Dr John B. R. Agard

Senior Lecturer (Zoology)

Educational Background:

• Ph.D. Zoology, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago (1993)
• Postgraduate Diploma, Systems Analysis and Design (with Distinction), NIHERST, Trinidad and Tobago (1985)
• M.Sc. Pollution & Environmental Control (with Distinction), The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UMIST, U.K. (1981)
• B.Sc.(General) Chemistry and Zoology (with Honours), UWI, Trinidad and Tobago (1979)

Public Service

• 1997-2000. Chairman, Board of Directors, Environmental Management Authority of Trinidad & Tobago
• 1998-2001. Member Advisory Board, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Elsevier Science, The Netherlands
• 2001-Present. Member Advisory Board, Buccoo Reef Trust

Courses Offered:

• Oceanography & Marine Biology
• Animal Physiology
• Scientific Approaches to Environmental Management
• Pollution and Environmental Management

Current Graduate Students:

• Tyrone Kalpee (Ph.D. student) - (Marine pollution/foraminefera as bioindicators
• Michael Joseph (Ph.D. student) - (Bioremediation of petroleum pollution)
• Elizabeth Méndez (Ph.D. student) - (Marine pollution/bioindicators)
• Fil-Guy Santiago (Ph.D. student) - (Environmental physiology/adaptation to trace metals)
• Shyam Dyal (M.Phil. student) - (Environmental Management/Petroleum exploration)
• Najila Elizes-Samlalsingh (Ph.D. student) - (Ecotoxicology of Petroleum)
• Analisa Tam (M.Phil. student) - (Benthic Ecology/Pollution)

On-going Research Projects:

• Pollution impacts on marine benthic and plankton biodiversity and ecosystem function.
• Environmental physiology and ecotoxicology of tropical marine species.
• The role of biodiversity in marine ecosystem function.
• Assessment of the vulnerability of the natural environment in Trinidad & Tobago

Recent Publications:

• Agard, John B.R. and Judith Gobin (2000). The Lesser Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago. p. 591-605, In: Seas at the Millennium: An Environmental Evaluation. C. Shepperd (Ed.). PERGAMON-Elsevier Science Ltd.

• Agard, John B.R. (1999). A four-dimensional response surface analysis of the ontogeny of physiological adaptation to salinity and temperature in larvae of the palaemonid shrimp Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 236: 209-233.

• Agard, J. B.R., R.H. Hubbard and J.K. Griffith (1996). The relation between productivity, disturbance and the biodiversity of Caribbean phytoplankton: applicability of Huston's dynamic equilibrium model. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 202: 1-17.

• Agard, J.B.R., J. Gobin and R. Warwick (1993). Analysis of marine macrobenthic community structure in relation to pollution, natural oil seepage and seasonal disturbance in a tropical environment (Trinidad, West lndies). Journal of Marine Ecology - Progress Series, 92: 233-243.