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OTHER CONTRIBUTORS

Paul Logan has assisted as technical advisor and reviewer Lee Knight has been working as a freshwater ecologist
of this book. Paul was one of the key water industry biologists for almost 30 years, first for the NRA/EA, and freelance
in the UK and worked in a number of policy and strategy since 1997. He developed an interest in subterranean and
roles with the Environment Agency for England, and its groundwater ecology, and began by investigating the
predecessors. He was one of the specialists who contributed occurrence of the British endemic Niphargus glenniei in
to the development of the biological monitoring and Devon and Cornwall, which lead to it being included in the
assessment elements of the EU Water Framework Directive. UK’s Biodiversity Action Plan in 2007 as a priority species.
He recently retired from the Environment Agency and chairs He has investigated other subterranean Malacostraca
British (BSi) and European (CEN) standards’ methods groups. across Britain and Ireland, and set-up the Hypogean
Crustacea Recording Scheme in 1999. He has authored
Dr Judy England was instrumental in promoting the or co-authored almost 30 papers and articles on various
rewriting and production of this handbook. She contributed aspects of subterranean ecology in the British Isles.
the section on ephemeral rivers, commented on other
sections, and provided photographs. Judy is an aquatic Jonathan (Jon) Webb has worked for Natural England
ecologist. Her areas of interest include the environmental for 20 years, serving most of his time as an entomologist.
effects of flow regulation on river biota and biota-habitat Throughout this period he focused on wetlands,
relationships, including resilience to climate change. Her riparian habitats and dead wood habitats. He has spent
interest in river restoration appraisal was the subject of her considerable time undertaking field work around England
PhD at the University of Hertfordshire. and beyond, often with Nick Mott, and is the lead author of
Pantheon (pantheon.brc.ac.uk).
Nick Mott is a freshwater ecologist who has worked with
The Wildlife Trusts for over 25 years; his chief role has been Nicola Edgar has worked as a freshwater ecologist
to undertake over 70 stream, river and floodplain restoration for the Environment Agency for 15 years, working in
schemes in partnership with an eclectic cast of scientists, biological monitoring teams specialising in invertebrate
sponsors, landowners and digger drivers. Invertebrates identification. She later moved into the partnership delivery
are Nick’s main interest especially crayfish, mussels, of environmental schemes, and leading citizen science
dead wood hoverflies, river shingle beetles and montane initiatives. This led to her involvement in the development
mayflies. of the Urban Riverfly initiative.
Dr Alistair Ferguson was the lead scientist for monitoring Prof Simon Spooner commissioned the initial Chinese
of the aquatic environment with the Environment Agency publication of the Ecological and Biological Monitoring
and its predecessors. He was a key advocate and architect Handbook in 2012 as part of the EU knowledge exchange
for the development of biological methods to assess programme with China. Simon is an expert in water quality
aquatic status and their integration within the UK approach. modelling and national and international water policy.
He was highly influential in their incorporation as a From 2007 to 2012 he was team leader of the Yellow River
component of the WFD. A key advisor, now retired. component of the EU-China River Basin Management
Programme, then Technical Director for Water &
Dr John Davy-Bowker has contributed significantly to the Environment in Atkins China. Returning to the UK in 2020
development of this handbook and to the advancement he now leads Atkins modelling of the river impacts of sewer
of river biology and assessment. He has a keen interest overflows using his SimBasinQ model framework.
in macroinvertebrates including conservation, species
identification and sample processing methods, Naomi Lumsden assisted the authors with the technical
biomonitoring, citizen science, DNA collections, and develpment of Chapter 1. She joined the Freshwater
long-term monitoring. Being passionate about protecting Biological Association to undertake this role and to provide
freshwater biodiversity, he has had a long involvement with technical support across FBA. She was Publications &
the RIVPACS predictive model, and has led most of the Content Officer for FBA and is now a Coordinator at the
research and development projects on this in recent years. Riverfly Partnership. She has recently completed an MSc
in Conservation and Biodiversity.
Caryll Stephen was Chief Executive of the Foundation for
Water Research. Thanks to her for seeing the potential for Reindeer Torenbeek was the co-author, with Martin
teaching, training, and future research and development in Griffiths, of the original Ecology and Biological Monitoring
this field. She steered this book through the FWR Council Handbook. He is an aquatic field biologist from the
and made the necessary links and resources available Netherlands. He worked as a consultant in this field on a
within FWR to allow this to become widely available through number of EU projects including the STAR-AQM project, and
its publication and free access on FWR’s website. Caryll has on a number of knowledge exchange programmes in China
now retired on health grounds, and we all wish her well. and elsewhere. He currently teaches in the Netherlands.

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