1. London Freshwater Group
Autumn meeting of 40th
year joint with the Freshwater
Biological Association (FBA) incorporating the FBA
Annual General Meeting
8th
November, 2013
The Flett Lecture Theatre
The Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD
Plan of events
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee/tea on arrival (Flett Entrance Foyer)
10:30 – 10:35 Introduction and welcome
Carl Sayer, UCL
10:35 – 11:05 Misconnected drainage: Tackling Water Pollution from
the Urban Environment
Chris Carthy, Thames Water
11:05 – 11:35 Environmental risk metal that contaminated sediments
pose to rivers
Sarah Lynch, University of Manchester
11:35 – 12:05 Thermal tolerances of freshwater macroinvertebrates
Gavin Williams, University of Birmingham
12:05 – 13:15 Short break, then FBA AGM
13:15 – 14:15 Lunch is served
14:15 – 14:45 Algal tales from the Okavango Delta
Luca Marazzi, UCL
14:45 – 15:15 An extraordinary radiation of endoparasitic cnidarians
with freshwater origins (the Myxozoa)
Beth Okamura, NHM

2. 15:15 – 15:45 Coffee
15:45 – 16:15 Helping eels in the manor of Henry the 8th
Amy Prior, Thames Estuary Partnership & UCL
16:15 – 16:45 Otters as indicator species
James Williams, Somerset Otter Group
16:45 – 17:00 Open discussion and closing comments
And then, as always…adjournment to local hostelry
Carl Sayer, Autumn 2013
Please be aware that the meeting attendance cost is £10 for students and
£20 for non-students. Please pay on arrival.
In order to help with planning if you wish to attend this meeting,
or if you want further details please e-mail:
Sarah Lynch: sfl161@bham.ac.uk