Marine ecosystems and global change
Study of oceanic and coastal ecosystems from a multidisciplinary perspective, integrating: biology, ecology, physics, chemistry, and geology. Its objective is to understand the dynamics of these habitats, biodiversity, and the interactions between organisms and their environment, as well as their response to climate change and human pressures. Furthermore, it directs its results towards the analysis of climate change indicators.
It includes the following lines of research:
- Physical oceanography
- Biological oceanography
- Marine biogeochemistry
- Geomorphology and littoral sedimentary dynamics
- Benthic ecosystems
- Geodesy and geophysics
- Biodiversity and conservation of marine species and habitats
- Paleoceanography, stratigraphy and sedimentology
- Ecophysiology of marine phytoplankton
- Marine zoology
- Microbial ecology
- Trophic ecology and conservation of marine mammals
- Blue carbon ecosystems: management and conservation
- Marine biological invasions
- Ecogeomorphology of vegetated coastal systems
- Anthropogenic threats to marine vertebrates
- Coastal and marine geology and geophysics