Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Biological diversity plays a fundamental role in the capacity of marine ecosystems to maintain and keep the balance and regulate the climate, as well as increase the resilience of ecosystems. Knowledge of the structure and dynamics of primary producer communities, consumers and decomposers, determinant in the processes of storage and flow of materials and energy, is key in the sustainable use of marine ecosystems. A healthy ocean provides ecosystem services such as the production of food and marine bioproducts, among others.

Events
Shellfish beds in Galicia: prevention of risks caused by extreme events on commercially important bivalves

O xoves 16 de novembro ás 11:00 h Rula Domínguez, técnica de investigación do grupo de Ecoloxía Costeira da Universidade de Vigo, presentou o proxecto…

Importance of sandy beaches in the recycling of organic matter

O xoves día 2 de novembro ás 11:00 h Begoña Araujo, doutora en Ciencias do Mar pola Facultade de Vigo, presentou os resultados máis importantes…

Molecular characterization and pathologies of oysters from the Andalusian Atlantic coast

O xoves día 19 de outubro Monserrat López, técnica de investigación do laboratorio de patoloxía do Instituto de Investigación y Formación Agraria y Pesquera (IFAPA…

Adaptation and speciation in Littorina

9th of October, Roger Butlin, Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Sheffield and Guest Professor of the University of Gothenburg, presented the conference…

Reproductive cycle of Holothuria forskali in the Ría de Vigo

Os cogombros de mar son un recurso mariño moi cobizado en Oriente e nas costas Mediterráneas, e a procura de novas especies noutras áreas de…

Is Codium fragile spp fragile an invasive species along NW Spain?

As invasións biolóxicas e o cambio climático constitúen unha das principais ameazas para a biodiversidade. Nun escenario de cambio climático, as especies nativas teñen maior…

Effect of combined physical stressors on early development stages of one contracting target seaweed species, Fucus serratus

Las especies del género Fucus, entre ellas Fucus Serratus, son conocidas como “especies fundadoras de comunidades intermareles”, pues proporcionan alimento y refugio a otras especies…

The Marine turtle research center: a new facility of SZN

The Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn of Naples, established in 1872, is among the oldest and top research institutions in the world in the fields of…

Ciguatera Fish Poisoning: a new food safety problem in Spain

As intoxicacións por moluscos afectados por biotoxinas de orixe mariño son amplamente coñecidas en Galicia. Sen embargo, as intoxicacións por pescado son prácticamente descoñecidas. O…

Inauguración da VII Edición do programa Café con Sal: “Documental Mareas Vermellas”

O xoves 19 de xaneiro deu comezo a VII edición do ciclo de conferencias científicas “Café con Sal”, constituido por un total de 14 ponencias…

News
CIM-UVigo participates in a workshop on the role of hybridisation in nature

This is a meeting of the G-Bike Project in which more than 120 researchers from 42 countries are taking part Researchers from 18 countries are…

The CIM-UVigo participates in a European megaproject that seeks feasible solutions to the loss of marine and coastal biodiversity

Funded with more than 10 million euros, involving 34 institutions from 17 countries The UVigo Marine Research Centre is participating in a European megaproject that…