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Hard data - Research Tuesday seminar

On 25th August I gave one of the Research Tuesday seminars on the ecological and environmental insights being provided by marine organisms' hard body parts.

Studying the hard structures of marine organisms, such as teeth and bones, my research team has successfully used the information gained to cast light on important ecological and environmental questions. For example:

  • seal teeth are being used to reconstruct historical climate-growth relations, and subsequently predict future biological responses to environmental change

  • fish ear bones preserved in archaeological middens are revealing Indigenous fishing habits

  • trace elements within sharks’ vertebrae are being used to inform fisheries management

  • bomb radiocarbon can be detected in fish ear bones and used to trace movement of water masses

More information on this research is also available under the Research link and by clicking on calcified structures of aquatic organisms.

Check out the following link for the full seminar:

Near Calperun Station, SA

Near Calperun Station, SA

Giant Australian cuttlefish

Giant Australian cuttlefish

Flinders Chase

Flinders Chase

Tourville Bay

Tourville Bay

Streaky Bay

Streaky Bay

Kangaroo Island

Kangaroo Island

Routeburn Track

Routeburn Track

White Island

White Island

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