Deep connections: How do changes in deep sea faunal communities relate to surface physics and biology?

Using benthic samples taken from the mid-1970s until 2016, I aim to study how deep seabed faunal communities have changed in relation to surface biotic and abiotic factors over four decades.

Supervisors 

Prof Bhavani Narayanaswamy: SAMS

Dr David McKee: University of Strathclyde

Dr Clare Johnson: SAMS

Dr David Johns: MBA

Funder

NERC – SUPER DTP

Start Date

02/10/2023

Career

Jan 2021-Sept 2023 - HR Data Administrator - St Andrews University 

Education 

2020 - MRes - Marine Biology - University of Plymouth

2016 - BSc Hons – Marine Science - SAMS

Fieldwork experience

9 weeks volunteering in Costa Rica, sea turtle and rainforest conservation in 2018.