An expedition to study coastal ecosystems and their response to the environment, from molecules to communities
European Network
TREC builds on the resources, infrastructure, knowledge, and expertise provided by EMBL together with an expanding network of European partner institutions. The multinational core partners are:
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) – coordinates the expedition and provides a mobile laboratory on the land for the collection, processing, and storage of samples.
Tara Ocean Foundation and Tara Oceans Consortium – provide the Tara schooner and survey ocean sampling and metadata collection.
European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ERIC) – coordinates its marine stations as important scientific bases along the coast, and provides services and local expertise.
In addition, the project relies on multifaceted cooperation with multiple national and local European partners and research institutes along the European coastline such as Ifremer, CNRS, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn,and many others. TREC collaborators and partners provide crucial expertise and infrastructure for the expedition. Furthermore, they contribute “plug-in projects” that will enrich and complement the scientific output of the expedition. For more details check our Projects page.
The TREC project brings together molecular biologists, ecologists, oceanographers, data scientists, chemists, and engineers from across different nations, making this a truly collaborative, interdisciplinary, and comprehensive effort.
An EMBL-coordinated project that unites 31 institutes to address pressing global challenges on marine biodiversity.
Joining forces with TREC, BIOcean5D generates data and knowledge to sustainably measure, understand, value, and predict biodiversity across marine ecosystems. The project aims to provide quantitative tools for marine biodiversity policy implementation.
The project is co-funded by the European Union, with Swiss and UK partners funded by Swiss and UK government, respectively.
List of marine stations and institutions that hosted TREC 2023/2024
City
Country
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (IOF)
Split
Croatia
Aarhus University, Department of Biology, Section for Aquatic Biology
Aarchus
Denmark
University of Copenhagen – Department of Biology, Marinbiologisk Laboratorium
Copenhagen
Denmark
Tallinn University of Technology – Laboratory of Marine Ecology
Tallinn
Estonia
University of Tartu – Estonian Marine Institute
Tartu
Estonia
Åbo Akademi University – The Sea
Turku
Finland
IFREMER – Station de Port en Bessin
Baie de Vays
France
Station Ifremer de Lorient
Lorient
France
Réseau d’Observatoires de Microbiologie Environnementale intégrée
La Tremblade
France
Station Biologique de Roscoff
Roscoff
France
L’observatoire océanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer
Banyuls-sur-Mer
France
L’Institut de la Mer de Villefranche
Villefranche
France
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Zentrum for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)
Sylt
Germany
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Warnemünde (IOW)
Rostock
Germany
Geomar
Kiel
Germany
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Athens
Greece
Democritus University of Thrace
Thrace
Greece
Marine Institute Foras na Mara
Galway
Ireland
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (SNZ)
Napoli
Italy
Trieste Oceanographic Institute
Trieste
Italy
SZN Calabria Outstation
Calabria
Italy
CNR – Istituto per le Risorse Biologiche e le Biotecnologie Marine, Lesina
Lesina
Italy
Istituto per le Risorse Biologiche e le Biotecnologie Marine (CNR IRBIM)
Ancona
Italy
CNR Istituto di Biofisica Unità Operativa di Pisa
Pisa
Italy
Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology (LIAE)
Riga
Latvia
Klaipeda University – Marine Research Institute
Klaipeda
Lithuania
Institute of Marine Biology, University of Kotor
Kotor
Monte-negro
University of Bergen – Espegrend Marine Research Field Station
Bergen / Espegrend
Norway
Polish Academy of Sciences – Institute of Oceanology (IO-PAN)
Sopot
Poland
CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research
Porto
Portugal
Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR)
Faro
Portugal
Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology & Biotechnology, Plentzia Marine Station University of the Basque Country
Bilbao
Spain
Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM)
Barcelona
Spain
Estación de Biología Marina de A Graña
Ferrol
Spain
University Institute of Marine Research of the University of Cádiz
Cádiz
Spain
Spanish Institute of Oceanography in Malaga
Malaga
Spain
Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, IMEDEA
Mallorca
Spain
Stockholm University – Baltic Sea Centre
Asko / Stockholm
Sweden
University of Gothenburg – Kristineberg Center for Marine Research
Kristineberg
Sweden
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
Texel
Nether-lands
St Abbs Marine Station
Saint Abbs
UK
University of St Andrews – Scottish Oceans Institute – Gatty Marine Laboratory
