Jan Taucher working on a Mesocosm (IMAGE)

Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)

Jan Taucher working on a Mesocosm

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Biological oceanographer Jan Taucher is working on a Mesocosm. Mesocosms are a type of large-volume, oversized test tube in the ocean with a capacity of tens of thousands of liters, in which changes in environmental conditions can be studied in a closed but otherwise natural ecosystem.

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Ulf Riebesell / GEOMAR

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