IONTU speech announcement  7/1 (Wed)  14:00  A Quarter of a Century of Sponge Biodiversity and Functioning in the Spermonde Archipelago (Indonesia): Impacts of Eutrophication and Environmental Change.  Prof. Nicole de Voogd (Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Netherlands)

Speaker:Prof. Nicole de Voogd (Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Netherlands)

Title:A Quarter of a Century of Sponge Biodiversity and Functioning in the Spermonde Archipelago (Indonesia): Impacts of Eutrophication and Environmental Change.

Time:7/1 (Wed)  14:00~16:00

Location:2F Auditorium, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University

Nicole de Voogd (https://www.naturalis.nl/en/science/researchers/nicole-voogd) is a world-leading sponge expert, bringing taxonomy, biodiversity, and reef ecology together to reveal the hidden importance of sponges in tropical marine ecosystems. Her talk will explore how decades of research in Indonesia have reshaped our understanding of sponge communities and their responses to eutrophication and environmental change.