Acronym EASMO
Category
Fisheries
Title EAStern Tropical Pacific reef fish on the MOve: biodiversity reorganisation and societal consequences Programme International Cooperation
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
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Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National-European Coordinator Sonia Bejarano Coordinator email sonia.bejarano@leibniz-zmt.de
Coordinator institution
ZMT - Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research (Germany)
Institutions involved
NA - ECOMARES Foundation (Colombia) ,
NA - Lancaster University (United Kingdom) ,
NA - MarViva Foundation (Costa Rica) ,
NOVA - New University of Lisbon (Portugal) ,
NORCE - Norwegian Research Centre (Norway) ,
NA - Stockholm University (Sweden) ,
NA - University of Hawaii at Manoa (United States of America) ,
NA - University of New South Wales Sydney (Australia) ,
UTAS - University of Tasmania (Australia) ,
Start year 2021 End year 2024 Funding (€) € 903,297 Website https://www.era-learn.eu/network-information/networks/biodivclim/2019-2020-joint-call/eastern-tropical-pacific-reef-fish-on-the-move-biodiversity-reorganisation-and-societal-consequences-easmo Summary Marine species are “on the move” escaping hostile climatic conditions. Distribution range shifts of marine biota happen remarkably faster, cause dramatic changes in species interactions and redistribute fishery resources across borders, thus bringing severe ecological, food security, and governance challenges. Redistributions are particularly concerning in marine fish, which provide three billion people with ~15% of their animal protein needs. EASMO will deliver several layers of new scientific knowledge that can be directly integrated into decision-making tools, support adaptive transboundary governance approaches, and propel actions for meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2 Zero hunger, 13 Climate action, and 14 Life below water. EASMO will advance on the plethora of emerging experiments that expose fishes to altered environmental conditions, by investigating the synergistic effect of warming, deoxygenation, and acidification on physiology, function, and nutritional content. We will also improve existing knowledge on the genomic and proteomic bases for climate-induced fish evolution and generate unprecedented information on molecular, cellular, and organism physiology. Species Distribution Models (SDMs) have forecasted the global-scale effects of climate change on fish and fisheries, whilst intentionally averaging over interannual and decadal variability. Zooming into a pivotal ocean basin, we will apply an ensemble of new-generation SDMs that will allow for previously unaccounted-for interactions between interannual-to-decadal anthropogenic climatic changes (e.g. El Niño Southern Oscillation), whilst incorporating evolutionary adaptation. Our range-shift projections, provided using state-of-the-art coupled regional climate model, will be scaled-up to map future change in multiple biodiversity facets, ecosystem function levels, as well as catch potential, fisheries revenue, and nutritional value across Exclusive Economic Zones.
Keywords
Genetic;
Impacts;
Fishing industry;
Economy;
Fish biology;
Genomic sequencing;
Fish;
Climate change;
Marine Region
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Not associated to marine areas
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