Kolja Beisiegel

„I have started my PhD in 2015 with the aim to better understand diversity patterns and the spatial heterogeneity of reef assemblages in the Baltic Sea. The focus is on hard-bottom associated epibenthic fauna and vegetation within MPAs in the German exclusive economic zone. I will use a range of approaches, including common sampling by grab, dredge and SCUBA diving, as well as novel high-resolution seafloor imagery with a passive towed platform.”

Research interests:

• Benthic community analysis
  
  
• Temperate rocky reef ecology
  
  
• Marine conservation
  
  
• Monitoring of hard-bottom assemblages
  
  
• Seafloor imagery and image analysis