WG Algae and Seagrass Ecology | Head: Dr. Mirta Teichberg

WG Development and Knowledge Sociology | Head: Prof. Dr. Annna-Katharina Horndige

WG Fisheries Biology | Head: Dr. Werner Ekau

WG Complexity and Climate | Head: Prof. Dr. Jan O. Härter

WG Coral Climatology | Leitung: Dr. Henry Wu

WG Coral Reef Ecology | Leitung: Prof. Dr. Christian Wild

WG Sea Level and Coastal Changes | Head: Dr. Alessio Rovere

WG Human Agency, Resilience and Diversity in Coral Reefs | Head: Dr. Sebastian Ferse

WG Resource Management | Head: Prof. Dr. Matthias Wolff

WG Social-Ecological Systems Analysis | Head: PD Dr. Marion Glaser

WG Tropical Marine Microbiology | Head: Dr. Astrid Gärdes