Tooni Mahto is a

marine biologist Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms in the sea. Given that in biology many scientific classification, phyla, family (biology), families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others th ...

oceanographer Oceanography (), also known as oceanology and ocean science, is the scientific study of the oceans. It is an Earth science, which covers a wide range of topics, including ecosystem dynamics; ocean currents, waves, and geophysical fluid dynamics ...

and campaigner known for co-presenting the BBC series ''

Oceans The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the large bodies of water into which the worl ...

'' and ''Britain's Secret Seas''.

Career

Tooni Mahto graduated from

Plymouth University The University of Plymouth is a public research university based predominantly in Plymouth, England, where the main campus is located, but the university has campuses and affiliated colleges across South West England. With students, it is the ...

and has worked in television as camera operator and researcher at the BBC's Natural History Unit. She works for the

Australian Marine Conservation Society The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) is an Australian environmental not-for-profit organisation. It was founded in 1965 as the Queensland Littoral Society before changing its name to the Australian Littoral Society and then finally in ...

(AMCS) as a Marine Campaigns Officer. ''The Sydney Morning Herald''
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References

External links

''Oceans''
on BBC
''Britain's Secret Seas''
on BBC * Living people British marine biologists Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the University of Plymouth {{biologist-stub