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ZMT Newsletter

Our newsletter informs about new developments at the ZMT. It is issued twice a year in English. Would you like to subscribe? more ...

Welcome to the website of the ZMT

Tropical coastal ecosystems are highly productive habitats with high ecological and economic importance. The ZMT is dedicated to these ecosystems, and the understanding of the influences which alter and threaten them. Through its activities in research, training and consulting, the ZMT aims to contribute toward their protection and sustainable use.

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PhD candidate in the
WG Fisheries Biology

Leader of Junior Research Group "Sea Level and Coastal Changes" 

Publications

Synergistic effects of algal overgrowth and corallivory on Caribbean reef-building corals
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The pH and pCO2 dependence of sulfate reduction in shallow-sea hydrothermal CO2 – venting sediments (Milos Island, Greece)
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Sustainable Livelihoods Approach in tropical coastal and marine social-ecological systems: A review
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Are boat strikes a threat to sea turtles in the Galapagos Marine Reserve?
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News

Does the future in reefs belong to pulsating soft corals?

In vielen tropischen Korallenriffen haben Forscher des ZMT eine interessante ZMT scientists have made an interesting discovery in many tropical coral reefs: soft corals from the family Xeniidae are becoming more and more widespread in the reefs. A peculiarity of these sessile animals is their pulsating motion – could this be the key to their success? more ...

Fisheries management in West Africa

In West African waters, the populations of many commercial fish species are endangered and need particular management efforts. In a new integrated project and in cooperation with partners from Europe and West Africa, the ZMT will study the life cycle of one of the most important fish species, the Bonga Shad. more ...

Simulation model provides information on the future of reefs

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 ...

Buten un Binnen reports about the cooperation with Bernhard Kegel

“A writer on expedition to the Pacific” is the title of a broadcast about book author Bernhard Kegel. In March he accompanied a group of scientists from the ZMT to the Galapagos Archipelago, to seek inspiration for his new novel. more ...

New project in Peru: SASCA

A new, BMBF financed ZMT project (SASCA) deals with the cultivation of scallops in the Peruvian Sechura Bay: how sustainable is it, how does the climate phenomenon El Niño impact the cultures, do they change the ecosystem? Field studies and modelling of energy flows will help to find answers. more ...

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Events

Lectures

5.6.13, 12:00, ZMT colloquium
Adaptation strategies of crustose coralline algae to ocean acidification (Szilvia Cseke)

12.6.13, 12:00, Guest lecture
Molecular dissection of marine diatom-bacteria interactions (Prof. Dr. Matthias Ullrich, School of Engineering & Science, Jacobs University, Bremen / Gastgeber: Prof. Dr. Hildegard Westphal und Dr. Astrid Gärdes)

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Expeditions

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...an expedition to the Northern Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, 1.4.13 – 30.4.14 more ...

...to Aqaba, Jordan, 9.1.13 – 25.4.13 more ...

...Expedition to Nha Trang, Vietnam, 1.10.12 – 31.3.13 more ...

...to Jakarta, Indonesia, 15.9.12 – 30.4.13 more ...

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Konsortium Deutsche Meeresforschung

The ZMT is a member of the Leibniz Association, the Leibniz-Network Biodiversity, the German Marine Research Consortium and the Northwest Marine Research Association.

Konsortium Deutsche Meeresforschung