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Dr
Dawn A. T. Phillip
Lecturer (Life Sciences)
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Contact
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| Department of Life Sciences. |
| The
University of the West Indies |
| St.
Augustine. Trinidad & Tobago. |
| Telephone: 1(868) 645-3232(-7)
Ext.2208 |
| Fax: (868) 663-5241 |
| E-Mail: |
Dawn.Phillip@sta.uwi.edu |
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| Location: 2nd Floor, New Wing,
Natural Sciences Building, Room
223 | Education:
- B.Sc. (General) The University o the West Indies, St
Augustine, Trinidad (1986)
- M.Phil. (Zoology) The University of the West Indies,
St Augustine, Trinidad (1990)
- Ph.D. (Ecology) University of St Andrews, UK
(1998)
Appointments:
- The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine
(from September 2001)
- Caribbean Epidemiology Centre, Trinidad (2001)
- Institute of Marine Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago
(Senior Research Officer)
Administrative
Responsibilities:
- Programme Coordinator - M. Sc. Science for Management
of Tropical Environments
- Programme Coordinator - M. Sc. Environmental and
Natural Resources Management (Specialisation in Industrial
Ecology)
Research Interests:
- Freshwater fish ecology
- Fish reproductive biology
- Fisheries biology and management
- Environmental microbiology
- Restoration of coral reefs
Courses Offered:
- Characteristics of Tropical Natural Environments
(M.Sc. Science for Management of Tropical
Environments))
- Characteristics of Man-Made Tropical Environments
(M.Sc.)
- Conservation of Tropical Biodiversity (M.Sc.)
- Research Project (M.Sc.)
- Animal Diversity (B.Sc.)
- Conservation Biology (B.Sc.)
- Field Course in Neotropical Ecology (B.Sc.)
Current Graduate students:
- Peter Antoine (M. Sc.) – Microbial source-tracking of
E. coli in the Tacarigua River using Rep PCR (with Dr
A. Ramsubhag)
- Arrindell, Claudia (M. Sc.) – An evaluation of Public
Health complaints in Tobago (THA) over a five year period
1996 – 2000 (with Mr George Legall)
- Beddoe, Lee-Ann (M. Phil.) – Assessment of selected
techniques for coral reef restoration in Tobago, W.I.
- Dowlath, Denise (M. Phil.) – Selection of a
vertebrate test species for toxicity testing in Trinidad and
Tobago (with Dr A. Mohammed)
- Forte, Allys (M. Phil.) – The feasibility of coral
ranching using Acropora palmata for restoration of
coral reefs in Tobago, WI.
- Lawrence, Solange (M. Sc.) – Application of DNA
fingerprinting for bacterial source tracking of
Enterococcus spp. as an indicator of faecal pollution
in the Caura River (with Dr A. Ramsubhag)
- Manette, Kelly (M. Sc.) – Socio-economic monitoring
of the Speyside community and the implications for Coastal
Resources Management (with Dr David Dolly)
- Manwaring, Garret (Ph.D.) – Sustainable Communities:
A case study using the Point Fortin Community, Trinidad and
Tobago. Centre for Gender and Development Studies
(Supervisory Committee with Professor Rhoda Reddock and Dr
Grace Sirju-Charran)
- Mickle-Timothy, Joan (M. Phil.) – Antibiotic
resistance in environmental bacteria (with Dr Adesh
Ramsubhag)
- Ramnath, Shanta (M. Sc.) – Impacts of human
activities on bacterial water quality at Salybia, Toco (with
Dr Adesh Ramsubhag)
- Ramoutar, Reshma (M. Phil.) – Impacts of oil
pollution on freshwater fish communities
- Salim, Khanisha (M. Sc.) – Assessment of New River’s
recreation site for water-based recreational activities
(with Dr Ranjit Singh)
- Sookoo, Nicole (M. Phil) Ecotoxicology of tropical
amphibians (with Drs Adrian Hailey and Azad
Mohammed).
- Thomas, Warren (M. Phil.) – Endocrine disruption in
freshwater systems in Trinidad and Tobago (with Drs Denise
Beckles and Azad Mohammed)
Current Research Projects:
- Biodiversity in the Matura protected area
(Environmental Management Authority)
- People and the Northern Range (Cropper Foundation,
The University of the West Indies, Environmental Management
Authority)
- Effects of pollution (particularly personal care
products and effluents from petroleum production) on
freshwater ecosystems and human well being
- Interactions between human recreation, recreational
water quality and human health
- Development of antibiotic resistance in environmental
bacteria
- Water and gender (Centre for Gender and Development
Studies)
- Assessment of restoration technologies for Tobago
reefs
Selected Bibliography:
- Phillip, D.A.T. (2004).
Environmental baseline survey for seismic surveying in the
Forest Reserve field in the Northwestern District – aquatic
fauna. Report submitted to Petrotrin, 11 February
2004. Foster-Solutions for Sustainable Ecosystem
Development Ltd, Project # Petro003_FR110204, 30 pp
- Phillip, D.A.T. (2003). Survey of
the fisheries resources and fishing activities associated
with Trinmar’s offshore Soldado Fields. Consultancy
Report submitted to EPAS Consultants Ltd.
- Phillip, D.A.T; Rawlins, S.C.; Baboolal, S.
and Goddard, C. (2002). Environmental factors
affecting the occurrence and distribution of
Cryptosporidium oocysts in raw and treated potable
water in northern Trinidad (Abstract only). West
Indian Medical Journal, 51 (Suppl. 2): 12.
- Magurran, A.E. and Phillip, D.A.T.
(2001). Implications of species loss in freshwater
fish assemblages. Ecography 24: 645 – 650.
- Magurran, A.E. and Phillip, D.A.T.
(2001). Evolutionary implications of large-scale
patterns in the ecology of Trinidadian guppies, Poecilia
reticulata. Biological Journal of the Linnaean
Society, 73: 1 – 9.
- Phillip, D.A.T. and Ramnarine, I.
(2001). An illustrated guide to the freshwater fishes
of Trinidad and Tobago. Joint Publication of The
Darwin Initiative for the Survival of Species, UK, and The
University of the West Indies, Trinidad
- Manickchand-Heileman, S.C. and Phillip,
D.A.T. (2000). Age and growth of the
yellowedge grouper, Epinephelus flavolimbatus, and
the yellowmouth grouper, Mycteroperca interstitialis,
off Trinidad and Tobago. Fisheries Bulletin
98: 290 – 298.
Professional Memberships
(*current):
- Network of Tropical Fisheries Scientists*
- CariScience*
- International Water Association
Referee
for the Journals:
- Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society
- Fisheries Bulletin
- Environmental Biology of Fishes
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