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Helgoland Research cutter Uthörn Manumission of the lobster Scientific Diving Centre at Helgoland Manumission of lobsters near Helgoland Manumission of lobsters near Helgoland Divers often encounter curious

the Alfred Wegner Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) has been breeding lobsters for years and has developed a special hatchery system. The animals and their habitats have been

life cycles. Our research covers three main areas: Stress physiology: We use decapod crustaceans (lobsters, shrimps, and crabs) as model systems to study how early life stages cope with climate driven changes

the population of and re-introducing endangered native animal species, in particular the European lobster and European oyster . Information Fact Sheet Nordsee Brochure of coasts Research Long-term, community

areas, using ecological key species (e.g. the native European oyster Ostrea edulis, the European lobster Homarus gammarus) as model organisms. We are investigating physiological quality of Ostrea edulis

Knipovich Ridge C 08/2016-10/2017 23 36 TERISE M. Schmidt-Aursch Ross Sea C 02/2017-02/2017 12 37 LOBSTER H. Kopp Ligurian Sea C 06/2017-03/2018 12 38 INGON W. Geissler Sri Lanka A 07/2017-08/2017 14 39

AWI holds patents like e.g.: Patent for the production of kill-free sturgeon Patent for juvenile lobster husbandry Bionic Lightweight Design The anchor group bionic lightweight design explores the principles

thing worked out great. The fos- tered lobsters are freed and the film is ‘in the can’ – and millions of TV viewers can share in it. Foster a lobster The Helgoland lobster has become quite rare. The stocks [...] the sea: hundreds of small lobsters which were raised in the laboratory. The onlook- ers in the unique Helgoland passenger transfer boats ”Börte Boote” applaud. Their lobster ‘fos- ter children’ have just [...] able to sponsor lobster larvae since 2007. Now over one thousand sponsors are acquiring valuable knowledge about this endangered species and its habitats. They can even visit “their” lobster baby and accompany

macroalgae Hiroshi Inoue: Influence of temperature and CO2 concentration for zoea larvae of the European lobster Homarus gammarus Baye Cheikh Mbaye: High salinity events at Helgoland Roads Mahmudur Rahman Khan: [...] Maarten Boersma, Cedric Meunier, Santiago Alvarez- Fernandez, Isabel Schmalenbach The European lobster Homarus gammarus is an important fisheries species in Europe as well as a potential predator in coastal