Prisca defends M.Sc. thesis!

March 22,2024

Congratulations to Prisca Lim who defended their M.Sc. thesis titled ‘Drivers of marine phytoplankton diversity and connectivity in the Galápagos Archipelago spanning an ENSO cycle’. Prisca analyzed DNA sequences from our Galápagos cruises from 2014 – 2022 spanning the El Niño in 2015/16 and the La Niña event from 2020-2022. Phytoplankton composition and size structure are highly dependent on the environmental conditions across the region which exhibit both high spatial and temporal variability. Publication soon to follow.