Plankton biodiversity and biovariability in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £0
WHERE Kenya, Ukraine, Panama
Summary
To understand, quantify and compile changes of biodiversity in marine ecosystems Project purpose : To understand, quantify and compile changes of biodiversity in marine ecosystems
Project objectives : to set up co-operation between the 5 institutes to rescue and compile oceanographic data sets and release them on CD ROM; to focus international attention on the biodiversity and biovariability of the tropical zones of the world’s oceans; to provide assistance to the institutes which lack financial and/or expertise resources; to provide training in the UK for scientists from the institutes; to improve the information base at the genus and species levels and to focus on providing archival data for further analysis where it may have wider impact; to develop new tools for presentation, analysis and dissemination.
Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), Marine Hydrophysical Institute, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
Regions
Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe & Central Asia, Central America
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