Acronym ECCO
Category
Fisheries
Title Effects of climate change on the Calanus complex 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 Webjørn Melle Coordinator email webjoern.melle@imr.no
Coordinator institution
IMR - Institute of Marine Research (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2010 End year 2015 Funding (€) € 2,182,160 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/en/project/FORISS/200508?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=0&TemaEmne.2=Milj%C3%B8+og+marine+ressurser+%28utg%C3%A5r+2010%29&source=FORISS&projectId=203594 Summary Understanding and being able to quantify dynamics of the Calanus species complex are crucial for producing realistic forecasts of the climate change effects on the north-east Atlantic ecosystem, including fish stocks. The Calanus complex contains four species (Calanus helgolandicus, C. finmarchicus, C. glacialis, C. hyperboreus) that dominate both warm and cold water herbivore communities along the North Sea to Arctic Ocean axis. Despite their morphological similarities, these species exhibit important differences in behaviour, size, fat metabolism and deposition, reproduction, overwintering, diapause, diet, susceptibility to predation, etc. It is not known precisely why a given Calanus species succeeds in one environment and not in another – arriving at a better understanding of this will allow us to better predict how the herbivorous communities of the northeast Atlantic will change in response to global warming. We propose to examine the underlying mechanisms and potential long term impact of changes in the Calanus complex at the three predefined adult and larval fish feeding grounds, and in the north-east Atlantic in general. We will do so by using historical data, process studies, experimental studies and ecosystem modelling.
Keywords
Zooplankton;
Crustacean;
Shellfish;
Impacts;
Climate change;
Marine Region
13
Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
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Marine Region Map
