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Project

Hotspot ecosystem research and man's impact on european seas
Acronym
HERMIONE
Code
41U09109
Duration
01 April 2009 → 30 September 2012
Funding
European funding: framework programme
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Geology
    • Oceanography
    • Animal biology
    • Microbiology
    • Systems biology
    • Aquatic sciences, challenges and pollution
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Microbiology
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Microbiology
Keywords
margins biodiversity habitat ecosystem
 
Project description
 

Through an integrated and multidisciplinary approach insight is gained in the distribution, biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and connectivity of European Margin Ecosystems such as slopes and deep-basins, canyons, seamount, cold water corals, and chemosynthetic based ecosystems. Also the impact of anthropogenic activities in these deep-sea ecosystems is investigated.