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Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence
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Parent project: Sixth Framework Programme, more
Funder identifier: 505446 (Other contract id)
Acronym: MarBEF
Period: February 2004 till April 2009
Status: Completed
 Institutes 

Institutes (94)  Top 
  • Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee; NIOZ Yerseke, more, co-ordinator
  • Natural History Museum (NHM), partner
    • Boxshall, Geoff
    • Bamber, Roger
    • Glover, Adrian G.
    • Lambshead, P John D
    • Novarino, Gianfranco
    • Paterson, Gordon
  • Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), more, partner
    • Austen, Melanie
    • Allen, Icarus
    • Beaumont, Nicola
    • Blackford, Jerry
    • Dashfield, Sarah
    • Hawkins, Tony
    • Kendall, Mike
    • Needham, Hazel
    • Richardson, Kirsten
    • Smerdon, Gary
    • Somerfield, Paul
    • Widdicombe, Steve
  • Universitat de les Illes Balears; Instituto Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados (IMEDEA), more, partner
    • Duarte, Carlos
    • Hendriks, Iris
    • Jaume, Damià
    • Marbá, Nuria
    • Rosselló-Mora, Ramon
    • Terrados, Jorge
  • University of St Andrews; School of Biology; Gatty Marine Laboratory; Sediment Ecology Research Group (SERG), more, partner
    • Paterson, David
    • Aspden, Rebecca
    • Davidson, Irvine
    • Defew, Emma
    • Boyd, Ian
    • Perkins, Roo
    • Saunders, James
  • University of St Andrews; Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU), partner
    • Pomeroy, Paddy, contact
    • Gordon, Jonathan
    • Blight, Clinton
  • Stazione Zoologica 'Anton Dohrn' of Naples (SZN), more, partner
    • Bernardi, Giorgio
    • Ianora, Adrianna
    • Casotti, Raffaella
    • Andreakis, Nikolaos
    • Buia, Maria Cristina
    • Cigliano, Michela
    • Flagella, Maria Monia
    • Gambi, Maria Cristina
    • Guala, Ivan
    • Iuri, Vanessa
    • Lorenti, Maurizio
    • Migliaccio, Marianna
    • Patti, Francesco Paolo
    • Procaccini, Gabriele
    • Ruggiero, Maria Valeria
    • Zupo, Valerio
    • Mazzocchi, Maria Grazia
    • Modigh, Monica
    • Ribera d'Alcalà, Maurizio
    • Saggiomo, Vincenzo
    • Peralba, Aurea
    • Brunet, Christophe
    • Buttino, Isabella
    • Carotenuto, Ylenia
    • Dimier, Céline
    • Mazza, Sabina
    • Miralto, Antonio
    • Ribalet, François
    • Romano, Giovanna
    • Amato, Alberto
    • Cerino, Federica
    • Kooistra, Wiebe
    • Levialdi Ghiron, Jung Hee
    • McDonald, Sarah
    • Montresor, Marina
    • Santarpia, Immacolata
    • Sarno, Diana
    • Zingone, Adriana
  • Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, partner
  • Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (EcoServe), partner
  • University of Southampton; National Oceanography Centre, Southampton; Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems (OBE), partner
    • Bett, Brian
    • Billett, David
    • Gooday, Andrew
    • Horton, Tammy
    • Hudson, Ian
  • Senckenberg Nature Research Society (SGN), partner
    • Martinez Arbizu, Pedro
    • Greve, Wulf
  • Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (MPIMM), partner
    • Harder, Jens
    • Krüger, Martin
    • Widdel, Friedrich
  • University of the Azores (UAC), more, partner
    • Serrão Santos, Ricardo
    • Dentinho, Tomaz
    • Neto, Ana
    • Rilhó Pinho, Mário Rui
    • Barreiros, João Pedro
    • Gonçalves, João
    • Pereira, João Gil
    • Krug Marques da Silva, Helena
    • Martins, Helen Rost
    • Menezes, Gui
    • Porteiro, Filipe
    • Isidro, Eduardo
    • Martins, Ana Maria
    • Colaço, Ana
    • Neves, Verónica
    • Afonso, Pedro
    • Tavares, Paula
    • Silva, Mónica
    • de Girolamo, Mirko
    • Carreira, Gilberto
    • Mendonça, Ana Christina
    • Aires da Silva, Alexandre
  • Polish Academy of Sciences; Institute of Oceanology; Departement of Marine Ecology (IOPAN), more, partner
  • Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI), more, partner
    • Buchholz, Friedrich
    • Armonies, Werner
    • Asmus, Harald
    • Asmus, Ragnhild
    • Buschbaum, Christian
    • Polte, Patrick
    • Reise, Karsten
    • Schanz, Anja
    • Thieltges, David
    • Volkenborn, Nils
  • Abo Akademi University; Environmental and Marine Biology (AAU), partner
    • Bonsdorff, Erik
    • Boström, Christoffer
    • Mattila, Johanna
  • University of Southampton; National Oceanography Centre, Southampton; School of Ocean & Earth Science (SOES), partner
    • Tyler, Paul
    • Copley, Jon
    • Ramirez-Llodra, Eva
  • National Institute of Biology; Marine Biological Station Piran (MBS), partner
    • Flander-Putrle, Vesna
    • France, Janja
    • Lipej, Lovrenc
    • Malej, Alenka
    • Mozetic, Patricija
    • Orlando-Bonaca, Martina
    • Ramšak, Andreja
    • Turk, Valentina
  • Technical University of Denmark; Danish Institute for Fisheries Research (DIFRES), more, partner
  • Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Warnemünde (IOW), more, partner
  • Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM), more, partner
    • Gasol, Josep
  • Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more, partner
  • National Interuniversity Consortium For Marine Sciences (CoNISMa), more, partner
    • Boero, Ferdinando
    • Belmonte, Genuario
    • Fraschetti, Simonetta
    • Giangrande, Adriana
    • Piraino, Stefano
    • Terlizzi, Antonio
  • The Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS), partner
    • Burkill, Peter
    • Edwards, Martin
    • Johns, David
    • Kirby, Richard
    • Lindley, John Alistair
    • Reid, Philip Chris
    • Licandro, Priscilla
  • University College Dublin; Department of Zoology, more, partner
  • Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel; Marine Ecology Division; Fishery Biology section, more, partner
  • Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG), more, partner
    • Olsen, Jeanine
    • Stam, Wytze
  • Italian National Research Council (CNR), more, partner
  • University of Hull; Maritime Historical Studies Centre (MHSC), partner
    • Barnard, Michaela
    • Starkey, David
  • University of Southern Denmark; Centre for Maritime and Regional Studies (CMRS), partner
  • Polar Environmental Centre; Akvaplan-niva, partner
    • Cochrane, Sabine
    • Carroll, Mike
    • Kiel Jensen, Louise
    • Kögeler, Jos
    • Søreide, Janne
    • Trannum, Hilde
  • Netherlands Institute for Fisheries Research (RIVO), more, partner
    • Bult, Tammo
    • Craeymeersch, Johan
    • De Leeuw, Joep
    • Grift, Rob
    • Heessen, Henk
    • Kraak, Sarah
    • Rijnsdorp, Adriaan
  • University of Porto; Centre for Marine and Environmental Research (CIMAR), more, partner
    • Sousa Pinto, Isabel
    • Serrão, Ester
    • Araújo, Rita Micaela
    • Oliveira, Mafalda
    • Pereira, Rui
    • Santos, Paulo
    • Alberto, Filipe
    • Arnaud-Haond, Sophie
    • Diekmann, Onno
    • Pearson, Gareth
    • Perrin, Cecile
    • Varela, Elena
    • Arenas Parra, Francisco
  • Marine Biological Station (Universitetets Marinbiologiske stasjon i Drøbak); University of Oslo (UiO), partner
    • Gray, John
    • Olsgard, Frode
    • Christie, Hartvig
    • Ellingsen, Kari
  • Klaipeda University; Coastal Research and Planning Institute (CORPI), partner
    • Daunys, Darius
    • Gasiunaite, Zita
    • Lesutiene, Jurate
    • Olenin, Sergej
    • Pilkaityte, Renata
    • Razinkovas, Arturas
    • Samuiloviene, Aurelija
    • Zemlys, Petras
  • Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), more, partner
    • Blanchard, Fabian
    • Desbruyères, Daniel
    • Galéron, Joëlle
    • Guillaumont, Brigitte
    • Hamon, Dominique
    • Lorance, Pascal
    • Olu, Karine
    • Sarrazin, Jozée
    • Segonzac, Michel
    • Sibuet, Myriam
  • Universiteit van Amsterdam; Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen, Wiskunde en Informatica; Zoologisch Museum Amsterdam (UVA-ZMA), partner
    • Pierrot-Bults, Annelies
    • van Soest, Rob
  • Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), more, partner
    • Cooper, Keith
    • Rees, Hubert
    • Parker, Ruth
    • Schratzberger, Michaela
    • Feist, Stephen
  • University of Gdansk; Faculty of Biology, Geography and Oceanology; Institute of Oceanography (IO-BGO), more, partner
    • Latala, Adam
    • Sokolowski, Adam
    • Szaniawska, Anna
    • Wolowicz, Maciej
    • Dobrzycka-Krahel, Aldona
    • Lapucki, Tomasz
    • Janas, Urszula
    • Michalowska, Monika
    • Normant, Monika
    • Zarzycki, Tomasz
    • Berger, Agata
    • Lasota, Rafal
    • Stachnik, Magdalena
    • Smolarz, Katarzyna
    • Rzeznik-Orignac, Jadwiga
    • Bogaczewicz-Adamczak, Bozena
    • Dziengo, Monika
    • Zgrundo, Aleksandra
    • Jodlowska, Sabina
    • Pierzchala, Nina
    • Nedzi, Marcin
    • Zbikowski, Radoslaw
    • Pniewski, Filip
    • Zmijewska, Maria
    • Bielecka, Luiza
    • Jozefczuk, Anna
    • Ladkowska, Hanna
  • Naturalis Biodiversity Center; Expert Center For Taxonomic Identification - BioInformatics (ETI), partner
    • Brugman, Marc
    • Heijman, Rob
  • Rijksinstituut voor Kust en Zee (RIKZ), more, partner
    • Eertman, Richard
  • Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), more, partner
    • Arvanitidis, Christos
    • Antoniou, Aglaia
    • Dafnomili, Helen
    • Dounas, Costas
    • Eleftheriou, Anastasios
    • Kasapidis, Panagiotis
    • Kotoulas, Georgios
    • Koulouri, Yolanda
    • Kristalas, Apostolos
    • Lampadariou, Nikolaos
    • Magoulas, Antonios
    • Maidanou, Maria
    • Papadopoulos, Anastasios
    • Petihakis, Giorgos
    • Pitta, Vivi
    • Polymenakou, Paraskevi
    • Psarra, Stella
    • Smith, Cristopher
    • Triandaphyllou, Giorgos
    • Tsalavouta, Matina
    • Tselepides, Anastasios
    • Tsigenopoulos, Costas
    • Zivanovic, Snezana
  • Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA), more, partner
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille (COM), more, partner
    • Boury-Esnault, Nicole
    • Chenuil-Maurel, Anne
    • Féral, Jean-Pierre
  • Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls-Sur-Mer; Laboratoire d'Océanographie Biologique (LOBB), more, partner
    • Amouroux, Jean-Michel
    • Batailler, Nicole
    • Bodiou, Jean Yves
    • Braga, Joël
    • Carlier, Antoine
    • Catala, Philippe
    • Desmalades, Martin
    • Duchêne, Jean Claude
    • Escoubeyrou, Karine
    • Ghiglione, Jean-François
    • Grémare, Antoine
    • Labrune, Céline
    • Lami, Raphael
    • Larcher, Mareille
    • Lebaron, Philippe
    • Maire, Olivier
    • Obernosterer, Ingrid
    • Pruski, Audrey
    • Vétion, Gilles
    • Zemb, Olivier
  • Sorbonne Université; Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR), partner
    • Davoult, Dominique
    • Gentil, Franck
    • Hubas, Cédric
    • Mevel, Geneviève
    • Morin, Pascal
    • Riera, Pascal
    • Gollety, Claire
  • Sorbonne Université; Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche (LOV), partner
    • Agis, Martin
    • Andersen, Valerie
    • Bonilla-Findji, Osana
    • Dolan, John
    • Gasparini, Stéphan
    • Gattuso, Jean-Pierre
    • Gorsky, Gabriel
    • Guidi-Guilvard, Laurence
    • Ibañez, Frédéric
    • Lemée, Rodolphe
    • Malits, Andrea
    • Mayzaud, Patrick
    • Mousseau, Laure
    • Pedrotti, Marie-Luiza
    • Rassoulzadegan, Fereidoun
    • Stemmann, Lars
    • Weinbauer, Markus
    • Lombard, Fabien
  • National Natural History Museum Paris (MNHN), more, partner
    • Ameziane, Nadia
    • Bouchet, Philippe
    • Boucher, Guy
    • Ellien, Céline
    • Le Renard, Jacques
    • Migné, Aline
    • Noël, Pierre
    • Rybarczyk, Hervé
    • Rzeznik-Orignac, Jadwiga
    • Thiebaut, Eric
    • Hubas, Cédric
  • Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis; National Museum of Natural History - Naturalis (Naturalis), partner
    • Hoeksema, Bert
    • Gittenberger, Arjan
    • Goud, Jeroen
  • University of Gothenburg; Faculty of Science; Department of Marine Ecology, partner
    • Aberg, Per
    • Rosenberg, Rutger
  • Universiteit Maastricht; International Centre for Integrative Studies (ICIS), partner
    • Stel, Jan
  • Bangor University; School of Ocean Sciences, partner
    • Hughes, Roger
    • Kaiser, Michel
    • Richardson, Elizabeth
    • Seed, Raymond
  • Wageningen University and Research Centre; University of Wageningen; Social Sciences Group, more, partner
    • van Ierland, Ekko
  • Università di Pisa; Dipartimento di Scienze dell 'Uomo e dell 'Ambiente, partner
    • Benedetti-Cecchi, Lisandro
    • Bertocci, Iacopo
    • Maggi, Elena
    • Mazzi, Michele
    • Mombelli, Ilaria
    • Vaselli, Stefano
    • Zoppi, Federica
  • Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee (NIOZ), partner
    • Philippart, Catharina
  • Institute of Marine Research (IMR), more, partner
    • Godø, Olav Rune
    • Huse, Geir
  • University of Aberdeen; School of Biological Sciences; Ocean lab, non-contracted partner
    • Solan, Martin, contact
  • University of Oviedo; Department of Functional Biology, non-contracted partner
    • Garcia-Vazquez, Eva, contact
    • Acuña, José Luis, contact
  • International Marine Centre (IMC), non-contracted partner
    • Magni, Paolo, contact
  • Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (IZOR), non-contracted partner
    • Peharda, Melita, contact
  • Finnish Institute of Marine Research; Department of biological oceanography, non-contracted partner
    • Norkko, Alf, contact
  • Moscow State University; Invertebrate Zoology Department, non-contracted partner
    • Gantsevich, Michael, contact
  • Russian Academy of Sciences; P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (SIO RAS), more, non-contracted partner
  • Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competiveness; Instituto Español de Oceanografía; Centro Oceanográfico de Santander, non-contracted partner
    • Garcia-Soto, Carlos, contact
  • National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa" Constanta (NIMRD), non-contracted partner
    • Abaza, Valeria, contact
    • Nicolaev, Simion
  • Polytechnic University of Marche; Marine Biology Section, non-contracted partner
    • Danovaro, Roberto, contact
  • Russian Academy of Sciences; Zoological Institute of RAS (ZIN), non-contracted partner
    • Sukhotin, Alex, contact
  • University of Turku; Archipelago Research Institute (ARI), non-contracted partner
    • Vuorinen, Ilppo, contact
  • Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; Institute of Oceanology (IO-Bas), more, non-contracted partner
  • Italian National Research Council; Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), more, non-contracted partner
    • Bastianini, Mauro, contact
  • English Nature, non-contracted partner
    • Duffy, Mark, contact
    • Hailey, Neil, contact
  • National Environmental Research Institute; Department of Marine Ecology, non-contracted partner
    • Josefson, Alf, contact
  • Universidade de Aveiro; Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), more, non-contracted partner
    • Pio, Casimiro, contact
    • Queiroga, Henrique
  • Université de La Rochelle; Institut du Littoral, Laboratoire de Biologie et d'Environnement Marins (LBEM), non-contracted partner
    • Blanchard, Fabian, contact
  • University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; Faculty of Marine Sciences; Biodiversity and Environment Management Centre (BIOGES), non-contracted partner
    • Haroun Trabaue, Ricardo, contact
  • University of York; Department of Environment, non-contracted partner
    • Raffaelli, Dave, contact
  • Scottish Marine Institute; Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), more, non-contracted partner
    • Shimmield, Graham, contact
    • Burrows, Michael
  • University of Hamburg; Zoological Institute und Zoological Museum; Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH), non-contracted partner
    • Brandt, Angelika, contact
  • University of Malta; Faculty of Science; Department of Biology, non-contracted partner
    • Vella, Adriana, contact
    • Schembri, Patrick, contact
    • Axiak, Victor, contact
  • National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (IBSS), more, non-contracted partner
    • Tokarev, Yuriy, contact
    • Shulman, Georgiy, contact
    • Vyalova, Oksana, contact
  • Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer; Centre de Recherche sur les Ecosystèmes Littoraux Anthropisés (CRELA), non-contracted partner
    • Richard, Pierre, contact
  • University of Tartu; Estonian Marine Institute (EMI), more, non-contracted partner
    • Ojaveer, Henn, contact
  • Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), more, non-contracted partner
  • Finnish Environment Institute (FEI/SYKE), more, non-contracted partner
    • Bäck, Saraa, contact
  • University of Bologna (UNIBO), more, non-contracted partner
  • Queen's University Belfast, non-contracted partner
  • The University of Dublin, Trinity College; Zoology Department, non-contracted partner
    • Wilson, James, contact
  • Universidad de Cadiz; Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ciencias Ambientales; Departamento de Biología, non-contracted partner
    • Pérez-Lloréns, José Lucas, contact
  • University College Cork; Department of Zoology, Ecology and Plant Sciences (ZEPS), more, non-contracted partner
    • Emmerson, Mark, contact
  • University of Kalmar (HIK), non-contracted partner
    • Hagström, Åke, contact
  • University Rey Juan Carlos; School of Experimental Sciences and Technology; Area of Biodiversity and Conservation, non-contracted partner
    • Navarro, Nuria, contact
    • Viejo, Rosa, contact
  • Thomson Unicomarine, non-contracted partner
    • Worsfold, Tim, contact
    • Hall, David
  • University of Evora; Marine Sciences Laboratory (CIEMAR), non-contracted partner
    • Soares Martins Adão, Maria Helena, contact
  • University of Padova; Department of Biology (DiBio), non-contracted partner
    • Mazzoldi, Carlotta, contact

Abstract
The creation of the network of excellence MARBEF (Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem
Functioning) aims at integrating research efforts by forming a dedicated group of marine
scientists and institutes and creating a virtual European institute with a long-term research
programme and dedicated links with industry and the public at large. This involves besides
coordination of research the training, exchange and outreach activities in several relevant
fields of science, including marine ecology and biogeochemistry, fisheries biology, taxonomy
and socio-economic sciences. Better integration of research is also required to support the
legal obligations of the EU and its member states and associated states for the Convention
for Biological Diversity, the OSPAR and Barcelona conventions as well as several EU
directives (Bird Directive, Habitat Directive, Water Framework Directive). The network will also
improve links with the large and growing number of industries depending on the sustainable
use and exploitation of marine biodiversity. This includes tourism, fisheries and aquaculture
but also new industries that explore and commercialise marine genetic and chemical
products.

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