Meeting Room, QVMAG at Inveresk
Summary:A public lecture by the Royal Society of Tasmania
Presenter(s):
- Dr Valeriya Komyakova
With close to half of the world’s population residing in coastal areas, humans rely on marine environments for a range of services. These are supported by an extensive artificial infrastructure from purposely designed reefs, to piers and marinas. All marine infrastructure acts as a habitat regardless of its primary role. The risks and opportunities associated with marine construction, including artificial reefs and future blue-sky possibilities, are explored.
Dr Valeriya Komyakova is an environmental scientist who aims to understand and manage human impacts on the marine environment with a strong solution development focus. She has over 15 years’ of experience in the field of fish-habitat associations. Her work was the first to demonstrate potential ecological trap formation due to artificial reef deployments and pathways toward mitigation through improved reef design options.
Admission
Free for members of the Royal Society of Tasmania
$6| General admission
$4| Students, QVMAG or TMAG Friends, and members of Launceston Historical Society
Full COVID vaccination and the wearing of face masks are highly desirable.
There will be no webinar for this lecture.
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