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“Deep-water” And Environmental Management Expertise • Deep-sea biology and ecology • Benthic ecology, pollution and ecotoxicology • Biomarker development • Marine microbial ecology • Habitat mapping and biodiversity assessment • Ocean acidification and climate change research Relevant active projects • North Sea Benthos Drill Cuttings Analysis (Oil & Gas UK) • North Sea Interactive (NERC) • Oil & Gas Knowledge Exchange, Dr. Kate Gormley (NERC) • Atlantic Margin Innovation (NERC) • Environmental Sensitivity Deep-water Sponges (NERC/Oil & Gas UK) Prof J Murray Roberts | Dr Kate Gormley Centre for Marine Biodiversity & Biotechnology, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh 0131-451-3463 | [email protected] | http://www.cmbb.hw.ac.uk Images: Heriot-Watt University, Veerle Huvenne (NOC), MAREANO (Norway) What services can you offer? What’s innovative about what you do? How can it be applied to industry? Services • Spatio-temporal statistical analysis • Climate change expertise • Microbiology of oil degradation • Integrated decision support tools • Partnership working • New £20m Lyell Centre opens 2016 Innovation • From North Sea to Deep Sea • From Gene to Organism to Ecosystem Industry application • Cuttings & decommissioning • Monitoring recommendations • Deep-water planning (e.g. dispersant use) Prof J Murray Roberts | Dr Kate Gormley Centre for Marine Biodiversity & Biotechnology, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh 0131-451-3463 | [email protected] | http://www.cmbb.hw.ac.uk Images: North Sea Interactive, Deep-water Horizon oil degrading bacteria, Lyell Centre
