UGENT is a member of the Belgian EMBRC node, having joined forces in 2012 under the umbrella of Marine@UGent, a multidisciplinary marine-research consortium building a bridge between Ghent University and the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). Its mission is to conduct interdisciplinary fundamental and applied research, to provide knowledge-based support for ecosystem-based management of marine resources for current and future generations, and to provide high-level education for the next generation of marine scientists.
Ecosystems
- Ecosystems of the Southern Bight of the North Sea, Eastern Channel and Westerschelde estuary