Docia Agyapong is currently an MPhil candidate in Integrated Coastal Zone Management at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, West Africa. She completed her BSc. in Environmental Science from the same University. Her research focuses on the impact of global climate change factors warming and salinity changes on tropical estuaries, specifically focusing on the impact of these stressors on key estuarine zooplankton. She has great interest in studies on zooplankton dynamics, multiple stressors and marine ecosystems.