Luis Huckstadt

Luis Huckstadt is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Ecology and Conservation at the University of Exeter in Devon (England). His research is motivated by his interest in understanding the role that large predators, particularly marine mammals, play in marine ecosystems, especially in areas more susceptible to human-induced climatic change such as upwelling and polar marine systems. To help to answer these questions, Luis uses Biologging technologies and Stable Isotope Analyses to improve our understanding of the link between changing environments and the at-sea behaviours of marine top predators.

Current research projects / interests:

• NSFGEO-NERC Collaborative Research: Effects of a Changing Climate on the Habitat Utilization, Foraging Ecology and Distribution of Crabeater Seals;
• Using Animal-borne Instruments (ABI) to sample coastal areas of the Southern Ocean;
• Filling the gap: characterization of winter hydrographic conditions and habitat use in the Northern Antarctic Peninsula using instrumented seals and ocean modeling.