Multiple stressor effects in the photobiology of Caribbean<br/>symbiotic octocorals and its repercussion in the population fitness and reproductive output

Projektinformationen

ANIMAL FOREST HEALTH

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 327845

Abgeschlossenes Projekt

Startdatum 15 Juli 2013

Enddatum 14 Juli 2016

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 € 275 135,70

EU-Beitrag € 275 135,70

Koordiniert durch

UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA
Spain

Ziel

The ocean transformation due to direct or indirect human interference is a fact. Among the most threatened ecosystems are the so called “animal forests”. Animal forests are considered alive three-dimensional structures mostly (or completely) composed by hexacorals, octocorals, sponges, etc. In tropical seas, symbiotic octocorals (soft corals) are important part of these complex structures. Several synergic effects, acting as stressors in these organisms, have been detected, changing the distribution of species, the partial or total mortality patterns of populations and the associated to this three-dimensional structures biomass and biodiversity. Climate change is the main driver of these stressors, with a clear repercussion in the octocoral population fitness (bleaching events, physiological and metabolic adaptations, decrease in the gonadal output). The photobiology of the species (i.e. symbiont type and concentration, photosynthesis and respiration rates, variation in the photochemical efficiency, etc.) and its effects in front of climate change effects has been studied in hexacorals (hard corals), being the symbiotic octocorals largely neglected. The aim of the project is to understand how futures scenarios of warming temperatures, ocean acidification and food changes will impact the photobiology and physiology of symbiotic octocoral population, reflected in the health status and reproductive capability of this group. Specific objectives of the project are: a) properly describe photo biological features in Caribbean selected symbiotic octocorals; b) Make exsitu experiments with different temperature, acidification and food availability testing metabolic and gonadal output response; c) Make in situ seasonal monitoring of the species biology and environmental factors at different depths to d) Make a model of potential changes in the population distribution and recovery capability after the stress effects.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• social sciences › sociology › demography › mortality
• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems
• medical and health sciences › basic medicine › physiology
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › atmospheric sciences › climatology › climatic changes
• natural sciences › biological sciences › botany

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-2012-IOF - Marie Curie Action: "International Outgoing Fellowships for Career Development"

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF
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Finanzierungsplan

MC-IOF - International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF)

Koordinator

UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA

Kontakt Verwaltung

Queralt Gonzalez Matos (Ms.)

• EU-Beitrag: € 275 135,70
• Adresse: EDIF A CAMPUS DE LA UAB BELLATERRA CERDANYOLA V ; 08193 Cerdanyola Del Valles ; Spanien
• Region: Este › Cataluña › Barcelona
• Aktivitätstyp: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Gesamtkosten: Keine Daten