Sally Carson

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Sally F. Carson is a Canadian marine biologist and the director of the New Zealand Marine Studies Centre at the University of Otago. [1] [2]

Carson completed a bachelor of science degree at Mount Allison University in 1984, and a master's in science at the University of Alberta. [3] [4] Much of her postgraduate research was completed at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, Vancouver Island. [5]

In 2017, Carson designed a national citizen science project to involve members of the public in the long term monitoring of the New Zealand seashore. [1] She has written a range of educational resources for primary and intermediate school students, as well as a series of identification guides to the plants and animals which inhabit New Zealand's seashores. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "The creatures of our seashore". Radio New Zealand. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  2. Stokes, Ella (23 January 2019). "In the vanguard of marine science". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  3. Carson, Sally F (1984). Asexual propagation in the sea star: Stephanasterias albula (Thesis). OCLC   71763710.
  4. Carson, Sally F (1990). Development and reproductive biology of three species of Solaster sea stars from the northeast Pacific Ocean (Thesis). Ottawa: National Library of Canada. OCLC   32088965.
  5. 1 2 "Sir Peter Blake Trust". blakenz.org. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  6. Carson, Sally F; Page, Denis (1995). New Zealand seashore secrets. Auckland, N.Z.: Hodder Moa Beckett. ISBN   9780340575741. OCLC   154714914.
  7. Probert, Keith; Jillett, John B; Carson, Sally F (2005). Southern seas: discovering marine life at 46 [degrees] south. Dunedin, N.Z.: University of Otago Press. ISBN   9781877276965. OCLC   974660104.
  8. Carson, Sally F; New Zealand Marine Studies Centre (2014). Southern NZ, sandy & muddy shore guide. New Zealand Marine Studies Centre. ISBN   9780473275983. OCLC   872583197.
  9. Carson, Sally F; Morris, Rod (2017). Collins field guide to the New Zealand seashore. Collins. ISBN   9781775540106. OCLC   1057612910.