Dr Lucy Wing

Biography

BSc Hons, Edinburgh PhD, University of Otago

Research Interest

I am an ecologist who has used direct observations, field sampling and environmental chemistry to study marine processes. My research interests have focused on understanding how physical processes drive productivity and carbon flux in impacted versus pristine marine systems. These studies have employed stable isotopes as natural tags for food web structure determination. I have also investigated metapopulation dynamics and animal movements using trace elemental natural tags that I have developed for rock lobsters Jasus edwardsii. I am an NZOSH certified scientific diver and with this I have conducted extensive underwater visual censuses and videogrammetric surveys in remote areas for the assessment of rock lobster size structure, the structure of fish and invertebrate communities. In addition I have developed a strong skills base in multivariate statistical techniques for measuring change in these communities. I have applied this knowledge in the assessment of marine reserves in the Fiordland Marine Area for the conservation of intact ecosystems and biodiversity.