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PRODUCT SHEET REPRODUCEABLE NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS Create your own marine environments to acquire precise data for climate change models, coastal management and aquaculture production. -4H-JENA is a leading global expert on the development and operation of innovative habitat simulators that give operators and researchers complete control of a fully enclosed marine habitat. -4H-JENA-Mesocosm habitat simulators enable scientists to evaluate the effect of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) future scenarios on marine biocenoses by providing an easy to manage closed system for the observation of e.g., reproduction behavior under defined conditions. Experiment parameters like water temperature, tides, water flow, gas phase nutrients or salinity are completely configurable and fully monitored within the habitat simulator. Unlike typical laboratory experiments, the interactions between distinct species or larger groups of a single species can be observed when using -4H-JENA-Mesocosms. OPERATING PRINCIPLE Every -4H-Mesocosm installation is different, with volume, size, material, number of water enclosures and measurement parameters configured according to the project challenges and goals. The pools can be filled with natural sea water and may accommodate various kinds of flora and fauna (e.g., algae, shells, macro plankton). The influence of changing environmental conditions on these species can provide valuable information on the impact of climate change. CUSTOM PROJECTS Every -4H-Mesocosm installation is different, with volume, size, material, number of water enclosures and measurement parameters configured according to the project challenges and goals. The pools can be filled with natural sea water and may accommodate various kinds of flora and fauna (e.g., algae, shells, macro plankton). The influence of changing environmental conditions on these species can provide valuable information on the impact of climate change.

PRODUCT SHEET -4H-Mesocosm APPLICATIONS -4H-Mesocosms are used for research and commercial applications including: ● ata acquisition for climate change modelling D ● mproving coastal management processes I ● mproving conditions and the health of fish at aquaculture installations I A tmospherically closed tanks holding water organisms from microphytoplankton to macro-zooplankton and fish C ontrol of currents and tides, with continuous water monitoring and management using flow-through adapted methods for e.g., temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH and pCO2 U ser-friendly data...