Research into Marine Conservation including marine habitat mapping for conservation purposes in the UK and abroad (e.g. in Galapagos, Ecuador, Colombia and Panama). Studies focus on: the impact of climate change on marine species distributions and consequences for conservation management; the effects of pollution, particularly associated with the oil industry such as of waste discharges from oil production platforms and oil spill behaviour; the taxonomy and distribution of marine algae; ecology of marine benthic macrofauna and merofauna; and marine microbiology.

see also: biodiversity, environment, marine, research