Biodiversity and connectivity in the resilience of coastal marine communities

Projektinformationen

BIOCONNECTENCE

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 221065

Abgeschlossenes Projekt

Startdatum 9 Mai 2008

Enddatum 8 Mai 2010

Finanziert unter

• Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Gesamtkosten € 233 872,25

EU-Beitrag € 233 872,25

Koordiniert durch

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA
Italy

Ziel

Changes in diversity underpin the very nature and integrity of ecosystems, including how they function, deliver goods and services, and respond to disturbances. Yet understanding the underlying mechanisms of biodiversity change remains both one of the greatest challenges in ecological science and of fundamental importance to resource management and conservation. The key problem is the need to integrate the effects of different factors operating on different space and time scale on biodiversity. Biodiversity assessment and the maintenance of environmental quality are central to the management of coastal ecosystems, multi use and multi value systems. This research will focus on the study of meta communities, alpha and beta diversity as a way forward for ecology over regional spatial scales and relevance to resource management. The research will investigate the resilience of hard bottom marine benthic communities in relation to habitat complexity and degrees of connectivity. Appropriate experiments will be set up in order to evaluate the recovery of benthic communities after disturbance according to the different degree of connectivity between assemblages and taking into account the life history of the different benthic species. particular attention will be given to Marine Protected Areas and their role in preserving biodiversity

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• natural sciences › biological sciences › biodiversity conservation
• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems

Schlüsselbegriffe

• Aquatic ecology
• Biodiversity
• Biodiversity characterisation
• Biodiversity indicators
• Environmental science
• Natural resources management

Programm/Programme

• FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Thema/Themen

• PEOPLE-2007-4-2.IIF - Marie Curie Action: "International Incoming Fellowships"

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

FP7-PEOPLE-2007-4-2-IIF
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Finanzierungsplan

MC-IIF - International Incoming Fellowships (IIF)

Koordinator

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA

Kontakt Verwaltung

Stefano Iester (Dr.)

• EU-Beitrag: € 233 872,25
• Adresse: VIA BALBI 5 ; 16126 Genova ; Italien
• Region: Nord-Ovest › Liguria › Genova
• Aktivitätstyp: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Gesamtkosten: Keine Daten