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English name: Marine Biology Laboratory
Thesaurus terms (3) : Benthos; Bioluminescence; Wrecks
MRG keywords (2) : Biodiversity; Bioluminescence
Geographical term : Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions]
Address:
Bâtiment Kellner, niveau D-1
3 Place Croix du Sud, bt 4
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgium
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Tel.: +32-(0)10-47 34 76
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Type: Scientific
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1 Director: Head of the department
2 Marine scientist: Works in this research group and acts as (co-)author in at least one marine publication in the last 5 years.
3 Specialized personnel: Provides administrative or technical support to marine scientific research.
| Persons formerly associated with this organization (5) |
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| Abstract: |
The team Marine Biology (BMAR) mainly studies bioluminescence, but formerly also researched the marine biodiversity on ship wrecks on the Belgian continental shelf. This research unit frequently collaborates with other universities around the world, such as Victoria Museum and the Sydney and Perth Universities (Australia), the University of Bergen (Norway), Goteborg and Lund Universities (Sweden), Otago University , Niwa Wekllington (New Zealand), University of California - Santa Barbara Campus (USA), Ryukyus University (Japan) and the Arago laboratory and the Observatoire de Roscoff (France). The group is also part of the Interuniversity Center for Marine Biology (CIBIM).
The laboratory conducts research on the following marine topics:
- biodiversity of bioluminescence;
- bioluminescence in sharks - trophic ecology of deep-sea sharks;
- the control mechanisms, functions and evolution of bioluminescence;
- origin of marine luminous compounds in echinoderms and others phyla;
- bioluminescence on the pelagic ringworm Tomopteris.
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| Projects (2) |
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- BENCORE: Belgian Network for Coastal Reseach, more
- BEWREMABI: Belgian Shipwreck: hotspots for Marine Biodiversity, more
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