Scientific news

The Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM) and the Marine Technology Unit (UTM) present today “Antarctica , life on the edge. Scientifics travels today” at the Maritime Museum of Barcelona (MMB). This is an exhibition that explains the scientific expedition adventure in this continent aboard to a research vessel. The scientific responsible of the exhibition is  Josep Maria Gili, researcher at ICM’s Department of Marine Biology and Oceanography.

Researchers from the Marine Sciences Institute have detected and described a new species of microalgae, Polykrikos tanit, from marine waters of the Catalan coast. The authors of the study, published in the Protist journal, are Albert Reñé, Jordi Camp and Esther Garcés, from the Marine Biology and Oceanography Department.

The occurrence of a tropical Atlantic hermit crab, Pagurus mbizi, has recently been reported on the northern shores of the Alboran Sea (Mediterranean coast of Andalusia (Spain). The presence of this species in the Mediterranean was first recorded in 2006, when the first individual, still not identified to species level, was collected near Estepona (Málaga) during a fisheries research cruise along the Iberian Peninsula  Mediterranean coasts whithin the frame of the European Union Medits surveys.

A course for high school teachers has been organized to present the current state of knowledge of some marine concepts. More information (in spanish): http://www.icm.csic.es/icmdivulga

In 2014 the Institute of Marine Sciences started 3 new projects funded by the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Commission, and with 2 outreach projects funded by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.

Next edition of the Ramon Margalef Summer Colloquia, will be carried out from 7th to 18th July 2014 in the Marine Sciences Institute in Barcelona (Spain).