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Anne van Dam PhD, MSc

Associate Professor of Environmental Systems Analysis

Biography

Anne van Dam joined IHE in January 2003. He teaches Environmental Modelling and Environmental Systems Analysis.

His research activities are in the areas of sustainable aquatic resource management, nutrient dynamics, and fish growth and ecosystems modelling. His publications cover subjects like fish growth modelling, periphyton-based fish production systems, rice-fish culture and other integrated agriculture-aquaculture systems, and wetland ecology and management.

Before joining IHE, he worked as an aquaculture project leader at the Agriculture College of Friesland in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands (1986-1987), as a research associate with the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM, nowadays the World Fish Center) in the Philippines (1987-1990) and Malawi (1990-1992), as a fisheries adviser and coordinator of an institutional development program (funded by Nuffic) at the Universidad Nacional in Heredia, Costa Rica (1996-1999), and as a postdoc researcher and program manager at the Fish Culture and Fisheries Group of Wageningen University (1999-2002).

He obtained his academic degrees at Wageningen University: BSc in Animal Science (1983), MSc in Animal Science, specialized in aquaculture (1986), and PhD in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (1992-1995). His PhD-thesis was entitled "Modelling studies of fish production in integrated agriculture-aquaculture systems".

Main disciplines

Ecosystems analysis, nutrient dynamics, fish growth, aquaculture, ecosystems modelling, wetland ecology and management

Publications

Key publications

  • van Dam, A.A., J. Kipkemboi, M.M. Rahman, G.M. Gettel (2013) Linking hydrology, ecosystem function, and livelihood outcomes in African papyrus wetlands using a Bayesian Network model. Wetlands 33, 381-397. DOI: 10.1007/s13157-013-0395-z.
  • Rongoei, P.J., J. Kipkemboi, J.B. Okeyo-Owuor, A.A. van Dam (2013) Ecosystem services and drivers of change in Nyando floodplain wetland, Kenya. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 7, 274-291.
  • Namaalwa, S., A.A. van Dam, A. Funk, G.S. Ajie, R.C. Kaggwa (2013) A characterization of the drivers, pressures, ecosystem functions and services of Namatala wetland, Uganda. Environmental Science and Policy (in press).
  • Tran-Duy, A., A.A. van Dam, J.W. Schrama (2012) Feed intake, growth and metabolism of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in relation to dissolved oxygen concentration. Aquaculture Research 43, 730–744, DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2109.2011.02882.x
  • van Dam, A.A., J. Kipkemboi, A.M. Zaal, J.B. Okeyo-Owuor (2011) The ecology of livelihoods in East African papyrus wetlands (ECOLIVE). Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology 10, 291-300. DOI : 10.1007/s11157-011-9255-6.
  • Kaggwa, R.C., A.A van Dam, J. Kipkemboi, P. Denny (2010) Evaluation of nitrogen cycling and fish production in seasonal ponds ('Fingerponds') in Lake Victoria wetlands, East Africa using a dynamic simulation model. Aquaculture Research: DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02563.x
  • Phong, L.T., A.A. van Dam, H.M.J. Udo, M.E.F. van Mensvoort, L.Q. Tri, F.A. Steenstra, and A.J. van der Zijpp (2010) An agro-ecological evaluation of aquaculture integration into farming systems of the Mekong Delta. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 138 (3-4), 232-241. DOI:10.1016/j.agee.2010.05.004
  • Kipkemboi, J., A.A. van Dam  & P. Denny (2007) Smallholder integrated aquaculture (Fingerponds) in the wetlands of Lake Victoria, Kenya: assessing the environmental impacts with the aid of Bayesian networks. African Journal of Aquatic Sciences 32, 219-234.
  • van Dam, A.A., A. Dardona, P. Kelderman & F. Kansiime (2007) A simulation model for nitrogen retention in a papyrus wetland near Lake Victoria, Uganda (East Africa). Wetland Ecology and Management 15, 469-480.
  • van Dam, A.A., M.C.M. Beveridge, M.E. Azim and M.C.J. Verdegem (2002) The potential of fish production based on periphyton. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 12, 1–31.