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World Ocean Day
Below you will find suggested H漫画 University experts who can speak to current topics of regional, provincial, national, and international interest for听Wednesday, June 7, 2023.
Critical issues of biodiversity and sustaining life in changing oceans听-听efforts to address these issues including the听UN听International Decade of Ocean Science听for Sustainable Development
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Expert: Dr. Sara Iverson, Scientific Director 鈥� Ocean Tracking Network, Professor, Department of Biology
Research Specialties:听Behaviour, biochemistry, ecology, marine biology,听and physiology
颁辞苍迟补肠迟:听sara.iverson@dal.ca听/ 902-494-2566
Please note听that Dr. Iverson is available for phone and virtual interviews only.听
The impacts of global warming on lobster, crab and shrimp populations
H漫画 Expert: Dr. Fraser Clark, Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture
Research Specialties:听Molecular immunology, comparative innate immunology, crustacean health, stress and disease,听crustacean microbiomes,听marine pathogen genomics, and pathogen-host-environment interactions
颁辞苍迟补肠迟:听fraser.clark@dal.ca听/听902-896-2433
The impacts of ocean warming on ocean life and food sources听/ Marine food webs / Seafood and aquaculture
H漫画 Expert: Dr. Stefanie Colombo, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair, Aquaculture Nutrition, Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture
Research Specialties:听Aquaculture nutrition and production, lipids and fatty acids,听environmentally sustainable feeds,听fatty acid biosynthesis in fish,听nutrigenomics, impact of climate change on nutrient availability and metabolism in aquaculture/ecosystems, and听farmed seafood nutritional quality
颁辞苍迟补肠迟:听scolombo@dal.ca听/ 902-893-6646
The impacts of environmental stressors on shellfish / How ocean acidification, ocean warming, microplastic pollution and invasive species are impacting the intertidal and subtidal ocean / How environmental racism impacts use of aquatic resources
H漫画 Expert: Dr. Sarah Stewart-Clark, Associate Professor, Shellfish Aquaculture, Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture
Research Specialties:听Aquatic invasive species, shellfish aquaculture and genomics, shellfish transcriptomic responses to environmental stressors, genetic brood stock enhancement in shellfish production, population studies and phylogenetic analysis of invasive tunicates, diagnostic assay development of invasive propagules in environmental water samples, monitoring and screening for invasive propagules via high throughput molecular assays, developing new molecular diagnostic tools for shellfish health screening, and gender studies in academia and rural communities
颁辞苍迟补肠迟:听sarah.stewart-clark@dal.ca听/ 902-893-8072
听Please note听interviews are subject to faculty/staff members availability.听