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Invasion patterns in marine species


Frederic Mineur, Andrew J. Davies, Christine Maggs, Marc Verlaque and Mark Johnson Not all introduced (invasive) species in a region will spread from a single point of introduction. Long-distance dispersal or further introductions can obscure the pattern of spread, but the regional importance of such processes is difficult to gauge. These difficulties are further compounded [...]

Conference: ICES Deep-sea Symposium


I recently participated in the ICES Deep-sea Symposium on the island of Faial in the Azores. This 4 day meeting ran from 27-30 April and included delegates from all over the world, presenting on subjects from mining to ecology of many deep-sea habitats. The conference was headed: “Issues confronting the deep oceans: the economic, scientific [...]

HERMES-GIS: A tool connecting scientists and policymakers


Ben De Mols, Neus Querol, Andrew J. Davies, Angela Schäfer, Frederica Foglini, Genoveva Gonzales-Mirelis, Kathrin Kopke, Declan Dunne, Ingo Schewe, Fabio Trincardi, Miquel Canals An important aim of large, pan-European scientific projects with numerous research groups is to integrate and visualize the acquired distributed data sets and results. The large volume of diverse data gathered [...]