Rif Field Station is pleased to announce the sixth and last session of Coffee Science 2023 on October 10th, from 5pm to 6pm, at Félaginn Bar Raufarhöfn.

Coffee Science is partially funded by the Northeast Iceland Development Fund, SSNE, and is part of the BIODICE Biodiversity Festival 2023.

“Invasive marine species and their impacts”

The introduction of invasive marine species into new environments is a topic of significant ecological and economic concern. Marine coastal waters near anthropogenic environments, are becoming synonym of invaded habitats. Despite its geographic isolation, Iceland is becoming a recipient region with over 10 new marine species reported since 2018. Joana from Náttúrustofa Suðvesturlands, will talk about how these species arrive in Iceland and their impacts in Nature, fishing and aquaculture.

Joana Micael is a marine biologist who has been working on the diversity of marine species. Her research has been focused on depicting biodiversity and determine ecological patterns, unveiling marine non-indigenous species with invasive behavior in new environments. Joana has a PhD in Marine Science from the University of Azores, Portugal. She has worked at the Centre of Marine and Environmental Research in Porto, at the National Museum of Natural History of Lisbon, and at the Austral University of Chile. Since 2019, Joana works as Researcher Specialist at the Náttúrustofa Suðvesturlands, Sandgerði, and has residence in Raufarhöfn.