Early Mesozoic Biodiversity and Climate Change: marine ecosystem response to global warming and carbon dioxide rise

Projektinformationen

EMBICC

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 237449

Projekt abgeschlossen

Startdatum 1 April 2009

Enddatum 31 März 2011

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 € 0,00

EU-Beitrag € 172 434,64

Koordiniert durch

UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH
United Kingdom

Ziel

The early Mesozoic (Permian/Triassic boundary to mid-Jurassic) was a critical time in the evolution of life on Earth, and understanding this interval of time is central to understanding the subsequent evolution of the marine biosphere. The earliest Triassic was a time of significant global warming and records the immediate aftermath of the most severe biodiversity loss of the Phanerozoic. The subsequent recovery, as climate ameliorated through the Triassic, was curtailed by another major extinction event in the latest Triassic, associated with an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, global warming and possible ocean acidification. Recovery in the earliest Jurassic was more rapid than that of the Early Triassic, but was affected by another episode of global warming and oceanic anoxia in the Toarcian. This project aims to understand the responses of the marine ecosystem to these past episodes of major global warming, including analyses of global, regional and local biodiversity loss and recovery. A key aim of this project will be the isotopic analysis of brachiopod shell material to provide the first quantitative palaeotemperature curve of the early Mesozoic. This will be combined with the morphometric and biodiversity analyses to assess how episodes of major global warming directly affect marine invertebrate groups. Ecosystem-level changes associated with global warming and anoxia will be evaluated. These data are to crucial to the evalaution of predicted ecosystem response to present day global warming and marine hypoxia.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• natural sciences › biological sciences › marine biology
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › atmospheric sciences › meteorology › biosphera
• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › atmospheric sciences › climatology › climatic changes

Schlüsselbegriffe

• Biodiversity
• Climate change
• geochemistry
• marine ecosystems
• paleontology

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

• FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008 - Marie Curie Action: "Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development"

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008
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Finanzierungsplan

MC-IEF - Intra-European Fellowships (IEF)

Koordinator

UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH

• EU-Beitrag: € 172 434,64
• Adresse: DRAKE CIRCUS ; PL4 8AA Plymouth ; Vereinigtes Königreich
• Region: South West (England) › Devon › Plymouth
• Aktivitätstyp: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Kontakt Verwaltung: John Martin (Dr.)
• Gesamtkosten: Keine Daten