Department of Life Sciences, The University of West Indies at Mona

Dr. Webber is a coastal ecologist who has extensive experience in the assessment of coastal water quality using phytoplankton and a range of physical and chemical indices. A lecturer at the U.W.I. since 1990, Dr. Webber has been involved in the investigation of coastal water qualities and the status of the benthos and water quality of Kingston Harbour. He completed a research project on the impact and amelioration of sediment and agrochemical pollution on Caribbean coastal water and conducted an assessment of the water quality associated with the conch industry of Pedro Bank. His current research includes the water quality modeling of the Southeast Hellshire coast and the Coastal inventory of the St. Thomas coastline.

Ph.D. Degrees Awarded

Leandra Cho 2004: Discovery Bay reefs - The grazing potential of Diadema antillarum and the implications for reef community structure.
Trion Clarke 2000: The Microalgal community of a coastal lagoon:The Great Salt Pond Southeast Jamaica.

M.Phil. Degrees Awarded

Marlon Hibbert 2005: The Ecological assessment of the Martha Brae River Estuary, Falmouth Trelawny.
Janelle Babb 2004: A floristic survey of isolated limestone communities: a biogeographic reconstruction of the vegetation of the Central Inlier of Jamaica, W.I.
Azra Blythe 2004: Toxic phytoplankton forms in natural and artificial systems.
Orville Grey 2004: EIA Policy and practice in Jamaica: A review. San Jose State University.
Peter Wilson-Kelly 2003: The characterization of sources of organic pollution to Kingston Harbour, the extent of their influence and some rehabilitation recommendations.
Nadia Ferguson 2003: The characterization of mariculture effluent with the aid of plankton indicators.
Shakira Azan 2002: The characterisation, classification and delination of the Black River Upper Morass using the three parameter test vegetation, soils and hydrology.
Peter Edwards 2002: The Interaction between the Mangrove,Seagrass and coral reef communities of the Martha Brae River Estuary, Falmouth, Jamaica.
Josette LaHee 2002: The effects of Rum Distillery effluent on the Periphytic diatom community of the North Elim River St. Elizabeth, Jamaica.
Philip Rose 2002: A vegetation assessment of an area of North Eastern St. Elizabeth: an adaptation of the Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) process.
Carlton Campbell 2001: The Phytoplankton community as indicators of water quality in Discovery Bay Jamaica.
Kerrine McDonald 2001: Differences in the structure of Jamaican Mangrove forests.
Aria Johnson 2000: Meiofauna as indicators in Discovery Bay.
Sean Green 1999: Seagrass populations of the southeast coast of Jamaica: effects of ranging levels of eutrophication.
Emma Ranston 1999: The Phytoplankton community and water quality of a highly eutrophic estuarine bay: Hunts’ Bay Kingston Harbour, Jamaica.
Cheryl McLaughlin 1998: The Charcoal Energy Sector in Jamaica and some associated environmental impacts.
Jeanelle Roberts 1998: Some Mircobiological aspects of waste water treatment.
Heather Thompson 1998: Some coastal plant communities of Jamaica and the effect of nutrient and salinity variations on three dominant species.
Raquel Chung 1998: Circulation patterns in a coastal embayment, Discovery Bay, Jamaica.
Rose-Marie Simmonds 1997: The Phytoplankton community and water quality of a eutrophic embayment; Kingston Harbour, Jamaica.
Doreen Williams 1997: The Oceanography of Kingston Harbour, a tropical polluted embayment.

Theses In Preparation

Orville Grey (PhD candidate): Rehabilitation of red mud lakes by succession and ecology of naturally occurring and introduced vegetation and communities.
Philip Rose (PhD candidate): The creation of a virtual herbarium for four common families of Jamaican plants.
Frederick Boyd (PhD candidate): Genetic diversity, germination, vegetative propagation and ethnobotanical applications of Pimenta diocia.
Gillan Young (PhD candidate): The biology of Artemia in the Yallahs Salt Ponds St.Thomas, Jamaica.
Emma Ranston (PhD candidate): Toxic Phytoplankton species in Jamaican coastal waters.
Ava Maxam (PhD candidate): Oceanography and coastal circulation processes in a reefal bay.
Sean Townsend (PhD candidate): Coastal circulation along the Hellshire Coast; assessing the influence of dispersion from the eutrophic Kingston Harbour.
David Narinesingh (PhD candidate): Oceanography and modeling of the circulation pattern of the Coastal Shelf of the Southeast Jamaican Coast.
Ainsley Henry (MPhil candidate): The use of the RAMSAR convention as a tool in wetland assessment and monitoring.
Hugh Small (MPhil candidate): The phytoplankton community associated with an offshore bank; testing the Island mass effect phenomenon.
Laura Doctor (MPhil candidate): The role of constructed wetlands in waste water improvement.
Stacey Moses (MPhil candidate): The effect of artificial coral on reef fish population in the Port Royal Cays Southeast Jamaica.
Janette Manning (MPhil candidate): The Phytoplankton community as indices of water quality in mangrove lagoons.
Inilek Wilmot (MPhil candidate)
Narry James (MSc candidate): The comparative success of mangrove replanting and natural regeneration on a small Cay within Kingston Harbour.
Loderick Brown (MSc candidate): A comparison of Coastal and Inland hotel developments on the Jamaican environment.
Ta’Chala Beecher (MSc candidate): The survival of the Royal Palm Reserve via seedling propagation.
Nathaniel Byrd (MSc candidate): Coastal processes in Jackson Bay.
Roger Williams (MSc candidate): Changes in wetland vegetation and land use over 20 years in the Bowden Bay coast of St. Thomas.
Camilo Trench (MSc candidate): Evaluation of mangrove replanting methods for nursery production and coastal conservation and rehabilitation.

ABOUT US

Dr. Dale Webber

B.Sc., Ph.D. U.W.I.(Mona)