Waller, Cath - University of Hull - Department of Biology / Biomedical Sciences

个人简介

I originally started to train as an architect and completed a BA in architecture at Leeds Metropolitan University in 1992. I also learned to dive and developed a passion for marine biology. After spending a year working in practice, I left the field and for the following seven years worked as a medical representative for a multinational corporation. In 1999 I chose to follow my long term ambition to become a marine biologist and returned to study for a BSc in Coastal Marine Biology here at CEMS. After graduating I went on to complete a PhD with the British Antarctic Survey. My doctoral research investigated the ecology of the Antarctic intertidal zone, the animals that live there and the adaptations they have developed in order to survive. I continue to develop this research theme and has made several further trips to Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands. After my PhD I spent three years as a lecturer in Ecology at Brighton University and returned to Scarborough in March 2010 to take up a post as a lecturer in Marine Biology.

研究领域

My work is mainly on or around the Antarctic Peninsula and Scotia Arc Islands. It is important because this is one of the fastest warming places on the planet and we don’t really understand what is going to happen to the plants and animals that live there. Diatom ecology and taxonomy Diatoms are a group of microscopic plants called phytoplankton. They are the bottom of the marine food chain and a key component in marine ecosystems and are good indicators of the “health” of a habitat. I am working on coastal marine diatom from sites around the UK to try to understand past and present environmental conditions and diatom environmental tolerances to different stressors. Ecology. I am interested in the dynamics and community structure in marine "fouling communities" and how these might change under differing environmental conditions. Also in the ecology, biogeography and physiology of intertidal nudibranch species. I am also working on the possible effects of acidification of the marine environment on invertebrates, their development and changes in ecophysiology. I have students mapping moth populations around Scarborough and looking at diatom assemblages in a variety of marine environments.

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Waller, C.L. (in press). Zonation in an Antarctic Intertidal Community. Antarctic Science Convey, P., Key, R.S., Key, R.J.D., Belchier, M., Waller, C.L. (2011) Recent range expansions in non-native predatory beetles on sub-Antarctic South Georgia .Polar Biology, 34 (4), pp. 597-602. Waller, C.L. (2008) Variability in intertidal communities along a latitudinal gradient in the Southern Ocean. Polar Biology 31:809-816 . Clark, M.S., Geissler, P., Waller, C.L., Fraser, K.P.P., Barnes, D.K.A., Peck, L.S. (2007) Low heat shock thresholds in wild Antarctic intertidal limpets (Nacella concinna). Cell Stress and Chaperones 13: 51-58 Waller, C.L., Barnes, D.K.A. & Convey, P. (2006) Ecological contrasts across an Antarctic land-sea interface. Austral Ecology 31:656-666. Waller, C.L., Worland, M.R., Convey, P. & Barnes, D.K.A. (2006) Ecophysiological strategies of Antarctic intertidal invertebrates faced with freezing stress. Polar Biology 29:1077-1083. Barnes, D.K.A., Linse, K., Waller, C. (2006) Shallow benthic faunal communities of South Georgia Island. Polar Biology 29:223-228.