Jocelyne Hughes, Course Director of MSc in Water Science , Policy, and Management, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, UK

Jocelyne Hughes has over 30 years experience of teaching and research in ecology and conservation. She graduated from the University of Cambridge, UK, with a degree in Geography and undertook her PhD at the University of Tasmania. It was in Australia that Jocelyne focused on freshwater ecology and conducted field research into the ecology of aquatic macrophytes in riverine wetlands in Tasmania, and the lakes of sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island. Since then, she has worked as a researcher and lecturer at the University of Oxford, University of Melbourne, University College London and University of Reading, has conducted research into the ecology and conservation of wetlands in Tunisia, Guatemala and the UK, and teaches field techniques in wetlands in the UK and overseas.

Mike C. Acreman, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK.
Leon Barmuta, University of Tasmania, Australia.
Helen Bennion, University College London, UK.
Vanessa Bremerich, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Germany.
Andrew S. Buxton, University of Kent, UK.
Ana T. Castro-Castellon, Thames Water, UK.
Beverley R. Clarkson, Landcare Research, New Zealand.
Julie A. Coetzee, Rhodes University, South Africa.
John Conallin, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands & Charles Sturt University, Australia.
Rudolph S. de Groot, Wageningen University and Research,The Netherlands.
Aaike De Wever, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium.
C. Max Finlayson, Charles Sturt University, Australia & IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands.
Joerg Freyhof, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Germany.
Peter A. Gell, Federation University Australia, Australia.
Stephen E.W. Green, Centre for Applied Zoology, Cornwall College Newquay, UK.
Gillian Gilbert, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, UK.
Danielle L. Gilroy, Operation Wallacea, UK.
Emma Goodyer, IUCN UK Peatland Programme, UK.
Angela Gurnell, Queen Mary University of London, UK.
David M. Harper, University of Leicester, UK.
Lauren A. Harrington, University of Oxford, UK.
Elizabeth Heagney, Southern Cross University, Australia & NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, Australia.
Laura L. Hess, University of California, USA.
Martin P. Hill, Rhodes University, South Africa.
Francine M.R. Hughes, Anglia Ruskin University, UK.
Jocelyne M.R. Hughes, University of Oxford, UK.
Andreas Hussner, Forderverein Feldberg-Uckermarkische Seen, Germany.
Donovan Kotze, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Curt Lamberth, University of Oxford, UK.
Richard Lindsay, University of East London, UK.
Simon Linke, Griffith University, Australia.
Richard Marchant, Department of Entomology, Museum Victoria, Australia.
Matthew McCartney, International Water Management Institute, c/o National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), Lao PDR.
G. Randy Milton, Department of Natural Resources, Canada & Charles Sturt University, Australia.
Ana L. Nunes, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa; Centre for Invasion Biology, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa & South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa.
Thierry Oberdorff, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France.
Nic Pacini, University of Calabria, Italy & University of Leicester, UK.
Libor Pechar, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic.
Marie Chantale Pelletier, Southern Cross University, Australia & NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, Australia.
Marie-Elodie Perga, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Jamie Pittock, The Australian National University, Australia.
Julia Reiss, University of Roehampton, UK.
Rosie D. Salazar, University of Oxford, UK.
Carl Sayer, University College London, UK.
Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria.
David Sigee, University of Manchester, UK.
Caroline A. Sullivan, Southern Cross University, Australia.
Rebecca E. Tharme, Riverfutures Ltd, UK & Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Australia.
David Tickner, WWF, UK.
Olaf L.F. Weyl, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa.
Catherine M. Yule, Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia.
Lauren Zielinsky, Zielinski Environmental Monitoring and Evaluation LLC, USA & IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands.

"With its mostly classical structure - and its emphasis on methodological overviews of specific disciplines or taxonomic groups - the book will suit those early in their freshwater careerâ" -- Steve Ormerod, In the Drift