Staff and students are invited to attend a Marine Life talk at 7.30pm on 4 August at the National Oceanography Centre. The talk will use the SeaWatch–SW marine wildlife survey as an example of the importance of marine wildlife monitoring and it’s applications in both science and conservation.
The talk will focus on three species: harbour porpoise, basking shark and Balearic shearwater. Alice will discuss how a variety of different environmental data are used to understand the controls behind the distribution of these species; from underwater landscape maps, through plankton samples, to satellite imagery of sea temperature.
There will also be discussion of a trip to tag Balearic Shearwaters at the colonies in Mallorca and future plans for further seabird tagging studies.
For more details, see: http://noc.ac.uk/news/marine-life-talks
The Marine Life Talks are held in the Henry Charnock Lecture Theatre on the first Thursday of each month at 7.30pm. These talks are open to members of the public, as well as staff and students.