Institute of Marine Sciences

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Current research (Full list)


NETPROK
Darwin used the metaphor of the tangled bank to illustrate the idea and importance of a complex network of interactions among species to understand ecology and evolution. Recent studies have shown universal patterns exist in the way species interact across different habitats and types of interaction (e.g. mutualistic, trophic)..... [+]
DOREMI
The new concept for the Microbial Carbon Pump (MCP) postulates mechanisms by which refractory organic matter is produced in the oceans through microbial activities, and the role that this refractory pool plays in carbon sequestration in marine systems. This postulate evokes the need to increase our understanding of organic.... [+]
SMOS-MODE
This COST Action aims at coordinating the European studies concerning the oceanographic data exploitation of the European Space Agency Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite mission. Recently launched in November 2009, SMOS will provide for the first time Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) maps over the oceans. The monitoring.... [+]