Subject Area
Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology
Pollution
Activities
Primary research area is centred on marine
benthic ecology from intertidal to
deep sea habitat. Current research includes macrofauna-ecosystem functioning
relationship, applications of macrofauna as indicator of marine ecosystem
health and, marine litter and micro plastics. Other research involves studies
regarding the biogeography pattern of macrobenthos and preparing benthic species
inventory
Skills
Benthic Ecologist.
Expertise in taxonomic identification of marine macrofauna. Experience in samples collection and processing of biological samples. Knowledge of various softwares used in analysis of ecological data (Prime-E, Statitica, MVSTEP, SSP) and graphic software such as Adobe illustrator, Photoshop, Surfer and Grapher. Basic knowledge of ArcGIS and R –programme.