NUTRIENT SUBSIDIES INFLUENCE ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONING IN NEW ZEALAND ESTUARIES AND COASTS
Candida Savage, Universidade de Otago

Brief biography: Candida Savage is a Senior Lecturer in the Marine Science department at the University of Otago in New Zealand and an Honorary Research Associate at the University of Cape Town. She is a marine ecologist interested in human impacts in coastal and estuarine ecosystems. Her research team investigates drivers of change in estuarine and marine ecosystems and combines field and laboratory studies to understand how multiple stressors, particularly nutrient enrichment, affect food web structure and biogeochemical cycling.