Scientific news

The occurrence of a tropical Atlantic hermit crab, Pagurus mbizi, has recently been reported on the northern shores of the Alboran Sea (Mediterranean coast of Andalusia (Spain). The presence of this species in the Mediterranean was first recorded in 2006, when the first individual, still not identified to species level, was collected near Estepona (Málaga) during a fisheries research cruise along the Iberian Peninsula  Mediterranean coasts whithin the frame of the European Union Medits surveys.

A course for high school teachers has been organized to present the current state of knowledge of some marine concepts. More information (in spanish): http://www.icm.csic.es/icmdivulga

In 2014 the Institute of Marine Sciences started 3 new projects funded by the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Commission, and with 2 outreach projects funded by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.

Next edition of the Ramon Margalef Summer Colloquia, will be carried out from 7th to 18th July 2014 in the Marine Sciences Institute in Barcelona (Spain).
 

The ICM wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2014!

From 26 to 29 November 2013 the Marine Sciences Institute hosted the I Symposium on Integrating New Advances in Oceanography and Marine Biology Mediterranean (MEDOCEAN) with the aim to address the latest scientific advances related to marine science in the Mediterranean, especially from a dynamic perspective and with an outlook into future changes.