BCSS'S
CONTRIBUTORS
The Bazaruto Center of Scientific Studies invites volunteers, interns and University students to join the research station through the Marine Science Programs. They contribute to the mission of BCSS in a wide array of ways; from contributing to routine field data collection for the Ocean Observatory to conducting scientific surveys underwater, and from assisting the testing of 3D printed reef units to spatial data collections.
Every contribution is highly valued, and we would like to thank every individual who has visited BCSS in the past.
Camille Roques
South Africa
Program joined:
Marine Science Internship
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Special contribution to the development of the Ocean Observatory scuba diving scientific surveys to collect megafauna, reef fish, and coral reefs data using transects and quadrats.
Period of contribution:
01/04/2022 – 27/05/2022
Charles van der Elst
Sweden
Program joined:
Marine Science Internship
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Contribution to routine field data collection for the Ocean Observatory.
Period of contribution:
07/03/2022 – 21/03/2022
Eliah Metta
Italy/Belgium
Program joined:
Marine Science Internship
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Contribution to routine field data collection for the Ocean Observatory.
Period of contribution:
03/07/2022 – 21/03/2022
Anouska Burrows
United Kingdom
Program joined:
Marine Science Internship
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Contribution to routine field data collection for the Ocean Observatory
Period of contribution:
27/02/2022 – 13/03/2022
Theres Koch
Germany
Program joined:
Marine Science Internship
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Contribution to routine field data collection for the Ocean Observatory
Period of contribution:
01/02/2022 – 27/02/2022
Georgia Pfaff
South Africa
Program joined:
Marine Science Internship
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Contribution to routine field data collection for the Ocean Observatory and a literature review on ocean literacy to advise BCSS’s community education initiatives.
Period of contribution:
29/01/2022 – 26/02/2022
Sara Vital
Portugal
Program joined:
Marine Science Internship
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Special contribution to the development of the Ocean Observatory scuba diving scientific surveys to collect megafauna, reef fish, and coral reefs data using transects and quadrats. Contribution to routine field data collection for the Ocean Observatory,
Period of contribution:
26/01/2022 – 19/04/2022
Marcus Katz
Switzerland
Program joined:
Marine Science Internship
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Special contribution to the testing of 3D-printed reef units as artificial structures to provide extra substrate for fish and benthic communities.
Period of contribution:
15/11/2021 – 18/12/2021
Carreg Dove
Zimbabwe
Program joined:
Marine Science Internship
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Contribution to routine field data collection for the Ocean Observatory.
Period of contribution:
26/08/2021 – 25/09/2021
Alexandra Jordan
United Kingdom
Program joined:
Marine Science Internship
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Special contribution to the testing of 3D-printed reef units as artificial structures to provide extra substrate for fish and benthic communities. Also large contribution to the ArcGIS development for the Ocean Observatory in terms of base-layers and data arrangement.
Period of contribution:
16/10/2021 – 15/12/2021
Jack Shannon
United Kingdom
Program joined:
Marine Science Internship
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Special contribution to coral reef and peat (fossilized forests) benthic surveys to characterize the environment, counting fish and invertebrates, as well as conducting transects. Also large contribution to spatial data collections, general operation support, and the plastic data processing.
Period of contribution:
11/08/2021 – 11/11/2021
Frankie Andrews
United Kingdom
Program joined:
Marine Science Internship
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Special contribution to coral reef and peat (fossilized forests) benthic surveys to characterize the environment, counting fish and invertebrates, as well as conducting transects. Also large contribution to spatial data collections, and general operation support.
Period of contribution:
01/08/2021 – 28/10/2021
Daniel Escayola van der Linde
Spain
Program joined:
Marine Science Internship
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Special contribution on benthic mapping, reef and pinnacle exploration, development of a Humpback whale photo ID catalogue, as well as professional video/photo production.
Period of contribution:
01/07/2021 – 26/08/2021
Ryan Foster
United Kingdom
Program joined:
Marine Science Internship
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Special contribution to assisting a visiting research group on a Humpback whale project, routine field data collection for the Ocean Observatory, and reef, pinnacle, and study sites exploration.
Period of contribution:
01/07/2021 – 26/08/2021
Shaye Tudor
Canada
Program joined:
Marine Science Internship
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Special contribution to the development of a R code to extract Remote Sensed Sea Surface Temperature and Chlorophyl. a for BCSS’ area of operation, routine field data collection for the Ocean Observatory, and reef, pinnacle, and study sites exploration.
Period of contribution:
05/06/2021 – 28/08/2021
Sophia Theoktisto Castro
United States
Program joined:
Marine Science Internship
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Contribution to routine field data collection for the Ocean Observatory.
Period of contribution:
29/05/2021 – 26/06/2021
Harrison Jennings
United States
Program joined:
Marine Science Internship
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Contribution to routine field data collection for the Ocean Observatory.
Period of contribution:
28/05/2021 – 25/06/2021
Rebekah Suddens
Zimbabwe
Program joined:
Marine Science Internship
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Contribution to routine field data collection for the Ocean Observatory, with special focus on marine debris.
Period of contribution:
28/05/2021 – 25/06/2021
Hannah Palmer
Zimbabwe
Program joined:
Divemaster Internship
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Special contribution to reef, pinnacle, and study sites exploration.
Period of contribution:
07/05/2021 – 03/08/2021
Max Voehl
United States
Program joined:
Divemaster Internship
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Special contribution to reef, pinnacle, and study sites exploration.
Period of contribution:
01/05/2021 – 29/07/2021
Anni Malinen
Iceland
Program joined:
Divemaster Internship
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Special contribution to reef, pinnacle, and study sites exploration.
Period of contribution:
25/04/2021 – 22/07/2021
Brandon Holloway
Zimbabwe
Program joined:
Volunteering Program
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Contribution to routine field data collection for the Ocean Observatory.
Period of contribution:
01/04/2021 – 14/04/2021
Edel Cribben
Mozambique
Program joined:
Volunteering Program
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Contribution to routine field data collection for the Ocean Observatory.
Period of contribution:
22/12/2020 – 04/01/2021
Shenji Schaeppi
United Kingdom
Program joined:
Volunteering Program
Themes contributed to:
Theme 1: Ecosystem Function & Monitoring
Theme 2: Species Identification & Habitat Mapping
Theme 3: Migratory Fish Populations Dynamics
Theme 4: Marine Debris Monitoring
Special contribution to the development of automated and coding protocols to feed remote weather and environmental data into spreadsheets. General diving and spatial surveys support.
Period of contribution:
12/12/2020 – 23/01/2021
