Robert Yarlett PhD Student, Geography, University of Exeter
I will be joining the Tropical Coastal and Marine Geoscience group this September to start a NERC funded (GW4+DTP) PhD studentship. I have a background in Marine Biology and my research interests broadly relate to ecology and functioning of tropical coastal marine ecosystems and their response to environmental change. I have previously worked on projects concerning photoprotection and thermotolerance of corals. For my PhD research I will be investigating the contributions of fish to coral reef carbonate cycling, using healthy reefs in the Maldives as a model ecosystem. I aim to quantify the contribution of key functional fish groups (particularly parrotfish) to carbonate production and cycling on coral reefs, and investigate the impact of disturbances such as overfishing and habitat degradation on these processes.
Qualifications:
I will be joining the Tropical Coastal and Marine Geoscience group this September to start a NERC funded (GW4+DTP) PhD studentship. I have a background in Marine Biology and my research interests broadly relate to ecology and functioning of tropical coastal marine ecosystems and their response to environmental change. I have previously worked on projects concerning photoprotection and thermotolerance of corals. For my PhD research I will be investigating the contributions of fish to coral reef carbonate cycling, using healthy reefs in the Maldives as a model ecosystem. I aim to quantify the contribution of key functional fish groups (particularly parrotfish) to carbonate production and cycling on coral reefs, and investigate the impact of disturbances such as overfishing and habitat degradation on these processes.
Qualifications:
- MSci (2012), Marine Biology, University of Southampton, UK