Subject Area
Biological Oceanography
Marine Ecology
Activities
Marine, estuarine & brackish ecology; environmental impact studies (long-term changes, eutrophication).Biotic interaction; predator-prey & food web dynamics.Field- and lab experiments.Population & community studies (zoobenthos, fish, drifting algal mats).Importance of scaling in field and experimental studies.Biodiversity (functional and descriptive). Species of specific interest: Macoma balthica (bivalvia), Saduria entomon (isopoda), Bathyporeis pilosa (amphipoda); Platichthys flesus (flounder)
Skills
Marine coastal (benthic) ecology (ecosystem aproach; bsic and applied).
Comment(s)
Work includes pure researc, supervising, monitoring and environmental advice.