Dr. Judith Gobin

Lecturer in Zoology

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Contact Information

Department of Life Sciences
The University of The West Indies
St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

Location:
1st Floor, Natural Sciences Building, New Wing

Tel: 1(868) 645-3232/9 Ext.2046
Fax: 1(868) 663-5241
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Education:

• PhD (Marine Ecology) University of Exeter, England UK 1994
• MPhil (Pollution Ecology) UWI, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies 1988
• BSc (Zoology/Botany) U.W.I., St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies 1982

Areas of Expertise/Research Interests:

• Marine Invasive species- commercial transport vessels, recreational vessels
• Biodiversity of rocky shores and seagrass environments of Trinidad and Tobago. Component of the NAGISAand the Census of Marine Life (COML) – both international collaborative projects
• Biodiversity of marine benthos of the East Coast of Trinidad and Tobago
• Updating the polychaete and nematode taxonomic species list for Trinidad and Tobago
• Review of Benthic surveys around Trinidad and Tobago, and compilation of database.
• Exploration (oil and gas) and Industrial pollution impacts on marine benthic biodiversity.

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Current Graduate Students:

• Daniel, Loraine (M.Phil. student), co-supervision with Prof. I. Ramnarine: An investigation of the benthic macrofauna of Thalassia testudinum beds in Trinidad and Tobago.
• Harry, Anil (M.Phil. student) co-supervision with Dr. A. Mohammed: Multiple Stress Tolerance in Marine Benthic Organisms
• Kanhai, La Daana (M.Phil. student), co-supervision with Dr. D. Beckles: An  assessment of  the various levels of contamination in the Caroni Swamp.

Public Service:

• 2005-present: Member, Asa Wright Nature Centre Board

Recent Publications:

• Gobin, J.F. (2007). Free-living marine nematodes of hard bottom substrates in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. Bull.Mar.Sci. 81: 73-84.

• Gobin, J.F and Warwick, R.M. (2006). Geographical variation in species diversity: A comparison of marine polychaetes and nematodes. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 330: 234-244. 
• D.Pantin, D.Brown, S.Francis-Brown, J.Gobin, J.Hancock,  M.Mycoo and W. Rennie (2005).  Research Project Report to Department for International development (DFID), UK.  Policy relevant knowledge on feasible alternative natural resource based strategies for enhancing livelihoods (R8325)-a Communication Project.  A DFID/UWI (SEDU) Technical Report. 
• Gobin, J. (1998-2006). Consultancy Reports detailing the marine benthic communities of the coasts of Trinidad and Tobago. Prepared for oil and gas companies (eg. bpTT, BG) and environmental companies in TT (eg. Lee Young and Partners, Ecoengineering and Coastal Dynamics).
• Agard, J.B.R. and Gobin, J.  (2000). In  Seas at the Millenium: An Environmental Evaluation. Chapter 40: The Lesser Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago.  Ed. C. Sheppard, Elsevier Science Ltd. Pergamon.
• Mackie, A.S.Y and Gobin, J. (1994). Johnstonia, Quatrefages, 1886 (Annelida, Polychaetea): proposed conservation.  Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 51: 10-12.  Case 2859.
• Mackie, A.S.Y and Gobin, J.  (1993). A review of the genus Johnstonia, Quatrefages, 1886 (Polychaeta, Annelida), with a description of a new species from Trinidad, West Indies.  Zoologica Scripta, 22: 229-241.  
• Agard, J.B.R, Gobin, J. and Warwick, R.M. (1993).  Analysis of marine macrobenthic community structure in relation to pollution, natural oil seepage and seasonal disturbance in a tropical environment (Trinidad, West Indies).  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.,  92: 233-243.

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