Updates
PROTEUS at the Centre for Coastal Research Conference
The annual scientific conference for the Centre of Coastal Research (CCR) took place on Tuesday 9th December at the University of Agder campus in Kristiansand. The CCR is an international and interdisciplinary academic institution hosted by the University of Agder. CCR focuses on the ecology and evolution of the biota in the marine coastal zone within a broad societal context.
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Sophie Corrigan from the PROTEUS project went along to learn more about the great diversity of marine research taking place across research institutes in Norway and the wonderful collaborations between them. She also presented her poster on the work the PROTEUS team are doing to assess the impacts of kelp harvesting on biodiversity and came away with many fruitful ideas and connections!
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PROTEUS and GEcoKelp at Havforskermøtet
PROTEUS and GEcoKelp were featured at the annual meeting of the Norwegian Association of Marine Scientists, that took place 24–26 November in Arendal. This year’s theme focused on “The effects of pollution and other human impacts on marine nature”.
Sophie Corrigan from the Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway, represented the PROTEUS project and shared insights into how our work supports sustainable management of kelp forests and blue ecosystems. ​
Hannah Earp and Antoinne Minne, also from IMR, represented the GEcoKelp project and gave talks titled "Production–consumption mismatches reveal vulnerability to coastal darkening for kelp forests at the Arctic-boreal interface" and "Genomic diversity and composition of Northeast Atlantic Norwegian kelp forests".
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Havforskermøtet offered the opportunity to share updates from these projects with the wider marine sciences field, and connect with researchers across Norway and past (or future!) collaborators.
