The Aquatic Research Centre (ARC) is an innovative and interdisciplinary research centre hosted at the University of Brighton that comprises world-class academic researchers with expertise covering a range of disciplines relating to both freshwater and marine environments; including hydrology and hydrogeology, biology and ecology, water quality and pollution, recreation and society, technology and engineering, and civil engineering and the built environment.
The ARC has state-of-the-art research facilities, including multi-million pound laboratory amenities and analytical equipment, specialist microbial and water quality laboratories, an experimental river basin, as well as a large pool of related field equipment. All of these facilities are supported by a team of full-time laboratory and workshop technicians.
Our current research projects have attracted funding from a range of funding bodies including industry, government organisations, non-government organisations and Research Councils. The ARC specialises in applied research and we have a high output of publications in international academic journals.
Image: The water around Andros Island in the Bahamas has turned a chalky white in the wake of Hurricane Frances, (September 2004). The storm churned the ocean waters, bringing white carbonate sediment (chalk) to the surface. NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth observatory, using data provided by the MODIS Rapid Response team at Goddard Space Flight Center.