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According to a new ICM-CSIC study, mixotrophy can favour the production of marine resources when there is a lack of nutrients or when human activity modifies their availability.

A new study in which the ICM-CSIC has participated reveals, for the first time, how to accurately predict the sex of an animal without sex chromosomes or a master sex-determining gene from a model that integrates all genetic information.

Over the next four years, the research team will evaluate the usefulness of a network of newly created marine protected reserves in waters between 300 and 400 meters deep.

According to a new study led by the ICM-CSIC, the lockdown led to a reduction in microorganisms, which contributed to a more transparent, but also less productive water.

It allows to improve predictions on how marine microbes interact and could be applied to studies on climate change, bioremediation, and also to other fields such as medicine or agriculture.

More than 2,800 colonies have been returned to the sea throughout the project, and the survival rate is considerably high.