Dr. Sophie George is Professor Emerita at Georgia Southern University, she spent 6 total years at the National Science Foundation as a program officer and was a visiting lecturer at Friday Harbor Labs ...
Grupo de Comisión de la UICN
Grupo de especialistas en estrellas marinas de la CSE de la UICN
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Descripción:
Las estrellas marinas -aquí definidas como especies pertenecientes a las estrellas de mar (clase Asteroidea, ~1921 especies), las estrellas frágiles (clase Ophiuroidea, ~2117 especies) y las estrellas ...
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Dr Sophie GEORGE
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Dr. Sophie George is Professor Emerita at Georgia Southern University, she spent 6 total years at the National Science Foundation as a program officer and was a visiting lecturer at Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington, spring 2023. She has been a visiting researcher at Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington for the last 23 years. Her main research interests revolve around environmental change and impacts on marine invertebrate larvae. Her main goal is to understand how echinoderm larvae will respond to the predicted increase in marine heat waves. She is specifically interested in the conservation of species belonging to this group.