Susi Rahmawati
PhD student
Research focus:
- PhD project: Impact of sea turtle grazing on sediment carbon dynamics in seagrass ecosystems, including organic carbon erosion, carbon emissions, and carbon sequestration capacity.
- Seagrass monitoring in Indonesia
- Seagrass function as blue carbon ecosystem, including carbon stock on sediment and biomass.
Finalized projects (in Indonesia): seagrass monitoring through the COREMAP-CTI project , Blue carbon in seagrass ecosystems through the SEACOPS (Indonesia – Australia) project.
Motivation:
I am motivated to conduct research on marine ecology to fill knowledge gaps, particularly in understudied seagrass ecosystems, and to contribute to their effective management and conservation efforts.
Biography
Keywords:
seagrass ecosystems, carbon dynamic, sea turtles, landscape configuration.
Methods:
field sampling and experiments on ecosystem structure and functions, greenhouse gas measurement, carbon analysis in seagrass and sediment.
Research Locations:
Indonesia; Belitung, Kapoosang Island, and Derawan Island.