Transgenerational Ecophysiological Responses to Multiple Stressors in a changing Ocean

Información del proyecto

TERMS-Ocean

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 704895

DOI 10.3030/704895

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 3 Marzo 2016

Fecha de inicio 1 Noviembre 2016

Fecha de finalización 1 Octubre 2019

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Coste total € 195 454,80

Aportación de la UE € 195 454,80

Coordinado por

THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
Reino Unido

Objetivo

Global oceans are currently changing at a faster rate than at any other time over the last 300 million years, exposing marine organisms to multiple environmental stressors, such as climate change and ocean acidification (OA). Coastal marine invertebrates are globally important in terms of the ecosystem services and functions that they provide, hence it is vital to determine whether they can adapt and evolve to cope with these multiple stressors at the rate at which they are occurring. The TERMS-Ocean project will address this key question by determining the role of transgenerational phenotypic plasticity (TPP) in the response of a keystone marine invertebrate to the combined impacts of climate change and OA. TPP examines the potential for phenotypic plasticity in offspring in response to parental stress and has been shown to alleviate physiological responses in single-stressor studies; however there is no evidence to date as to whether TPP can operate when multiple stressors are experienced in combination. Here, a novel common garden experimental design will be employed to examine the transgenerational responses of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus to the combined effects of elevated temperature and OA in order to assess whether TPP plays a role in alleviating the effects of these stressors when experienced in combination. This project will be pivotal for my personal development to become an independent researcher and offers me the unique opportunity to work in a top 10 Russel Group University with a global reputation for excellence in environmental and climate change research. Exeter Biosciences is a leading institute in environmental biology and ecology and provides excellent opportunities for academic training and personal career development. A fellowship at Exeter will expose me to novel ideas and input from renowned researchers, offer me exciting opportunities for knowledge exchange, and have a strong impact on my personal and scientific development.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS clasifica los proyectos con EuroSciVoc, una taxonomía plurilingüe de ámbitos científicos, mediante un proceso semiautomático basado en técnicas de procesamiento del lenguaje natural. Véase: https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/euroscivoc.

• ciencias naturales › ciencias químicas › química inorgánica › compuestos inorgánicos
• ciencias naturales › ciencias biológicas › ecología › ecosistemas
• ciencias médicas y de la salud › medicina básica › fisiología
• ciencias naturales › ciencias de la tierra y ciencias ambientales conexas › ciencias de la atmósfera › climatología › cambios climáticos
• ciencias naturales › ciencias biológicas › zoología › zoología de los invertebrados

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Programa(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Tema(s)

• MSCA-IF-2015-EF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF)

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-MSCA-IF-2015

Régimen de financiación

MSCA-IF-EF-ST -

Coordinador

THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

• Aportación neta de la UEn: € 195 454,80
• Dirección: THE QUEEN'S DRIVE NORTHCOTE HOUSE ; EX4 4QJ Exeter ; Reino Unido
• Región: South West (England) › Devon › Devon CC
• Tipo de actividad: Institutos de educación secundaria o superior
• Coste total: € 195 454,80