ERC Consolidator project: SEA-THROUGH - Novel in situ imaging technology to explore the 鈥渓adder of vertical migrations鈥 to the deep sea

SEA-THROUGH in a nutshell

ERC Consolidator Project (started in August 2024)
 

鈥oal: study the existence of the 鈥渓adder of migrations鈥, one of the longest-standing unknowns in deep-sea research

鈥ypothesis: synchronized and inter-linked vertical migrations of a multitude of species connect food-webs across the entire oceanic water column down to several thousand meters depth

鈥ow will we do that? We will develop novel in situ imaging technology for highly detailed observations of organisms to resolve the ecological complexity and spatiotemporal scales of the ladder of migrations