Acronym PRORECRUIT
Category
Fisheries
Title Shelf processes that control recruitment in coastal populations of an eastern border of an ocean basin, using crabs and barnacles as models 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 Henrique Queiroga Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (Portugal)
Institutions involved
IPIMAR - Portuguese Institute for Fisheries and Sea Research (Portugal) ,
UEVORA - University of Evora (Portugal) ,
ULisboa - University of Lisbon (Portugal) ,
Start year 2001 End year 2005 Funding (€) € 225,000 Website https://www.cesam-la.pt/projetos/prorecruit-processos-da-plataforma-que-controlam-o-recrutamento-em-populacoes-litorais-de-uma-fronteira-leste-de-uma-bacia-oceanica-utilizando-caranguejos-e-cracas-como-modelos/ Summary "The objectives of the ProRecruit project are to describe the temporal variability of recruitment of coastal invertebrate species that exhibit a larval stage in their life cycle, and to understand the interactions of physical forcing with larval biology that control larval supply to coastal systems. The environmental environment in which this project will take place is the west coast of the Iberian Peninsula, located on the eastern shore of a large ocean basin. This system is heavily controlled by the wind, where coastal circulation is dominated by upwelling and upwelling events regulated by winds blowing along the coast.
The specific objectives are:
1. To develop a conceptual framework and simple models for better planning of fieldwork and modelling.
2. Describe the recruitment patterns of barnacles and crabs in selected coastal systems, and analyze the variability between systems and between years.
3. Describe coastal oceanography and the three-dimensional distribution of megalopas and cypris adjacent to the systems.
4. Model atmospheric forcing and coastal circulation, as well as their effects on larval advection.
5. Relate recruitment in systems to physical forcing.
To achieve these goals, the ProRecruit project will use 2 different taxonomic groups as biological models. A high-frequency recruitment monitoring program will be implemented at 3 sites, using artificial settlement substrates. Simultaneous sampling offshore, during selected periods within the recruiting station, will determine the horizontal and vertical distributions on the platform. Hydrological and meteorological measurements will be made at compatible geographic scales in order to describe the 3-D structure of the physical system and identify the forcing agents. Physical and biological interactions will be analysed using numerical models in order to describe recruitment mechanisms."
Keywords
Barnacle;
Biology;
Crab;
Shellfish;
Crustacean;
Marine Region
38
Portuguese Waters (27.IXa,27.IXb)
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