The Haus des Meeres awards from 1.9.2008 the "Rupert-Riedl" award (PDF in German) for supporting the exploration of the sea in Austria and the "Ferry-Starmühlner” award (PDF in German) for supporting the research of fish.

Research in the Haus des Meeres

Exploration of the sea in the concrete tower: On the 6th floor of the tower is a research station, which fulfills valuable scientific work.

Jellyfish invasion at the Mediterranean. Scientists of the Haus des Meeres discovered that the jellyfish younglings already breed in the Mediterranean.

“Jellyfish polyps” are the bottom living form of the Jellyfish. They produce at the end of their life hundreds of microscopic small Jellyfish.

“Success model” white-spotted jellyfish, which lived in the tropical Indopacific.

In the Haus des Merres valuable research work for seahorse nutrition is done. 

Plankton algae are the basis for the artificial food chain. In big cylinders different plankton arts are raised for the youngsters.

Copepod while egg deposition.

Precious plankton: the Naupilu stadium of a short crab.

The Haus des Meeres supports the research of the sea through algae and sea animals. Thanks to that, the University of Vienna was able to analyze the acoel flatworm.

On this list, you can find every single species.

Furthermore the Haus des Meeres plans cooperation with the company SeaLife Pharma GmbH, which searches for pharmacological active substances at the sea.