IMIS - Marine Onderzoeksgroepen

ResBIO is a project that proposes new methodologies for sampling the composition of communities and relative abundance of species in relation to rhythmic activity and their environmental control, through the development of new fixed and mobile multiparametric technologies. The use of wired observatories located at the bottom of the sea and equipped with video cameras will make it possible to study in real time, with great temporal resolution and for long periods of time, the rhythms of behavior, and consequently their effects on the dynamics of a community. Fluctuations in the count of individuals through video-images can be used as an indicator of the rhythms of a population, and consequently relate them to the conditions of the habitat that surrounds them, in terms of cause-effect principles, observing at the same time different oceanographic, chemical and geological parameters. To increase spatial coverage and allow strategic and adaptive changes in monitoring, pelagic mobile platforms (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles AUVs) and benthic platforms will be used as underwater robots (crawlers), which will work in cooperation both spatially (in nearby areas) and temporally (through coordinated communication)