Objectif This project aims to improve understanding for the causal relationship between long-term changes of environmental factors elicited by climate change, i.e. temperature and ocean acidification, and organismal performance of an ecologically and economically highly important group of aquatic arthropods. Physiological, biochemical and molecular methods will be used to study how these environmental factors acutely and chronically affect molecular signalling mechanisms of hormonal regulation, growth, acid-base and ion regulation in various life stages of decapod crustacean species from temperate and subpolar latitudes. The life stages and species are expected to show differences in thermal tolerance and in their capacity for hormonal, acid-base and ion regulation, which would reflect differences in the sensitivities to climate change scenarios. This project explicitly addresses drivers of the EU Strategy for Marine and Maritime Research, the Life+ Programme and a major theme of the Cooperation Programme. It will be particularly useful in assessing and predicting vulnerabilities to the increasing environmental pressures on ocean ecosystems and biodiversity due to climate change. Training in molecular cell biology and endocrinology at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA and Bodega Marine Laboratory, UC Davis, USA will significantly foster the applicant’s career development and reintegration into the European Research Area at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany. Champ scientifique natural sciencesbiological sciencescell biologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemsmedical and health sciencesclinical medicineendocrinologynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changesnatural sciencesbiological scienceszoologyinvertebrate zoology Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Thème(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF - Marie Curie Action: "International Outgoing Fellowships for Career Development" Appel à propositions FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement MC-IOF - International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF) Coordinateur ALFRED-WEGENER-INSTITUT HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR POLAR- UND MEERESFORSCHUNG Contribution de l’UE € 263 448,60 Adresse AM HANDELSHAFEN 12 27570 Bremerhaven Allemagne Voir sur la carte Région Bremen Bremen Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt Type d’activité Research Organisations Contact administratif Nancy Lange (Ms.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée