Chris McBride

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Research Assistant

For the past few years Chris McBride has worked on the design and implementation of web-accessible automated water quality monitoring stations. These stations form an integral part of the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON) which monitors anthropogenic effects on lakes worldwide. This work has caused an international demand for Chris's expertise and he has deployed monitoring buoys in lakes around New Zealand, as well as China and Singapore. Chris also regularly conducts “BioFish” spatial water quality surveys in Lake Taupo and the Rotorua Lakes. He is also skilled in numerical modelling of water quality, and has worked with the model DYRESM-CAEDYM to evaluate lake management options such as the Ohau diversion wall and land-use change. He has an active research interest in lake dynamics and nutrient cycling.

E-mail: cmcbride@waikato.ac.nz

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Publications

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Journal, book, and conference publications

Trolle, D., Zhu, G., Hamilton, D.P., Luo, L., McBride, C. and Zhang, L. 2009: The influence of water quality and sediment geochemistry on the horizontal and vertical distribution of phosphorus and nitrogen in sediments of a large, shallow lake. Hydrobiologia 627: 31-44. (Read abstract)

Hamilton, D.P., O’Brien, K.R., Burford, M.A., Brookes, J.D. and McBride, C.G. 2010. Vertical distributions of chlorophyll in deep, warm monomictic lakes. Aquatic Sciences-Research Across Boundaries 72: 295–307. (Read abstract)

Trolle, D., Zhu, G., Hamilton, D. P., Luo, L., McBride, C. and Zhang, L. 2009. The influence of water quality and sediment geochemistry on the horizontal and vertical distribution of phosphorus and nitrogen in sediments of a large, shallow lake. Hydrobiologia 627:31–44.

Hamilton, D.P., Paul, W. J., McBride, C. and Immenga, D. 2008. Water flow between Ohau Channel and Lake Rotoiti following implementation of a diversion wall.  Prepared for Environment Bay of Plenty. CBER.  School of Science and Engineering, The University of Waikato, Hamilton. (CBER Report 96). 36p.

Hamilton, D.P. and McBride, C.G. 2008. Integrating scientific information to formulate best practice management for New Zealand lakes. Proceedings: National Environmental Management Forum, Duxton Hotel, Wellington, 14-15 July, 2008.

Hamilton D.P., McBride, C.G., Chong, L. & Gibbs, M. Variability of physical and biological parameters in Lake Taupo: BIO-FISH survey 2004-2005. 29pp.

Hamilton D.P., McBride, C.G. and Uraoka, T. 2005. Fieldwork and modelling to support considerations of Ohau channel diversion from Lake Rotoiti. 102pp.

McBride, C.G. 2005. Stable isotopes in the Rotorua lakes: food web structures and relationships to lake morphology and limnology. MSc thesis, University of Waikato, Hamilton.

Scarsbrook, M.R., McBride, C.G., McBride, G.B., and Bryers, G.B. 2003. Effects of climate variability on rivers: consequences for long term water quality analysis. Journal of the American water resources association 39:6, 1435-1447.

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