Karen Filbee-Dexter (0219-9B3D-53F8)

Curriculum Vitae

Karen Filbee-Dexter

My research focuses on the ecological impacts of climate change and the functioning of the world’s seaweed forests. This includes understanding kelp carbon cycling and storage, regime shifts to sea urchin barrens and turfs, and climate-driven expansion of kelp forests in some Arctic regions. I am working with seaweed cultivators to develop and upscale restoration approaches for kelp forests. I take a broad scale approach to ecology, leading multiple international networks and running comparative field experiments across 3 continents. I co-supervise and mentor 4 PhD and 3 MSc students.

Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Karen Filbee-Dexter

Citation names

Filbee-Dexter, Karen

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 0219-9B3D-53F8
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8413-6797

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English (Mother tongue)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2010 - 2016/08/01 Concluded	School of Biological Sciences (Doktori fokozat (PhD)) Dalhousie University, Canada "Regime shifts in kelp forest ecosystems" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2007/09/10 - 2010/08/01 Concluded	School of Biological Sciences (Bachelor) Major in Biology Dalhousie University, Canada

Affiliation

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/01/01 - Current	DECRA Research Fellow	The University of Western Australia, Australia

2018/09/01 - Current	Postdoc	Havforskningsinstituttet, Norway

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2019 - Current	KELPFISH - Researcher
2018 - Current	Tareskog i Arktis, BlåSkog - Researcher
2018 - Current	SACCTURF - Researcher
2017 - Current	KELCO: The role of kelp export in benthic ecosystems - Co-lead Akvaplan-niva AS, Norway	Concluded
2021/12 - 2024/11	Blue carbon potential of the Great Southern Reef - Principal investigator Australian Research Council DP. University of Western Australia, Australia	Ongoing
2022/02 - 2024/01	Biodiversity refuges in Australia’s unexplored marine forests - Principal investigator	Ongoing
2019 - 2024	ArcticKelp: Fate of kelp forests in a rapidly changing Arctic - Project coordinator Université de Montréal - Campus de Laval, Canada	Ongoing
2021/08 - 2023/07	Seeds on wheels – a green gravel solutions to upscaling kelp forest restoration - Principal investigator	Ongoing
2020/01 - 2022/12	Regime shifts from kelp forests to turfs: drivers, resilience and future - Researcher	Ongoing
2019/07 - 2022/07	Turf Wars: fighting the new battle facing blue forests - Principal investigator The University of Western Australia, Australia	Australian Research Council DP. University of Western Australia Ongoing
2021/09 - 2022/05	Quantifying the ecosystem services of the Great Southern Reef - Researcher The University of Western Australia, Australia	Ongoing
2019 - 2022	Restoring Blue Forests with Green Gravel - Principal investigator The University of Western Australia, Australia	Ongoing
2018 - 2022	BLUECONNECT - Knowledge-based management of kelp forest resources in South Africa and Norway - Project lead Havforskningsinstituttet, Norway	Ongoing
2019/01 - 2021/12	Postdoctoral Fellowship. Ranked 8th out of 66 applicants in Ecology and Evolution - Post-doc Fellow
2018 - 2020	SACTURF: Loss of sugar kelp forests and shifts to turf - Principal investigator	Concluded
2018 - 2020	Tareskog i Arktis: Kelp forests in a changing Arctic - Researcher	Concluded
2016 - 2018	KELPEX - Post-doc Fellow Norsk Institutt for Vannforskning, Norway

Other

	Designation	Funders
2021/09 - 2024/09	Blue carbon as a Canadian climate change solution: modelling the mitigation potential of kelp under future climate change scenarios - Collaborator	Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter

"Status and Trends for the World’s Kelp Forests". 2019.
10.1016/b978-0-12-805052-1.00003-6

Journal article

Yannick Mulders; Karen Filbee-Dexter; Sahira Bell; Néstor Echedey Bosch Guerra; Albert Pessarrodona; Defne Sahin; Sofie Vranken; Salvador Zarco-Perello; Thomas Wernberg. "Intergrading reef communities across discrete seaweed habitats in a temperate–tropical transition zone". Ecology and Evolution 12 1 (2022): https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/0a31e78b-43f2-4acb-9804-22c69de809e3.
10.1002/ece3.8538
Nestor E. Bosch; Thomas Wernberg; Tim J. Langlois; Dan A. Smale; Pippa J. Moore; João N. Franco; Pierre Thiriet; et al. "Niche and neutral assembly mechanisms contribute to latitudinal diversity gradients in reef fishes". Journal of Biogeography 48 11 (2021): 2683-2698. https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/8ea76b03-1b5e-4b7c-8434-70f2e7cb6fdc.
10.1111/jbi.14237
Robert W. Schlegel; Sofia Darmaraki; Jessica A. Benthuysen; Karen Filbee-Dexter; Eric C.J. Oliver. "Marine cold-spells". Progress in Oceanography 198 (2021): https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/0e49903b-11b2-46ba-803a-0b74a4860bfa.
10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102684
Jesica Goldsmit; Robert W. Schlegel; Karen Filbee-Dexter; Kathleen A. MacGregor; Ladd E. Johnson; Christopher J. Mundy; Amanda M. Savoie; et al. "Kelp in the Eastern Canadian Arctic". Frontiers in Marine Science 18 (2021): https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/ab4d5b59-9e55-4986-a056-603bc4cb7d5d.
10.3389/fmars.2021.742209
Albert Pessarrodona; Karen Filbee-Dexter; Teresa Alcoverro; Jordi Boada; Colette J. Feehan; Stein Fredriksen; Sean P. Grace; et al. "Homogenization and miniaturization of habitat structure in temperate marine forests". Global Change Biology 27 20 (2021): 5262-5275. https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/f27be143-c24b-472b-a141-c71254f47e0e.
10.1111/gcb.15759
Colette J. Feehan; Karen Filbee-Dexter; Thomas Wernberg. "Embrace kelp forests in the coming decade". Science 373 6557 (2021): 863-863. https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/ed8ea21c-c43a-4f5f-9c01-4a9f89bc5ecd.
10.1126/science.abl3984
Isaac R. Santos; David J. Burdige; Tim C. Jennerjahn; Steven Bouillon; Alex Cabral; Oscar Serrano; Thomas Wernberg; et al. "The renaissance of Odum's outwelling hypothesis in 'Blue Carbon' science". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 255 (2021): https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/d6fa4d33-30d0-4b0c-94b2-0af87c8832a4.
10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107361
Jean Charles Leclerc; Thibaut de Bettignies; Florian de Bettignies; Hartvig Christie; João N. Franco; Cédric Leroux; Dominique Davoult; et al. "Local flexibility in feeding behaviour and contrasting microhabitat use of an omnivore across latitudes". Oecologia (2021): https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/c52f7ee4-b2f7-4b04-b0a3-7aa76f1acdbf.
10.1007/s00442-021-04936-5
Morten Foldager Pedersen; Karen Filbee-Dexter; Nikolai Lond Frisk; Zsuzsa Sarossy; Thomas Wernberg. "Carbon sequestration potential increased by incomplete anaerobic decomposition of kelp detritus". Marine Ecology Progress Series 660 (2021): 53-67. https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/7c819d3a-942f-4c9e-84f9-45ae59cd4630.
10.3354/meps13613
Daniel Vilas; Marta Coll; Torstein Pedersen; Xavier Corrales; Karen Filbee-Dexter; Thomas Wernberg. "Future trajectories of change for an Arctic deep-sea ecosystem connected to coastal kelp forests". Restoration Ecology (2021): https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/9da34892-4f38-4f4a-b0a0-f7a8f9085ac7.
10.1111/rec.13327
Nahlah Alsuwaiyan; Sofie Vranken; Karen Filbee-Dexter; Marion Cambridge; Melinda A. Coleman; Thomas Wernberg. "Genotypic variation in response to extreme events may facilitate kelp adaptation under future climates". Marine Ecology Progress Series 672 (2021): 111-121. https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/1d715f63-7347-42cd-a367-fd2cbdf15ee2.
10.3354/meps13802
K. M. Norderhaug; Karen Filbee-Dexter; C. Freitas; S. R. Birkely; L. Christensen; I. Mellerud; J. Thormar; et al. "Ecosystem-level effects of large-scale disturbance in kelp forests". Marine Ecology Progress Series 656 (2020): 163-180. https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/d37b94b3-f0dd-4687-a1f9-123a7d60dfa2.
10.3354/meps13426
Karen Filbee-Dexter; T. Wernberg; S. P. Grace; J. Thormar; S. Fredriksen; C. N. Narvaez; C. J. Feehan; K. M. Norderhaug. "Marine heatwaves and the collapse of marginal North Atlantic kelp forests". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/fe42eb19-0420-42ef-9ff1-eb9291142f9a.
10.1038/s41598-020-70273-x
Karen Filbee-Dexter; Thomas Wernberg. "Substantial blue carbon in overlooked Australian kelp forests". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/feb9803b-ee2f-49fd-a871-d91c06d3a2f3.
10.1038/s41598-020-69258-7
Stein Fredriksen; Karen Filbee-Dexter; Kjell Magnus Norderhaug; Henning Steen; Torjan Bodvin; Melinda A. Coleman; Frithjof Moy; Thomas Wernberg. "Green gravel". Scientific Reports 10 1 (2020): https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/e0b26053-d514-4cbb-a4a1-eff2aba6f7f4.
10.1038/s41598-020-60553-x
Melinda Ann Coleman; Georgina Wood; Karen Filbee-Dexter; Antoine J.P. Minne; Hugh Douglas Goold; Adriana Vergés; Ezequiel Miguel Marzinelli; Peter David Steinberg; Thomas Wernberg. "Restore or Redefine". Frontiers in Marine Science 7 (2020): https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/74bd48bd-a89b-4011-b7c2-4282e02e43f2.
10.3389/fmars.2020.00237
Daniel Vilas; Marta Coll; Torstein Pedersen; Xavier Corrales; Karen Filbee-Dexter; Morten Foldager Pedersen; Kjell Magnus Norderhaug; et al. "Kelp-carbon uptake by Arctic deep-sea food webs plays a noticeable role in maintaining ecosystem structural and functional traits". Journal of Marine Systems 203 (2020): https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/906cab60-bb4a-4284-af67-a5973a1549aa.
10.1016/j.jmarsys.2019.103268
Karen Filbee-Dexter; Morten Foldager Pedersen; Stein Fredriksen; Kjell Magnus Norderhaug; Eli Rinde; Trond Kristiansen; Jon Albretsen; Thomas Wernberg. "Carbon export is facilitated by sea urchins transforming kelp detritus". Oecologia 192 1 (2020): 213-225. https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/94ac6f07-fe0e-4d4f-a953-a8183771d6c5.
10.1007/s00442-019-04571-1
Morten Foldager Pedersen; Karen Filbee-Dexter; Kjell Magnus Norderhaug; Stein Fredriksen; Nicolai Lond Frisk; Camilla With Fagerli; Thomas Wernberg. "Detrital carbon production and export in high latitude kelp forests". Oecologia 192 1 (2020): 227-239. https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/d0deeb92-cf67-44b9-a8ce-a0347d7378df.
10.1007/s00442-019-04573-z
"Ethics of Assisted Evolution in Marine Conservation". Frontiers in Marine Science (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00020.
10.3389/fmars.2019.00020
Wernberg, T.; Filbee-Dexter, K.. "Missing the marine forest for the trees". Marine Ecology Progress Series (2019): 209-215. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85062653879&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.3354/meps12867
Wallen, K.E.; Filbee-Dexter, K.; Pittman, J.B.; Posner, S.M.; Alexander, S.M.; Romulo, C.L.; Bennett, D.E.; et al. "Integrating team science into interdisciplinary graduate education: an exploration of the SESYNC Graduate Pursuit". Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 9 2 (2019): 218-233. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85065443942&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1007/s13412-019-00543-2
Christie, H.; Gundersen, H.; Rinde, E.; Filbee-Dexter, K.; Norderhaug, K.M.; Pedersen, T.; Bekkby, T.; Gitmark, J.K.; Fagerli, C.W.. "Can multitrophic interactions and ocean warming influence large-scale kelp recovery?". Ecology and Evolution 9 5 (2019): 2847-2862. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85062662779&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1002/ece3.4963
Filbee-Dexter, K.; Wernberg, T.; Fredriksen, S.; Norderhaug, K.M.; Pedersen, M.F.. "Arctic kelp forests: Diversity, resilience and future". Global and Planetary Change 172 (2019): 1-14. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85053798936&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.09.005
Francis, F.T.; Filbee-Dexter, K.; Yan, H.F.; Côté, I.M.. "Invertebrate herbivores: Overlooked allies in the recovery of degraded coral reefs?". Global Ecology and Conservation 17 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85062978401&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00593
Wernberg, T.; Filbee-Dexter, K.. "Grazers extend blue carbon transfer by slowing sinking speeds of kelp detritus". Scientific Reports 8 1 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85056975394&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1038/s41598-018-34721-z
Scheibling, R.E.; Patriquin, D.G.; Filbee-Dexter, K.. "Distribution and abundance of the invasive seagrass Halophila stipulacea and associated benthic macrofauna in Carriacou, Grenadines, Eastern Caribbean". Aquatic Botany 144 (2018): 1-8. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85031764181&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1016/j.aquabot.2017.10.003
Filbee-Dexter, K.; Symons, C.C.; Jones, K.; Haig, H.A.; Pittman, J.; Alexander, S.M.; Burke, M.J.. "Quantifying ecological and social drivers of ecological surprise". Journal of Applied Ecology 55 5 (2018): 2135-2146. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85052158417&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1111/1365-2664.13171
Filbee-Dexter, K.; Wernberg, T.. "Rise of Turfs: A New Battlefront for Globally Declining Kelp Forests". BioScience 68 2 (2018): 64-76. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85042267231&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1093/biosci/bix147
Filbee-Dexter, K.; Wernberg, T.; Norderhaug, K.M.; Ramirez-Llodra, E.; Pedersen, M.F.. "Movement of pulsed resource subsidies from kelp forests to deep fjords". Oecologia 187 1 (2018): 291-304. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85044594570&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1007/s00442-018-4121-7
Filbee-Dexter, K.; Scheibling, R.E.. "The present is the key to the past: Linking regime shifts in kelp beds to the distribution of deep-living sea urchins". Ecology 98 1 (2017): 253-264. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85008182694&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1002/ecy.1638
Filbee-Dexter, K.; Pittman, J.; Haig, H.A.; Alexander, S.M.; Symons, C.C.; Burke, M.J.. "Ecological surprise: Concept, synthesis, and social dimensions". Ecosphere 8 12 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85039416600&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1002/ecs2.2005
Filbee-Dexter, K.; Feehan, C.J.; Scheibling, R.E.. "Large-scale degradation of a kelp ecosystem in an ocean warming hotspot". Marine Ecology Progress Series 543 (2016): 141-152. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84957076341&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.3354/meps11554
Filbee-Dexter, K.; Scheibling, R.E.. "Spatial Patterns and Predictors of Drift Algal Subsidy in Deep Subtidal Environments". Estuaries and Coasts 39 6 (2016): 1724-1734. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84965047911&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1007/s12237-016-0101-5
Francis, F.T.-Y.; Filbee-Dexter, K.; Scheibling, R.E.. "Stalked tunicates Boltenia ovifera form biogenic habitat in the rocky subtidal zone of Nova Scotia". Marine Biology 161 6 (2014): 1375-1383. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84901410845&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1007/s00227-014-2425-7
Filbee-Dexter, K.; Scheibling, R.E.. "Sea urchin barrens as alternative stable states of collapsed kelp ecosystems". Marine Ecology Progress Series 495 (2014): 1-25. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84892408922&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.3354/meps10573
Filbee-Dexter, K.; Scheibling, R.E.. "Detrital kelp subsidy supports high reproductive condition of deep-living sea urchins in a sedimentary basin". Aquatic Biology 23 1 (2014): 71-86. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84919681899&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.3354/ab00607
Filbee-Dexter, K.; Scheibling, R.E.. "Hurricane-mediated defoliation of kelp beds and pulsed delivery of kelp detritus to offshore sedimentary habitats". Marine Ecology Progress Series 455 (2012): 51-64. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84861852210&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.3354/meps09667

Other

Other output

Ocean Forests Hold Unique Solutions to Our Current Environmental Crisis. 2020. Karen Filbee-Dexter. https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/beecb242-595c-4bdb-ae3d-488b19c89d89.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2021	Norwegian National Policy brief. Co-author. Further loss of blue forests will have a ripple effect on biodiversity. https://nbfn.no/policy_brief21/.
2021	Filbee-Dexter K. Macroalgae blue carbon: knowledge gaps and opportunities. 2021. ASLO (online conference) [invited keynote for SB4 Blue Carbon Session]	ASLO
2021	Filbee-Dexter K. Arctic kelp forests: distribution and drivers. 2021. Coastal Zone Canada. Iqaluit (online conference)
2020	Filbee-Dexter K. Substrate and environment drive extensive kelp forests in the eastern Canadian Arctic. 2020. Arctic Change. Canada. (online conference)	Arctic Change
2020	Filbee-Dexter K. Blue growth opportunities and global challenges for changing kelp forests. NBFN Blue Forest Week. Norway. 2020 (online media event)	NBFN Blue Forest Week
2019	Filbee-Dexter K. Carbon storage potential in high latitude kelp forests. 2019. Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution. Fredericton, Canada	Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
2019	Filbee-Dexter K. Blue growth opportunities in changing kelp forests. 2019. SANOCEAN Launching Conference. Port Elizabeth, South Africa.	SANOCEAN Launching Conference
2019	Filbee-Dexter K. The fate of detritus from high latitude kelp forests. 2019. International Temperate Reefs Symposium. Hong Kong, China.	International Temperate Reefs Symposium
2018	Filbee-Dexter K, Archambault P. Canadian kelp forests in a changing Arctic. 2018. ArcticNet Annual Meeting. Ottawa, Canada.	ArcticNet Annual Meeting
2018	Filbee-Dexter K, Arctic kelp forests: productivity, resilience, and future. 2018. Ocean Science Meeting, Portland, OR, USA.	Ocean Science Meeting
2017	Filbee-Dexter K 2017. What does the green shift mean for the Arctic? Arctic Frontiers Emerging Leaders Reception, Tromsø, Norway.	Arctic Frontiers Emerging Leaders Reception
2017	Filbee-Dexter K, RE Scheibling 2017. Arctic kelp forests: productivity, resilience and future. Emerging Leaders Program, Tromsø, Norway	Emerging Leaders Program
2016	Filbee-Dexter K, RE Scheibling 2016. Deep-living sea urchins trigger shifts to barrens in a shallow kelp bed ecosystem. Benthic Ecology Meeting, Portland, Maine, USA	Benthic Ecology Meeting
2016	Filbee-Dexter K, RE Scheibling 2016. Linking regime shifts in a kelp bed ecosystem to deep-living sea urchins. Patrick Lett Graduate Student Symposium, Halifax, Canada. [runner-up Best Presentation]
2015	Filbee-Dexter K, RE Scheibling 2015. Predicting patterns of drift algal subsidy in deep subtidal environments. Western Society of Naturalists, Sacramento, California, USA.
2015	Filbee-Dexter K, J Pittman, S Alexander, M Bass, M Burke, H Haig, C Symons 2015. Conceptualizing surprise in social-ecological systems. Western Society of Naturalists, Sacramento, California, USA. (poster).
2015	Filbee-Dexter K, RE Scheibling 2015. Distribution of deep-living sea urchins and their connection to shallow barrens, Huntsman Marine Science Centre, St. Andrews, NB. [runner-up Best Presentation]
2015	Filbee-Dexter K, CJ Feehan, RE Scheibling 2015. Ocean warming hotspots, phase shifts and large-scale degradation of a Nova Scotia kelp bed ecosystem. Benthic Ecology Meeting, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
2014	Filbee-Dexter K, CJ Feehan, RE Scheibling 2014. Phase shifts from kelp beds to turf or invasive algal-dominated assemblages over decadal time-scales in Nova Scotia. Western Society of Naturalists, Tacoma, Washington, USA.
2014	Filbee-Dexter K, RE Scheibling 2014. Sea urchin barrens as alternative stable states of collapsed kelp ecosystems. Benthic Ecology Meeting, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
2013	Filbee-Dexter K, RE Scheibling 2013. Detrital subsidy from kelp beds enhances sea urchin reproduction in adjacent sedimentary habitats in Nova Scotia. Western Society of Naturalists, Oxnard, California, USA.
2013	Filbee-Dexter K, RE Scheibling 2013. Detrital kelp subsidies enhance reproductive output of deep-living sea urchins. Atlantic Canada Coastal & Estuarine Science Society, Centre for Geographic Sciences, NSCC, Lawrencetown, NS, Canada.
2012	Filbee-Dexter K, RE Scheibling 2012. Deep-living sea urchins receiving detrital subsidy are highly reproductive. Canadian Healthy Oceans Network’s Annual Meeting. Ottawa, ON, Canada. (Poster)
2011	Filbee-Dexter K, RE Scheibling 2011. Hurricane creates food pulse from kelp beds to deep food-limited regions in Nova Scotian subtidal zone. Canadian Healthy Oceans Network Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada. (Poster)
2011	Filbee-Dexter K, RE Scheibling 2011. Hurricane creates food pulse from kelp beds to deep food-limited regions in Nova Scotian subtidal zone. Patrick Lett Biology Graduate Student Symposium, Halifax, NS, Canada. [Best poster award]

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021 - Current	Co-supervision of 1 PhD student and 1 MSc student, School of Biological Sciences, Laval Co-supervisor
2020 - 2022	Co-supervision of 6 PhD and 1 MSc, School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia Co-supervisor	The University of Western Australia, Australia
2014 - 2015	Co-supervision of 1 Honours Student, Dalhousie University Co-supervisor	Dalhousie University, Canada

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2020 - Current	Lead organizer of EUROMARINE 2020 Workshop. Export and sequestration of macroalgae globally. Institution: IMR. (2020) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
2019 - Current	Lead organizer of BLUECONNECT Multi-stakeholder workshop on South African kelp forest conservation and management. DAFF, UWC (2019) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
2019 - Current	Lead organizer SUKER Workshop: Broad-scale ‘litter bag’ experiment in sugar kelp forests. Institution: IMR. (2019) Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
2017 - Current	Co-organizer of KELCO: The role of kelp export in benthic ecosystems: Institution: NIVA (2017) Workshop (Co-organisor)

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2021 - Current	Filbee-Dexter K. Panel member for launch event of the UNEP NBFN Global Kelp Report. Blue Forest Week Conference	the UNEP NBFN Global Kelp Report
2020 - Current	“Hotspots of blue carbon storage in high latitude kelp forests”. School of Biological Science, University of Western Australia Seminar	The University of Western Australia, Australia
2020 - Current	“Blue Forests and their role in Arctic carbon stores”. Invited Presenter and Panelist. Arctic Frontiers Seminar	Arctic Frontiers
2019 - Current	Invited participant. EUROMARINE working group on the importance of macroalgae in the global carbon cycle. Institution Aarus University Workshop	EUROMARINE
2019 - Current	“Kelp forests in the changing ocean.” Seminar. Institute of Marine Research Seminar	Havforskningsinstituttet, Norway
2015 - Current	“Regime shifts in kelp bed ecosystems.” Friday Seminar Hour Seminar	Dalhousie University, Canada
2015 - Current	“Drift kelp subsidy to deep subtidal environments”, Friday Harbor Labs Seminar, U of Washington, USA Seminar	Friday Harbor Labs Seminar University of Washington, United States
2015 - Current	“How resilient are kelp beds to a changing ocean?” Seminar	Friday Informal Seminar Hour Dalhousie University, Canada

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2016 - Current	Graduate Admissions Committee, Biology Department, Dalhousie Member
2016 - Current	Climate Change and Environmental Rights Working Group - Young Liberals of Canada
2016 - Current	Lett Symposium Coordinator, Biology Department, Dalhousie
2016 - Current	Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron Board of Management Member
2015 - 2016	Graduate Directorate, Biology Department, Dalhousie
2014 - 2016	Executive Member Biology Organization of Graduate Students, Dalhousie

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2021 - Current	Australian National Ocean Account. Scientific expert and data contributor for Kelp Forest Component. Centre of Environmental and Satellite Accounts, Physical Environment Accounts and Statistics Branch, Australian Bureau of Statistics

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2022 - Current	ENVT4413 Marine Ecosystems. University of Western Australia, Course Coordinator	Marine Ecosystems	The University of Western Australia, Australia
2022 - Current	BIOL4408 Marine Ecology. University of Western Australia, Course Instructor		The University of Western Australia, Australia
2021 - Current	SLE328 Oceans, Coasts and Climate Change. Invited speaker. Career Paths in Marine Science. Deakin University.
2021 - Current	WWF-Canada. Building Connections for Blue Carbon across Canada. Invited keynote. “Kelp forests and blue carbon mapping”
2016 - Current	BIOL5705: Graduate Module, Course co-Coordinator. Regime shifts and Alternative Stable State Dynamics		Dalhousie University, Canada
2015 - Current	BIOL5061: Experimental Design & Data Analysis in Biology, Guest lecture: Generalized Additive Models		Dalhousie University, Canada
2010 - Current	BIOL2060: Ecology, Teaching Assistant		Dalhousie University, Canada
2020 - 2021	BlueConnect Field Course: Graduate field course in kelp ecology. www.blueconnectproject.com/field-course, Course Coordinator		Universitetet i Agder, Norway University of the Western Cape, South Africa
2020 - 2021	SCIE 2204: Marine Systems, Guest lecture: The Arctic		The University of Western Australia, Australia
2019 - 2021	SCIE 5503: Global Change Ecology, Guest lecture: The changing Arctic		The University of Western Australia, Australia
2017 - 2018	FIL 4011: General Concepts in Philosophy, Guest lecture: Conservation ethics		Universitetet i Oslo, Norway
2017 - 2018	BIOL4068: Changing Marine Ecosystems, Guest lecture: Habitat loss in the coastal		Universitetet i Oslo, Norway
2012 - 2016	BIOL3761: Marine Ecology, Guest lecture: Regime shifts in coastal ecosystems / 2016; Guest lecture: Pursuing Graduate Studies in Biology / 2013 & 2014; Teaching Assistant / 2012-2014		Dalhousie University, Canada

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization	Funding entity
2021 - Current	Lead Science Editor of 2021 UNEP Report on Kelp Forests Evaluator

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2021 - Current	Ocean Bites 2021.	Missing the kelp forest for the trees an overlooked factor in blue carbon storage
2021 - Current	Sierra Club	Say hello to the arctic kelp rush: could the arctic become a kelp boomtown?
2020 - Current	Envirobites. 2020	Blue Carbon and Green Kelp: Kelp forests could reduce carbon emissions
2019 - Current	Independent UK. Arctic kelp forests: Expanding thanks to climate change (media article)
2019 - Current	CBC News.	Could climate change help the Arctic's kelp flourish? Researchers are trying to find out
2019 - Current	Radio Canada International	Arctic underwater forests set to expand with rapid warming
2018 - Current	Saltwire	Kelp decline going global researcher says
2016 - Current	Canadian Geographic	Warming water is killing Nova Scotia's kelp forests. How climate change is destroying some of Canada's most important underwater ecosystems
2016 - Current	Canadian Press	Warming waters wiping out kelp beds off Nova Scotia: scientist

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2016 - 2018	Mentoring of 2 graduate students (1 MSc and 1 PhD) during KELPEX project /2016-2018	-

Distinctions

Award

2020	President’s Award (tuition waiver) Joe Ghiz Memorial Scholarship ($1500 CAD) NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship-Master’s Program ($17,500 CAD) Nova Scotia Yachting Association Support for Sport Bursary ($16,000 CAD)
2019	NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship-Doctoral Program ($84,000 CAD)
2017	Norwegian Research Council 2017 Arctic Emerging Leader Scholarship (30,000 NOK)