Acronym CINTERA
Category
Aquaculture
Title A Cross-disciplinary Integrated Eco-systemic Eutrophication Research and Management Approach Programme National Programme
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 Coordinator Jennifer L. Bailey Coordinator email jennifer.bailey@svt.ntnu.no
Coordinator institution
NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway)
Institutions involved
UACH - Austral University of Chile (Chile) ,
NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway) ,
CIEN Austral - Research and Development Center (Chile) ,
RCN - Research Council of Norway (Norway) ,
UdeC - University of Concepción (Chile) ,
Start year 2014 End year 2015 Funding (€) € NA Website https://efdinitiative.org/publications/cintera-cross-disciplinary-integrated-eco-systemic-eutrophication-research-and Summary This is a cross-disciplinary study that will examine eutrophication driven by aquaculture in Norway and in Chile. It focuses first on establishing the basic scientific knowledge necessary for the management of eutrophication, by filling in important gaps in knowledge about how nutrient and organic wastes from aquaculture systems distribute and accumulate in ecosystems, and how these nutrients and organic matter affect the structure and function of the ecosystem. Two sets of cases are selected: Hemnfjord and Frøya fjord (Hitra) (both in Sør Trøndlag) with high aquaculture activities, and some control cases in the same region with little aquaculture; and two fjords located in the Commune of Hualaihué, in region X of Chile (Región de los Lagos), corresponding to the bio-geographical Province of Magallanes. Comparing the two fjord systems will allow us to examine a wide variety of conditions such as pH differences between Chilean and Norwegian Fjords and hence pursue potential interactions between ocean acidification and eutrophication. Samples will be collected during four seasonal cruises in Norway and two in Chile, and will be analysed in Norway and Chile. The project also adds a socio-economic component by assessing the ability of selected local communities in the study areas in Norway and Chile to adapt to eutrophication/aquaculture, by looking at eutrophication/aquaculture’s potential to create conflict among stakeholders. This too is a comparative approach, allowing for comparisons across different ecological and managerial settings, time and space. The concept of "consilience", the linking together and centring of principles and knowledge from different disciplines and sectors, is the foundation of the CINTERA project and signifies its comparative (ecosystems, socio-economic systems) and cross-disciplinary philosophy: there will be close cooperation among natural and social scientists in three countries: Norway, Chile, and the United States.
Keywords
Open sea aquaculture;
Waste management;
Wastes;
Environmental impact;
Marine Region
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Norwegian Sea (27.IIa)
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