Research

Research Code:

The  North East Kent Scientific Coastal Advisory Group has produced the voluntary NE Kent Research Code (pdf 319kb) for anyone carrying out research in the area to complement the Thanet Coastal Codes.

Research - Potential Project List:

A list of potential research ideas has been compiled by the Advisory Group to help students and interested individuals looking for projects

North East Kent Coast Potential Project list (July2008, 73kb)

Research Conferences

Biennial research conferences have been run in 2006, 2004 and 2002 by the North East Kent Scientific Coastal Advisory Group to provide a forum for anyone interested in research, management issues and establishing the sustainable use of our coastal natural resources.

The latest Research Conference 'Current Marine and Coastal Issues for North East Kent' was held on 9 November 2006.  Contact Dr Geoff Meaden - 01227 767700 Ext2327 or g.j.meaden@canterbury.ac.uk - for further information. The conference poster is shown below. The Research Report will be produced during 2007.

• NEKSCAG conference 2006(pdf, 892kb)

Conference reports:

Previous North East Kent Scientific Coastal Advisory Group conference and workshop reports - from 2004 and 2002 - can be downloaded by clicking the "link" to download the PDF or alternatively "right click" and select "Save Target As" to save to your PC:

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read each part of this report. 

• Help using PDF files

'Making Connections' 11 November 2004

English Nature Research Report 630

• Part 1-NE Kent Coast Conference (2004) - Introduction, Programme, Presentation - Systems thinking (Diana Pound BSc MSc, IEEM, IUCN CEC)
  
• Part 2-NE Kent Coast Conference 2004 - Presentation - North East Kent European marine sites Management Scheme: Where have we got to and where are we going? (Susannah Peckham), Making links with local people – The Thanet Coast Project (Tony Child), An anthropological study of Kent Fishing communities – research objectives and methodology (Yoshitaka Ota), The Kent Coastal Network (Liz Holliday)
  
• Part 3-NE Kent Coast Conference 2004 -Presentation - Starting to think about the questions science may need to consider to understand the ecosystems of the NE Kent European marine site (Diana Pound BSc, MSc, MIEEM), Pilot survey of seal haul-out sites off of the north Kent Coast (Jon Bramley & Brett Lewis), The marine algal flora of Thanet - stability or change? (Ian Tittley),  Appendix 1 Summary of workshops and whole group sessions

Proceedings of 22 October 2002

English Nature Research Report 570

• Part1-NEKentCoastConf(Oct2002) - Introduction, Summary of Workshops, The Thanet Coast
  
• Part2-NEKentCoastConf(Oct2002) - Changes in the near-shore biotope at Foreness Point Margate, The importance of Ostracoda and their relationship with the marine near shore environment
  
• Part3-NEKentCoastConf(Oct2002) - Investigation into the macro-algae community of Pegwell Bay, Pegwell Bay: 1994-2001, The effects of human activity on turnstones and other wading birds within the Thanet and Sandwich Bay Special Protection Area (SPA).

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