Marine Ecosystem Research
private sector as a competence center for high-tech marine and maritime solutions. Altogether, the broad area of marine research provides employment to more than 1,500 people in the Federal State of Bremen [...] molecular-genetic control mechanisms, potential tipping points, and their ecological implications. The broad methodology spectrum ranges from empirical field studies, through laboratory experiments on model [...] macro-algae or higher plant life (e.g. rice) and on micro-organisms (bacteria, fungi) that call for a broad spectrum of molecular-biological methods (e.g. Prof. Reinhold-Hurek, Prof. Gross‐Hardt), organic-chemical