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H.A. Hawkes—A pioneer of field ecology
Author(s) -
Hedges Peter D.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/aab.12550
Subject(s) - biology , ecology , nuisance , pollution , biological pest control , field (mathematics) , sewage , environmental science , environmental engineering , mathematics , pure mathematics
This article outlines the life and career of H.A. (Bert) Hawkes, who has been referred to as one of the founders of field ecology, due to the work he conducted in the late 1940s and 1950s, investigating the fly nuisance emanating from biological filters. Following an overview of his life, there is a focus on his core research, carried out over a period of some 50 years, on two aspects of river pollution control—the prevention of pollution by sewage biological filtration and the monitoring of river pollution by biological surveillance.