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Aquatic Pollution from Light and Anthropogenic Noise: management of impacts on biodiversity

Description du projet

Atténuer les effets de la pollution lumineuse et sonore sur les écosystèmes aquatiques

La pollution lumineuse et sonore (PLS) a un impact significatif sur la biodiversité aquatique mondiale dans tous les écosystèmes. Bien qu’il existe des technologies et des politiques permettant d’atténuer ces effets, des lacunes subsistent au niveau des connaissances. Ces lacunes intègrent la compréhension de l’occurrence et de l’impact combinés de la PLS dans les écosystèmes et l’identification de moyens pratiques pour mettre en œuvre des options de réduction. Le projet AquaPLAN, financé par l’UE, vise à étudier l’impact de la PLS sur la vie aquatique et à élaborer des stratégies de gestion par le biais d’approches interdisciplinaires. Le projet examinera les impacts de la PLS sur la biodiversité aquatique, évaluera les perceptions des parties prenantes, quantifiera les impacts combinés, identifiera les mécanismes, explorera les solutions et établira un réseau international pour atténuer les impacts de la PLS sur la biodiversité aquatique.

Objectif

Recent decades have seen dramatic increases in our understanding of Light and Noise Pollution (LNP) impacts on aquatic biodiversity. These impacts are globally widespread and occurring in all aquatic ecosystems from lakes and rivers to the seafloor. A variety of technologies and policy interventions are also now available to mitigate LNP impacts in aquatic ecosystems. Yet, numerous knowledge gaps exist that if addressed would substantially improve our understanding of the prevalence and impacts of LNP, and our ability to manage them. There remain critical gaps in our understanding of the combined occurrence and impacts of LNP across the breadth of aquatic ecosystems, particularly at large spatial scales and over long-time frames. While numerous abatement options exist, pathways to achieving their effective implementation remain unclear.

AquaPLAN is an interdisciplinary pan-European consortium that are world leaders in the fields of aquatic light and/or noise pollution. AquaPLAN aims to quantify the combined impacts of LNP on aquatic biodiversity across European seas, lakes, and rivers, and facilitate the implementation of empirically sound strategies for managing these pollutants through novel interdisciplinary approaches. AquaPLAN will: i) provide a comprehensive review of the state of the art on the impacts of LNP on aquatic biodiversity; ii) assess perceptions of LNP impacts and the need for their management across key stakeholder groups; iii) quantify the combined impacts of LNP on the conservation status of biodiversity in aquatic habitats; iv) identify the mechanisms leading to individual and combined impacts of LNP on aquatic biodiversity; v) explore innovative interdisciplinary solutions to prevent and mitigate LNP impacts on aquatic biodiversity; vi) build an international, interdisciplinary network to assess, prevent and mitigate the combined impacts of LNP on aquatic biodiversity.

Building on AquaPLAN's objectives, other knowledge gaps will be filled by a new partner coming from Portugal, with a two-fold novelty: an incremental novelty, adding a new land-cover type (urban), a new habitat (small ponds and streams), and a new suite of taxa (freshwater macroinvertebrates and amphibians); and a scientific novelty, considering the potential impacts of noise-induced substrate vibration, which can be more important in shallow water systems, such as urban aquatic habitats. While direct noise impacts large bodies of water, sound-induced substrate vibration can cause additional stress in organisms that use these areas for food or shelter. This approach will contribute to and increase AquaPLAN's objectives. Because multiple stressors (other than LNP) are found in urban areas, AquaPLAN will consider the impacts of LNP and substrate vibration along with air pollution and urban heat island effects. Since measures to decrease the impact of noise on humans are built into cities, AquaPLAN will test their potential role in protecting biodiversity, including calculating thresholds for effects. Taking this information together with new knowledge of the role of substrate vibration (which can be manipulated when building or restoring urban aquatic habitats), the project will contribute to improving policies and technological development for dealing with LNP. Considering the novel LNP sources and biodiversity taxa, AquaPLAN's original range of habitats and taxa will be widened, which is especially relevant for sensitive taxa, such as amphibians and some freshwater macroinvertebrates. This will also contribute to the implementation of long-term monitoring of LNP combined impacts on aquatic ecosystems.

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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

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(s’ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre) HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01

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Coordinateur

UNIVERSITA DI PISA
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 723 907,50
Coût total
€ 723 907,50

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