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Dr Roger Pradel, Research Director, Equipe Biostatistique et
Biologie des Populations, Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et
Evolutive (CEFE/CNRS), Campus du CNRS, 1919 route de Mende,
34293 Montpellier 5, France
Professor Richard F. Shore, Section Head and Head of Site,
NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Environment Centre,
Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4AP, UK
Professor Chris J. Spray MBE, Chair of Water Science and
Policy, UNESCO IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy and
Science, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK
Dr Brian Stollery, Senior Lecturer, School of Experimental
Psychology, Priory Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1TU, UK
Dr Mark Taggart,Senior Research Fellow & Theme Leader,
Environmental Contamination and Ecological Health,
Environmental Research Institute, University of the Highlands
and Islands, Castle Street, Thurso, Caithness KW14 7JD, UK
Dr Giacomo Tavecchia, Tenured Researcher, Mediterranean
Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA - CSIC-UIB), Miquel
Marquès, 21 - 07190 Esporles, Spanish Council for Scientific
Research (CSIC), Balearic Islands, Spain
Professor Vernon G. Thomas, Professor Emeritus,
Department of Integrative Biology, College of Biological Science,
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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