Cel The proposed project will study the ecology of an extreme environment, the wave swept t zone of rocky shores (MAST III. A.2.3). The findings will also increase understanding of the importance of biodiversity in ecosystem function (MAST III. A.1.3). The approach will be to integrate field-experimental and modelling studies from the individual through the population to the community level. Most importantly, generality of ecological processes will be investigated on a European-wide scale using common methodologies and experimental designs. This will enable valid north-south and Atlantic-Mediterranean comparisons of the relative importance of abiotic factors and biological interactions within the wave swept zone. Specifically the aims are to: 1) Co-ordinate the activities of individual research groups via the development of standardised methodologies and implementation of current international standards of experimental design, thereby enabling European-scale research. 2) Develop technologies for continuous automatic measurement of the physical environment of the wave-swept zone; refine telemetric methods for studying foraging jbehaviour; refine image analysis methods for use in studies of recruitment and community interactions. 3) Investigate the role of abiotic factors and biological interactions in influencing the spatial and temporal patterns of foraging by major grazers and predators, including previously-ignored mobile predators, on Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. 4) Investigate the relative importance of physical factors, recruitment fluctuations and activities of consumers (investigated in 3) in structuring rocky shore communities along a European geographic gradient. 5) In parallel with the information from 2), 3) and 4), develop models linking iindividual behaviour with population and community processes. These models, together with the expertise derived from 2), 3) and 4), will increase understanding of current impacts on the European rocky coastline (oil spills, TBT, human predation, etc.) and facilitate the prediction of future impacts. Investigation sites will be appropriately nested to enable European-wide processes to .be separated from regional and local variation. Aim 3 will rely heavily on telemetric/continuous and video-recording devices, planned for development under Aim 2. Aim 4 will rely on photographic-based records to analyse barnacle recruitment and population dynamics, coupled with manipulative field experiments to investigate interactions between space occupiers, grazers and predators. Modelling will use a variety of analytical techniques (Monte Carlo methods, optimality models, Matrix population models, cellular automata-based models and model simulations). A major benefit of this project will be its integrated European-wide experimental approachi this will be the first time this approach has been used on such a scale. The European coastline provides an ideal model system for such extensive work. Dziedzina nauki natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiological behavioural sciencesethologybiological interactions Program(-y) FP4-MAST 3 - Specific programme of research and technological development in the field of marine science and technology, 1994-1998 Temat(-y) 010203 - The surf and swash zone of European coasts Zaproszenie do składania wniosków Data not available System finansowania CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Koordynator Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Via Romana 17 50125 Firenze Włochy Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Uczestnicy (8) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH Portugalia Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Estrada do Guincho 2750 CASCAIS Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych National University of Ireland, Cork Irlandia Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Prospect Row 30 Cork Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO Hiszpania Wkład UE Brak danych Adres S/N,Catedratico Rodrigo Uria S/N 33071 OVIEDO Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PISA Włochy Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Via Alessandro Volta 6 56126 PISA Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych UNIVERSITY OF WALES - BANGOR Zjednoczone Królestwo Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Deiniol Road LL57 2UW Bangor - Gwynedd Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych University of Göteborg Szwecja Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 22 B,Carl Scottsbergs Gata 415 30 Göteborg Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych University of Liverpool Zjednoczone Królestwo Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Breakwater Road IM9 6JA Port Erin, Isle of Man Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych University of Southampton Zjednoczone Królestwo Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Bassett Crescent East SO9 3TU Southampton Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych
