Dr Matthew O'Hare
Current WorkPhysical ecosystem engineering by riparian and aquatic plants Grant Reference NERC NE/F014325/1. This project looks at how aquatic plants, particularly emergents accumulate sediment and alter flow patterns in rivers. These processes can diversify habitat and change the shape of rivers. Project partners are: Prof Angela Gurnell King’s College London and Dr Andrew Simon, Watershed Physical Processes Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture. Postdoctoral Researcher: Dr Judith O’Hare. Biophysics of flow-plants interactions Grant reference: Leverhulme Trust ID20070140. This project investigates the external biophysics of submersed plants. In collaboration with Prof Vlad Nikora, University of Aberdeen. Site Condition Monitoring (SCM) Over 2 years the aquatic flora of 140 Scottish lochs will be surveyed on behalf of Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). Iain Gunn leads this project. PhD students Mute swan grazing on a keystone macrophyte (Kevin Wood). Global versus local factors influence macrophyte community structure. (Julissa Tapia). The role of eelgrass in sediment deposition and coastal stability, Tay Estuary Scotland. (Lorna Wilkie). Research InterestsI am interested in factors influencing the ecology of aquatic plants in the UK, especially river plants. These factors include herbivory and eutrophication but my major focus is on the interaction between water flow and the plants.
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Selected PublicationsSee also the NERC Open Research Archive. O’Hare, J.M., O’Hare, M.T., Gurnell, A.M., Dunbar, M.J., Scarlett, P.D. (In press). Distribution of aquatic macrophytes linked with hydromorphological processes in UK rivers. Rivers, Research & Applications. O’Hare Matthew T, Nicola Bissett, Claire Cailes, Paul Henville, Peter Scarlett, Caroline McGahey, (in press). Variability in roughness measurements for vegetated rivers near base flow, in England & Scotland. Journal of Hydrology. Gurnell A.M., J.M. O’Hare , M.T. O’Hare , M.J. Dunbar (in press). Associations between assemblages of aquatic plant morphotypes and channel geomorphological properties within British rivers. Geomorphology. O’Hare M. T. , M. J. Bowes, C. Cailes, P. Henville, N. Bissett, C. McGahey and M. Neal (in press). Eutrophication impacts on the standing crop of a keystone macrophyte species. Aquatic Botany. Mc Gahey C., P.G. Samuels, D.W. Knight and M.T. O’Hare (2008). Estimating river flow capacity in practice. Journal of Flood Risk Management 1 23–33. O’Hare M T, Stillman, R A , Mc Donnell J and L. Wood (2007). The effects of mute swan grazing on a keystone macrophyte. Freshwater Biology 52, 12 2463-2475. O’Hare M.T., Hutchinson K. and Clarke, R.T. 2007. The drag and reconfiguration experienced by five macrophytes from a lowland river. Aquatic Botany 86 253-259. O’Hare M, Baattrup-Pedersen A, Nijboer R C, Szoszkiewicz K, Ferreira T. 2006. Macrophyte communities of European streams with altered physical habitat. Hydrobiologia 566 197-210. Szoszkiewicz K, Ferreira T, Korte T, Baattrup-Pedersen A, Davy-Bowker J, O'Hare M. 2006. European river plant communities: the importance of organic pollution and the usefulness of existing macrophyte metrics Hydrobiologia. 566 211-234 Erba S, Buffagni A, Holmes N, O’Hare M, Scarlett P, Stenico A. 2006. Preliminary testing of River Habitat Survey features for the aims of the WFD hydro-morphological assessment: an overview from the STAR Project. Hydrobiologia 566 281-296 Hilton J, O’Hare M, Bowes M J and Jones J I. (2006). How green is my river? A new paradigm of eutrophication in rivers. Science of the Total Environment 365 66-83 Scarlett P, O'Hare M. (2005.) Community structure of in-stream bryophytes in English and Welsh rivers. Hydrobiologia 553: 143-152
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