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

Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research study biotic communities in the North Sea. The rocky mudflat and the 35 square kilometer large submarine cliff landscape are home to the richest [...] Helgoline (from Hamburg and Cuxhaven) Adler Eils (from Büsum) Adler-Schiffe (from Sylt and other North Frisian Islands) Contact Dr. Claudia Hofmann (Site Manager) info-helgoland @ awi.de Postal address

focus of the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven is polar research and the exploration of the sea. Scientists of different disciplines work together multidisciplinary to investigate the climate, biosystems [...] (“Leherheide Ost”), 507 (“Spaden”), 508 (‘Leherheide’), 509 (“Imsum”) and the Moonliner ML heading north. Further information can be found here: AWI Guest House Bremerhaven Contact General questions via

transition zone between the northern North Atlantic and the central Arctic Ocean, and to determine the factors controlling Arctic deep-sea biodiversity. • Permanent presence at sea, from surface to depth, for the [...] The Weddell Sea features a rich and diverse ecosystem, complex sea-ice dynamics and intense ocean circulation. The physical and biogeochemical processes that prevail in the central Weddell Sea and the water [...] transition zone between the northern North Atlantic and the central Arctic Ocean, and to determine the factors controlling Arctic deep-sea biodiversity. • Permanent presence at sea, from surface to depth, for the

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Investigators Group “Southern Ocean & Antarctic Sea ice Evolution (SO-ASE)” is looking into the unexpected changes that have been seen in Antarctic sea ice over the last few decades and the need to reduce [...] Ecosystem – is to assess the consequences of the decline in silicic acid concentration in the inflow of North Atlantic water into the Eurasian Arctic for the Arctic marine ecosystem using an ecosystem biology [...] climate change Link to project webpage ARJEL To better understand the role of jellyfish in Arctic seas, the Helmholtz Young Investigators Group ARJEL (ARctic JELlifish) will combine the latest technologies

Investigators Group “Southern Ocean & Antarctic Sea ice Evolution (SO-ASE)” is looking into the unexpected changes that have been seen in Antarctic sea ice over the last few decades and the need to reduce [...] Ecosystem – is to assess the consequences of the decline in silicic acid concentration in the inflow of North Atlantic water into the Eurasian Arctic for the Arctic marine ecosystem using an ecosystem biology [...] climate change Link to project webpage ARJEL To better understand the role of jellyfish in Arctic seas, the Helmholtz Young Investigators Group ARJEL (ARctic JELlifish) will combine the latest technologies

understand the structure and function of an ecosystem. Research AnthroTOP Anthropogenic uses in the North Sea: Impacts on marine top predators Human activities have various, mostly negative, impacts on marine [...] uses is crucial. In AnthroTop, we are using models to predict how different use scenarios in the North Sea might affect the distribution of marine top predators and what this might mean for marine ecosystems [...] Funding: Bundesamt für Naturschutz CRANMAN II Scientific studies on the biology and fisheries of the North Sea shrimp CRANgon crangon as the basis for an efficient self-MANagement system Catch of the brown shrimp

similarly frigid and storm-tossed Southern Ocean. In winter, sea ice up to 1.5 metres thick forms atop the water. Air temperatures over the sea ice can easily reach minus 30 degrees Celsius. Given its high [...] How much is the climate in Antarctic habitats changing? Which animals depend on the sea ice? What will the retreating sea ice mean for the Antarctic krill? Can the krill adapt to the new circumstances? Which [...] to the Antarctic Peninsula than in the past. As a result, the sea ice is dwindling, the ice shelves extending from the land into the sea are crumbling, and the glaciers are retreating. Conversely, in

Composition, assimilation and degradation of Phaeocystis globose-derived fatty acids in the North Sea . Journal of Sea Research . 50 (4). 271-283 Paper - Hamm, C. (2003): Kieselalgenschalen – Spielerei oder [...] Dubischar, C.D., Pakhomov, E.A., von Harbou, L., Hunt, B.P.V., Bathmann, U.V. (2011): Salps in the Lazarev Sea, Southern Ocean: II. Biochemical composition and potential prey value . Marine Biology . 159 (1). 15-24 [...] Dubischar, C.D., Pakhomov, E.A., Hunt, B.P.V., Hagen, W., Bathmann, U.V. (2011): Salps in the Lazarev Sea, Southern Ocean: I. Feeding Dynamics . Marine Biology . 158. 2009-2026 2000-2009 Chapter - Hamm, C