KIMOCC

Kiel Marine Organism Culture Centre (KIMOCC) provides a platform that develops, implements and publishes state-of-the-art marine organism culture methods.

KIMOCC serves CAU and GEOMAR by supporting complex experiments in the framework of the main topics of the Future Ocean Network.

Main foci of KIMOCC:

• acclimatization and adaptation of organisms to climate change
• interaction of microbial communities and multicellular organisms

KIMOCC develops and provides:

• Development and implementation of state-of-the-art culture methods
• Development and implementation of systems for continuous supply with feeding organisms (living zoo- and phytoplankton)
• Cultivation of challenging marine species through several generations
• Systematical supply with recent marine environmental data
• Quality management of "Kiel CO₂ manipulation experimental facility" (KICO₂) at GEOMAR
• Advice of CAU and GEOMAR scientists and students in planning and conducting culture experiments