MANDATE

Biological Oceanography Department is mandated to study the interaction between living resources and the physical and chemical characteristics of the coastal and inshore brackish and marine ecosystems.

Specific Mandates / Functions: 

• Focus on marine ecology with emphasis on the life supporting potential
  of our marine waters in general and the extent to which they can sustain
  commercial stocks.

• Benthic and Planktonic Communities Studies

• Nutrient Status and Productivity Studies

• Biological Assays

• Environmental Microbiology                                   Our Profile

The department has 2 sections and eight units as follows:

1.  Environmental Factors and Physiological Mechanisms

•  Physical and chemical characteristics of the Nigerian  coastal  environment and their interplay with biological resources and
   phenomena

•  Reactions to environmental stimuli in time and space
   
•  Marine microcosms
   
•  Environmental microbiology

2. Productivity and Biodiversity
    
   • Nutrient status and Productivity
      
   • Plankton: Abundance, Distribution and succession patterns
      
   • Benthic ecology
      
   • Sustainable and integrated management of marine resources

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