Dynamics and functioning of Arctic Fjords:

The Arctic Ocean is one of the fastest warming regions of the globe and the changes in ecosystem due to climate variability may be easily reflected in the Planktonic community. Monitoring of zooplankton standing stock and diversity can be considered as a reliable index to assess the fertility and also it will provide information on changes of the region. CMLRE jointly with ESSO-NCAOR has initiated ‘Study on zooplankton ecology and Planktonic food web dynamics in Kongsfjorden using in-situ and satellite oceanographic techniques’.

The Census of Marine Life (CoML) is an international initiative dedicated to documenting the diversity, distribution and abundance of past and present life in the world's oceans, and for predicting the future state of marine life. The world oceans are believed to harbour a large number of species which have not been reported so far. To facilitate easy diagnosis of the species a conjoint effort involving both classical taxonomy and DNA bar-coding has been taken-up by the International Scientific community.

The marine resource management are more efficient when adopted with Ecosystem based management strategies. Towards this to understand and model the marine ecosystems, it is necessary to capture the complex interactions between the atmosphere and marine environments, and also the biological, chemical and physical components of the marine system. Living organisms respond dynamically to changes in the system and it is necessary that appropriate prediction models need to be generated by integrating these factors, to promote sustainable management of our living resources.