Date/Time
Date(s) - Thu 23 July
19:00 - 20:00
Location
Lecture Theatre One (GBLT1), Old Government Buildings, VUW
GSNZ Wellington Branch talk & President’s Lecture
Catherine’s lecture will take you back to the Palaeozoic and the wonderful world of bryozoans to explore what these fossil colonial invertebrates can tell us about the capacity of their modern relatives to deal with future ocean chemistry and temperature changes. Bryozoans were a key part of Palaeozoic ecosystems that suffered badly through the end-Permian extinction. As a group, bryozoans recovered and are an important part of modern marine ecosystems again, largely in temperate settings, where they form thickets supporting numerous other marine animals.
Catherine is a palaeontologist with a varied background in modern and Cenozoic foraminifera, Palaeozoic bryozoans and carbonate sedimentology. Her current research continues these themes especially the application of foraminifera in the interpretation of late Holocene sediment records and the impact of European arrival on sedimentation in estuary and harbour settings.
Bio: Catherine is a Professor in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Canterbury, and current President of the Geoscience Society of New Zealand. She is interested in anything to do with fossils and palaeontology, and the application of fossils to understanding Earth history. Her current research interests include the New Zealand geological histories and development of, and the human impacts on, modern estuaries and waterways that are investigated through microfossil and sediment records. Deeper in geological time Catherine also researches the evolution and ecology of Palaeozoic bryozoans and their response to changing ocean chemistry and palaeogeography, having worked in Tasmania, the Canadian Arctic and throughout New Zealand.
This event will be live streamed https://vuw.zoom.us/j/94667448036
Contact: wellington@gsnz.org.nz