Current projects at the Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen (MPI-MM)

ArcticROOS (Arctic Regional Ocean Observing System)

 Project within the GOOS/EuroGOOS initiative

Duration: since 2006

Coordinator: Stein Sandven, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC), Norway

An Arctic Regional Ocean Observing System (ArcticROOS) working with ocean observation and modelling systems for the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas has been established within the EuroGOOS initiative. ArcticROOS will promote, develop and maintain operational monitoring and forecasting of ocean circulation, water masses, ocean surface conditions, sea ice and biological/chemical constituents.

Contact: T. Soltwedel, M. Klages

BIOACID (Biological Impacts of Ocean ACIDification)

Project funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Duration: 01.09.2009 – 30.08.2012

Coordinator: Ulf Riebesell, IFM-GEOMAR, Germany

The overarching questions of BIOACID-Project are:

• What are the effects of ocean acidification on marine organisms and their habitats?
• What are the underlying mechanisms of responses and adaptations on the level of populations and communities?
• How are they modulated by other environmental stressors, and what are the consequences for marine ecosystems and ocean biogeochemical cycles?

Contact: A. Boetius, F. Wenzhöfer

KongHAU (Impact of climate change on Arctic marine community structures and food webs)

Project funded by the Norwegian oil company StatoilHydro within the scope of the former EU-Project HERMES (Hotspot Ecosystem Research on the Margins of European Seas)  

Duration: 2008 - 2010

Coordinator: Stig Falk-Petersen, Norsk-Polarinstitutt (NPI), Norway

The main goal of KongHAU is to connect the Kongsfjord and HAUSGARTEN time-series studies. In a complementary approach, researchers from the Norwegian ARCTOS network have begun to sample the pelagic environment at selected HAUSGARTEN stations while members of the AWI Deep-Sea Group explore the seafloor at selected Kongsfjord stations to characterise the bottom communities.

Contact: M. Klages, M. Bergmann