Svenja Tidau

My research focusses on sensory ecology of marine organisms and how anthropogenic pollutants such as noise and light alter behaviour and development.

I am Postdoctoral Researcher working on the NERC-funded Project Artificial Light Impacts on Coastal Ecosystems (ALICE) where I investigate the impacts of artificial light at night on coastal organisms, their development and interactions.

In my PhD I worked on the behavioural impacts of anthropogenic noise on the European hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus at the University of Plymouth (UK) and the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (Ireland). In lab and field experiments I showed that anthropogenic noise acts across sensory modalities and interferes with natural cues and signals used in individual and group behaviour.