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Sarah Fielding,
Martin Solan,
Adeline Dutrieux,
Vicki Taylor,
Hannah Sharman,
Christina Wood,
and
Wenhao Wang
Topics Covered
- The composition and global distribution of marine sediments.
- Biodiversity; how it is measured and how it has changed though geological time.
- Scientific illustration and taxonomy (the classification of living organisms).
- Defining and classifying functional groups.
- How humans benefit from, and impact on, marine benthic ecosystem processes.
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