The next in the series of Marine Life Talks will be delivered by Claudia Alt at the National Oceanography Centre Southampton on Thursday 6 September, at 19:30
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a large mountain range in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, creating the largest bathyal habitat (habitat encompassing depths between 200–3000 m water depth) in the Atlantic. With increased anthropogenic pressures on continental margins, it is important to understand ridge structures, as they might become the only bathyal areas relatively unaffected by pollution and waste disposal.
In September’s Marine Life Talk, Claudia Alt will describe research she has conducted into the benthic invertebrate fauna at four different sites, in the vicinity of the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone. Her main focuses were the effects of the ridge and fracture zone on the dispersal of benthic invertebrate fauna, as well as the effects of varying food supply on the benthic megafauna. Claudia further investigated small-scale habitat variability and its effect on benthic invertebrates.
About the speaker:
Claudia Alt is currently doing a postdoc looking at bioturbating fauna in the Solent. She has recently finished her PhD at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton and will present the results of her 3.5-year PhD research. Her work contributed to the national, NERC funded, ECOMAR program, and the international MAR-ECO programme which formed a subgroup to the Census of Marine Life project.
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The Marine Life Talks are held on the first Thursday of the month at 7.30pm at the National Oceanography Centre Southampton, and are open to the public, staff and students. Please arrive at 7.15pm to be met in Reception. Arrangements for wheelchairs must be made in advance.
The National Oceanography Centre Southampton is reached via Dock Gate 4 (between Southampton’s Town Quay and Ocean Village).
Further information: http://noc.ac.uk/news/marine-life-talks
Contact: +44 (0)23 8059 6666