ABOUT

I am a PhD student studying the adaptations of dinoflagellates (Ceratium spp.) to oligotrophic subtropical gyres, based at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS). My supervisors are Professor Mikhail Zubkov, Dr Duncan Purdie and Dr Adrian Martin.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Phytoplankton Ecology

• Marine Microbial Biology

• Calcification/Ocean Acidification

RESEARCH TECHNIQUES

• Algal culture and maintenance

• Microscopy (inverted, dissecting, and epifluoresence)

• Fluorometric chlorophyll analysis

• Fast repetition rate fluorometry (FRRf)

• Flow Cytometry and FloCam Cytometry

• Protein Quantification

QUALIFICATIONS

MScii Marine biology (First Class honours) – University of Southampton (2006-2010)

PUBLICATIONS

Aldridge, D., Beer, C. J., and Purdie, D. A. (2012). Calcification in the planktonic foraminifera Globigerina bulloides linked to phosphate concentrations in surface waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, Biogeosciences, 9: 1725-1739

SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter (@D_Aldridge)

LinkedIn

BLOG

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UNIVERSITY AND NOCS PERSONAL PAGE:

http://www.southampton.ac.uk/oes/postgraduate/research_students/da106.page#background

http://noc.ac.uk/people/da106

CONTACT:

Mr David Aldridge
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
University of Southampton Waterfront Campus
European Way
Southampton SO14 3ZH
United Kingdom

Email: D.Aldridge@noc.soton.ac.uk