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Network of leading mesocosm facilities to advance the studies of future aquatic ecosystems from the Arctic to the Mediterranean
Start date:2009-01-01
End date:2012-12-31
Project Acronym:MESOAQUA
Project status:Completed
Coordinator
| Organization name:UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Liv-grethe |
Museplassen 7800 BERGEN NORGE Region:TRØNDELAG Nord-Trøndelag |
| Tel:+47-55584965 | |
| Fax:+47-55584991 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.uib.no | Organization Type: |
Description
Objective:
In marine ecology there is an urgent need to understand the functioning of the lower part of the pelagic food web, its response to and effect on climate change, its response to pollution and environmental toxins, and its role in producing food for commercially important species at higher trophic level. This requires access for European scientists to tools allowing experimental approaches to near-natural pelagic systems. To meet this need, we propose a network (MESOAQUA) of European marine mesocosm facilities.
MESOAQUA will:
- Offer European researchers access to a range of mesocosm facilities in contrasting environments.
- Develop and test new technologies that allow access to off-shore environments
- Improve the services of the facilities by exchange of technology and experience
- Facilitate cross-disciplinary fertilisation and a better coordination of mesocosm research
- Promote the training of young scientists in the use of experimental ecosystem research
MESOAQUA is necessary because:
- System level experimentation is required to understand and predict the responses of the pelagic ecosystem in changing ocean subject to increasing anthropogenic pressure.
- There is no present system for trans-national access to such experiemental facilities, particularly not to facilities offering access to different water masses
- There is no present technology allowing mesocosm experiments in open waters
Achievements:
General information:
Project Details
Start date:2009-01-01
End date:2012-12-31
Duration:48 months
Project Reference:228224
Project cost:4559470 EURO
Project Funding:3500000 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Bottom-up approach: Integrating Activities in all scientific and technological fields
Contract type:Combination of CP and CSA
URL:
Subject index:Scientific Research
Other Indexes:marine ecosystems,mesocosm,transnational access,pelagic food webs
Results for this Project
Documents for this Project
| Periodic Report - MESOAQUA (Network of leading mesocosm facilities to advance the studies of future aquatic ecosystems from the Arctic to the Mediterranean) | 23/07/2012 |
Other participants
| Organization name:HELLENIC CENTRE FOR MARINE RESEARCH | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Stylianos |
46,7Km avenue Athens-Sounio, (Mavro Lithari) 712 ANAVISSOS ATTIKI HELLAS Region: |
| Tel:+30-2810337802 | |
| Fax:+30-2810337822 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.hcmr.gr | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:UMEA UNIVERSITET | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Ulf |
UNIVERSITETOMRADET UMEA SVERIGE Region: |
| Tel:+46-907867988 | |
| Fax:+46-907867995 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.umu.se | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Ghislaine |
Rue Michel -Ange PARIS FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Paris |
| Tel:+33-4671613442 | |
| Fax:+33-467612249 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.cnrs.fr | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM FUR OZEANFORSCHUNG KIEL | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Alexandra |
WISCHHOFSTRASSE KIEL DEUTSCHLAND Region:SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN Schleswig-Holstein Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt |
| Tel:+49-4316002808 | |
| Fax:+49-431600132808 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.geomar.de | Organization Type: |
Record control number:90494
