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Prof. David Paterson

University of St Andrews

David Paterson is the Executive Director of the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology (MASTS). In terms of research, he directs the Sediment Ecology Research Group at the University of St Andrews and specialises in coastal ecology and biodiversity and the impacts of climate change and multiple stressors.

Projects: Carbon Storage in Intertidal Environments (C-SIDE), Blue-coast, Multiple Stressors effects on algae & Multiple Stressors impacts on depositional.

Supervising: James Rimmer and Gracie Wilson


Keywords: Coastal ecology, multiple stressors, coastal defence, microphytobenthos

Prof. David Paterson
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