Our goal is to advance the knowledge of the marine pelagic ecosystem, promote novel research and foster social awareness of the significance of protecting oceans health, for the benefit of human health and well-being. On one hand, our research focuses on studying the structure and dynamics of plankton, which forms the basis of marine trophic networks, its response to environmental and anthropogenic disturbances (global warming, stratification, acidification, turbulence, atmospheric deposition, continental runoff, pollution -including plastics-) and its role in the cycling of key chemical elements in the ocean. On the other hand, we study the impacts of certain human activities (tourism, renewable energies, fishing) on ecosystem goods and services. For all this, we use a wide range of laboratory techniques, innovative experimental and field approaches, time series monitoring, remote sensing data analysis and computational models. We wish to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the marine planktonic ecosystem and explore solutions to reduce the impacts of the Blue Economy on the oceans.
Research group
Plankton Ecology and Ocean Health
Group members
- Research group leader
Senior Researcher
- Research group leader
Most relevant information
Destacats
Elisa Berdalet - Chair of the Scientific Steering Committee in the international program GlobalHAB (Global Harmful Algal Blooms, SCOR and IOC/UNESCO, www.globalhab.info) from 2016 to 2023.
Albert Calbet - ICM deputy director from March 2018 to October 2020.
Pedro Cermeño and Carmen García-Comas - awarded with the "Ciutat de Barcelona 2022 a les Ciències Ambientals i de la Terra".
Marta Estrada - Member of the Experts group on Climate Chante in Catalunya from 2011.
Josep Lloret - leader of the Càtedra "Oceans i Salut Humana” at Roses from April 2018 to September 2023.
Francesc Peters is the ICM representative and Vice-president in the platform "One Health".
Enric Saiz is scientific editor at the SCI Journal of Plankton Research from January 2017.
Publicacions
- 2021
Environmental, human health and socioeconomic impacts of Ostreopsis spp. blooms in the NW Mediterranean
- 2022
Post-extinction recovery of the Phanerozoic oceans and biodiversity hotspots
- 2022
Spatial and diel patterns of volatile organic compounds, DMSP-derived compounds, and planktonic microorganisms around a tropical scleractinian coral colony
- 2023
Multigenerational physiological compensation and body size reduction dampen the effects of warming on copepods
- 2023
Floating offshore wind farms in Mediterranean marine protected areas: a cautionary tale
Projectes
ECOS - Microbenthos ecology, Toxin characterization and Carbon balance in relation to Ostreopsis spp bloom dynamics
Period: from 2023 to 2026Funding entity:PN2022 -PROY I+D PID- SUBPR. ESTATAL DE GENER. DE CONOCIMIENTO- Programa Estatal para Impulsar la Investigación Científico-Técnica y su Transferencia - PEICTI 2021-2023Acronym:ECOSRef.:PID2022-138753OB-C21Amount awarded:181000.00€PRODIGIO - Developing early-warning systems for improved microalgae PROduction and anaerobic DIGestIOn
Period: from 2021 to 2024Funding entity:H2020-LC-SC3-2020-RES-RIARef.:H2020-ENERGY/0777Acronym:PRODIGIOAmount awarded:583750.00€DOGMA - PAPEL DEL PLANCTON OCEANICO EN LA REMINERALIZACION, DEGRADACION Y EL DESTINO DE LA MATERIA ORGANICA
Period: from 2021 to 2025Funding entity:PN2020 -PROY I+D - SUBPR. ESTATAL DE GENER. DE CONOCIMIENTO- PROGRAMA ESTATAL DE GENERACION DE CONOCIMIENTO Y FORTALECIMIENTO CIENT. Y TEC.DEL SISTEMA I+D+i - PEICTI 2017-2020Ref.:PID2020-112653GB-I00Amount awarded:235000.00€ESCENARIOS FUTUROS DE CAMBIO CLIMATICO Y ZOOPLANCTON MARINO: EFECTOS SINERGICOS DE TEMPERATURA Y DEFICIENCIAS DE NUTRIENTES EN POBLACIONES ADAPTADAS
Period: from 2021 to 2024Funding entity:PN2020 - PROY I+D+I - PROGRAMA ESTATAL DE I+D+I ORIENTADA A LOS RETOS DE LA SOCIEDAD - PLAN ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TÉCNICA Y DE INNOVACIÓN 2017-2020Ref.:PID2020-118645RB-I00Amount awarded:165000.00€
Contractes
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Control i seguiment del gènere ostreopsis a les zones de bany costaneres de Catalunya durant la temporada de bany de 2021. Lot 2.
Period: from 2021 to 2023Funding company: