Obiettivo With this project, called HADES, we aim to provide the first detailed, combined analysis of benthic diagenesis and microbial ecology of some of the deepest oceanic trenches on Earth. We argue that deep trenches, some of the most remote, extreme, and scantly explored habitats on Earth, are hotspots of deposition and mineralization of organic material. With the development of novel autonomous in situ instrumentation to overcome large sampling artifacts from decompression, we will i) determine rates of benthic metabolism and the importance of the deep trenches for the marine carbon and nitrogen cycles, ii) explore the unique benthic microbial communities driving these processes, and iii) investigate the proposed great role of virus in regulating microbial performance and carbon cycling in hadal sediments. By comparing trenches from contrasting oceanic settings the project provides a completely novel general analysis of hadal biogeochemistry and the role of deep trenches in the oceans, as well as fundamental new insights into the composition and functioning of microbial communities at extreme pressure. Campo scientifico natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologyvirologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesgeochemistrybiogeochemistry Programma(i) H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme Argomento(i) ERC-ADG-2014 - ERC Advanced Grant Invito a presentare proposte ERC-2014-ADG Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento ERC-ADG - Advanced Grant Istituzione ospitante SYDDANSK UNIVERSITET Contribution nette de l'UE € 3 075 736,14 Indirizzo CAMPUSVEJ 55 5230 Odense M Danimarca Mostra sulla mappa Regione Danmark Syddanmark Fyn Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Partecipazione a programmi di R&I dell'UE Opens in new window Rete di collaborazione HORIZON Opens in new window Costo totale € 3 075 736,14 Beneficiari (2) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo netto dell'UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto SYDDANSK UNIVERSITET Danimarca Contribution nette de l'UE € 3 075 736,14 Indirizzo CAMPUSVEJ 55 5230 Odense M Mostra sulla mappa Regione Danmark Syddanmark Fyn Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Partecipazione a programmi di R&I dell'UE Opens in new window Rete di collaborazione HORIZON Opens in new window Costo totale € 3 075 736,14 THE SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION FOR MARINESCIENCE LBG Regno Unito Contribution nette de l'UE € 109 263,86 Indirizzo SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE PA37 1QA Dunbeg Oban Mostra sulla mappa Regione Scotland Highlands and Islands Lochaber, Skye & Lochalsh, Arran & Cumbrae and Argyll & Bute Tipo di attività Research Organisations Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Partecipazione a programmi di R&I dell'UE Opens in new window Rete di collaborazione HORIZON Opens in new window Costo totale € 109 263,86
