Marine Ecology

Benthic Ecology – Structure and Dynamic of Life on the Sea Floor

Contributions
to the Mid-Term Research Foci

Relevance of Diversity and its Change over Time

  • Long term variability
  • Gentic, taxonomic, and functional diversity
  • Ecology of species invasions

Chemical Ecology

  • Defence against grazing
  • Fouling and anti-fouling
  • Regulation of defence

Ecology of Stress

  • Introduction to stress ecology
  • Non-biotic stress: climatic change, boundary constraints
  • Biotic stress: competition, grazing, epibiosis, and invasive species

Large Scale Projects

  • Kiel Benthic Mesocosms
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  • Training and Research Program GAME
 

Contact

Head of the Research Unit: 

Prof. Dr. Martin Wahl
GEOMAR | Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel
Standort Westufer
Düsternbrooker Weg 20 
24105 Kiel

Phone: +49-431 600-4500
Fax: +49-431 600-1671
mwahl(at)ifm-geomar.de

Personal Assistant / Office Management:
Gabriele Barth
Phone: +49 431 600-4401
gbarth(at)geomar.de

Publications

Peer-reviewed publications of the research unit Experimental Ecology  Benthic Ecology (since 2004)