Dr Natalia Serpetti

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Postdoctoral researcher

My personal research interests cover a wide range of the ecosystem levels from fish ecology to nutrient cycling.

Biology, distribution and trophic ecology of two coexisting fish species, focussing attention on hyperbenthos prey categories and their ecological importance in the central Mediterranean Sea.
Winter feeding habits of planktivorous fish (juvenile herring and Norway pout) in their nursery areas in Scotland paying particular attention to planktonic prey categories, selectivity and their effect on fish growing.
Acoustic ground discrimination systems, single and multi-beam.
Influence of chemical, physical and geological factors on benthic nutrient and oxygen fluxes.
Mega- and macrofauna species distributions and diversity in relation to chemical, physical and geological factors and human disturbance in coastal and deep-waters.
Macrofaunal community and diversity structure on seamounts.

At the Scottish Marine Institute I am a member of the

Ecology Department doing a post doc for Dr Bhavani Narayanaswamy on benthic biodiversity of seamounts in the Southwest Indian Ocean.

Education / Career

2011-present	PDRA on benthic biodiversity of seamounts in the Southwest Indian Ocean. SAMS
2007-2011	PhD in modelling and mapping the physical and biogeochemical properties of sediments. University of Aberdeen and Marine Scotland
2006-2007	Project in trophic ecology of juvenile herring and of Norway pout, Scotland. Project founded by University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
1996-2004	BSc Zoology (110/110), University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy

Publications

Publications and presentations

Publications

Natalia Serpetti, M. R. Heath, E. Armstrong and U. Witte. Blending single beam RoxAnn and multi-beam swathe QTC hydro-acoustic discrimination techniques for the Stonehaven area, Scotland, UK. Journal of Sea Research, 65, 442-455.
Natalia Serpetti, M. R. Heath, M. Rose and U. Witte. High resolution mapping of sediment organic matter from acoustic reflectance data. Hydrobiologia, in press.

Conference presentations

13th Biennial Challenger Conference for Marine Science, 8th -11th September 2008 - Bangor University.
International Symposium on Herring: Linking biology, ecology and population status in the context of changing environments. National University of Ireland, Galway, 26th to 29th August 2008.

my contact details

Dr Natalia Serpetti
E: Natalia.Serpetti@sams.ac.uk
T: +44 (0) 1631 559 238
F: +44 (0) 1631 559 001
Scottish Marine Institute
Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK

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