University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (TiHo)

The Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research was founded in July 2011 as part of the Hannover University of Veterinary Medicine Foundation. ITAW conducts fundamental, supervisory and applied research in the field of wild biology. The focus in Büsum, Schleswig-Holstein, is on the ecology, distribution and abundance of marine mammals, habitat use and management, bioacoustics and anthropogenic effects on harbour seals (Phoca vitulina), grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) and porpoises (Phocoena Phocoena) and other marine mammal species worldwide.