charr, perch and pike in Windermere. This work is augmented by the use of state-of-the-art hydroacoustics to investigate fish abundance, distribution and size structure.

 Dr Alex Elliott

Brief description of general interest: I am a Lake Ecosystem Modeller based at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster. My role is to examine various aspects of phytoplankton community assembly, including species succession and the effects of disturbance events. To assist in this task, I use the PROTECH (Phytoplankton RespOnses To Environmental CHange) model, which simulates the growth of multiple algal species in lakes and reservoirs. I have being working with the model for over 10 years and have published over 35 papers.

 Dr Heidrun Feuchtmayr

Brief description of general interest: My major research interest isplankton and their interactions within a food web as well as responses of lakes to a changing environment. Besides my scientific interest in lake ecology, I also manage long-term freshwater databases.

 Dr Ian Jones

Brief description of general interest: I am a physical limnologist with research interests in the interactions between physics and ecology within lakes and the way in which a changing climate will impact upon lake ecosystems. As well as being a lake modeller I also run the Automatic Water Quality Monitoring System buoys in the English Lake District

Dr Peter Smyntek

Brief description of general interest: I am an environmental biogeochemist with broad research interests including the impact of invasive species on freshwater ecosystems and the movement of energy and nutrients through food webs. 

 Dr Stephen Thackeray

Brief description of general interest: My research interests are, broadly, the effects of long-term environmental change upon lake ecosystems with a specific interest in crustacean zooplankton communities.