Verena Tunnicliffe


How low (in oxygen) will seafloor scavengers go? 464 views

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December 19

Low-oxygen zones (a.k.a. dead zones) are hazardous to the health of sea life and reduce useable seafloor habitats. An unorthodox experiment conducted document how seafloor species such as crab, shrimp and octopus stretch their oxygen limits in order to strip flesh from homicide victims simulated by dead pigs. The latest findings reveal effects on these scavengers of variations in oxygen concentrations.

  • Univ of Victoria (Canada)

  • Professor interested in the historical and extrinsic controls on the development of marine communities. She collaborates widely across many disciplines from geophysics to molecular biology. Submersible missions have predominated her field work. Ph.D. Yale University. Much more about Verena, her publications and research here in her website

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