Rose Leeger
Rose (she/her) is a PhD student at CU Boulder studying Southern Ocean ecosystems by using interdisciplinary methods to understand fisheries ecology and conservation management. Using otoliths, ear stones found in fish, Rose looks at life history traits of different fish populations all around the waters of Antarctica and how their populations may be migrating and connecting to one another. On this expedition, Rose will conduct opportunistic sampling of bycatch species that will be used in future stable isotope and genetics studies. This will illuminate the ecosystem foraging ecology and will help provide a baseline understanding for future conservation management strategies.
“The dramatic changes in the Antarctic regions have further impacts to the rest of our world’s oceans and is imperative to understand the ecosystems to inform conservation management and policy.”
— Rose Leeger
Rose Leeger
Research Assistant
University of Colorado Boulder
Rose (she/her) is a PhD student at CU Boulder studying Southern Ocean ecosystems by using interdisciplinary methods to understand fisheries ecology and conservation management. Using otoliths, ear stones found in fish, Rose looks at life history traits of different fish populations all around the waters of Antarctica and how their populations may be migrating and connecting to one another. On this expedition, Rose will conduct opportunistic sampling of bycatch species that will be used in future stable isotope and genetics studies. This will illuminate the ecosystem foraging ecology and will help provide a baseline understanding for future conservation management strategies.
“The dramatic changes in the Antarctic regions have further impacts to the rest of our world’s oceans and is imperative to understand the ecosystems to inform conservation management and policy.”
— Rose Leeger
