News from Centre for Ocean Life
24 JAN
New review experimentally exploring plankton defense mechanism
24 JAN
Some copepods, mm-sized zooplankton, that live in the very surface layer of the ocean jump out of the water and perform spectacular flights when escaping from predators...
22 JAN
Density dependence is the major driving force behind population regulation. Here we looked at density-dependent growth in real-life fish stocks, and how this relates...
17 JAN
Many species of phytoplankton produce substances that are toxic to both human consumers and planktonic grazers, and toxin production is often considered a defense mechanism...
08 JAN
Centre for Ocean Life offers 3-year PhD fellowships in experimental plankton ecology and trait-based modelling within the general topic of trait-based Marine Ecology. The...
05 JAN
Biodiversity is a multifaceted concept, yet most biodiversity studies have taken a taxonomic approach, implying that all species are equally important. However, species...
21 DEC
Centre's annual retreat took place 13-14/12 in Faxe to summarize the scientific success of 2017.
04 DEC
To understand the effects of climate change on changing ocean biomass, understanding how different species interact is a difficult but necessary task.
28 NOV
Why do we find primarily large pelagic predators such as tunas and billfish in the tropics, while in boreal and temperate regions large demersal species of gadoids and...
17 NOV
Life-history traits of comb jellies (Mnemiopsis) invaded to European waters start reproducing at a body mass 100 times less than in mother populations. This is consistent...