Acronym NA
Category
Fisheries
Title Modelling the Ecology, Population Dynamics, Assessment and Management of Nephrops Programme National Programme
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)
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Funding source National Coordinator E. Rogan Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
UCC - University College Cork (Ireland)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2008 End year 2011 Funding (€) € 105,000 Website NA Summary The student will initially review all the available data and literature relating to studies into Nephrops in Irish waters and elsewhere (including recent developments from the relevant
ICES working groups). The student will develop a modelling and simulation approach to investigate the ecology, life-history dynamics, and spatio-temporal dynamics of
populations of Nephrops. The models could initially include some element of simple generalised oceanographic features (currents, gyres) to study the possible dispersal (and
genetic drift) of populations, and this could be further developed to consider real oceanographic features where they are well studied (e.g. Irish Sea).
The student can then use these models to help inform and investigate the assessment processes used to estimate Nephrops stock sizes and associated management advice and actions. This will involve a critical study and analysis of earlier modelling efforts based on larval estimates as well as more recent innovations such as underwater TV surveys. The student will develop an experimental framework to analyse the accuracy of TV surveys, based on burrow density / population correlation, error / bias in burrow identification, etc. This critical study should then inform the design of new surveys, and the student should have the opportunity to go to sea and take part in a real survey (and possibly trial any new methods developed).
The student will then use the earlier work to develop a spatio-temporal simulation framework to evaluate management strategies for Nephrops
Keywords
Biology;
Lobster;
Shellfish;
Crustacean;
Population dynamic;
Marine Region
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Southwest of Ireland-East (27.VIIj)
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Southwest of Ireland-West (27.VIIk)
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Porcupine Bank (27.VIIc)
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West of Ireland (27.VIIb)
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Irish Sea (27.VIIa)
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