3rd Annual Recorders’ Event
Ireland’s Freshwater Habitats – priorities for biodiversity data
Summary of outcomes:
Priorities for biodiversity data for Ireland’s freshwater habitats
Presentations:
The state of freshwater diversity in Ireland
Dr Jim Bowman – Environmental Protection Agency
The value of biological data for decision making
Dr Ken Irvine – Freshwater Ecology Group, Trinity College Dublin
Freshwater data and its interpretation – the role of the National Biodiversity Data Centre
Dr Eugenie Regan – National Biodiversity Data Centre
Monitoring freshwater habitats (Q-values)
John Lucey – Environmental Protection Agency
Fluctuations in the ecology of L. Sheelin over 40 years.ppt
Dr Martin O’Grady – Central Fisheries Board
Value of species datasets as baselines (non-marine Mollusca)
Dr Roy Anderson – Northern Ireland
State of knowledge on Ireland’s macro-invertebrates
Dr Mary Kelly Quinn – University College Dublin
Data needs for Habitats Directive species – two case studies
Dr Ferdia Marnell & Dr Áine O’Connor – National Parks and Wildlife Service
Irish Wetland Bird Survey (IWeBS) – Galvanising volunteers for national recording
Helen Boland – BirdWatch Ireland
