The BIOICE follow-up project IceAGE (Icelandic marine Animals: Genetics and Ecology) builds on the data obtained in BIOICE. It aims to expand and deepen the scientific questions with regard to new focal points. Previous work within BIOICE has concentrated on the recording of biodiversity patterns using morphological studies. Due to the formalin fixation, a number of questions concerning isolation, gene flow and speciation could not be clarified so far. In addition to the approach of ecological modelling, IceAGE focuses on the collection of genetically useful material for DNA barcoding, population genetics and other molecular analyses.