Date: |
02 May 2023, 11.00AM – 12.00PM |
duration: |
1 hr |
Location: |
Online |
Cost: |
Free event |
In this webinar we’ll follow a river from the mountains to the sea: What do you find in a small stream close to a spring? What changes when the river grows with tributaries joining? What’s special about the wide, braided river before it meets the sea? Meet the in-stream community: plants, invertebrates and fish, and why they can tell us about what’s happening in their environment.
And finally: how do our activities on land change the aquatic environment?
Dr Sandy Haidekker is a freshwater ecologist enthusiastic about aquatic invertebrates, stream health and stream restoration. Before she came to New Zealand Sandy was involved in the development river type specific indicator systems for stream health and researched the influence of changed water temperature regimes on invertebrate communities for the European Water Framework Directive.
Since taking the big leap to New Zealand in 2008, Sandy has been working for the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council as freshwater scientist, analysing and reporting on water quality and ecology, carrying out investigations and providing science advice to inform policy development. She is now Team Leader of Freshwater Quality and Ecology, a passionate team of freshwater scientists with strong interest to apply science for healthy environmental outcomes.
The Rivers Group will be hosting the River Ecology series, boasting a variety of topics and presenters throughout the month of May. This programme is sponsored by Regional Councils River Managers Special Interest Group and Te Uru Kahika and Kanoa.
In this webinar we’ll follow a river from the mountains to the sea: What do you find in a small stream close to a spring? What changes when the river grows with tributaries joining? What’s special about the wide, braided river before it meets the sea? Meet the in-stream community: plants, invertebrates and fish, and why they can tell us about what’s happening in their environment.
And finally: how do our activities on land change the aquatic environment?
Dr Sandy Haidekker is a freshwater ecologist enthusiastic about aquatic invertebrates, stream health and stream restoration. Before she came to New Zealand Sandy was involved in the development river type specific indicator systems for stream health and researched the influence of changed water temperature regimes on invertebrate communities for the European Water Framework Directive.
Since taking the big leap to New Zealand in 2008, Sandy has been working for the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council as freshwater scientist, analysing and reporting on water quality and ecology, carrying out investigations and providing science advice to inform policy development. She is now Team Leader of Freshwater Quality and Ecology, a passionate team of freshwater scientists with strong interest to apply science for healthy environmental outcomes.
