Objective
The research program aSEcological Structure and Functioning of the Cambrian Radiationa (ESFCR) is aimed at achieving a better understanding of the structure (at the population, community and ecosystem levels) and functioning (life habits, species interactions and trophic relationships) of the first complex bentho-pelagic marine ecosystems derived from the Cambrian radiation. This project will encompass the study of three fossil deposits exceptional for the preservation, abundance and diversity of organisms: Chengjiang (Lower Cambrian, China), Kaili (Middle Cambrian, China) and the Burgess Shale (Middle Cambrian, Canada).
Objectives:
1-To better understand the structure and function of the Chengjiang biota with a main focus on how the community was influenced by ecological and environmental controls.
2-To test whether the ecological structure of the Cambrian radiation was variable through space and time.
3-To test whether the structure and function of Cambrian and Recent ecosystems are fundamentally different or similar.
Methodology:
1-To conduct field work in China, collecting samples of fossil assemblages with high stratigraphic resolution.
2-To use variations in abundance and diversity of species as proxies of community changes, and variations in geochemical data as proxies of environmental changes.
3-To evaluate differences in community patterns, and the influence of environmental factors on the distribution of species by using quantitative methods.
4-To compare qualitative and quantitative patterns with those in modern ecosystems.
Relevance of this project to the objectives of the community:
1-To integrate a multi-national research program.
2-To increase the mobility and international co-operation of researchers.
3-To develop interdisciplinary research programs.
4-To promote scientific excellence by publishing in top scientific journals.
5-To reduce the impact of the European brain drain by the possible creation of a permanent research positio...
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences palaeontology biostratigraphy
- social sciences sociology governance environmental governance
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FP6-2002-MOBILITY-5
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Coordinator
1335 VILLEURBANNE
France
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