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Simulation model provides information on the future of reefs

26.4.13
Tropical coral reefs are exposed worldwide to a variety of stress factors – but how resilient are they? To answer this key question, ZMT ecologists have developed a model simulating a virtual reef influenced by some of the most common perturbation factors – with surprising results! more ...

When algae take over the reef

8.4.13
In tropical reefs, algae and corals compete for adequate living space. Absence of herbivorous reef organisms can lead to uncontrolled spreading of algae. Recently, coral reef ecologists from the ZMT studied the impacts of overfishing on reefs of the Red Sea. more ...

New mesocosms at the MAREE

18.3.13
At the beginning of 2011, the ZMT put into operation its new marine recirculation system MAREE. Now, the facility owns a new centrepiece: 24 mesocosms offer a much larger scope of experimental possibilities than before. more ...

"Fiction Meets Science“: Bernhard Kegel accompanies a ZMT expedition to Jordan

29.1.13
He is an unusual guest on the expedition to Jordan, which a group of reef ecologists from the ZMT set out on in January. Bernhard Kegel, author of the science novel “Ein tiefer Fall”, is researching his next work of fiction. more ...

"Missing reef researcher“ – an exhibit of the University of the Arts Bremen

15.1.13
The exhibit of a student of the University of the Arts Bremen (HFK), which is being shown at the ZMT, tells the fictitious story of a reef researcher gone missing. Stefanie Neumann of the study program “Integrated Design” got the inspiration for her project from a visit to the experimental marine facilities at the ZMT. more ...

Coastal research in China to be continued

20.12.12
The year 2011 saw the conclusion of LANCET, a joint project coordinated by the ZMT which studied the interdependency between land and ocean in the South China Sea. Recently initiated discussions envisage the continuation of the successful German-Chinese cooperation. more ...

New graduate school SUTAS starting 2013 with integrated research in Sansibar

5.12.12
Great success for the ZMT: at the end of November the Leibniz-Association granted funds for a new graduate school. Using an interdisciplinary approach, SUTAS (Sustainable Use of Tropical Aquatic Systems) tackles socio-ecological issues in tropical coastal regions. more ...

Boost for marine science in South Africa

3.12.12
At the beginning of December leading experts from the ZMT and other European and South African research institutions are meeting in Cape Town with the aim to intensify the cooperation in marine research. The event is taking place on the occasion of the German – South African Year of Science (2012 / 2013). more ...

Simulating the impact of ocean acidification on stony corals

26.11.12
Ocean acidification and its consequences for marine life pose several pressing problems that are of concern to scientists all over the world. Scientists from the ZMT have developed a mathematical model with which they can simulate different scenarios of ocean acidification and the expected impacts on stony corals. more ...

Black anemonefish find new home in the German Oceanographic Museum

13.11.12
Since 2009, the ZMT has been successful in breeding anemonefish for research purposes in the marine experimental facility. Also the rare black type has had abundant offspring. Some of the young fish have been offered a new home at the German Oceanographic Museum in Stralsund. more ...

The backwaters of Kerala

9.11.12
To intensify an established collaboration, a delegation from two universities in Kerala, South India, is currently visiting the ZMT. The aim is to study the human impacts on the unique backwaters of Kerala in this overpopulated region. more ...

The dark sides of the aquarium trade

30.10.12
The fishing of ornamental organisms for the aquarium trade in Indonesia is based on a patron-client system with archaic traits. Scientists from the ZMT have taken a closer look at it. more ...

A marine protected area for West Sumatra

11.10.12
20 years ago a German-Indonesian cooperation project started at the ZMT with the aim to develop and implement a concept for sustainable coastal management in Padang, West Sumatra. Recently, the successful project has been acclaimed by the Indonesian press. more ...

Young reef scientists win photo competition

9.10.12
Four young scientists from the working groups Coral Reef Ecology and Ecological Modelling at the ZMT could demonstrate their photographic talent at the 3rd Young Reef Scientists Meeting 2012 in Berlin. In a photo competition accompanying the lecture program they won the first three awards as well as a special price. more ...

Memorandum of Understanding with Jordan

1.10.12
On October 4 the director of the University of Jordan and Prof. Dr. Westphal, director of the ZMT, will sign a new Memorandum of Understanding in Aqaba, Jordan. The MoU will revive the long cooperation between the Marine Science Station in Aqaba and the ZMT, which began 15 years ago with the “Red Sea Programme on Marine Sciences“. more ...

Final "Madura Monitoring" workshop in Surabaya

28.9.12
At the end of September a final workshop within the framework of the joint research project "Madura Monitoring", which is being funded by the BMBF, took place in Surabaya, Java. As one of the cooperating partners, the ZMT took an active part in the workshop. The project aimed at developing automated control technology for measuring the water quality in tropical coastal waters. more ...

SPICE III launched in Jakarta

26.9.12
The Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) hosted the launching of the SPICE III Program in Jakarta on the 25th of September. After the official launching ceremony the German and Indonesian SPICE III teams informed a broader audience about the planned activities in the frame of the bilateral research program. more ...

More than 200 young marine researchers met at YOUMARES 3.0

18.9.12
This year´s conference motto was "Between space and seafloor - aqua vita est". From 12 to 14 September, more than 200 young scientists, engineers and representatives of industry from Europe and overseas met at the YOUMARES conference in Lübeck, the “City of Science 2012”. more ...

International conference in Vietnam

12.9.12
From 12 to 14 September an international conference on the South China Sea is being held at the National Institute of Oceanography (ION) in Nha Trang. At the same time, the institute celebrates its 90th anniversary. The ZMT is cooperating with the ION since 1999, and ZMT scientists will be acting as chairmen for selected sessions of the symposium. more ...

Marine sciences: From the Yellow Sea to Bremen and Kiel

7.9.12
Studying and investigating together – that is the aim of the eighth Chinese-German Summer School at the universities of Bremen and Kiel. Invited by the Center for Sino-German Cooperation in Marine Sciences, in which the ZMT is a partner, about 80 scientists and students from China and Germany are expected to attend the event. more ...

Trainees at the ZMT

6.9.12
As of September 1st, the ZMT is an authorised training employer and is currently offering vocational training to four young trainees. The vocational training programme will enable the young people to qualify for their future careers. The trainees were strongly attracted by the unique possibility to combine their interest in natural and environmental sciences with their vocational training as well as by the international environment at the ZMT. more ...

Excursion to fossil coral reefs

4.9.12
Currently ZMT geologist Hildegard Westphal and Till Hanebuth from the Department of Geosciences at the University of Bremen are introducing 15 students into the ecology of 10 million years old coral reefs. The training is taking place on the Balearic Island of Mallorca. more ...

Experiments with marine calcifiers of the Great Barrier Reef

23.8.12
For Friedrich Meyer, a PhD student at the ZMT, the impacts of ocean acidification and high nutrient inputs into the ocean on coral reef calcifiers are his main research interest. Together with scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), he conducted experiments with corals and algae from the Great Barrier Reef. more ...

Islands at risk for acute water shortage

26.7.12
Water resources on many small Indonesian islands are endangered, partly due to climate change. Scientists from the ZMT and partner institutions predict that without immediate countermeasures this may pose an acute threat to the island inhabitants. more ...

Science ship lays anchor in Bremen

20.7.12
During its tour through Germany and Austria, the MS Wissenschaft will lay anchor in Bremen from 23 to 25 July. An initiative of the German Ministry of Education and Research as part of Science Year 2012, the science ship will show an exhibition about research for sustainability. The ZMT is participating with an own exhibit. more ...

Recycling in reefs

19.7.12
Reefs optimize their nutrient cycling in a way that as few nutrients as possible are lost to the surrounding areas. To that aim, corals secrete organic matter as mucus. A recent study by Christian Wild, reef ecologist at the ZMT, and his colleagues shows that water currents stimulate mucus release. more ...

Chancellor Merkel meets with ZMT scientists in Indonesia

13.7.12
During her trip to Indonesia, Chancellor Angela Merkel visited the site of the German Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System (GITEWS) in Jakarta to learn more about Germany’s ongoing scientific and technical cooperation with Indonesia. On this occasion, the ZMT presented the activities in German-Indonesian marine research, which are concentrated in the SPICE programme. more ...

The ocean around Galapagos

6.7.12
The Galapagos archipelago is characterised by special oceanographic conditions, which differ considerably on a small space. But what is the effect of these conditions on the marine ecosystems? To find answers to this question, a team of ecologists and sedimentologists from the ZMT set to sea in June with a research vessel chartered from the Charles Darwin Station. more ...

How can we measure sustainability?

28.6.12
Sustainability was the key issue of the Rio Earth Summit. A sustainable management of ecosystems is a prerequisite to feed the world population. At the ZMT, a group of authors has issued a publication about key indicators for identifying the condition of coastal ecosystems and the processes for promoting their sustainable development. more ...

The future we want

22.6.12
Twenty years after the first Rio Earth Summit, the community of states is once again meeting in Rio de Janeiro for an international conference to discuss sustainable development issues. With its extensive activities, the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology is making an essential contribution to the Agenda 21, which was adopted in 1992. more ...

SPICE III: Kick-off meeting at the ZMT

21.5.12
After two successful phases, another three-year prolongation could be achieved for the SPICE project. From May 22 to 24 the ZMT is hosting a kick-off workshop to concretize project aims and implementation. more ...

Galapagos – a changing paradise

9.5.12
Since the end of the 19th century the Galapagos Archipelago is a prime example for studying the principles of evolution. In times of climate change and ocean acidification, the islands have moved into another research focus. On the 7th and 8th of May, the ZMT organized an international symposium in Bremen and invited Galapagos researchers to discuss new approaches. more ...

A second phase for GENUS

2.5.12
After an excellent evaluation, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) sent the cooperative project GENUS into a second three-year phase starting the 1st of May. The ZMT is taking part in GENUS with two subprojects, which are dedicated on the one hand to biogeochemical aspects, on the other to the marine life in the upwelling system off Namibia. more ...

ZMT main contributor to YOUMARES 2012

29.3.12
Under the topic “Between Space and Seafloor - Aqua vita est!” young academics are invited to Lübeck from 12th to 14th of September 2012 to contribute within ten different theme sessions. The ZMT is again, like in the previous year, instrumental in planning and performing the convention. more ...

SPICE starts into a third phase

6.3.12
Since 2003 the ZMT has been coordinating the comprehensive research program SPICE, which focuses on the endangered coastal ecosystems in Indonesia. As a result of its successful evaluation, the BMBF will finance SPICE for another three years. more ...

„Summa cum Laude“ for marine ecologist

23.2.12
Marine ecologist Lucia Herbeck was awarded a “Summa cum laude” for her dissertation about the impact of aquaculture on coastal ecosystems. In the frame of the project LANCET she investigated the effects of pond systems on the coast of the island of Hainan in the South China Sea. more ...

Cooperation with International Ocean Institute – IOI to be continued

13.2.12
On February 8 festivities for the 40th anniversary of the IOI took place in Malta. Prof. H. Westphal and Dr. Werner Ekau attended the festivities, in the frame of which a new cooperation agreement between ZMT and IOI was signed. more ...

Understanding research through a film project

16.1.12
How do children approach scientific research, if provided with the means to produce a digital film? This is the central question of a cooperation project carried out by the University of Bremen, the ZMT and the International School of Bremen. more ...