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In 2001 she got MSc in ichthyology and aquaculture, Kaliningrad
State Technical University, Russia
(“Age determination and size distribution of the bivalve Macoma
balthica in the south-west Baltic Sea”).
Elena is specialised in studies of bivalve biology including genetic
methods. In 2006 she gained her PhD in ecology and hydrobiology at Immanuil Kant Russian State University
(“Ecology of the bivalve Macoma
balthica in the south Baltic Sea”) (Russia) with additional work
undertaken in Rostock (Germany) partially supported by a fund for young
scientists (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt). Elena is currently
working on the ageing and age validation of Patagonian toothfish, Dissostichus
eleginoides and Rock Cod, Patagonotothen ramsayi in Falkland waters. Also she is involved into a study of
age, growth, reproductive biology and other aspects of the life history
strategies of the clam Eurhomalea
exalbida in Falkland
Island waters.
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