- Geography (Physical)
- University College London (UCL)
- Gower Street
- London
- WC1E 6BT
- UK
Research Interests
I am interested in the functioning and management of ecological systems. My research spans both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in North America, Northern Europe and South Africa but has more recently come to focus on lotic ecology in temperate areas. I am particularly interested in aquatic invertebrate zoology, hyporheic zone processes and the restoration of freshwater systems.
Email: j.durkota "at" ucl.ac.ukRESEARCH PROJECTS
My doctoral research focuses on hyporheic zone processes, specifically investigating the distribution of hypogean invertebrate species throughout a lowland chalk catchment in Southern England against environmental gradients of flow and water quality. I am supervised by Dr. Julian Thompson and Dr. Roger Flower at University College London.
My previous academic research includes:
The assessment of abandoned mine restoration methods and invertebrate diversity in the Afan Catchment (Wales) which was undertaken as part of my MSc course at the University of East Anglia where I was supervised by Dr. Tony Davy.
The impact of deer herbivory on forest stand structure, regeneration and diversity in a Pennsylvania woodland which was undertaken as part of my undergraduate course at Dickinson College where I was supervised by Dr. Brian Pedersen.