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I am a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). My postdoc forms part of the EU-funded Mission Atlantic project, of which SANBI and UCT are one of 32 partners, where the overall aim of the project is to investigate how multiple local, regional and basin scale pressures affect the status, dynamics and resilience of Atlantic ecosystems to future climate and societal changes. I am working directly with Work Package 5 (WP5) which aims to assess ecosystem status, trends and tipping points using a wide range of environmental and biological indicators.
My PhD thesis was based on applying a trait-based approach to identify indicators that can be used to measure ecosystem condition of rocky reefs. For this research we used baited remote underwater stereo-video systems (stereo-BRUVs) to collect data on demersal fish and benthic communities from rocky reef ecosystems. Since the completion of my PhD, I worked as a project coordinator for the development of a regional marine spatial planning (MSP) strategy for the Western Indian Ocean and I have been involved in capacity development in the Seychelles through training initiatives to conduct coral reef monitoring and assessment.
My current research interests include harnessing available data to advance marine ecosystem assessments in South Africa, by identifying a set of core indicators that can be used to inform multiple reporting objectives (e.g. CBD Global Biodiversity Monitoring Framework). Thus, my main objectives would be to identify potential research opportunities and collaboration to expand marine assessments in South Africa and to learn from international best practices and to apply established methods and tools that can be applied in a local context.
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AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMSno. 2 (2024)
Ecological indicators (2023): 110696-110696
N. Rivers,H. J. Truter,M. Strand,S. Jay,M. Portman,A. T. Lombard, D. Amir, A. Boyd,R. L. Brown,H. C. Cawthra,N. Faure Beaulieu,K. Findlay,G. Gal, Y. Grossmark,M. J. Perschke,T. Pillay, O. Pyrgies, M. Ramakulukusha,K. P. Smit, V. Stockdale, J. Stockill,I. Schwartz,T. Treibitz,O. A. Vargas-Fonseca, E. A. Vermeulen (Miltz)
Lisa Skein,Kerry J. J. Sink,Prideel A. A. Majiedt, Megan G. G. van der Bank,Kaylee P. P. Smit,Lynne J. J. Shannon
Frontiers in marine science (2022)
Abigail McQuatters-Gollop,Ian Mitchell, Cristina Vina-Herbon,Jacob Bedford,Prue F. E. Addison,Christopher P. Lynam, P. N. Geetha, Estee Ann Vermeulan,Kaylee Smit, Daniel T. I. Bayley,Elisabeth Morris-Webb,Holly J. Niner,Saskia A. Otto
Helgoland marine researchno. 1 (2017)
Nature Conservation (2016): 1-17
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H-Index: 6
G-Index: 7
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Diversity: 1
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