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Research Data

Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML)
PML carries out useful and timely fundamental, strategic and applied research in the marine environment from the uppermost reaches of estuaries to the open ocean. They operate in three core research themes: Biodiversity and sustainable ecosystems, Marine biogeochemistry and Environment and health . These themes rely heavily on cross-cutting research and development in key areas such as satellite remote sensing, modelling, molecular science, new technology and social and economic analyses.

Plymouth Marine Sciences Partnership
The Marine Institute has over 160 specialist researchers adding to the strong national and international reputation of the University as a centre of excellence. Work focuses on coasts, estuaries and shelf sea systems following a 'hilltops to ocean' approach, providing opportunities to develop research projects with well established research teams and helping to offer innovative solutions to the difficult issues facing today's seas and coasts.
The three main themes of the Science and Technology Plan are:

The Marine Biological Association (MBA)
The current research programme reflects the wide-ranging commitment of the Association to the development of marine biology. This covers areas as diverse as cell and developmental biology, neurobiology, physiology and functional biology, reproductive biology, and ocean productivity and phytoplankton dynamics. A range of algal and invertebrate species are utilised to investigate fundamental biological problems.

Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS)
The CPR Survey's marine monitoring programme http://www.sahfos.ac.uk/about-us/cpr-survey/the-cpr-survey.aspx has been collecting data from the North Atlantic and the North Sea on the ecology and biogeography of plankton since 1931. The unique marine biological dataset provides a wide range of environmental and climatic indicators and is used by marine scientists and policy makers to address marine environmental management issues such as harmful algal blooms, pollution, climate change and fisheries.
Click here to see current SAHFOS research.

MarLIN
Provides 'information for marine environmental management, protection and education'. The MarLIN website contains a mass of databases relating to marine life, and carries out a variety of surveys. Marine Update 62 is a summary of  WWF's Marine Health Check Update 2009 Report. The report and Marine Update take a look at six of the flagship species and habitats covered in their 2005 Marine Health Check  Report and takes a snapshot view as to how they are faring.

North Devon’s Biosphere Reserve
Research is one of the key functions for any Biosphere Reserve in order to make informed decisions, so understanding as much as we can about everything from environmental processes to social behaviour is vital.

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