Sustainable Management of Mesopelagic Resources
SUMMER will establish a protocol to accurately estimate mesopelagic fish biomass, quantify the ecosystem services provided by the mesopelagic community (food, climate regulation and potential for bioactive compounds) and develop a decision support tool to measure the trade-offs between the different services.
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SUMMER H2020 consists of 9️⃣ different sub-projects, known as work packages (WPs). #Workpackages are especially good for dividing work between- by summerh2020 4 months ago
On this day, June 8th we celebrate World Oceans Day 2021! Today we have the opportunity to raise awareness of - by summerh2020 2 months ago
Work Package 1: Open Science What is #OpenScience ? Open Science is all about sharing current knowledge and breakthroughs with one - by summerh2020 3 months ago
The Twilight Zone lies between vibrant sunlight and pitch-black darkness, a remote, concealed, and mysterious environment in the world’s oceans. - by summerh2020 8 months ago
Ifremer, the French research institute for the exploitation of the sea, is one of the reserach partners in SUMMER. Through - by summerh2020 3 months ago
What is H2020? Horizon 2020 #H2020 is the largest ever funding programme established by the European Union #EU to finance - by summerh2020 3 months ago
How deep is the worlds ocean, and where is the "Mesopelagic Zone" aka the "Twillight Zone"? The majority of the - by summerh2020 4 weeks ago
Does the mesopelagic zone benefit humankind, by offering us any services? "Ecosystem services" are defined as any direct or indirect - by summerh2020 1 month ago
What potential products can be made using mesopelagic organisms after they are harvested? #Mesopelagic organisms range from microorganisms (such as - by summerh2020 4 months ago
Happy World Environment Day! At SUMMER #sustainability is a focal point of our research. Harvesting the great mesopelagic biomass means - by summerh2020 3 months ago
JETZON has been endorsed as a programme of the UN Ocean Decade! As SUMMER is linked to JETZON, we are - by summerh2020 2 months ago
How much fish exists down in the depths of the #oceantwilightzone ? What is the range of species that inhabit the - by summerh2020 6 months ago
In a summer publication @ulpgc_para_ti quantified on a global scale zooplankton biomass from the surface down to 3000-4000 m (Hernández-León - by summerh2020 1 month ago
How can mesopelagic organisms alter the climate and CO2 levels in our atmosphere? Even though there is no photosynthesis in - by summerh2020 3 months ago
How are scientists able to identify organisms living in the #OceanTwillightZone while working in the field, #insitu ? Our partners at - by summerh2020 2 months ago
What will happen to all the organisms living - and interacting with, the mesopelagic zone following harvest of #mesopelagic biomass? - by summerh2020 2 weeks ago
Updating the SUMMERH2020 social media accounts is part of work package 7️⃣, which Sintef Ocean leads. Work package 7: "Communication, - by summerh2020 1 week ago
The two final work packages are work package 8️⃣ "Management" and work package 9️⃣ "Ethics requirements". Together these WP's aims - by summerh2020 3 weeks ago
Discover LEITAT technological institute, and learn what they do in the #summerh2020 project. LEITAT works with WP5: High value products, - by summerh2020 6 months ago
Modelling the mesopelagic game of hide-and-seek in the ocean SUMMER is addressing the question of how to implement