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2017
Copepods illustration
14 FEB

New data paper on marine copepod traits

We compiled data to understand the ecology of marine copepods based on their fundamental traits, such as body size or growth rate, rather than based on species names. 

Philipp's defence
24 JAN

Philipp Brun defended his PhD thesis

Last Friday (20st Jan 2017) Philipp defended his PhD thesis with the title “Plankton biogeography – an exploration of patterns, drivers, functions, and predictability”.

Figuren from Philipp Brun's PhD thesis
11 JAN

PhD defense: Plankton biogeography—an exploration of patterns, drivers, functions, and predictability

On 20 January 2017, Philipp Brun will defend his PhD thesis "Plankton biogeography—an exploration of patterns, drivers, functions, and predictability" at DTU Aqua

2016
Photo Erik Selander
24 OCT

Tyranni of the species

A series of recently published maps of the global distribution of small organisms in the world’s oceans turns its back on taxonomic identity and instead describes nature in a radically different way—based on shared traits.

Marine research Ecosystems CO2 separation and CO2 storage
Copepod
24 OCT

Ocean life article discussed on Videnskab.dk

A popular article discusses the findings of the recently published paper “Trait biogeography of marine copepods - an analysis across scales” by Brun, Payne and Kiørboe on Videnskab.dk.

New paper on trait biogeography of marine copepods
11 OCT

New paper on trait biogeography of marine copepods

We have produced the first ever global maps of key traits of copepods, the dominant group of zooplankton, by combining geo-located observations of hundreds of taxa that have been made throughout the past century with trait data compiled from the literature. 

How reliable are predictions of future plankton distributions? A new paper offers surprising insight
04 APR

How reliable are predictions of future plankton distributions? A new paper offers surprising insight

We find the reliability of predictions of distributional shifts of plankton made by commonly used ‘species distribution models’ to be worse than is commonly appreciated.

2015
How phytoplankton evolution can be measured in the field
08 SEP

How can phytoplankton evolution be measured in the field?

A new letter from the Centre in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences picks up the discussion.

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29 APRIL 2024