okeanos - Stiftung für das Meer

Research Projects

We fund research projects around the world, concentrating in particular on those that display an unusual approach or tackle awkward subjects not necessarily focused on by research institutes. Although many of them are smallish projects that deal with important questions of detail, they all help to augment our knowledge of the ocean and, in many instances, of particular species of whales or dolphins. This knowledge provides a basis for improved conservation of the ocean and its inhabitants. You will find an overview of current and completed research projects on our pages.

Research Projects

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Valuing the Ocean

An international study coordinated by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) will focus on climate change, ocean and economic costs of inaction. Preview summaries are already available.read more

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Environmental objectives of today‘s Polynesian Voyagers

The goal is to find out what cultural change the big voyage of the seven Vaka Moana across the Pacific causes in Polynesia and amongst crew.read more

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Noise Stressors in US waters

The goal is to translate predictive habitat maps for cetaceans into direct policy applications; to provide an analytical framework for bridging the results of the cumulative impacts working groups into management recommendations.read more

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GAME

GAME is an international student and research exchange programme focusing on Marine and Marine Benthos Ecology.read more

Research Projects

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Air pollution by Ships

Exhaust fumes of ships pollute the air. But there are alternatives to sulphureous heavy oil such as liquefied natural gas. In this project the conversion to the more environmentally friendly fuel will be supported.read more

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Popups in the deep ocean

Off the coast of Novia Scotia there’s a huge submarine canyon named the Gully. It’s a Marine Protected Area and it is the home of a lot of whales. With popups, whales as well as anthropogenic noise like ships and seismic surveys could be heard and followed and even ships could be tracked.read more

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Freshwater-dolphins in Bangladesh

Many species of marine mammals live in the mangrove forest of Bangladesh. To improve conservation of these animals, the aim of this project is to test a new noninvasive acoustic method to survey dolphin abundance and identify critical habitat. read more

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Marine mammals in Taiwan

Taiwanese waters cover a small area and are polluted and noisy. Despite these facts, they are home to many marine mammals. For the first time, population and noise data from across the whole area will be reviewed and compared.read more

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Common soles in the Gulf of Lyon

The project SOLEAMED investigates the effects of terrestrial particulate organic material on common sole (Solea solea) productivity in the Gulf of Lyon, NW Mediterranean.read more

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Beaked whales and active sonar

This workshop hosted by the European Cetacean Society aims to provide a background to the current field research investigating potential impacts on beaked whales and to discuss limitations as well as policy implications.read more

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Pop-Ups in British Columbia, Canada

With specialized recording devices known as “Pop-ups”, noise in the ocean can be monitored for months at a time. These devices record anthropogenic sounds such as shipping noise as well as the sounds of the whales.read more