Marine Invertebrates
Some of your favorite animals, such as octopuses, starfish, and jellyfish are all examples of marine invertebrates. Invertebrates come in all shapes and sizes and live throughout ocean ecosystems. They are essential to the health and function of the ocean.
Marine Invertebrates will help you understand:
- the diversity and importance of marine invertebrates.
- the evolutionary history of marine invertebrates.
- the importance of coral reef ecosystems and what is being done to conserve them locally and globally.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Lindsey Dougherty was scuba certified at 14 years old in a freezing, zero-visibility lake in land-locked Colorado, and has been underwater ever since. She taught scuba in Zanzibar as a PADI instructor, she is an AAUS scientific diver, and she has been lucky enough to dive for work, research, and recreation all over the world.
Lindsey is an avid underwater photographer and joined the Elysium Epic Expedition where she was the principal scientist for coral. She was also the photographer/videographer for the Seattle Aquarium’s expedition to Indonesia. Lindsey has written articles and taken UW photographs for Scuba Diver Ocean Planet, Scientific American, and Biosphere magazines. Lindsey’s love of photography stems from her background in animal behavior – she received her PhD from the University of California Berkeley in 2016 on the flashing “disco” clam, and did the majority of her research throughout Indonesia. Her research has been featured in over 50 new stories, including the New York Times, CNN, the Discovery Channel, and National Geographic. She continued her research in Micronesia during her post-doc at the University of Colorado Boulder where she now teaches Tropical Marine Ecology.
Lindsey does as much ocean outreach as possible, having participated in many educational and public programs throughout California and Colorado. She is a Scientific Advisory Board member for the Ocean First Institute, and taught an annual marine biology course with photography to recreational scuba divers during Caribbean dive trips. Lindsey is ecstatic to be combining photography, storytelling, and science.
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