Dr Leanne Melbourne
MSci, PhD
Expertise
My research focuses on the impact of climate change on marine calcifiers through time. More specifically I am interested in how the affect on structural integrity and the implications for ecosystem response.
Current positions
Honorary Research Associate
School of Earth Sciences
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Publications
Recent publications
14/01/2026Exploring structural integrity of coralline algae in response to the environmental changes associated with the PETM
Palaeontology
Unexpected increase in structural integrity caused by thermally induced dwarfism in Large Benthic Foraminifera
Royal Society Open Science
Environmental impacts on the structural integrity of British rhodoliths
Scientific Reports
Corallina (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) from Tristan da Cunha and the Falkland Islands: implications for South Atlantic biogeography
European Journal of Phycology
Selective chemical degradation of silica sinters of the Taupo Volcanic Zone (New Zealand). Implications for early Earth and Astrobiology
Geobiology
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