Karen Wishner
Title:
Dr.
First Name:
Karen
Last Name:
Wishner
Gender:
Female
Position:
Professor of Oceanography
Institution:
University of Rhode Island
Country:
USA
Email:
kwishner@mail.uri.edu
Phone:
-7676
Website:
http://www.awi.de/en/research/deep_sea/
Sector:
Subgroups Specialised:
Zooplankton and micronekton, especially copepods
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Oceanographic Locations - Other:
Eastern Tropical North Pacific, Arabian Sea, Caribbean
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3 priority science questions that need to be answered:
How are pelagic ecosystem functions and animal distributions affected by climate change? I am specifically interested in the vertical re-distribution of pelagic biomass and species in expanding oxygen minimum zones and effects on fisheries, trophic webs, and export processes. What are the potential societal impacts of these ecosystem changes?