New Kelp Disease Publication
Published:
New Paper Alert - Environmental and anthropogenic factors associated with potential kelp disease phenotypes
Last year we were lucky enough to have Masters student Sabine deKlein join the lab from the Netherlands, to do the research component of her degree.
Sabine and her willing field assistants travelled around the South Island doing transects in Durvillea poha (Southern bull kelp) beds to classify and compare the extent of potential disease phenotypes at each location.
This data was then modelled against various environmental (e.g. latitude, river outlet proximity, wave exposure) and anthropogenic (e.g. sewage outlet proximity, predominant local land use) factors to determine which were likely contributing to an increase in disease.
Fun times were had in some beautiful locations, and some excellent insights into kelp disease were generated, providing a solid base on which to build further research.
See the details here
