Echinoderms in a changing ocean

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• Miles Lamare, University of Otago
• Tuesday 20 May 2025, 13:00-14:00
• Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

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Echinoderms (such as sea stars and sea urchins) are a marine phylum that play an important ecological role in many ocean habitats. They are also a group that have been well studied in determining responses of marine species to important changes in the ocean such altered ocean productivity, acidification and warming. In this talk, I discuss what we have learnt from the group in terms of developmental, life-history and population responses to environmental change. This includes research on echinoderms in tropical reef CO2 vents in Papua New Guinea, temperate ecosystems and polar regions, as well as long-term inter-generation laboratory experiments. I discuss broader questions around the ability of the group to adapt through physiological plasticity and inter-generational adaption. Lastly, I briefly discuss research we are currently undertaken as part of my visit to Cambridge and the Natural History Museum (London).

This talk is part of the Zoology Departmental Seminar Series series.

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