Acronym BIO-C3
Category
Fisheries
Title Biodiversity changes – investigating causes, consequences and management implications Programme BONUS
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
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Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
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Specific Programme (FP7)
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Funding source National-European Coordinator Thorsten Reusch Coordinator email treusch@geomar.de
Coordinator institution
HZG - Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht (Germany)
Institutions involved
ABO - Abo Akademi University (Finland) ,
DHI - Danish Hydraulic Institute (Denmark) ,
SYKE - Finnish Environment Institute (Finland) ,
KU - Klaipeda University (Lithuania) ,
MIR/SFI - Sea Fisheries Institute in Gdynia (Poland) ,
NA - Stockholm University (Sweden) ,
SMHI - Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (Sweden) ,
DTU - Technical University of Denmark (Denmark) ,
TI-OF - Thünen-Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries (Germany) ,
UGOT - University of Gothenburg (Sweden) ,
UHH - University of Hamburg (Germany) ,
UT - University of Tartu (Estonia) ,
Start year 2014 End year 2017 Funding (€) € 3,667,367 Website https://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/en/metadata/projects/biodiversity-changes-2013-investigating-causes-consequences-and-management-implications Summary BIO-C3 will investigate causes and consequences of changes in biodiversity, effects on ecosystem functioning, food web dynamics, productivity and assesses implications for environmental management and sustainable use of ecosystem goods and services. Planned biodiversity analyses will apply an integrated approach at species, genotype, population, community and ecosystem levels. Essential Baltic Sea features are low numerical species diversity, many recent immigrants, glacial relicts and simple food webs that nevertheless sustain goods and services of high economic and societal value. BIO-C3 will i) investigate genetic adaptation, eco-physiology, colonisation and role of native versus non-indigenous species, ii) advance understanding of functional links between biodiversity, external pressures and food-web interactions, and iii) improve future projections of trends in biodiversity. Biodiversity is dynamic, responding to various drivers that operate at different temporal and spatial scales. Spatio-temporal biodiversity responses will be analysed and evaluated by hindcasts and projections considering abiotic/biotic /anthropogenic drivers (climate change, eutrophication, species invasion, fisheries) and their interactions. Identified factors and processes will feed into impact assessments, guiding management policies to improve indicators of Good Environmental Status, efficacy and management of Marine Protected Areas and to conceptualise and design management evaluation frameworks.
Keywords
Food web;
Pollution;
Genetic;
Climate change;
Fishing mortality;
Biology;
Biodiversity;
Impacts;
Environmental impact;
Alien species;
Marine Region
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East of Gotland or Gulf of Riga (27.IIId.28)
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Archipelago Sea (27.IIId. 29)
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Bothnian Sea (27.IIId.30)
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Southern Central Baltic-West (27.IIId.25)
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West of Gotland (27.IIId.27)
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Gulf of Finland (27.IIId.32)
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Southern Central Baltic-East (27.IIId.26)
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Bothnian Bay (27.IIId.31)
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Baltic West of Bornholm (27.IIId.24)
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Marine Region Map
