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'''Leanne Cullen-Unsworth''' born '''Leanne Cullen''' (born 1979) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] marine scientist. She is a champion for preserving [[Seagrass meadow]]<nowiki/>s which are responsible for supporting the food supply of hundreds of millions of people. In 2024 she was included as one of the [[100 Women (BBC)|BBC's 100 most influential women]].
==Life==
Cullen-Unsworth was born in 1979.{{Fact|date=April 2024}}
She completed her doctorate in 2007.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Scientist named on BBC 100 Women 2023 list {{!}} University of Essex |url=https://www.essex.ac.uk/news/2024/01/03/scientist-named-on-bbc-100-women-2023-list |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=www.essex.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref>
She argued in 2017 that sea-grasses may be good for supporting sea-horses but the argument was more essential that this "fluffy" approach suggested. Sea-grasses do support sea horses but they are important resources for the fishing industry.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-11-17 |title=Fishing 'best argument for seagrass conservation' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42028699 |access-date=2024-04-28 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2018 she was the prime author of a paper in [[Science (journal)|Science]] calling for action to protect seagrass.<ref name="science">{{Cite journal|last1=Cullen-Unsworth|first1=Leanne C.|author-link=Leanne Cullen-Unsworth|last2=Unsworth|first2=Richard|date=2018-08-03|title=A call for seagrass protection| url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126...24|bibcode=2018Sci...361..446C|s2cid=51908021}}</ref>
[[File:Gleaning activity on seagrass (cropped).png|thumb|Gleaning in a [[seagrass meadow]]<ref name=Nessa2019 />]]
She contributed to research that found that seagrasses are important for a type of [[gleaning]] i.e. "fishing with basic gear, including bare hands, in shallow water not deeper than that one can stand". The resarch was published ith an open license allowing it to be re-used without permission bubject only to attribution.<ref name=Nordlund2018>Nordlund, L.M., Unsworth, R.K., Gullström, M. and Cullen‐Unsworth, L.C. (2018) "Global significance of seagrass fishery activity. Fish and Fisheries", '''19'''(3): 399–412. {{doi|10.1111/faf.12259}}. [[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50px|class=noviewer]] Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License].</ref> [[Invertebrate]] gleaning (walking) fisheries for [[Invertebrate]]<nowiki/>s are common within intertidal [[seagrass meadows]], contributing to the food supply of hundreds of millions of people.<ref name=Nessa2019>Nessa, N., Ambo-Rappe, R., Cullen-Unsworth, L.C. and Unsworth, R.K.F. (2019) "Social-ecological drivers and dynamics of seagrass gleaning fisheries". ''Ambio'', pages 1–11. {{doi|10.1007/s13280-019-01267-x}}. [[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50px|class=noviewer]] Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License].</ref>
In 2018 she was also an author of a paper which warned of the effect of environmental damage caused by British sewerage.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jones |first=Benjamin L. |last2=Cullen-Unsworth |first2=Leanne C. |last3=Unsworth |first3=Richard K. F. |date=2018 |title=Tracking Nitrogen Source Using δ15N Reveals Human and Agricultural Drivers of Seagrass Degradation across the British Isles |url=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2018.00133 |journal=Frontiers in Plant Science |volume=9 |doi=10.3389/fpls.2018.00133 |issn=1664-462X |pmc=PMC5808166 |pmid=29467789}}</ref>
In 2024 she was identified as one of the [[100 Women (BBC)|BBC's 100 most influential women]].<ref name=":0" /> The BBC highlighted her key role in founding Project Seagrass and the use of underwater robots to plant seeds that can grow into new seagrass.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC 100 Women 2023: Who is on the list this year? - BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-02d9060e-15dc-426c-bfe0-86a6437e5234 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.projectseagrass.org/ Project Seagrass - Charity advancing the conservation of seagrass through community, research and action]
* [https://regeneration.org/index.php/nexus/seagrasses Seagrasses] Project Regeneration.
* [http://www.seagrassspotter.org/ SeagrassSpotter - Citizen Science project raising awaress for seagrass meadows and mapping their locations]
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'''Leanne Cullen-Unsworth''' born '''Leanne Cullen''' (born 1979) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] marine scientist. She is a champion for preserving [[Seagrass meadow]]<nowiki/>s which are responsible for supporting the food supply of hundreds of millions of people. In 2024 she was included as one of the [[100 Women (BBC)|BBC's 100 most influential women]].
==Life==
Cullen-Unsworth was born in 1979.{{Fact|date=April 2024}}
She completed her doctorate in 2007.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Scientist named on BBC 100 Women 2023 list {{!}} University of Essex |url=https://www.essex.ac.uk/news/2024/01/03/scientist-named-on-bbc-100-women-2023-list |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=www.essex.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref>
She argued in 2017 that sea-grasses may be good for supporting sea-horses but the argument was more essential that this "fluffy" approach suggested. Sea-grasses do support sea horses but they are important resources for the fishing industry.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-11-17 |title=Fishing 'best argument for seagrass conservation' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42028699 |access-date=2024-04-28 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2018 she was the prime author of a paper in [[Science (journal)|Science]] calling for action to protect seagrass.<ref name="science">{{Cite journal|last1=Cullen-Unsworth|first1=Leanne C.|author-link=Leanne Cullen-Unsworth|last2=Unsworth|first2=Richard|date=2018-08-03|title=A call for seagrass protection| url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126...24|bibcode=2018Sci...361..446C|s2cid=51908021}}</ref>
[[File:Gleaning activity on seagrass (cropped).png|thumb|Gleaning in a [[seagrass meadow]]<ref name=Nessa2019 />]]
She contributed to research that found that seagrasses are important for a type of [[gleaning]] i.e. "fishing with basic gear, including bare hands, in shallow water not deeper than that one can stand". The resarch was published ith an open license allowing it to be re-used without permission bubject only to attribution.<ref name=Nordlund2018>Nordlund, L.M., Unsworth, R.K., Gullström, M. and Cullen‐Unsworth, L.C. (2018) "Global significance of seagrass fishery activity. Fish and Fisheries", '''19'''(3): 399–412. {{doi|10.1111/faf.12259}}. [[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50px|class=noviewer]] Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License].</ref> [[Invertebrate]] gleaning (walking) fisheries for [[Invertebrate]]<nowiki/>s are common within intertidal [[seagrass meadows]], contributing to the food supply of hundreds of millions of people.<ref name=Nessa2019>Nessa, N., Ambo-Rappe, R., Cullen-Unsworth, L.C. and Unsworth, R.K.F. (2019) "Social-ecological drivers and dynamics of seagrass gleaning fisheries". ''Ambio'', pages 1–11. {{doi|10.1007/s13280-019-01267-x}}. [[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50px|class=noviewer]] Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License].</ref>
In 2018 she was also an author of a paper which warned of the effect of environmental damage caused by British sewerage.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jones |first=Benjamin L. |last2=Cullen-Unsworth |first2=Leanne C. |last3=Unsworth |first3=Richard K. F. |date=2018 |title=Tracking Nitrogen Source Using δ15N Reveals Human and Agricultural Drivers of Seagrass Degradation across the British Isles |url=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2018.00133 |journal=Frontiers in Plant Science |volume=9 |doi=10.3389/fpls.2018.00133 |issn=1664-462X |pmc=PMC5808166 |pmid=29467789}}</ref>
In 2024 she was identified as one of the [[100 Women (BBC)|BBC's 100 most influential women]].<ref name=":0" /> The BBC highlighted her key role in founding Project Seagrass and the use of underwater robots to plant seeds that can grow into new seagrass.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC 100 Women 2023: Who is on the list this year? - BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-02d9060e-15dc-426c-bfe0-86a6437e5234 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.projectseagrass.org/ Project Seagrass - Charity advancing the conservation of seagrass through community, research and action]
* [https://regeneration.org/index.php/nexus/seagrasses Seagrasses] Project Regeneration.
* [http://www.seagrassspotter.org/ SeagrassSpotter - Citizen Science project raising awaress for seagrass meadows and mapping their locations]
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[[Category:1979 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:British marine biologists]]
[[Category:Researchers]]
Okumaya devam et...