Biodiversity, ecology and biogeography

A CMACS research theme
Blacklip butterflyfish takes cover in sponge

Biodiversity, ecology and biogeography

A CMACS research theme

Projects

Conservation physiology of marine and freshwater crabs
Conservation physiology of marine and freshwater crabs
Crab underwater
Effects of climate change on crustacean ecophysiology
Radix Balthica embryo
Embryonic developmental events
Red crabs on the ground
The environmental physiology and ecology of land crabs
A diver assesses beds of Posidonia oceanica off the coast of Cyprus
Use of predictive habitat modelling to assess the distribution and extent of selected Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in the South Atlantic deep sea
A study by the University, local entomologist Clive Turner and the Museum of Zoology in Munich, locates a striking species of beetle living in isolation on the outskirts of Cape Town
Diving beetles, rarity and responses to climate change
Examples of benthic megafauna observed 1200 meter deep off Rockall Bank, North-East Atlantic
The application of autonomous underwater vehicles to challenges in marine habitat mapping and predictive species distribution modelling
Deep-sea sponges antimicrobials
Deep-sea discovery – mining marine environments for novel biologics
Waves on the sea
The application of predictive modelling to marine spatial planning associated with deep-sea mining
Ecology and physiology of early life-stage fishes
Ecology and physiology of early life-stage fishes
An image taken by scientists from the University of Plymouth at 60m depth at Egmont Atoll, Indian Ocean, in March 2022 using a drop-camera system. The image shows a healthy colony of the reef-building coral species, Pachyseris speciosa
Vulnerability and resilience of mesophotic coral ecosystems to climate change