Environmental Research Institute

• PhD researcher
  Using phytoplankton and bacterioplankton to assess the ecological status of freshwaters in Scotland. UHI Millennium Institute PhD with Stuart Gibb, Martina Burtscher, Angela Squier, Kenny Boyd and Alan Youngson (Fisheries Research Services) (2007-)

• Ecology and Ecosystems

Qualifications:

• MPhil (Science) "Limnological studies of two reservoir systems of Mauritius: La Nicolière and Piton du Milieu reservoirs" - University of Mauritius, 2007;
• MN1 Course - Limnology - Uppsala University (Sweden), 2003;
• BSc. (Hons) Biology and Environmental Science - University of Mauritius, 2002;

Professional membership:

• Member of the British Phycological Society (BPS)
• Member of American Association for Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)

• Dumur, D. A limnological study of two freshwater reservoir systems in Mauritius: La Nicolière and Piton du Milieu Reservoirs. (MPhil Thesis) 2007. University of Mauritius, Mauritius.
• Dumur, D. (2003) A review of methods to determine production and biomass of pelagic microbiota in freshwaters and a study of the phytoplankton community in Lake Eckarfjärden. Scripta Limnologica Upsaliensis B: 1.
• Dumur, D. Bleaching in three coral species of genus Acropora in the Blue Bay Marine Park. (BSc Thesis). 2002. University of Mauritius, Mauritius.

• Linnaeus-Palme Student Exchange Programme (Sweden);
• Tertiary Education Commission Scholarship (Mauritius);
• Funding from UHI foundation

• Using phytoplankton and bacterioplankton to assess the ecological status of freshwaters in Scotland.
• Limnology.
• Plankton ecology: phyto- and bacterioplankton diversity and community structure in Scottish lochs.
• Algal blooms and toxicology.