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A BIGGER PICTURE
WE RESEARCH THE SEA AND ITS FUNCTION FOR HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT




The Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB) is a research
institute located in Oldenburg. It researches marine biodiversity and its
importance for the function of marine ecosystems. In doing so, it develops the
scientific basis for marine nature conservation and ecosystem management.


NEWSLETTER OUT NOW

With a top story on the dissimilarity of ecological communities and how this can
be quantified using diffusion maps, impressions from the coral reefs of the
Florida Keys, a review of the 4th Symposium on Functional Marine Biodiversity,
and much more.

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Oceans are not only the richest in species but also the largest habitat – due to
their depth, oceans make up more than 90 percent of the total habitat on earth.

They regulate the climate, bind CO2 and are an important food source for humans.
Every second breath we take contains oxygen from the ocean.

In order for the sea to continue to fulfil these functions, which are also
important for humans, intact habitats are needed. And these in turn depend on
marine biodiversity, i.e. the diversity of species, genetic variants of each
species and ecosystems.

How strongly and in what form this biological diversity reacts to global warming
and human-induced influences is still largely unclear today.

Marine ecosystems are changing – also and especially through human influence.
According to a recent study, for example, only 13 percent of the oceans can
still be described as wilderness.


WHAT DO THE CHANGES IN MARINE ECOSYSTEMS MEAN FOR US AND WHAT MEASURES DO WE
TAKE TO COUNTER THEM?

Our approach is interdisciplinary: At HIFMB, scientific research goes hand in
hand with social science expertise in the analysis of social and political
processes.

HIFMB’s mission





BIODIVERSITY CHANGE

Quantifying & predicting biodiversity change

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ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS

Understanding functional consequences of change

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CONSERVATION & MANAGEMENT

Maintaining biodiversity & functions and enabling socio-ecological management

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FROM TOOTH FISH TO FOOD WEBS, FROM MOLECULAR GENETIC TOOLS TO UNDERWATER
ACOUSTICS: DIVE INTO OUR CURRENT RESEARCH

Human impact | Young researchers reporting


THE OCEAN – AN EMPTY SPACE?

November 15, 2023

The ocean is most often seen as an empty space, for example in maps, where it is
most often depicted as a blue shaded area next to colorful lands, mountains and
valleys, forests and deserts, towns and roads. This is due to the traditional
approach to creating maps and thinking about landscape (the clue is already in
the term), people going as far as they can and writing about the things they
find. The ocean in contrast is an inhospitable place to wander for humans, only
with the aid of devices such as boats it becomes possible to leave the shore,
creating the image of a vast desert in our minds.

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Did you know?

You can identify fish, crabs and jellyfish from analysing one liter of sea
water.

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Ecosystems | Event | Human impact


MIRRORS – FOLLOWING THE ACOUSTIC JOURNEY OF THE MINKE WHALE

July 4, 2023

Mirrors is a sound installation that follows the acoustic journey of the Minke
Whale as it travels from Antarctica to Namibia. A collaboration between
artist-researcher Geraint Rhys and Marine Acoustic scientist Dr Ilse van
Opzeeland it charts how the vocalizations of the Minke changes with a change in
location as it migrates across the oceans.

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Human impact | Young researchers reporting


UNPACKING PLASTIC OCEANS – PLACING PHOTOGRAPHY IN ENVIRONMENTAL STORYTELLING

May 8, 2023

This blog post is part of the  ‘Plastic or Planet?’ blog series where we discuss
the National Geographic exhibition ‘Planet or Plastic?’ hosted in Oldenburg
during the summer of 2022. We are part of an interdisciplinary group of early
career researchers working at the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine
Biodiversity (HIFMB). Here, we focus on …

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Ecosystems | Human impact


ACTIVITY BOOK ON DEEP SEA MINING

April 18, 2023

Deep-sea mining is a potential new industry in which non-renewable resources
could be extracted from the bottom of the deep sea. However, as little is known
about the ecosystems of these depths and the impacts of this industry, the
prospect of mining these resources poses a great risk.  

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