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COBO partners at LMGEM, France have published an article about benthic macrofauna and sediment reworking: Duport E. et al. (2007) Benthic macrofauna and sediment reworking quantification in contrasted environments in the Thau Lagoon. Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science, 72: 522-533.

COBO partners at Oceanlab, Aberdeen University have published an article about the use of SPI technologies. Check out: Jamieson, A.J., M. Solan and D. Mayor (2006)  Spying on the seafloor. Marine Scientist, No. 17, 36.

Partners at Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Géochimie et Ecologie Marines (LMGEM) UMR CNRS, France held a public open day recently. Click to see information about the event: Flier, COBO poster, programme.

ASLO - Santa Fe, 4-9 February 2007

On 6 February 2007, COBO hosted a special session (SS14) at the ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting. See the latest COBO newsletter for details.

New technologies for the study of continental margin benthic ecosystems and the need for benthic observatories

http://www.aslo.org/santafe2007

Click here for COBO session abstract.

Organiser: Dr. Elanor Bell.

COBO research: movies & images

Redistribution of fluorescently labelled sediment particles by megafauna such as crabs (Solan et al. 2004) (26 Mb).

SPI-camera deployment on the sea floor (courtesy of Oceanlab, Aberdeen University) (4 Mb).

Click here to see a powerpoint presentation of COBO images.

COBO Newsletters on-line

Latest: Newsletter 3/4

Read about COBO technologies and their application to European ecosystem-based coastal management and learn all you ever wanted to know about benthic resuspension chambers! COBO's special session at ASLO also discussed.

Archive

Newsletter 3/3:learn mre about the role viruses play in benthic environments and how research into ecosystem function and services can be linked to policy.

Newsletter 3/2: read all about the short-term field deployment of COBO technologies in Loch Creran, Scotland, and learn more about sediments and ecosystem health.

Newsletter 3/1: includes articles about the importance of oxygen in marine sediments and the latest approaches for measuring oxygen fluxes in situ. Also included: COBO's attendence at Oceanology International 2006.

Newsletter 2/1: recent updates on the development of an Integrated Sediment Disturber, underwater imaging systems and the value of COBO science for environmental management and policy.

Newsletter 2/2: read about the Loch Creran field campaign scheduled for spring 2006, recent developments on ecosystem-based policy in the EU and the development of numerical tools in COBO.

Newsletter 2/3: read all about benthic chamber development, nitrate sensors and COBO's attendence at the Communicating European Research conference in Brussels.

COBO workshop at Oceanology International.

COBO hosted a workshop entitled "Use of autonomous intruments in shelf sea monitoring" at Oceanology International in London, 22 March 2006. The workshop was well attended and we wish to thank all our speakers for their interesting talks and stimulating discussion.

Speaker programme; contact Dr. Elanor Bell.

OI06 presentations (PDF): Graham Shimmield; Anders Tengberg; Eric Breuer; Lars Damgaard; Bruno Lansard; David Meldrum; Monty Priede; Per Hall; M. John Howarth; Jon Rees; Duncan Mercer; Richard Jahnke; Alan Jamieson/Martin Solan; Thomas Soltwedel; E. Ruth Parker; Victoria Kirtay; Sabine Apitz; Round-Table

Round-table discussion minutes: click here

Please contact the speakers directly if you have any questions about their presentations.

COBO present at "Communicating European Research" Conference, Brussels

Advances in COBO research were exhibited at the "Communicating European Research" Conference on 14-15 November 2005 in Brussels. Read about it on pages 4 & 5 of Newsletter 2/3.

COBO posters can be viewed here: Poster 1; Poster 2; Poster 3

Integration meeting report

Progress in equipment development and arrangements for an integrated field campaign were the main issues discussed during the integration meeting held in Oban, 11-12 October 2005. Integration of methodology into novel lander designs is well on schedule and an integrative field campaign in Loch Creran, Scotland is planned for spring 2006.

Click here to read more.

Year 2 Meeting was held in Potsdam, 7-9 February 2006

The 2nd year meeting was hosted by Elanor Bell of the University of Potsdam in Germany. The meeting was a huge success. Representatives of from all of the partner institutions attended to discuss progress and to plan activities for the forthcoming year. 2006 promises to be a busy year with major integrated field work campaigns planned in March, May and August - October 2006.

Click here to see the meeting agenda.

COBO Glossary of Terms

Click here to search for the meaning of COBO related terms used on this website.