Research
Non-belspo (2005-2008)
EUR-OCEANS Network of Excellence; WP on Biogeochemistry with focus on the Southern Ocean system
Project description
EUR-OCEANS aims to achieve lasting
integration of European research organisations on global change
and pelagic marine ecosystems, and to develop models for assessing
and forecasting the impacts of climate and anthropogenic forcing
on food-web dynamics (structure, functioning, diversity and stability)
of pelagic ecosystems in the open ocean. The Network of Excellence
(NoE) will favour the progressive integration of research programmes
and facilities of major research Institutes all over Europe.
The long-term goal of the NoE is to create a multi-site “Institute
for European Research on Ocean Ecosystems under Anthropogenic
and Natural Forcings”. The international context is provided
by Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC), and the forthcoming
Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER)
of the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme (IGBP). EUR-OCEANS
is organised around a Joint Programme of Activities (JPA) and
focuses on seven different oceanic systems, including the Southern
Ocean. The JPA comprises: (1) Integrating activities on: networking,
data, and model integration; (2) Jointly executed research, organised
around four broad modelling tasks (together with observations
and experiments) on: pelagic ecosystems end-to-end, biogeochemistry,
ecosystem approach to marine resources and within-system integration;
(3) Activities to spread excellence, including training of researchers,
and spreading excellence to socio-economic users and to the European
public; (4) Management Activities.
The EUR-OCEANS Southern Ocean component will be conducted in
cooperation with the US — Southern Ocean GLOBEC, Palmer
Long Term Ecological Research Program, US Antarctic Marine Living
Resources Program — and the Australian Antarctic Division,
the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystem Cooperative Research Centre
(Australia), the National Institute of Polar Research (Japan).
Project team
Project Coordinator: Frank Dehairs, Luc André, Johan Schoukens
Involved research groups
- Ecologie des Systèmes Aquatiques (ESA), Université Libre de Bruxelles
- Dept. of Geology and Mineralogy, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren
- Dept. of Electricity, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Involved partners:
Partner 1: Prof. Christiane
Lancelot
Ecologie des Systèmes Aquatiques (ESA)
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Boulevard de la Plaine
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium
Tel: 02/650.59.88
Fax: 02/650.59.93
e-mail: lancelot@ulb.ac.be
www.co2.ulg.ac.be/belcanto
Partner 2: Prof.
Luc André
Dpt. of Geology and Mineralogy
Section of Mineralogy and Petrography
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Leuvensesteenweg, 13
3080 Tervuren
Belgium
Phone: +32 2 769 54 59
Fax: +32 2 769 54 32
e-mail: luc.andre@africamuseum.be
www.co2.ulg.ac.be/belcanto
Partner 3: Prof. Johan Schoukens, Dr. Fjo De Ridder
Dept. Electriciteit (ELEC)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Pleinlaan 2
B-1050 Brussels
Belgium
Phone: +32-2-6292944
Fax : +32-2-6292850
e-mail: Johan.Schoukens@vub.ac.be, Fedor.De.Ridder@vub.ac.be