The next in the series of Marine Life Talks will?be delivered by Claudia Alt at the National Oceanography Centre?天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 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, 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 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.

—

The Marine Life Talks are held on the first Thursday of the month at?7.30pm at the National Oceanography Centre 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载, 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 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 is reached via Dock Gate?4 (between 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载’s Town Quay and Ocean Village).

Further information: http://noc.ac.uk/news/marine-life-talks

Contact: +44 (0)23 8059 6666