Leanne Cullen-Unsworth
Leanne Cullen-Unsworth | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1979 |
| Nationality | British |
Leanne Cullen-Unsworth born Leanne Cullen (born 1979) is a British marine scientist. She is a champion for preserving Seagrass meadows which are responsible for supporting the food supply of hundreds of millions of people. In 2024 she was included as one of the BBC's 100 most influential women.
Life
Cullen-Unsworth was born in 1979.[citation needed]
She completed her doctorate in 2007.[1]
She argued in 2017 that sea-grasses may be good for supporting sea-horses but the argument was more essential that this "fluffy" approach suggested. Sea-grasses do support sea horses but they are important resources for the fishing industry.[2] In 2018 she was the prime author of a paper in Science calling for action to protect seagrass.[3]
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She contributed to research that found that seagrasses are important for a type of gleaning i.e. "fishing with basic gear, including bare hands, in shallow water not deeper than that one can stand". The resarch was published ith an open license allowing it to be re-used without permission bubject only to attribution.[5] Invertebrate gleaning (walking) fisheries for Invertebrates are common within intertidal seagrass meadows, contributing to the food supply of hundreds of millions of people.[4]
In 2018 she was also an author of a paper which warned of the effect of environmental damage caused by British sewerage.[6]
In 2024 she was identified as one of the BBC's 100 most influential women.[1] The BBC highlighted her key role in founding Project Seagrass and the use of underwater robots to plant seeds that can grow into new seagrass.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Scientist named on BBC 100 Women 2023 list | University of Essex". www.essex.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
- ^ "Fishing 'best argument for seagrass conservation'". BBC News. 2017-11-17. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
- ^ Cullen-Unsworth, Leanne C.; Unsworth, Richard (2018-08-03). "A call for seagrass protection". Science. 361 (6401): 446–448. Bibcode:2018Sci...361..446C. doi:10.1126/science.aat7318. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 30072524. S2CID 51908021.
- ^ a b Nessa, N., Ambo-Rappe, R., Cullen-Unsworth, L.C. and Unsworth, R.K.F. (2019) "Social-ecological drivers and dynamics of seagrass gleaning fisheries". Ambio, pages 1–11. doi:10.1007/s13280-019-01267-x.
Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- ^ Nordlund, L.M., Unsworth, R.K., Gullström, M. and Cullen‐Unsworth, L.C. (2018) "Global significance of seagrass fishery activity. Fish and Fisheries", 19(3): 399–412. doi:10.1111/faf.12259. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- ^ Jones, Benjamin L.; Cullen-Unsworth, Leanne C.; Unsworth, Richard K. F. (2018). "Tracking Nitrogen Source Using δ15N Reveals Human and Agricultural Drivers of Seagrass Degradation across the British Isles". Frontiers in Plant Science. 9. doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.00133. ISSN 1664-462X. PMC 5808166. PMID 29467789.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link) CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ "BBC 100 Women 2023: Who is on the list this year? - BBC News". News. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
