Marine Life Talk at NOC in Southampton – 5 April 2018

5 April 2018 Looking for the lobster's lunch and discovering the surprising role of 'dark carbon' in our oceans In the typical food web most of us learned in school, the sun is the ultimate source of energy. Plants use energy from the sun to produce their own food via photosynthesis. Animals eat those plants or other animals. But in marine environments, some organisms get their energy from chemosynthetic bacteria instead, which produce their own food from simple chemicals in the environment. This talk will be show how this 'dark carbon' plays an unexpectedly essential role in the oceans, even supporting a lucrative fishery for the Caribbean spiny lobster. Speaker Dr Nick Higgs is a marine biologist and Deputy Director of the Marine Institute at the University of Plymouth. Nick has worked on a range of marine animals, from bone eating worms in the deep sea to lobsters in the Caribbean and swarms of sharks off British coasts. He completed his undergraduate degree in Marine Biology at the University of Southampton before undertaking a PhD at the Natural History Museum in London and the University of Leeds. Speaker Dr Nick Higgs is a marine biologist and Deputy Director of the Marine Institute at the University of Plymouth. Nick has worked on a range of marine animals, from bone eating worms in the deep sea to lobsters in the Caribbean and swarms of sharks off British coasts. He completed his undergraduate degree in Marine Biology at the University of Southampton before undertaking a PhD at the Natural History Museum in London and the University of Leeds. Upcoming talks 3 May – David Jones – Plastic Oceans 7 June – Dr Jonthan White, author, Tides: The science and spirit of the ocean 5 July – tbc August – no MLT due to holiday break Parking at the NOC There are a number of designated visitor parking spaces available at NOC. If these are full after 5pm please drive to the staff car parks barriers and access can be given by pressing the intercom button in the box next to the barrier, on requesting entry you will be asked for Name and Car Registration number and the barrier will be lifted. Please do not park in areas not designated for parking and ensure roadways are kept clear. ACCESS INFORMATION As the NOC is located within the Port of Southampton and entry is via Dock Gate 4, Port Security require all visitors bring their printed confirmation ticket and a valid form of photographic ID (Driving License / Passport). ----------- These talks  are held on the first Thursday of each month (except in January) at 7pm in the Henry Charnock Lecture Theatre, National Oceanography Centre. Please sign-in outside the lecture theatre on level four. All talks are free and open to members of the public. For further information, please contact Eileen Crockford Mail: etc@noc.ac.uk Tel: 023 8059 6100 If you haven't been to the Marine Life Talks before, subscribe to NOCMAIL to receive FREE email updates and alerts for future Marine Life Talks and other marine related topics.   This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Oceanography Centre · Waterfront Campus · European Way · Southampton · SO14 3ZH · United Kingdom