Mapping biodiversity and human impact drivers to assess high-seas conservation priorities

I’m broadly interested in marine ecology, conservation planning and prioritization. In particular, I’m interested in the role that apex predators play in structuring marine ecosystems and contributing to their resilience, and how planning can accommodate this. I visited the Worm lab during the summer of 2008 while working on the research project for my MSc in Biodiversity Conservation and Management at Oxford University. My project examined the association between human impact drivers and tuna and billfish species richness to help develop conservation priorities in the High Seas.