Michael Pingram

Ph D student

For his Ph D research, Michael is investigating aspects of large river ecology, particularly trophic interactions and the role of hydrogeomorphic complexity, under the supervision of David Hamilton, Kevin Collier and Brendan Hicks. This will include developing food web models and determining the significance of different energy sources to the Lower Waikato River. This will involve quantifying the food resources and energy flow through food webs; and determining the relative significance of algal production, terrestrial inputs, marine derived sources and areas of low flow to community productivity, composition and structure. His research will provide information to assist management decisions for potential future rehabilitation and restoration activities on the lower Waikato River. He completed his M Sc research on interactions between the threatened dune lakes galaxias, common bully and gambusia in the Kai Iwi Lakes through the University of Otago in 2005.  Since then he has worked for the Department of Conservation in Whangarei as a freshwater technical specialist and for the Environment Agency in London as a planning liaison officer.

E-mail: michaelpingram@gmail.com

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