ºù«Ӱҵ University's projects in the Don catchment
This page lists a selection of projects that have been conducted by ºù«Ӱҵ University in the Don catchment.
More details on specific projects, including contacts and links, can be found by clicking on the project name below.
Projects are divided into the following topics - click on a topic to jump to relevant projects.
Ecology and conservation | Ecosystem services | Pollution | Hydrology | Socio-economics | Catchment management | Flood management
Ecology and conservation
- Wetland restoration at Fishlake - PhD project at Fishlake, a site on the river Don near Doncaster.
- Ecological impacts of culverts on benthic invertebrates - PhD project in the Don catchment.
- Temporal variability of macroinvertebrate communities - PhD project focused on ºù«Ӱҵ city.
- Population and breeding dynamics of dippers - PhD project on ºù«Ӱҵ city.
- Saving ºù«Ӱҵ's white-clawed crayfish - Collaborative research project on ºù«Ӱҵ city.
- Hyporheic ecology and altered landscapes - PhD project.
- River and Riparian Ecosystems across a Rural-Urban Thermal Gradient - PhD project at sites in and around ºù«Ӱҵ city.
Ecosystem services
- Modelling urban ecosystem services: Spatial patterns and implications for urban design - PhD project on ºù«Ӱҵ city.
Pollution
- Use of natural tracers to assess flow and pollutant transport to related ecosystems - PhD project at the upper Don.
- Modelling catchment landscape potential to mitigate diffuse pollution from agriculture - PhD project at the Doe Lea catchment.
- Managing diffuse pollution from agriculture in the Ingbirchworth catchment, Yorkshire - Postdoctoral research project at Ingbirchworth catchment, Yorkshire.
Hydrology
- Understanding connectivity of surface and subsurface flow in upland agricultural land - PhD project at Ingbirchworth catchment.
- Flow modelling for deculverting urban rivers - PhD project in ºù«Ӱҵ.
Socio-economics
- Social dimensions of ecologically driven change: the case of river restoration - PhD project in the Don catchment.
- Emotions and expertise in environmental policy - PhD project in Malin Bridge, ºù«Ӱҵ and Centenary Riverside, Rotherham.
Catchment management
- Integrated catchment management of weirs - PhD project in the Don catchment.
- URSULA - Urban River Corridors and Sustainable Living Agendas - Collaborative research project on ºù«Ӱҵ city.
- The Macro Ecological Model (MEM) Project - Collaborative research project in the Don catchment.
Flood management
- Managing Adaptive REsponses to changing flood risk in the North Sea region (MARE) - Collaborative research project in Rotherham and ºù«Ӱҵ.