European Project on Ocean Acidification

Objective

"The overall goal of the European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA) is to fill the numerous
gaps in our understanding of the effects and implications of ocean acidification.
EPOCA aims to document the changes in ocean chemistry and biogeography across space and time.
Paleo-reconstruction methods will be used on several archives, including foraminifera and deep-sea
corals, to determine past variability in ocean chemistry and to tie these to present-day chemical and
biological observations.
EPOCA will determine the sensitivity of marine organisms, communities and ecosystems to ocean
acidification. Molecular to biochemical, physiological and ecological approaches will be combined
with laboratory and field-based perturbation experiments to quantify biological responses to ocean
acidification, assess the potential for adaptation, and determine the consequences for biogeochemical
cycling. Laboratory experiments will focus on key organisms selected on the basis of their ecological,
biogeochemical or socio-economic importance. Field studies will be carried out in systems deemed
most sensitive to ocean acidification.
Results on the chemical, biological and biogeochemical impacts of ocean acidification will be integrated
in biogeochemical, sediment and coupled ocean-climate models to better understand and predict
the responses of the Earth system to ocean acidification. Special special attention will be paid to the
potential feedbacks of the physiological changes in the carbon, nitrogen, sulfur and iron cycles.
EPOCA will assess uncertainties, risks and thresholds (""tipping points"") related to ocean acidification
at scales ranging from sub-cellular, to ecosystem and from local to global. It will also assess pathways
of CO2 emissions required to avoid these thresholds and describe the state change and the subsequent
risk to the marine environment and Earth system should these emissions be exceeded."

Field of science

• /natural sciences/earth and related environmental sciences/geochemistry/biogeochemistry
• /natural sciences/biological sciences/ecology/ecosystems
• /natural sciences/earth and related environmental sciences/oceanography/ocean chemistry

Programme(s)

• FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)

Topic(s)

• ENV.2007.1.1.3.1. - Ocean acidification and its consequences

Call for proposal

FP7-ENV-2007-1
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Funding Scheme

CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project

Coordinator

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS

Address

Rue Michel Ange 3
75794 Paris
France

Activity type

Research Organisations

EU contribution

€ 1 331 073

Administrative Contact

Hélène Faradji (Dr.)

Participants (27)

UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN

Norway

EU contribution

€ 407 799

Address

Museplassen 1
5020 Bergen

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Inger Gjesdahl (Ms.)

HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM FUR OZEANFORSCHUNG KIEL

Germany

Address

Wischhofstrasse 1-3
24148 Kiel

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Jens-Uwe Moelck (Mr.)

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 156 059

Address

Polaris House, North Star Avenue
SN2 1EU Swindon Wiltshire

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

First Name(S) Denise Martin (Ms.)

ALFRED-WEGENER-INSTITUT HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR POLAR- UND MEERESFORSCHUNG

Germany

EU contribution

€ 539 051

Address

Am Handelshafen 12
27570 Bremerhaven

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Catherine Audebert (Ms.)

THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 250 810

Address

Trinity Lane The Old Schools
CB2 1TN Cambridge

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Dawn Barker (Ms.)

COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES

France

EU contribution

€ 524 790

Address

Rue Leblanc 25
75015 Paris 15

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Muriel Boyer (Ms.)

PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY LIMITED

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 613 503,29

Address

Prospect Place West Hoe
PL1 3DH Plymouth

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

David Loynes (Mr.)

THE SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION FOR MARINESCIENCE LBG

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 120 759

Address

Scottish Marine Institute
PA37 1QA Dunbeg Oban

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Elaine Walton (Ms.)

Klinik Max Planck Institut für Psychiatrie

Germany

EU contribution

€ 116 116

Address

Hofgartenstrasse 8
80539 Muenchen

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Claudia Piltz (Ms.)

MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 120 760

Address

Citadel Hill The Laboratory
PL1 2PB Plymouth

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Nola Venton (Prof.)

GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET

Sweden

EU contribution

€ 119 830

Address

Vasaparken
405 30 Goeteborg

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Margareta Ahlqwist (Dr.)

STICHTING NIOZ, KONINKLIJK NEDERLANDS INSTITUUT VOOR ONDERZOEK DER ZEE

Netherlands

EU contribution

€ 148 628

Address

Landsdiep 4
1797 SZ Den Hoorn Texel

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Maarten A. Van Arkel (Mr.)

UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT

Netherlands

EU contribution

€ 120 751

Address

Heidelberglaan 8
3584 CS Utrecht

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Philippe Van Cappellen (Prof.)

KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE AKADEMIE VAN WETENSCHAPPEN - KNAW

Netherlands

EU contribution

€ 171 851

Address

Kloveniersburgwal 29 Het Trippenhuis
1011 JV Amsterdam

Activity type

Other

Administrative Contact

Erwin A. Van De Ridder (Mr.)

SIR ALISTER HARDY FOUNDATION FOR OCEAN SCIENCE

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 62 238

Address

The Laboratory Citadel Hill The Hoe Plymouth
PL1 2PB Plymouth

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Horne Trevor (Mr.)

HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM GEESTHACHT ZENTRUM FUR MATERIAL- UND KUSTENFORSCHUNGGMBH

Germany

EU contribution

€ 133 765

Address

Max Planck Strasse 1
21502 Geesthacht

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Sabine Röskam (Ms.)

UNIVERSITAET BERN

Switzerland

EU contribution

€ 185 780

Address

Hochschulstrasse 6
3012 Bern

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Fortunat Joos (Prof.)

UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES

Belgium

EU contribution

€ 92 893

Address

Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 50
1050 Bruxelles

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Lei Chou (Prof.)

PHILIPPE SAUGIER INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS

France

EU contribution

€ 27 868

Address

Le Foulon
05400 Veynes

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Philippe Saugier (Mr.)

VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG

Netherlands

EU contribution

€ 120 706

Address

De Boelelaan 1105
1081 HV Amsterdam

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Rob Neutelings (Dr.)

EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH

Switzerland

EU contribution

€ 120 760

Address

Raemistrasse 101
8092 Zuerich

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Nicolas Gruber (Prof.)

HAFRANNSOKNASTOFNUNIN

Iceland

EU contribution

€ 97 537

Address

Skulagata 4
101 Reykjavik

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Vignir Thoroddsen (Mr.)

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 157 915

Address

Highfield
SO17 1BJ Southampton

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Lorna Leverett (Ms.)

UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH

United Kingdom

Address

Drake Circus
PL4 8AA Plymouth

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Penny Gardiner (Dr.)

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION -UNESCO

France

Address

Place De Fontenoy 7
75352 Paris

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Ksenia Yvinec (Ms.)

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

United Kingdom

Address

Beacon House Queens Road
BS8 1QU Bristol

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Mike Hobbs (Mr.)

LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER MEERESWISSENSCHAFTEN AN DER UNIVERSITAET KIEL

Participation ended

Germany

EU contribution

€ 807 752,71

Address

Wischhofstrasse 1-3
24148 Kiel

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Jens-Uwe Moelck (Mr.)