Research
Macroscope Lab
Our lab works across coral reef ecology and macroecology, from assemblage changes on coral reefs to the global scale in four main research projects.
CoralINT
CoralINT- Integrated Niche Theory is an ERC-funded project that aims to link environmental, compositional and functional change on coral reefs. It sits at the edge between ecological theory development and empirical testing in coral reef ecology, providing a unifying framework for the team members’ very diverse questions. This project brings the lab on extensive field data collection campaigns.
BioTIME Database
The Macroscope Lab manages the BioTIME database since 2014. BioTIME is the world’s largest standardised database on biological assemblage time-series, which tracks species and abundances over time at thousands of monitoring stations and study sites. The database is a free, publicly available, open-access resource. Our research team and collaborators use BioTIME to investigate global patterns of biodiversity change in the Anthropocene.
EuropaBON
We’re part of the Europa Biodiversity Observation Network, a Horizon 2020 project that aims to create a European-wide biodiversity monitoring system that can support policy actions, from the genetic to the landscape level. The project spans from stakeholder and policy engagement to assessments of the current landscape of monitoring. Our team has been working on understanding how novel technology development can help Europe increase monitoring efforts.
Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity
The Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity examines how the relationship between humanity and the natural world is changing, and how we might develop and maintain a sustainable Earth. Some of our lab members cover different positions within the Centre and we thrive in the affinity to their overarching research themes.
To check the Macroscope Lab members’ publications click here.