WOMEN IN SEABIRD SCIENCE
Sara Marolt
she/her
Masters Student
Uppsala University
Discipline
Behaviour, Community Ecology, Population Dynamics
Regional Focus
Sweden
Years Active
0-2 years
Species Focus
Auks (Alcidae)
Tell us about your work with seabirds.
My masters thesis is investigating the effect of seabird predation on the spatiotemporal distribution of pelagic fish. I am using echosounder data collected by an unmanned surface vehicle to model the abundance and spatial distribution of fish relative to the largest Guillemot colony in the Baltic Sea.
What advice would you offer to individuals aspiring to pursue a career as seabird scientists?
Put yourself out there! There are so many people in the community who would love to talk about their work and you never know what opportunities might present themselves. It might seem scary but it never hurts to reach out.
Sara holding a Common guillemot chick in front of the guillemot colony on Stora Karls�, Sweden. Sara was aiding with chick ringing when this picture was taken.
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