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A long-term strategy will be defined and sites will be chosen as an EMSO-PP deliverable (WP7); Engineering specifications will be established for each chosen site. These specifications will describe all engineering aspects required for consistent cost estimation and the launching of the realisation phase. Specific technical bottlenecks that may jeopardise the long-term reliability of the infrastructure sub-systems will be experimentally examined (WP8). Prototypes will be deployed and tested; A long-term commitment will be obtained from the involved funding agencies through the activation of discussion tables where the largest possible political convergence will be reached and formalised in specific agreement protocols and MoUs. Marine Ecosystem Evolution in a Changing Environment (MEECE/ 756) Scientific Coordinator: Dr G. Triantafyllou Funding: EU (75%) & GSRT (25%) Starting Year: 2008 Duration: 48 months (01/09/08-31/08/12) Total Budget: 183.854 € Study Area: Project: Europe wide sea areas plus Benguela system & HCMR: Aegean Scientific team (ΗCMR): IO: Dr G. Triantafyllou, Dr G. Petihakis IMBR: Dr C.J. Smith, K. Papadopoulou Other Participants: (1) Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), UK, (Coordinator) (2) UNIFOB AS Norway (3) University Hamburg (UHH) Germany (4) Fundación AZTI - AZTI Fundazioa (Technalia AZTI), Spain (5) Università di Bologna (UNIBO), Italy (6) Wageningen IMARES B.V., Netherlands (7) Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), UK (8) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK (9) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), France (10) Technical University of Denmark, Danish Institute for Fisheries Research (DIFRES), Denmark (11) Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway (12) Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University (IMS-MET), Turkey (13) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France (14) Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS), UK (15) Università del Piemonte Orientale (UPd), Italy (16) Klaipeda University Corpi (KU Corpi), Lithuania (17) Bolding & Burchard Hydrodynamics (BBH), Germany (18) Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Spain (19) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), France Brief Description of the Program: The project aims to develop predictive management tools and strategies to resolve dynamic ecosystem interactions. The overall concept addresses global change, the result of natural and anthropogenically induced climate change impacts upon the structure and function of marine ecosystems via a number of abiotic and biotic drivers. In particular, global change will lead to large scale changes in climate patterns, ocean circulation and climate (i.e. structure, temperature and light) while enhanced atmospheric CO2 levels will lead to acidification of the oceans. These changes, will all impact on the overall trophodynamic structure and functioning of marine ecosystems. Simultaneously, combinations of direct anthropogenic drivers such as fishing, eutrophication and pollution influences the competitive ability and dominance of key species and thus the structure of marine ecosystems. Finally the introduction of alien invasive species has the potential to restructure marine ecosystems, a mechanism of change, which has the potential to be intensified when key species are under stress due to the combined effects of abiotic and biotic stressors. 24
The project will: (1) Review the impacts of the drivers on the marine ecosystem. (2) Develop a coupled model system to predict ecosystem response from plankton to fish. (3) Scenario test the impacts of drivers on the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems. (4) Develop decision support tools, which assess key vulnerabilities and risks of global change for the marine ecosystem. (5) Develop indicators of ecosystem status. Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man’s Impact On European Seas (HERMIONE-IO ATHENS/ 765) Contract Number: Major Coordinator: Scientific Coordinator: 226354 (FP7) Prof P.Weaver Funding: EU (75%) & GSRT (25%) Starting Year: 2009 Dr V. Lykoussis (In collaboration with IO Crete and IMBG) Duration: 42 months (01/04/09-30/09/12) Total Budget: 210.759,5 € Study Area: Mediterranean, Black, North, NE Atlandic, Nordic seas, Arctic Scientific team (ΗCMR): Dr V. Lykousis, Dr N Lambadariou, Dr V. Ploymenakou, Dr E. Mandalakis, Dr H. Kontogiannis, S. Stavrakakis, Dr H. Kaberi, Dr C. Zeri, Dr I. Chatzianestis, Dr D. Sakellariou, Dr S. Alexandri (till 21/06/11), Dr A. Karageorgis, Dr G. Rousakis, P. Georgiou, Dr E. Tripsanas, T. Polychronaki, V. Kalogeropoulou, S. Maroulakis, D. Podaras, P. Mandopoulos, I. Pambidis, D. Balas, P. Renieris, G. Pappas, A. Morfis. Other Participants: SOCS (Overall project coordinator) +38 partners (for further details see web site) Brief Description of the Program: The HERMIONE project sets out to investigate ecosystems at critical sites on Europe’s deep ocean margin. Even these remote areas are being affected by man, either through the indirect affects of climate change or directly through exploitation of deep-sea resources. Urgent questions need to be addressed such as what will be the impact of climate change on deep-sea ecosystems? What changes are expected in deep-sea ecosystem functioning? How do species interconnect between isolated communities? What are the direct effects of man’s impact and how can we adapt or mitigate these so as to use the oceans in a sustainable manner? Answering these questions will require complex experiments combined with long-term monitoring of sensitive environments. This project addresses issues raised in the EC foresight document “The Deep-Sea Frontier -Science challenges for a sustainable future” (Cochonat et al., 2007). HERMIONE builds on the success of previous projects such as HERMES but tackles new areas, for example to provide essential information on ecosystem dynamics at potential long-term observatory sites, and in Arctic areas where climate change will be more pronounced. Other topics include cold water cascading in the Mediterranean, driven by cold winter winds that may lose their impact as climate warms, leading to reduced ventilation of deep Mediterranean waters (Canals et al., 2006). In addition, we will investigate seamounts as potential areas of high biodiversity that are under threat from bottom trawling and we will relate the cold seep communities to those living in hot vents on the Mid- Atlantic Ridge. HERMIONE has 4 key scientific objectives. These follow a logical progression fro investigating the physical dimensions of ecosystems, to understanding how they function and interconnect, to studying how they are impacted by man and how HERMIONE can contribute to conserving them. The HERMIONE partnership has committed considerable non-EC resources, including a number of cruises that are already approved (see Appendix II). The total effort committed to this project will be several multiples of the EC contribution through the contribution of shiptime, major facilities 25
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