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Research Interests
The community ecology of shallow aquatic environments, including wetlands, rivers and estuaries, predominantly using field investigations. The bulk of my work focusses on using aquatic macroinvertebrate communities as indicators of human impacts on freshwater environments.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Challenges and Solutions for Measuring Taxonomic Richness of Aquatic Invertebrates in Wetlands
Epele, L. B., McLean, K. I., Mlambo, M. C., Bird, M. S., Dromaz, W. M. & Batzer, D. P., May 2025, In: Freshwater Biology. 70, 5, e70042.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A global assessment of environmental and climate influences on wetland macroinvertebrate community structure and function
Epele, L. B., Williams-Subiza, E. A., Bird, M. S., Boissezon, A., Boix, D., Demierre, E., Fair, C. G., García, P. E., Gascón, S., Grech, M. G., Greig, H. S., Jeffries, M., Kneitel, J. M., Loskutova, O., Maltchik, L., Manzo, L. M., Mataloni, G., McLean, K., Mlambo, M. C. & Oertli, B. & 7 others, , Feb 2024, In: Global Change Biology. 30, 2, e17173.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Eupotemus tuberculatus sp. nov., the first hooded shore beetle confirmed from southern Africa (Coleoptera, Epimetopidae)
Bilton, D. T. & Bird, M. S., 2023, In: Zootaxa. 5339, 2, p. 196-200 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Water beetles (Coleoptera) associated with Afrotemperate Forest patches in the Garden Route National Park, South Africa
Bird, M. S., Bilton, D. T., Mlambo, M. C. & Perissinotto, R., 2023, In: ZooKeys. 2023, 1182, p. 237-258 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparison of aquatic macroinvertebrate communities of Lake Ahémé (Benin, West Africa) across the short and long wet seasons
Odountan, O. H., Sidi O. I. Massara, N., Janssens de Bisthoven, L., Bird, M. S. & Abou, Y., Sept 2022, In: African Journal of Ecology. 60, 3, p. 591-606 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review