International network connects experimental research in European waters Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB)
Lakes, rivers, estuaries and oceans are closely connected. Despite this, aquatic research is still divided in marine and freshwater sciences. Now, scientists from 19 leading research institutes and universities and two enterprises from 12 countries across Europe aim to change this and have joined forces in the project “AQUACOSM – Network of Leading European AQUAtic MesoCOSM Facilities Connecting Mountains to Oceans from the Arctic to the Mediterranean”. The network will perform the first systematic large-scale experiments in both freshwater and marine ecosystems. The project is coordinated and lead by Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
Further information is available at http://www.aquacosm.eu
Contact persons:
Dr. Jens C Nejstgaard
Project Leader/Coordinator
Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
Nejstgaard@igb-berlin.de
Tel: +49 33082 699 40
Dr. Stella A Berger
Transnational Access Coordinator
Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
Berger@igb-berlin.de
Tel: +49 33082 699 41
Dr. Paraskevi Pitta
Dissemination Coordinator
Hellenic Center for Marine Research, HCMR, Greece
Vpitta@hcmr.gr
Tel: +30 2810 337829
Further information on the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB):
http://www.igb-berlin.de