communities of reefs in the Wadden Sea Diego Filun (2022) , Uni Bremen Spatio-temporal patterns of Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) vocal behaviour in the Weddell Sea Elena Schall (2021) , Uni Oldenburg [...] (Collaboration with Hearing4All) Marie-Luise Schneider (2025), University Oldenburg Soundscapes of the North Sea: Acoustic fauna identification using Hydrophones and Baited Remote Underwater Videos Marisa Vivanco [...] humpback whale populations in the eastern Weddell Sea in 2011 and 2012 Ramona Mattmüller (2019), Master Uni Bremen Marine mammal acoustic presence in relation to sea ice concentrations off Tasiilaq, East Greenland

and aims to ascertain the economic feasibility of an offshore marine aquaculture structure in the North Sea. As in the same area more than 3000 wind-generators are already installed or still in the planning

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landscapes and ecosystems. Our regional focus are the sedimentary systems of the Wadden Sea and the coastal North Sea. We investigate geomorphological and sedimentary processes, biogeochemical exchange, the [...] beds (BMBF) Find out more Impact of mobile bottom-contact fisheries on seafloor habitats in the North Sea (BMBF) Find out more Team Dr. Lasse Sander (associated scientist) Dr. Svenja Reents (postdoc) Dr [...] interplay of these different aspects for the evolution of landscapes at the interface between land and sea. We consider the whole spectrum of coastal environments, from supratidal salt marshes to subtidal seafloor

Leverhulme Grant Changes of water isotopes in Arctic Sea ice, Ocean, and atMosphere (CiASOM) (2021-2024) The main goal of the Changes of water isotopes in Arctic Sea ice, Ocean, and atMosphere (CiASOM) project [...] reduced sea ice coverage, Arctic-derived moisture serves as a new, increasingly important northern hemispheric water source. Contributions of the different Arctic hydrological compartments (i.e. sea water [...] water, sea ice, snow, water vapor) surrounding RV Polarstern will be targeted to decipher major exchange processes between atmosphere, ocean, and sea ice. Contact: Moein Mellat, Hanno Meyer , Martin Werner

stops to prevent barotrauma of the fish. The sea bass can tolerate temperatures in the North Sea, but the average temperature of 10 ° C in the North Sea is below its optimum temperature range for growth [...] kelp is farmed using an extensive fixed off-bottom longline technique in the Baltic Sea as well as in tanks in the North Sea. Dulse Dulse, Palmaria palmata , is an edible red algae (Rhodophyta) from the upper [...] we investigate the biological suitability of three fish species from the North Sea: Turbot ( Scophthalmus maximus ), European sea bass ( Dicentrarchus labrax ) und cod ( Gadus morhua ). To determine their

Debusschere, E. (2024): Revised clusters of annotated unknown sounds in the Belgian part of the North sea. Frontiers in Remote Sensing, 5, 1384562. DOI: doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2024.1384562 Parcerisas [...] Mattmüller, R., Thomisch, K. , Hoffman, J., Van Opzeeland, I. (in press) Soundscape regimes of the Weddell Sea, Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean, Antarctica. The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life IV. Willmer [...] Van Opzeeland, I., Eriksson B.K. (2025): The biological soundscape of temperate reefs in the Wadden sea. Sci Rep 15, 9216. DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-92955-0 Wöhle, S., Thomisch, K., Burkhardt

out more SeaWheat COST Aktion Ulva: The “Wheat of the Sea” of tomorrow - a model for innovative mariculture. Find out more OLAMUR Offshore Low-trophic Aquaculture Multi-Use Realisation in North and Baltic [...] Baltic Sea. Find out more SafeSeaPack The effect of macroalgae packaging on aquatic ecosystems. Find out more Selection of completed projects Mak-Pak Scale-Up AquaInno BioDiv Coastal Futures Feasibility Study [...] Green Hygiene Optimisation of polymer extraction from seaweed for hygiene products. Find out more SeaStrains Culture collections are maintained to protect macroalgal diversity. Find out more OOA-NZ New

national project Mak-Pak, where macroalgae suitable for processing and native to the North Atlantic and the North Sea were screened, and the growth and ingredients yield optimised. The Mak-Pak2 project

for both, the North and the Baltic Sea, bringing MU-LTA related key sectors together. The project started in January 2023 with three pilot studies, two in the Baltic and one in the North Sea. Amongst the [...] OLAMUR Offshore Low-Trophic Aquaculture in Multi-use Scenario Realisation in North and Baltic Seas The effects of climate change on the ecosystems and society reveal the need moving away from fossil to [...] 8 Muschelfischereibetrieb GmbH) are participating actively by conducting the case study in the North Sea. Therefore, in the framework of a case study site within the OLAMUR-Project the working group Marine