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Research Project: Assessing Impacts of Combined Sewage Overflows and Surface Water Outfalls on Invertebrate Populations in River Catchments in Southwest England.
Lead Supervisor: Professor Charles Tyler

Freshwater systems are  considered to be the most threatened globally and chemical pollution has contributed significantly to freshwater wildlife population declines.  In this project the PhD student will work in close partnership with South West Water (and as part of a large multidisciplinary research project) to assess the impacts of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) and Surface Water Outfalls (SWO) on riverine invertebrate populations across catchments in southwest England (Exe, Tamar and Dart).This work will include a combination of in-field sampling, invertebrate monitoring using both traditional and eDNA methods, chemical bioavailability assessments (for selected chemicals identified in the CSO and SWO discharges through a wider research programme), and risk analyses/modelling using these  data together with wider invertebrate/chemical monitoring  and ecotox database information.

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