Marine Biology

The expertise of the Marine Biology Section is benthic ecology (see introduction). The main topics are:

• In- and epifaunal biodiversity patterns on different temporal and spatial scales 
• Long-term studies on the variability of species number, abundance, and biomass of in- and epifauna
• The role of environmental factors and food availability for the structure and functionial diversity of benthic communities
• Relationship between different benthic size classes
• Benthic food webs
• Benthic species distribution modelling
• Use of hydroacoustic advices for large-scale benthic habitat mapping
• Anthropogenic effects on benthic communities