Biodiversity and Biogeography

We apply this knowledge and our analyses to the effects of climate change on biodiversity, including effects of food webs, and mapping where it would be optimal to protect biodiversity in Marine Protected Areas. How fisheries and aquaculture may need to adapt to climate change is also being studied.

We are interested in all kinds of species and associated habitats, pelagic and benthic, all latitudes and depth zones, and comparisons with freshwater and terrestrial biogeographies.

We use a variety of datasets and sources, particularly global databases such as the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS), World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), World Register of introduced Marine Species (WRiMS), Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). These primary data are used to model species ranges and potential distributions in the past and future.

One ongoing project involving several members of our group is the Horizon Europe funded Marine Protected Areas Europe Project.