Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Hardy sea-based microbes could contain enzymes ideally suited to extreme industrial processes. EU-funded researchers with the INMARE project aim to find out.

Coral reef ecosystems are under pressure from the growing human population and its activities, as well as climate change and associated sea-level rise. A European study investigated the ecological mechanisms that support coral reef ecosystems in order to address the problem of coral bleaching.

Marine scientists compared the composition of a free-living bacterial community in the Atlantic Ocean with one associated with a type of zooplankton known as a copepod. The results offer valuable insights into the biological and geochemical processes that take place in the open ocean.

Researchers have established DNA reference libraries for various marine and freshwater organisms in Portugal.