Cat is a Senior Project Officer/Research Assistant with the Smale Groupwho are investigaing the feasibility and sustainability of harvesting of the non-native kelp Undaria pinnatifida (Wakame). Her work, funded by the EMFF, will investigate ecological functioning where Undaria has become established in native communities, explore aspects of biosecurity and examine its potential economic value. Cat has also worked MarLIN, DASSH, and the Sims group where she completed her MRes by studying changes in predator behaviour in response to environmental gradients. |