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Deep Sea exploration with the RV Southern Surveyor
11 January – 1 February 2008

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Dr Alan Williams' research into the marine ecosystems that support commercial fisheries has focussed on the deep ocean off SE Australia, but has included seagoing research off Western Australia, New Zealand and the North Sea.

Now based at the CSIRO marine laboratories, in Hobart, he is involved in a number of projects investigating the ecology of the deep ocean seabed. These focus upon methods for mapping and understanding the distributions of seabed fauna and the effects upon them from human activities, especially bottom fishing.

Dr Williams has been going to sea, on research voyages, fairly regularly for the last 20 years. "Working at sea is always a challenge, but particularly these days, because we run such complex multidisciplinary surveys, but it's always good to get away from the office and to get your hands dirty.

Modified: 10/01/08

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