Laurence Boorman CV
Personal Details | Education | Summary Experience | Selected Publications and Reports
 Personal
Details
Name of firm: L A B Coastal
Address: The Maylands,
Holywell,
ST IVES PE27 4TQ
Name of person: Laurence Allan BOORMAN
Email: laurieb@labcoastal.co.uk
Tel/Fax: 00 +44 (0)1480 468068
Nationality: British
Date of Birth: 8 May 1940
Profession: Ecologist
Position in firm: Proprietor and Director of Research
Specialization in firm: Coastal Ecology Consultant
Years experience: 38
Languages: English with fluent Dutch and French, working knowledge of Gaelic
Personal Details | Education | Summary Experience | Selected Publications and Reports
Education
Hons. Botany, University of Oxford 1962
D. Phil. (Salt marsh ecology) 1966,
M.A. (Oxon) 1986
Personal Details | Education | Summary Experience | Selected Publications and Reports
Summary Experience
Laurie Boorman is an ecologist with over 35 years experience in Britain and many sites in other European countries particularly The Netherlands, France and Portugal. He started his ecological career by doing a DPhil at Oxford University on the ecology of Sea Lavender. After a spell in seed testing at the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland he joined the former Nature Conservancy’s Coastal Ecology Research Station in Norwich before moving to Monk’s Wood Experimental Station (now part of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology). In 1997 he established L A B Coastal which specialises in ecological research and consultancy particularly in coastal habitats. Since then work has been undertaken for a wide range of clients in both the public and private sectors.
Laurie has worked for many years on the ecology of salt marshes and sand dunes particularly on the dynamic interactions between these terrestrial habitats and the adjacent marine habitats. Salt marshes can provide living links between marine and terrestrial ecosystems which are crucial for the maintenance of the biodiversity of both habitats. Vegetation has a very important function in stabilising the surface of both salt marshes and sand dunes and as well as studying this he has also highlighted the role of grassed surfaces in maintaining the stability the banks of earth dam surfaces and inland waterways. Habitat restoration and creation has been a further important theme in both inland and coastal habitats.
Personal Details | Education | Summary Experience | Selected Publications and Reports
Selected Publications and Reports
Boorman, L.A., Hazelden, J., Andrews, R. & Wells, J.G. 1994. Organic and nutrient fluxes and associated primary productivity in four north-west European salt marshes. In: Changes in Fluxes in Estuaries. Eds. K.R.Dyer and R.J.Orth. ECSA22/ERF Symposium. Olsen & Olsen: Fredensborg.
Boorman, L.A. & Hazelden J. 1995. Salt Marsh Creation and Management for Coastal Defence. 5th Conference of the European Union for Coastal Conservation. In: Directions in European Coastal Management. Eds. Healy, M.G. and Doody, J.P. Samara Publishing: Cardigan. pp. 175-184.
Boorman, L.A. & Hazelden J. 1997. New marshes for old: salt marsh creation in Essex, England. Ocean Challenge 6(3) 34-37.
Boorman, L.A., Pakeman, R.J., Garbutt, R.A. & Barratt, D. 1996. Effect of Environmental Change on European Salt Marshes: Structure Functioning and Exchange Potentialities with Marine Coastal Waters. Volume 5. Results of the Institute for Terrestrial Ecology, England. Environment Research Programme (1990-1994) Contract EV5V/CT 92-0098. University of Rennes: France.
Boorman, L.A., & Van der Maarel, E. 1997. Dune Grassland. Chap. 19 in:- Dry Coastal Ecosystems. Ed. Van der Maarel, E. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Boorman, L.A., Londo, G., & Van der Maarel, E. 1997. Dune Slacks. Chap. 17 in:- Dry Coastal Ecosystems. Ed. Van der Maarel, E. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Boorman, L.A., Garbutt, R.A. & Barratt, D. 1998. The role of vegetation in determining patterns of the accretion of salt marsh sediment. Sedimentary Processes in the Intertidal Zone. Eds. K.S.Black, D.M.Paterson & A.Cramp. Geological Society Special Publication, 139, 389-399.
Boorman, L.A. 2000. The functional role of salt marshes in linking land and sea. In: British Saltmarshes. Ed. B.R. Sherwood, B.G. Gardiner and T. Harris. Forrest Text for the Linnean Society. 1-24.
Boorman, L.A. 2002. Feeding the fish - a Celtic perspective. Changing potentials for land-sea exchanges of organic matter and other materials in selected sea lochs. In: Celtic Water in A European Framework. Third Inter-Celtic Colloquium on Hydrology and the Management of Water Resources. National University of Ireland, Galway. Pps. 241-256.
Boorman, L.A. 2003. Salt marsh review. An overview of coastal saltmarshes, their dynamic and sensitivity characteristics for conservation and management. Joint Nature Conservation Committee Report No. 334. JNCC: Peterborough.
Boorman, L. A. 2004. The use of grazing animals in maintaining and increasing the biodiversity of sand dunes. Delivering Sustainable Coasts: Connecting Science and Policy. Proceedings Littoral 2004, Vol. 1. 66-70.
Wolanski, E., Boorman, L.A. , Chicharo , L., Langlois-Saliou, E., Lara , R., Plater, A.J., Uncles, R.J. & Zalewski M. 2004. Ecohydrology as a new tool for sustainable management of estuaries and coastal waters. Wetlands Ecology and Management; 12: 235-276.
Boorman, L.A. & Hazelden, J. 2005. Working Plan for Ecological Restoration at the Morfa Closed Landfill Site (Corus), Port Talbot.
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