https://oceanexpert.org/expert/Quenia%20Lyrio

Master Student

Research

Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology

My master research is about to understand how community of seaweed called Epilitihc Algae Matrix (EAM) are structured way of the different deep and abiotic conditions in Arraial do Cabo, South Atlantic Ocean. The description of this community is important because they structure many marine ecosystem, are strong influence in the ciclying of nutrient, via primary and detritus chain, due this, are source of food to many marine species (e.g fishies and invertebrate). In response to the climate change, how temperature increase and ocean acificication are beneficial to EAM, because they are  bioindicator of the Phase shift in benthic marine communities and they reduce the complexity of the environmental, the replace of this community influence all marine dinamics how resource, refuge and healthy of the marine ecosystem.

South Atlantic Ocean