Acronym COCOA
Category
Fisheries
Title Nutrient cocktail in coastal zones of the Baltic Sea – improving understanding of the transformation and retention of nutrients and organic matter in the coastal zone Programme BONUS
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National-European Coordinator Jacob Carstensen Coordinator email jac@dmu.dk
Coordinator institution
AU - Aarhus University (Denmark)
Institutions involved
ABO - Abo Akademi University (Finland) ,
KU - Klaipeda University (Lithuania) ,
IOW - Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (Germany) ,
ULUND - Lund University (Sweden) ,
ZIN RAS - Russian Academy of Sciences; Zoological Institute (Russian Federation) ,
NA - Stockholm University (Sweden) ,
SMHI - Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (Sweden) ,
DTU - Technical University of Denmark (Denmark) ,
UG - University of Gdańsk (Poland) ,
UGOT - University of Gothenburg (Sweden) ,
UH - University of Helsinki (Finland) ,
UU - Utrecht University (Netherlands) ,
Start year 2014 End year 2017 Funding (€) € 3,990,944 Website https://www.era-learn.eu/network-information/networks/bonus-169/dummy-call/nutrient-cocktail-in-coastal-zones-of-the-baltic-sea Summary COCOA will analyse the pathways of nutrients in the coastal zones of the Baltic Sea by 1) quantifying the role of bacteria, phytoplankton, benthic microalgae, seagrasses, macroalgae and fauna in transforming and accumulating nutrients using novel measurement techniques employed in four different types of coastal ecosystems (learning sites: lagoons, river-dominated estuaries, embayments, and archipelagos), 2) developing dynamic state-of-the-art coastal models for these learning sites with a strong focus on quantifying benthic-pelagic coupling and integrating the improved process understanding to the ecosystem level, 3) developing empirical models to estimate the nutrient retention across coastal ecosystems, 4) improving the model formulations for coastal nutrient retention in the decision support system NEST, used for the revision of the Baltic Sea Action Plan. Through model experiments, COCOA will investigate feedback processes, associated with hypoxia and loss of key biological functions, and examine the potential existence of alternative stable states leading to hysteresis responses and identify critical thresholds associated with such responses. COCOA will use models and statistical analyses to examine changes in nutrient retention over the past and in the future given scenarios for climate change and management responses. Consequences of altered nutrient pathways on coastal ecosystem services will be assessed and used for identifying optimal management strategies.
Keywords
Bacteria;
Climate change;
Food web;
Benthic communities;
Impacts;
Seagrass;
Marine Region
27
Bothnian Bay (27.IIId.31)
17
Bothnian Sea (27.IIId.30)
23
Baltic West of Bornholm (27.IIId.24)
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East of Gotland or Gulf of Riga (27.IIId.28)
22
Southern Central Baltic-West (27.IIId.25)
20
Archipelago Sea (27.IIId. 29)
18
West of Gotland (27.IIId.27)
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Gulf of Finland (27.IIId.32)
21
Southern Central Baltic-East (27.IIId.26)
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Marine Region Map
