Ecohydrodynamic Observations of the Western Irish Sea Mud-Belt

About the talk…

The Western Irish Sea Mud-belt is an important carbon sink and valuable marine conservation and fisheries habitat. This talk will give an overview of the link between the ecohydrodynamic forces operating in the Irish Sea and productivity of the mudbelt with specific reference to the western Irish Sea Gyre. The presentation will give an update on how Government has assessed the carbon storage potential of these sediments and how they might be managed in the future.

About me…

Dr Kev Kennington has almost 30 years’ experience of research and monitoring in the Irish Sea.

Graduated from Plymouth University then worked at Plymouth Marine Lab analysing carbon of surface Atlantic waters as part of the NERC Joint Global Ocean Flux Surveys. Following this he undertook a PhD at the National Oceanographic Centre and UEA on productivity changes of the Equatorial Pacific in relation to climate change. He continued in academia for a number of years at both Durham and Liverpool Universities where he has worked primarily on phytoplankton and oceanographic research. After leaving academia he worked across a number of policy initiatives in marine conservation and monitoring for the Scottish Env Protection Agency before returning to the IOM to work at DEFA.