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Predicted niches for the categories in Reynolds C-S-R’ model in nutrient versus light space. C-strategists are adapted to conditions rich in both nutrients and light (e.g., Coscinodiscus); S-strategists are adapted to conditions of low nutrient availability but high light intensity (e.g., Trichodesmium); R-strategists are adapted to conditions of high nutrient availability but low light intensity (e.g.,  Leptocylindrus).
09 MAR

New Paper in Limnology and Oceanography: Ecological niches of open ocean phytoplankton...

Can we aggregate the 20’000 existing phytoplankton species to few groups with similar ecological niches? This new study characterizes the ecological niches of 133 taxa...

Oithona nana is very small (0.3 mm)ambush feeding copepod but has an average adult life span of 4 months in a protected lab environment. Photo courtesey of A. Calbet.
02 MAR

New paper in Ecology: Interrelations between senescence, life history traits...

Do copepods senesce? And how fast? New study demonstrates that copepods with a risk-taking feeding- and mate-finding behavior senesce earlier and have much shorter average...

Otto the Copepod
26 FEB

Otto the Copepod

In this short story you can help "Otto the Copepod" to find his friends. Swim with him down to the ocean floor and meet all his friends and the other animals that also...

Dinoflagellate
17 FEB

Feeding currents facilitate a mixotrophic way of life

In a new study, researchers from the center describe how mixotrophic microorganisms make use of feeding currents to increase both prey encounter rates and the incoming...

2014
We welcome two new PhD students at the Centre for Ocean Life
21 DEC

We welcome two new PhD students at the Centre for Ocean Life

We welcome two new PhD students at the Centre for Ocean Life, both beginning on 15 December 2014

The size distribution (top) and the fishing pattern of three fishing fleets (bottom) when fishing to maximize economic rent.
18 DEC

New paper: Trade-offs between objectives for ecosystem management of fisheries...

Gedankenexperimente in ecosystem-based fisheries management.

Copepod
17 DEC

What defines the food size spectrum of copepods?

A new study provides a mechanistic understanding of the food size spectra of the copepod Temora longicornis using an integrated approach including traditional feeding experiments...

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