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MSc

Research

Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology

Research assistant involves accompanying various PhD and MSc students on their field work and assisting with lab work

o  Sorting, counting and identifing mussel larva under a stereo microscope

o  Sandy beach work sifting through sand and collecting macro-organisms

o   Collection of mangrove crabs in the Transkei

o Collection of plankton samples and fish larval samples

o  Collection of sandhoppers along the west coast of South Africa

o  Collection of mussels along the west, south and east coast of South Africa. Assisting in the processing their condition index

o  Looking at mussel recruitment and barnacle recruitment using scouring pads on the rocky shore

o   Deployed robo-mussels and robo-limpets

o   Notching of mussel shells looking at growth rates

South Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean

PADI Divemaster
Computer literate
Proficiency in Microsoft Office
Knowledge of statistical software programme Primer and Permanova
Basic usage of statistical programme R

English