Contracts
completed:
[Contents of reports are confidential; hence many titles are strongly
abbreviated]
1990 1991
1992 1994
1995 1998
2002 2003
2004 2005
2006
Abbreviations used:
EIA
–
Environmental Impact Assessment (broadly including environmental and
ecological studies)
H&S
–
Health and Safety
2006.
H&S: On-going nuisance flies (
Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758
(Diptera, Muscidae)) in Finglassie and neighbouring housing estates at
Glenrothes (Fife, Scotland). Fife Council
Environmental Services.
EIA:
Macaulay Institute HEM-ARAN:
Glen Finglas Hemiptera, Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha and Araneae sample
identification.
2005.
EIA: SAC SEERAD-funded identification of target taxa
from D-Vac at Tweedsmuir samples (family + target species level).
EIA:
Macaulay Institute SEERAD-funded
identification of target taxa
from RIPAL Suction Traps at Linn Of Quoich samples (25 taxa in
Hydrophilidae, Hydraenidae, Staphylinidae (Steninae) & Carabidae
(Bembidiinae);
257 samples; 3407 target
specimens; approx. 10200 sorted specimens) [continued into eearly 2006].
[
The RIPAL project is an important trans-disciplinary
collaboration within the Macaulay
Institute, with emphasis on how agricultural best management
practices can affect water quality, flood risk and the ecological
integrity of water-margin vegetation.]
H&S: Nuisance flies (
Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758
(Diptera, Muscidae)) in Finglassie and neighbouring housing estates at
Glenrothes (Fife, Scotland). Fife Council
Environmental Services.
2004.
Death: pensioner. Central Scotland Police
Murder: Strathclyde Police Force
EIA: Roe Brecks, Shetland; Diptera
samples (species
level); sub for C. Sullivan
H&S: Flies from take-away outlet.
Fife Council
Environmental Services
2003.
Murder: Strathclyde Police Force.
Death: unidentified male, Gallowgate. Strathclyde Police Force.
Murder: Strathclyde Police Force.
2002.
Murder: Lothian & Borders Police Force.
1998.
EIA - Fife Freshwater Samples –
invertebrates
(species level); SWT Environmental Services.
1995.
EIA - Identification and counting of
Cicadellidae
(Homoptera). Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (MLURI; Aberdeen).
1994.
EIA - The Invertebrates of the
Phragmites Reed Beds
of the River Tay Estuary - collection and identification of
Hymenoptera: Parasitica (family level); sweep netting and emptying
water traps. SNH; sub for K. Watt.
EIA - Identification and counting of
Carabidae
(Coleoptera) from two Scottish sites within the Environmental Change
Network (ECN) + Tipulidae (Diptera) and Mitopus adults (Opiliones) were
also counted and the latter removed and sent away for further analysis.
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (MLURI; Aberdeen).
1992.
EIA - Report on problem fly
populations at a dairy
cattle farm in the Orange Free State, South Africa. Bandenhorst.
1991.
H&S - Investigation of complaints
by farmers
adjacent to a dewatered sludge treatment plot at Dairy Top Farm
(Hammarsdale, South Africa). Umgeni Water Board.
1990.
Suspected Murder: unidentified female, Mabula Lodge, Rooiberg, South
Africa. South African Police.
Maggot extracted: 8yr old male. Edendale Hospital, South Africa.