Trish Lavery

A Whale Poop Tale

About the Speaker

Dr. Trish Lavery works for the Department of the Environment (Australia) in managing data and information accessibility resulting from the National Environmental Research Programme.  She has published articles in marine mammalogy, nutrient dynamics, ecotoxicology, hydrology, genomics and biogeosciences.  Dr. Lavery was the F.G. Wood Memorial Scholarship Award Recipient for 2015, for her paper titled, “Whales sustain fisheries: Blue whales stimulate primary production in the Southern Ocean.