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Thomas Schlacher

Title: 
Dr
First Name: 
Thomas
Last Name: 
Schlacher
Gender: 
M
Position: 
A/Prof Marine Science
Institution: 
Univ Sunshine Coast
Country: 
Australia
Email: 
tschlach@usc.edu.au
Phone: 
+61 409066710
Website: 
www.usc.edu.au

Sector:

  • Academic Researcher

Technologies and techniques:

  • Grabs and Coring Devices
  • Baited traps
  • Towed Camera systems
  • Histology
  • Microscopy
  • Biomarkers
  • Stable isotopes
  • Trophic modelling

Oceanographic Locations:

  • South Pacific

Deep Ocean Vertical Zones:

  • Bathyal benthos

Deep Sea Habitats:

  • Seamounts
  • Deep-sea sediments (all depths and habitats)
  • Canyons
  • Cold-water corals

Involvement in policy or management:

  • Fishing (trawling/long-lining/ghost fishing/bycatch)
  • Mining (polymetallic sulphides / cobalt-rich crusts / polymetallic nodules / REMs / phophorites)

Experience with bodies or processes:

  • United Nations or UN-based meetings
  • National government advisors
  • Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
  • Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI)
  • International Seabed Authority (ISA)
  • Environmental impact assessments (EIAs)

Primary Language:

  • English

Other Languages:

  • Albanian
  • German

Primary Expertise:

  • Multi-species ecology

Secondary Expertise:

  • Conservation

Preferred contribution to bridging the gap:

  • Provide statements / written materials and updates on your research
  • Participate in meetings involving policy/conservation institutions and scientists
  • Provide advice and/or expert testimony when needed (e.g at international policy meetings)