{"id":9,"date":"2022-02-02T14:31:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liamvanwalsum.com\/index.php\/testimonials-4-story-2\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T05:49:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T05:49:48","slug":"liamvanwalsum_home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/liamvanwalsum.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam van Walsum: Marine Biologist"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9\" class=\"elementor elementor-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1031e2f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1031e2f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column 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With an obsession with the weird and extreme organisms of the oceans, I have also worked with sharks, foraminifera, corals, algae, and a range of other interesting creatures and plants.<br \/>My best work is with the more technical aspects of Marine Biology, such as managing data, performing analyses and mapping, and weighing the benefits and limitations of methodologies when planning surveys. This technical work is like a puzzle to me and I can fully and patiently commit to these jobs until I am satisfied with the results.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f2ec89e\" data-id=\"f2ec89e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ce64d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ce64d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I am a duel Schengen Area and Trans-Tasman Trade Agreement passport holder who can read and write fluent English, and knows basic French and Dutch.\u00a0<br \/>I have: worked on coastal and offshore boat surveys, performed land surveys with and without the use of a theodolite, sediment sampled in with and without the use of a dredge, performed acoustic analysis using towed and drop hydrophones both in real time and in post analysis, applied tags to hand caught and reel caught macrofauna for mark-recapture analysis, sifted sediments and recorded microfauna under a microscope.<br \/>Finally I have a good understanding of the following programs: R and RStudio, QGIS, Discovery, and PAMGuard, among others.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f5275e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f5275e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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