Sam Healing
University of British Columbia
Email: s.healing@eoas.ubc.ca
Sam’s MSc by Research studied the impact of seabird nutrient input on terrestrial and intertidal ecosystems on the Farne Islands, Northumberland, supervised by Nick Graham, Casey Benkwitt and Ruth Dunn.
What’s next?
Sam is now undertaking a PhD at the University of British Columbia researching the impact of reduced sea ice on mesopelagic food webs in the Southern Ocean.
Selected Publications
- Nobre R, Rocha SM, Healing S, et al. (2024) A global study of freshwater coverage by floating photovoltaics. Solar Eng 267: 112244.
- Healing S, Benkwitt CE, Dunn RE, Graham NAJ (2024) Seabird-vectored pelagic nutrients influence intertidal rocky shore communities on temperate islands. Frontiers in Marine Science 11: 1343966.
- Carvalho F, Healing S, Armstrong A (2024) Enhancing soil carbon in solar farms through active land management: a systematic review of the available evidence. Environmental Research Ecology 3(4).
- Benkwitt CE, D’Angelo C, Dunn RE, Gunn RL, Healing S, et al. (2023) Seabirds boost coral reef resilience. Science Advances 9(49): eadj0390.