The Graduate Program in Biological Oceanography forms qualified human resources to act on the diverse coastal and oceanic ecosystems in order to generate knowledge about their biodiversity, conservation strategies, ecosystem functioning, ecological modeling and biotechnology. Several projects coordinated by the program's researchers investigate 15 changes induced by natural and anthropogenic factors that contribute to the comprehension of the vulnerability, adaptability and resilience of these ecosystems. These include the Long-Term Ecological Research Program (LTER) on the Patos Lagoon estuary and the adjacent marine coast in southern Brazil; SACC - An International Consortium for the Study of Oceanic Related Global and Climate Changes in South America; Climate Network – working on Coastal Areas, Blue Carbon Initiative, among others. Most of the projects are developed in partnership with international groups of different universities and research institutes in marine sciences in several continents, among which: NOAA Fisheries - Mississipi, University of Miami, Columbia University, Old Dominion University, University of South Carolina (United States), Dalhousie University (Canada), Veracruzana University (Mexico), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium), University of Georg-August (Germany), University of Groningen and Ocean Clean Up Organization (Netherlands), Institut de Recherche pour le développement and Université de Nantes (France), Institute of Marine Sciences and Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain), University of Salford, University of Oxford and British Antarctic Survey (UK), University of Copenhagen and University of Aarhus (Denmark), University of Linkoping (Sweden), University of Coimbra (Portugal) Flinders University, Southern Cross University and University of Tasmania (Australia), Pontificia Universidad Catolica and Universidad de Concepcion (Chile), Instituto Nacional de Desarollo Pesquero and Centro Nacional Patagonico (Argentina), Instituto del Mar de Peru – IMARPE (Peru) and the Direccion Nacional de Recursos Aquaticos (Uruguay). This interaction with international institutions allows the analysis of problems within a global framework. Finally, the program conducts the training of doctoral candidates in the cotutelle system with dual degrees with Flinders University (Australia) and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium).

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