Photograph of Dr Tabitha Pearman
Group
Ocean BioGeosciences
Site
Southampton
Biography

Dr Tabitha Pearman is a marine biologist with more than fifteen years’ experience in marine habitat mapping gained from industry and academia. Tabitha has participated in over 30 cruises and her research focusses on interdisciplinary approaches to mapping and improving our knowledge of vulnerable marine ecosystems, with particular emphasis on cold-water corals in complex environments.

Member of the Scientific Steering Committee for the International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals

Member of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea's Working Group on Deep-Sea Ecology

Member of Deep-Ocean Stewardship deep-sea fisheries and vulnerable marine ecosystem working groups

Current Projects:

iAtlantic – Integrated assessment of Atlantic marine ecosystems in space and time

ECOWind-ACCELERATE - Ecological Implications of Accelerated Seabed Mobility around Wind farms

CLASS- Climate Linked Atlantic Sector Science

Past Projects: 

Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems Project – Mapping and assessing deep-sea fishery impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems in the South-west Atlantic to develop a vulnerable marine ecosystems strategy