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| Personal Information | ||
| Name | Allott, Norman | |
| Main Department | Zoology | |
| College Title | Assistant Professor | |
| nallott@tcd.ie | ||
| College Tel | +353 1 896 1642 | |
| Web | http://people.tcd.ie/nallott | |
| Biography | |
| Graduated from TCD with honours degree in botany in 1976 and completed MSc by research at University of Minnesota in 1978. Has worked at Trinity College Dublin since 1979 as experimental officer and senior experimental officer (1979-2006) and as lecturer (2006-present). Is currently director of the Centre for the Environment. | |
| Languages |
| Language | Skill Reading | Skill Writing | Skill Speaking |
| French | Basic | Basic | Basic |
| Description of Research Interests |
| Research interests focus on pure and applied aspects of the ecology of surface waters. Particular topics of interests include catchment-water quality relationships; nature, origin and impacts of dissolved organic carbon in surface waters; catchment modelling; freshwater algae. |
| Research Interests | |||
| Algae | Freshwater ecology | Limmology |
| Research Projects | |
| Project title | Assessing the conservation status of turloughs |
| Summary | |
| Funding Agency | National Parks and Wildlife Service |
| Programme | |
| Type of Project | |
| Date from | 2006 |
| Date to | 2010 |
| Person Months | |
| Project title | Past, current and future interactions between pressures, chemical status and biological quality elements for lakes in two contrasting instrumented catchments in Ireland (ILLUMINATE) |
| Summary | |
| Funding Agency | EPA |
| Programme | STRIVE |
| Type of Project | |
| Date from | 2006 |
| Date to | 2009 |
| Person Months | |
| Publications |
| Peer Reviewed |
| Jennings, E. and Allott, N, Position of the Gulf Stream influences lake nitrate concentrations in SW Ireland, Aquatic Sciences, 68, 2006, p482 - 489 | |
| Allott, N., McGinnity, P., and O’Hea, B., Factors influencing the downstream transport of sediment in the Lough Feeagh catchment, Freshwater Forum, 23, 2005, p126 - 138 Notes: [Burrishole, Co. Mayo, Ireland] |
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| Free, G., Bowman, J., Caroni, R., Donnelly, R., Little, R., McGarrigle, M.L., Tierney, D., Kennedy, D., Allott, N. and Irvine, K., The identification of lake types using macrophyte community composition in Ireland, Verh. Int. Ver. Limnol, 29, 2005, p296 - 299 | |
| Donnelly, A., Jennings, E. and Allott, N., A review of liming options for afforested catchments in Ireland, Biology and Environment, 103B, (2), 2002, p91 - 105 | |
| Jennings, E., Allott, N., McGinnity, P., Poole, R., Quirke, B., Twomey, H. and George, G., The North Atlantic Oscillation: implications for freshwater systems in Ireland, Biology and Environment, 100B, 2001, p149 - 157 | |
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