EcoMar Project

Oceanlab, University of Aberdeen, Main Street, Newburgh Aberdeenshire , United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1224 274 401
Fax: +44 1224 274 402
Tel: +44 1224 274 410

Email: oceanlab@abdn.ac.uk

Email: n.king@abdn.ac.uk

Website: http://www.oceanlab.abdn.ac.uk

Website: http://www.oceanlab.abdn.ac.uk/ecomar/

OMAR is a £2 million UK project aimed at understanding how physical and biogeochemical factors influence the distributions and structure of deep-sea communities, focusing on the fauna of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The project is focusing it's sampling on four sites in different environmental settings. The four sites are located on either side of the MAR and to the north and south of the Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone (CGFZ).

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