Tania Hurley MSc (first class honours) Ecology University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Tania has been a research assistant for Dr Mieszkowska since 2011, when she moved from New Zealand to settle in the UK. Since arriving she has been involved with MarClim, surveying and data entry, setting up and running the ocean acidification mesocosm and regular monthly sampling of the Yealm Estuary invasive oyster population. Tania is looking forward to continuing to expand her knowledge of the UK marine environment as she works with the group, as well as adding some of that uniquely kiwi attitude to the mix.

Anna Campbell

Anna is the MBA ocean acidification research technician, responsible for daily monitoring and maintenance of the system and monthly sampling of the gastropods held in the system. Anna is also carrying out her MRes research with the group. Her project explores the reproductive potential of wild populations of the non-native oyster Crassostrea gigas from the Yealm estuary, Devon. Experiments in the field will assess the impact of invasion on native biodiversity and laboratory mesocosm experiments will test the potential of increased water temperature as a trigger for reproductive activity.

Barry Shurlock, PhD (with University of Southampton)

Growth, biometrics and behaviour of Osilinus lineatus – field and laboratory studies of a grazing trochid, an indicator of climate change.

Katherine van Santen, MRes

The effect of ocean acidification and climate change on intertidal barnacles. KT is a Masters student at Plymouth University. Her project combines laboratory manipulations and computer modelling to investigate the effects of environmental change on the physiology of intertidal barnacles. The project uses ecologically relevant changes in seasonal and daily temperatures to determine the ability of two competing species to regulate internal pH. The aim is to find a mechanism contributing to the decline in the once dominant cold-water barnacle as sea surface temperatures increase, and to predict future abundance and distribution with climate change.

Roseanne Graham, BSc (Hons)

Climate change impacts on kelp forests and associated biodiversity.

Dannah Guest, MRes 2011

Climate change impacts on rocky intertidal species distribution; using chlorophyll as an indicator of changes in community composition.

David Musto, MRes 2011

Changes to Kelp Populations within Plymouth Sound and the Possible Consequences to Related Epibiont Biodiversity in Relation to Climatic Change

David Musto BSc (Hons) 2010

Distribution and abundance of key kelp species within Plymouth Sound.

Dani Fox, MRes 2010

Responses of keystone grazers of differing evolutionary origins to climate change.

Beatriz de Francisco Mora, MRes 2009

Temperature induced changes in gonad development and cycles of Gibbula umbilicalis (de Costa).

Greg Linguard, BSc (Hons) 2011

A study of the distribution and impacts of invasive species in the river Yealm estuary.

James Murphy, BSc (Hons) 2011

Kelp community changes in response to climate warming

The MBA hosts a field course for Masters students at UCL every May. They spend time in the field learning rocky shore survey techniques and taxanomic identification skills. The data collected on our shore days is used for the statistical analysis component of the course.

Tom Denbigh

Tom is an undergraduate at Bristol University who works with our group between semesters. Tom's painstaking QA work on the time-series database has been invaluable, and he assists with physiological sample analysis, mesocosm maintenance and field surveys.