Project presentation - Non-Belspo 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. Complementary resources about this scientific project - Project team Project Coordinator: Frank Dehairs, Luc André, Johan Schoukens Involved research groups
Involved partners: Partner 1: Prof. Christiane
Lancelot Partner 2: Prof.
Luc André Partner 3: Prof. Johan Schoukens, Dr. Fjo De Ridder |
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