Objective Reeds are dying back at a fast rate in sizable areas of Europe, with significant impacts on important wetland functions (biodiversity, stability of river and lake margins, water quality) and local economies. EUREED II is a three-year strategic fundamental research initiative that aims at analyzing the mechanisms which control the growth dynamics and stability of reed-dominated ecosystems, at modelling and predicting how the ecosystem is disturbed by human activity and climate change, and at developing remedial management options. Expected achievements include (i)assessment of the functional role of reed-dominated ecotones as nutrient accumulators and transformers and as sources for atmospheric greenhouse gases, (ii) an ecosystem model capable of predicting future changes in ecosystem functioning in relation to climatic conditions, trophic status and water table management, (iii) assessment of genetic diversity of reed populations and its relation to die-back, and (iv) development of management tools, including preventative and restQrative measures in relation to die-back. The scientific approach of the workprogramme is multi-disciplinary and co-operative, and comprises observational field studies, field experiments, controlled greenhouse and laboratory experiments, data collation and treatment, and mathematical modelling. A significant part of the studies is carried out during multi-disciplinary workshops. The project is carried out by research groups with complementary skills and expertise from nine European countries. A reference site is selected in each country as the basis for the field studies. The reference sites cover boreal-mediterranean and oceanic-continental climatic gradients, and the observational and experimental studies at these sites permit interpolation between sites, extrapolation of results to the European scale, and prediction of future response in relation to global climate change. The project tasks involve studies on (i) biogeochemical cycling (C, N, P), including quantification of carbon dioxide and methane emissions, (ii) growth dynamics and ecophysiology in relation to the environmental conditions, (iii) direct and indirect effects of eutrophication, (iv) effects of water, salinity, fire, harvesting, competition, and grazing on reeds, and (v) genetic variability within reeds and the relation to plant phenology and ecophysiology. Keywords: Wetland; land-water ecotone; die-back; climate change; land use;eutrophication; greenhouse gas; genetics; biogeochemical cycles;management Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemsnatural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryaliphatic compoundsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changesnatural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsmathematical model Programme(s) FP4-ENV 2C - Specific programme of research and technological development in the field of environment and climate, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 01020201 - The functioning of ecosystems Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Århus Universitet Address 68,nordlandsvej 68 8240 Risskov Denmark See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all DANUBE DELTA NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Romania EU contribution € 0,00 Address 165,babadag 165 8800 Tulcea See on map Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address 53,luisenstasse 10117 Berlin See on map INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BOTANY - HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Hungary EU contribution € 0,00 Address 2-4,alkotmany 2-4 2163 Vacratot See on map Institute of Biology Romania EU contribution € 0,00 Address 296,splaiul independentei 296 79651 Bucuresti See on map Institute of Botany - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Czechia EU contribution € 0,00 Address 145,dukelská 379 01 Trebon See on map LUND UNIVERSITY Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address Ecology building 223 62 Lund See on map ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address 22,boterhoeksestraat 48 6666 ZG Heteren See on map UNIVERSITAET KONSTANZ Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Mainaustrasse 252 78457 Konstanz See on map UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address 645,avinguda diagonal 645 08028 Barcelona See on map University of Hull United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Cottingham road HU6 7RX Hull See on map
