MSc projects conducted with the Riverfly Partnership
Assessing the reliability of the Anglers' Riverfly Monitoring Initiative (ARMI) by Caroline Cahill, September 2019
Investigating ecological impacts of invasive freshwater demon shrimp (Dikerogammarus haemobaphes, Eichwald, 1841) in Lea Valley and Colne Catchment, UK, using citizen science tools by Lee Dong Jin, August 2019
Determining annual, seasonal and microhabitat variation in invertebrate and microbial decomposition rates using colonisation traps: A citizen science tool by Katherine Keates, August 2018
Why do volunteers participate in water quality monitoring? Motivations of citizen scientists in the Anglers' Riverfly Monitoring Initiative by Amanda Jane Isaacs, August 2017
Investigation on the relationship between organic matter decomposition and macroinvertebrate assemblages using colonisation traps by Liangliang Zhang, August 2017
The Anglers’ Riverfly Monitoring Initiative: evaluation of data collected through structured monitoring by amateurs and comparative review of the methodology by Daniele Di Fiore, April 2017
Banking on the River: The Anglers' Riverfly Monitoring Initiative and an Ecosystem Appraoch to Fisheries (dissertation) by Lucy Brookfield, June 2015
Riverflies and Riverflows: Effectiveness of Citizen Science for Monitoring Freshwater Ecosystems in the Hope Valley (research project) by Lucy Brookfield, June 2015
How damaging are pesticide spills in freshwater ecosystems? A review of the evidence in the literature by Max R. Heaver, May 2014
Connecting with Nature: the role of motivation, fulfilment and perceived benefits in citizen science (thesis) by Gaia Agnello, September 2014
Connecting with Nature: the role of motivation, fulfilment and perceived benefits in citizen science (research project) by Gaia Agnello, September 2014
Riverflies, Scientists & Citizens: A study of the science-society relations & practices operating within the UK's Anglers' Monitoring Initiative by Kevin Edge, September 2012
Scientific Publications
Rob Collins, Anneka France, Michelle Walker, and Simon Browning. “The potential for freshwater citizen science to engage and empower: a case study of the Rivers Trusts, United Kingdom” Frontiers in Environmental Science, August 2023.
Tim Johns and John Benning. “A review of macroinvertebrate and water quality monitoring data from the Littlestock Brook” Environment Agency Report, March 2021.
Adam Moolna, Mike Duddy, Ben Fitch, and Keith White. "Citizen science and aquatic macroinvertebrates: public engagement for catchment-scale pollution vigilance" Ecoscience Volume 27, 2020 - Issue 4 (September 2020)
Stephen J. Brooks, Ben Fitch, John Davy-Bowker, and Soraya Alvarez Codesal. "Anglers’ Riverfly Monitoring Initiative (ARMI): A UK-wide citizen science project for water quality assessment" Freshwater Science 38, no. 2 (June 2019): 270-280.
Ellie Beach, Judy England, and Angela Gurnell. “Appraising chalk streams using citizen science” Trans. Herts. Nat. Hist. Soc. 50 (1) 2018.
Joseph E. A. Huddart, Murray S. A. Thompson, Guy Woodward, and Stephen J. Brooks. “Citizen science: from detecting pollution to evaluating ecological restoration” WIREs Water 2016, 3:287–300. doi: 10.1002/wat2.1138
Daniele Di Fiore and Ben Fitch. “The riverfly monitoring initiative: structured community data gathering informing statutory response” environmentalSCIENTIST, August 2016, 36-41. (page 36)
Anderson, L.G., Dunn, A.M., Rosewarne, P.J. et al. “Invaders in hot water: a simple decontamination method to prevent the accidental spread of aquatic invasive non-native species" Biol Invasions 17, 2287–2297 (2015).
