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.
Publications
- Ranston E.R., D.F. Webber & J. Larsen. Accepted April 2006. The first description of
the potentially toxic dinoflagellate, Alexandrium minutum in Hunts Bay, Kingston Harbour,
Jamaica. Harmful Algae Vol.
- Azan, S. A. & D.F.Webber. Accepted January 2006 . The characterization and
classification of the Black River Upper Morass using the 3 parameter test of vegetation,
soils and hydrology. Aquatic Conservation. Vol.
- Webber, M.K., E. Edwards-Myers, C. Campbell and D.F. Webber 2005. Phytoplankton and
Zooplankton as indicators of water quality in Discovery Bay, Jamaica. Hydrobiologia.
Vol. 545:177-193.
- Bigg, G.R. & D.F. Webber. 2003. The impact of coastline change and urban
development on the flushing time of a coastal embayment, Kingston Harbour, Jamaica.
Bulletin of Marine Science Vol. 73 (2): 291-306.
- Green, S. O. and D.F. Webber. 2003. The effects of varying levels of eutrophication
on phytoplankton and seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) populations of the Southeast coast of
Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine Science Vol. 73 (2):443-456.
- McDonald, K., D.F. Webber, and M.K. Webber. 2003. Mangrove forest structure under
varying environmental conditions. Bulletin of Marine Science Vol. 73 (2):491-506.
- Ranston, E.R. and D.F. Webber. 2003. Phytoplankton distribution in a highly eutrophic
estuarine bay, Hunts Bay, Kingston Harbour Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine Science Vol.73 (2):307-324.
- Ranston, E.R., R.A. Simmonds, and D.F. Webber. 2003. The phytoplankton distribution
in Kingston Harbour, Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine Science Vol.73 (2):325-342.
- Thompson, H. and D.F. Webber. 2003 The sand dune ecology of the Palisadoes, Kingston
Harbour, Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine Science Vol.73 (2):507-520.
- Webber, D.F., M.K. Webber and D.D. Williams. 2003. The relative importance of
meteorological events, tidal activity and bathymetry to circulation and mixing in Kingston
Harbour, Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine Science Vol.73 (2):273-290.
- Webber, D.F., and P.Wilson-Kelly. 2003. Characterization of sources of organic
pollution to Kingston Harbour, the extent of their influence and some rehabilitation
recommendations. Bulletin of Marine Science Vol.73 (2):257-272.
- Webber, M.K., D.F. Webber, E.R. Ranston, F.N. Dunbar and R.A. Simmonds. 2003. Changes
in water quality and plankton in Kingston Harbour after 20 years of continued
eutrophication. Bulletin of Marine Science Vol. 73 (2):361-378.
- Wade B.A. & D.F. Webber. 2002. Coastal Zone Management. In Natural Resource
Management for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean. (Ed.) I. Goodbody and E.
Thomas-Hope. Canoe Press. ISBN - 976-8125-76-4. pp. 427 - 481.
- Bigg, G.R. & D.F. Webber. 2000. The impact of development, and coastline change on
the flushing time of Kingston Harbour, Jamaica. Jamaican Journal of Science and
Technology. Vol. 11: 1 - 12.
- Andrews, J.E., A.M. Greenaway, G.R. Bigg, D.F. Webber, P.F. Dennis, & G.A.
Guthrie. 1999. Pollution History of a tropical estuary revealed by combined hydrodynamic
modelling and sediment geochemistry. Journal of Marine Systems. Vol. 18: 333-343.
- Webber, D.F. & M.K. Webber. 1998. The water quality of Kingston Harbour:
evaluating the use of the planktonic community and traditional water quality indices.
Chemistry and Ecology. Vol. 14:357-374.
- Webber, D.F. 1997. The Water quality of Kingston Harbour, some sources and solutions.
Pp 45- 63. In Proceedings of Scientific Research Council 7th Annual National Conference on
Science and Technology, Jamaica (Ed) Merline Bardowell and Angela R. Vassel, SRC.
ISBN - 976-8126-02-7.
- Webber, D.F. & J.C. Roff. 1996. The influence of Kingston Harbor on the
Phytoplankton community of the Hellshire coast, Southeast Jamaica. Bulletin of Marine
Science. Vol 59(2):245-258.
- Webber, D.F., M.K. Webber & J.C. Roff. 1992. The effects of flood waters on the
planktonic community of the Hellshire coast, southeast Jamaica. Biotropica
Vol. 24 (3): 362 - 374.
- Webber, D.F. 1992. Effects of Flood Waters on the Phytoplankton Community of Hellshire
Coast southeast Jamaica. Catalyst Vol. 1 (1): 18 - 22.
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