Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Caroline Hattam is an environmental economist whose main area of research is in the assessment and valuation of marine ecosystem services using both monetary and non-monetary techniques. She is particularly interested in how valuation methods can be improved, especially for ecosystem services that are not currently traded through markets.
Caroline is currently working on projects exploring the impact of ocean acidification on ecosystem services from UK waters, the impact of invasive and outbreak species, and changing species distributions, on ecosystem services from the North Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Western Mediterranean. Previous projects have included an assessment of the state-of-the-art in the valuation of biodiversity and natural resources, the marine ecosystems and marine economics chapters of the UK’s National Ecosystem Assessment, and a study into the economic and social impact of the closure in Lyme Bay to scallop dredging and demersal trawling.
Prior to joining PML, Caroline worked in academic and non-governmental organizations, both in the UK and overseas, on a range of projects focusing on human use of the natural environment.