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Deep-sea Sponge Grounds Ecosystems of the North Atlantic: an integrated approach towards their preservation and sustainable exploitation

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The objective of SponGES is to develop an integrated ecosystem-based approach to preserve and sustainably use vulnerable sponge ecosystems of the North Atlantic. The SponGES consortium, an international and interdisciplinary collaboration of research institutions, environmental non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations, will focus on one of the most diverse, ecologically and biologically important and vulnerable marine ecosystems of the deep-sea - sponge grounds – that to date have received very little research and conservation attention. Our approach will address the scope and challenges of EC’s Blue Growth Call by strengthening the knowledge base, improving innovation, predicting changes, and providing decision support tools for management and sustainable use of marine resources. SponGES will fill knowledge gaps on vulnerable sponge ecosystems and provide guidelines for their preservation and sustainable exploitation. North Atlantic deep-sea sponge grounds will be mapped and characterized, and a geographical information system on sponge grounds will be developed to determine drivers of past and present distribution. Diversity, biogeographic and connectivity patterns will be investigated through a genomic approach. Function of sponge ecosystems and the goods and services they provide, e.g. in habitat provision, bentho-pelagic coupling and biogeochemical cycling will be identified and quantified. This project will further unlock the potential of sponge grounds for innovative blue biotechnology namely towards drug discovery and tissue engineering. It will improve predictive capacities by quantifying threats related to fishing, climate change, and local disturbances. SpongeGES outputs will form the basis for modeling and predicting future ecosystem dynamics under environmental changes. SponGES will develop an adaptive ecosystem-based management plan that enables conservation and good governance of these marine resources on regional and international levels.

Programm/Programme

H2020-EU.3.5. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials

H2020-EU.3.2. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Thema/Themen

BG-01-2015 - Improving the preservation and sustainable exploitation of Atlantic marine ecosystems

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H2020-BG-2015-2

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RIA - Research and Innovation action

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UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN

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Museplassen 1
5020 Bergen

Norwegen

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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU-Beitrag

€ 2 004 391,99

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FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Vereinigte Staaten

INSTITUTO ESPANOL DE OCEANOGRAFIA

Spanien

EU-Beitrag

€ 773 900

UPPSALA UNIVERSITET

Schweden

EU-Beitrag

€ 674 547,50

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

Vereinigtes Königreich

EU-Beitrag

€ 496 209,51

AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DEINVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

Spanien

EU-Beitrag

€ 491 922,50

UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM

Niederlande

EU-Beitrag

€ 434 125

WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY

Niederlande

EU-Beitrag

€ 1 274 693,75

BANGOR UNIVERSITY

Vereinigtes Königreich

EU-Beitrag

€ 318 711,25

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

Vereinigtes Königreich

EU-Beitrag

€ 136 477,50

UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO

Portugal

EU-Beitrag

€ 374 680

IMAR- INSTITUTO DO MAR

Portugal

EU-Beitrag

€ 524 330

ECOLOGY ACTION CENTRE

Kanada

STICHTING NIOZ, KONINKLIJK NEDERLANDS INSTITUUT VOOR ONDERZOEK DER ZEE

Niederlande

STICHTING NEDERLANDSE WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK INSTITUTEN

Niederlande

EU-Beitrag

€ 400 301,25

HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM FUR OZEANFORSCHUNG KIEL

Deutschland

EU-Beitrag

€ 599 250

UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT

Niederlande

EU-Beitrag

€ 311 250

STUDIO ASSOCIATO GAIA SNC DEI DOTTORI ANTONIO SARA E MARTINA MILANESE

Italien

EU-Beitrag

€ 208 750

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS FAO

Italien

EU-Beitrag

€ 366 250

ALFRED-WEGENER-INSTITUT HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR POLAR- UND MEERESFORSCHUNG

Deutschland

EU-Beitrag

€ 40 000

DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY

Kanada

HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM GEESTHACHT ZENTRUM FUR MATERIAL- UND KUSTENFORSCHUNG GMBH

Deutschland

EU-Beitrag

€ 170 000

THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Vereinigte Staaten

STIFTELSEN NANSEN SENTER FOR MILJOOG FJERNMALING

Norwegen

EU-Beitrag

€ 140 512,50

CIIMAR - Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental

Portugal

EU-Beitrag

€ 254 000

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SponGES

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 679849

Projektwebsite

Status

Laufendes Projekt

Startdatum

1 März 2016
Enddatum

31 August 2020

Finanziert unter:

H2020-EU.3.5.

H2020-EU.3.2.

Gesamtbudget:

€ 10 275 365,25
EU-Beitrag

€ 9 994 302,75

Koordiniert durch:

UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN

Norwegen

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - SponGES (Deep-sea Sponge Grounds Ecosystems of the North Atlantic: an integrated approach towards their preservation and sustainable exploitation)

Berichtszeitraum: 2017-09-01 bis 2019-02-28

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The North Atlantic encompasses a variety of vulnerable sponge-dominated deep-sea ecosystems that are delivering key supporting, regulating, and provisioning goods and services. However, the impacts from established and emerging human activities, as well as climate change, have over such ecosystems are largely unknown. The occurrence of these ecosystems in fjords, on continental shelves and on seamounts and mid-ocean ridges, often coincides with fishing and other human activities. Until now sponge grounds have received relatively little research and conservation attention. In view of closing this knowledge gap, the EU H2020 project SponGES was implemented. The main objective of SponGES is to develop an integrated ecosystem-based approach to preserve and sustainably use vulnerable sponge ecosystems of the North Atlantic. Employing a trans-Atlantic collaborative and multidisciplinary approach, SponGES is addressing these key challenges by: strengthening the knowledge base, improving innovation, predicting changes, and providing decision support tools for management, conservation, and sustainable exploitation of these marine habitats. North Atlantic deep-sea sponge grounds are being mapped and characterized to determine the drivers of past and present distributions, and their diversity, biogeographic and connectivity patterns investigated through a genomic approach. Ecosystem function and the goods and services they provide are being identified and quantified. The project is also unlocking the potential of sponge grounds for innovative blue biotechnology, namely towards drug discovery and tissue engineering. It is improving predictive capacities by quantifying threats related to fishing, climate change, and local disturbances. SponGES outputs will form the basis for modelling and predicting future ecosystem dynamics under environmental change, thereby enabling conservation and sustainable management of these marine resources at regional and international levels.

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SponGES

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 679849

Projektwebsite

Status

Laufendes Projekt

Startdatum

1 März 2016
Enddatum

31 August 2020

Finanziert unter:

H2020-EU.3.5.

H2020-EU.3.2.

Gesamtbudget:

€ 10 275 365,25
EU-Beitrag

€ 9 994 302,75

Koordiniert durch:

UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN

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SponGES

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 679849

Projektwebsite

Status

Laufendes Projekt

Startdatum

1 März 2016
Enddatum

31 August 2020

Finanziert unter:

H2020-EU.3.5.

H2020-EU.3.2.

Gesamtbudget:

€ 10 275 365,25
EU-Beitrag

€ 9 994 302,75

Koordiniert durch:

UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN

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