Welcome to the Functional Ecology group at the The Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência​!

We study how organisms use energy and resources within their ecological communities. 
​Our goal is to understand the mechanisms that regulate organismal metabolism and how it scales up to affect the functioning of ecosystems. Our research combines theory and approaches from ecology, eco-physiology and experimental evolution using phytoplankton as a model system. ​​
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See our Research page for more info!