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Dr. Webber is a marine ecologist whose research has focused on Zooplankton: their community structure and distribution, and their use as indicators of water quality. She has also conducted studies on mangrove habitats including an assessment of their biodiversity and the evaluation and development of appropriate of water quality indices. Recently she completed work on the sponges of the Port Royal mangroves, identifying a new species in the process. Her current research involves conducting an Ecological assessment of the Morant Wetlands.


Courses
  • BL10L - Animal Diversity
  • BL31E - Marine Ecology I
  • BL31F - Marine Ecology II
  • BL63F - Aquatic Biogeography & Biodiversity

Research Areas
  • Water quality monitoring of marine environments using zooplankton communities.
  • Zooplankton production and energy transfer in coastal systems.
  • Biodiversity of mangrove lagoons.

Research Projects
Current Project
  • Ecological assessment of the Morant Wetlands towards the declaration of this coastal area as a protected area and a Ramsar site. EFJ funded.
Past Projects
  • Assessment of the biodiversity associated with Mangrove lagoons. EFJ funded.
  • Evaluation and development of appropriate of water quality indices for mangrove lagoons.
  • Monitoring programme for the Caribbean Mariculture Limited Shrimp Production Project at Brampton, Old Harbour.
  • Assessment of the water quality (phyto/zooplankton) and micro-benthos associated with the Conch fishery at Pedro Banks, Jamaica.
  • Towards planning and management of heavily contaminated bays and coastal areas in the wider Caribbean. Work done in Kingston Harbour, funded by UNDP/UNEP/UNOPS Global Environment Facility.
  • Kaiser, Discovery Bay environmental management project.

Memberships
  • National Ramsar committee (NEPA).
  • Jamaica chapter of the Caribbean Academy of Sciences.
  • Birdlife Jamaica.
  • Associate of Harbour Branch Oceanographic Institute.
  • Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean.
  • Jamaican Society of Scientists and Technologist.
  • American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO).
  • Natural History Society of Jamaica.
  • Qualified sports diver, University branch of British Sub-Aqua Club (U.S.-A.C.)

Awards
  • Principal's Research Award 2005: Best publication for 2003/04 in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Mona Campus, for compiled papers on Kingston Harbour published in a special edition of the Bulletin of Marine Sciences.
  • Principal's Award 2005: Project attracting most research funds: The Mangrove Ecosystem-A Biodiversity Hot-Spot.
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