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"Towards an Ecosystem-based Approach of Marine Resources: Linking BIOodiversity, Food WEBs, Ecosystem Services and Drivers" (BIOWEB)

Start date: Jun 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2016,

"Marine ecosystems have been and are subjected to various anthropogenic and environmental disturbances since historic times, which are cumulative and sometimes can act synergistically, additively or antagonistically. These are human activities such as fishing, pollution, eutrophication, invasion of species and the climate change, and changes due to environmental drivers related to changes in ocean ...
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MicroPlastics - Is it a threat for the 2 Seas Area? (MICRO)

Start date: Jun 30, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

An increase in the production of plastics, to match the high demand brought about by our daily use of this material has contributed to a pollution phenomenon in the marine environment caused by plastic debris. Plastics are persistent materials, which tend to accumulate in the marine environment and affect marine life, as they remain in the ecosystem for years. Plastic materials degrade to smaller ...
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Our shared sea: mechanisms of ecosystem change in the western Channel (MARINEXUS)

Start date: Aug 31, 2008, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

Objectif général :Le projet MARINEXUS a pour but de réduire limpact des activités humaines sur les écosystèmes marins et de favoriser le développement durable de la Manche. En effet, la Manche fait face à de nombreuses problématiques environnementales liées au développement de diverses activités en zone marine. Pour cela, les partenaires souhaitent contribuer à la mise en place dune politique envi ...
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Preserving the Marine Environment of Oludeniz Lagoon (LAGOON)

Start date: Jan 1, 2003, End date: Dec 31, 2004,

...iz Lagoon, located in Fethiye in southwest Turkey, is a very popular tourist area on the Mediterranean coast. It is one of the few areas along the Turkish coast that has still a “clean” marine environment. Several endemic species live in the area and the coastline consists of beautiful sandy beaches, bays, islands, islets and other fragile ecosystems. This natural habitat is also important for ...
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Integrated oil spill response actions and environmental effects (GRACE)

Start date: Mar 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

...ovel on-line sensors on-board vessels, fixed structures or gliders, and smart data transfer into operational awareness systems; 2) to examine the true environmental impacts and benefits of a suite of marine oil spill response methods (mechanical collection in water and below ice, in situ burning, use of chemical dispersants, bioremediation, electro-kinetics, and combinations of these) in cold clim ...
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Ice Nucleating Particles in the Marine Atmosphere (MarineIce)

Start date: Aug 1, 2015, End date: Jul 31, 2020,

... major aerosol species from terrestrial sources, such as mineral dusts or bacteria, has received significant attention over the past few decades. A similar effort now needs to be made to understand marine INP. The key limitation to accurately representing INP in models over the world’s oceans is the lack of field data, a deficiency which I intend to address during this ERC fellowship.I propose to ...
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Distinct Infection Dynamics and Ecological Success among Closely Related Marine Cyanophages: Why the Differences? (PhageDiff)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2020,

Viruses are extremely abundant in the oceans and majorly impact the marine ecosystem by influencing the abundance, diversity and evolution of their hosts. However, our understanding of marine viral physiology and ecology among different members of the virus community is conspicuously lacking. Preliminary data using a newly developed molecular method revealed drastic differences in field abundances ...
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The influence of multiple global change stressors on marine communities: a novel field approach (CC and Marine Life)

Start date: Aug 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2014,

Marine habitats are socially and economically important to millions of people around the world, but accelerated global climate change poses a significant threat to aquatic organisms and communities. Accurate predictions of the effects seawater warming and other stressors on marine resources are needed to successfully manage our seas and plan for future change. Of all the facets of global change, i ...
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Response of Ecosystem Assembly and Function to Climate Change: A multidisciplinary approach to understand community response to climate change in coastal rocky ecosystems (REAFCC)

Start date: Apr 28, 2014, End date: Aug 26, 2016,

...herefore important to assess the potential for biological response to such changes, on both the species and community levels. The proposed work will target algal-grazer interactions in rocky coastal marine ecosystems. Algal-grazer interactions are known to be of particular importance in the structuring of these communities and maintenance of local biodiversity. Emphasis will be placed on the ro ...
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European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

...including foraminifera and deep-seacorals, to determine past variability in ocean chemistry and to tie these to present-day chemical andbiological observations.EPOCA will determine the sensitivity of marine organisms, communities and ecosystems to oceanacidification. Molecular to biochemical, physiological and ecological approaches will be combinedwith laboratory and field-based perturbation exper ...
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Exploiting the potential use of compound specific isotope analysis (CSIA) in marine environment (EXPLOIT-CSIA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2012,

...sal will be to explore, develop and exploit the potential use of Compound Specific Isotope Analysis (CSIA) to persistent hydrocarbons (PAHs) and persistent organic pollutant (POPs) compound groups in marine environments in order to unambiguously allocate and distinguish their contaminant sources, track their contamination pathways (“environmental forensics”), identify and quantify transformation r ...
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European Union Basin-scale Analysis, Synthesis and Integration (EURO-BASIN) (EURO-BASIN)

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

... “end to end” models and as well as ecosystem indicators are combined to develop understanding of the past, present and future dynamics of North Atlantic and shelf sea ecosystems and their living marine resources.
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"Development of an innovative, completely automated antifouling test system for professional examinations of marine coatings" (IATS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2013,

"Scientists try to develop coatings that prevent of fouling. Development of new coating formulation takes 5 years, beginning from R&D study to the date of launching. Taking into account the marine market development and the change of low requirements connected to the environmental issues this time is too long. Formulation time distances depend mainly on testing. In Europe the only method is testin ...
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Levant rocky-shore biodiversity: testing ecological impacts of climate change and bioinvasions on a unique ecosystem (LRSB)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

"Two major processes are threatening the integrity of marine ecosystems: climate change and bioinvasions. Both are of extreme importance to the Levant shores because the region (1) has extreme biophysical conditions, being the hottest, saltiest and most nutrient-poor area in the Mediterranean—and warming may cause regional extinctions; and (2) is a hotspot of marine biological invasions, mostly In ...
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Marine Environment and Sustainable-fisheries: Observation-Model in the Northern West Mediterranean Sea (MESOMED)

Start date: Jan 11, 2009, End date: Jan 10, 2010,

"Impacts of climate change and human fisheries on marine environment and resources are focused topics associated with our living environment and sustainability of economy. To protest marine resources, we are seeking to develop 1) quantitative estimates of distributions and production rates of biota, and 2) predictive models for changes by an interdisciplinary approach integrating physical–chemic ...
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Transition from sea to land: Olfactory function and adaptations in terrestrial crustaceans (LAND CRAB OLFACTION)

Start date: Jul 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2011,

"Within adult anomuran land crabs (Coenobitidae: Anomura) there are various degrees of terrestrialization, but all species have retained marine larval stages. The ability to recognize and discriminate chemical cues in the environment is essential for most animals, and thus a successful transition from sea to land calls for dramatically new demands on the chemosensory system, where stimulus changes ...
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Sustainable Urban Development: solutions to promote the biological and conservation value of marine urban structures (MarUrbe)

Start date: Mar 7, 2008, End date: Mar 6, 2010,

Urbanization has been historically widespread and one of the leading causes for habitat and species loss in coastal waters. Today 22,000 km2 of the European coastlines are covered by urban marine structures such as marinas, breakwaters, and seawalls, and development is expected to increase further. However, understanding and mitigating the effects of urban structures on marine life have not been a ...
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European Marine Biological Research Infrastructure Cluster to promote the Blue Bioeconomy (EMBRIC)

Start date: Jun 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2019,

Marine (blue) biotechnology is the key to unlocking the huge economic potential of the unique biodiversity of marine organisms. This potential remains largely underexploited due to lack of connectivity between research services, practical and cultural difficulties in connecting science with industry, and high fragmentation of regional research, development and innovation (RDI) policies. To overcom ...
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Environmental Research Infrastructures Providing Shared Solutions for Science and Society (ENVRI PLUS)

Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

ENVRIPLUS is a cluster of research infrastructures (RIs) for Environmental and Earth System sciences, built around ESFRI roadmap and associating leading e-infrastructures and Integrating Activities together with technical specialist partners. ENVRIPLUS is driven by 3 overarching goals: 1) favoring cross-fertilization between infrastructures, 2) implementing innovative concepts and devices across R ...
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Marine Microbial Biodiversity, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (MICRO B3)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2015,

Micro B3 will develop innovative bioinformatic approaches and a legal framework to make large-scale data on marine viral, bacteria; archaeal and protists genomes and metagenomes accessible for marine ecosystems biology and to define new targets for biotechnological applications. Micro B3 will build upon a highly interdisciplinary consortium of 32 academic and industrial partners comprising world-l ...
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Valmer

Start date: Mar 31, 2011, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

VALMER aims at developing methodologies that will be used to quantify the economical, social and environmental values of services provided by marine and coastal ecosystems in the Western Channel.
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Mediterranean Network of sustainable small-scale fishing communities (FISHINMED)

Start date: Nov 9, 2011, End date: Nov 9, 2014,

Fishing is one the strategic sectors in the Mediterranean area in terms of economic growth and employment. However several issues may hamper its development on the long run such as low profitability and competitiveness, impact of catch limits on marginal areas characterized by poor job opportunities and lack of an appropriate common strategy at Mediterranean level for small fishing communities. In ...
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Development of global plankton data base and model system for eco-climate early warning (GREENSEAS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2014,

GreenSeas shall advance the quantitative knowledge of how planktonic marine ecosystems, including phytoplankton, bacterioplankton and zooplankton, will respond to environmental and climate changes. To achieve this GreenSeas will employ a combination of observation data, numerical simulations and a cross-disciplinary synthesis to develop a high quality, harmonized and standardized plankton and plan ...
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EMBRC preparatory phase (EMBRC)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2014,

The Preparatory Phase for a pan-European MARINE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCE CENTRE(EMBRC) research Infrastructure. This application focuses on the technical, legal, governance, and financial issues to prepare a memorandum of understanding to begin to construct EMBRC. It will build on existing Marine Biological Institutes and Research Centres which will be complemented with innovative components and pro ...
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CHannel integrated Approach for marine Resource Management – Phase 3 (CHARM 3)

Start date: Dec 31, 2007, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

Objectif général :Le projet CHARM 3 a pour but de contribuer à la préservation des ressources marines en Manche en approfondissant les connaissances sur les ressources marines de la zone et en fournissant des outils pour améliorer la gestion durable de l’espace Manche.En effet, l'éco-région Manche, une des zones où le trafic maritime est le plus intense du monde et constitue une voie de passage ob ...
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ion of aquatic communities in the Gulf of Finland: risk-based policymaking (EVAGULF)

Start date: Aug 31, 2006, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

...ished for the public use and evaluation internationally. One of the main purposes of the project is to produce tools that will promote gaining uniform finnish-estonian view about the condition of the marine ecosystem, reasons that have led to the circumstances as well as the situation that will be aimed for. They will also concretize the ecosystem risks connected to the eutrophication and to promo ...
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Forum Skagerrak II (FSII)

Start date: May 31, 2003, End date: May 30, 2007,

The project aimed to widen the knowledge and deliver concrete actions for a cleaner and more attractive sea and coast. The project work involved governmental and regional organisations as well as other interested parties. Achievements: The project has completed various ...
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Study of the trophic state and anomalies in the Upper Adriatic system

Start date: Jun 30, 2001, End date: Dec 30, 2005,

Two are the objectives of this project, namely the description of seasonal variability of the benthic and pelagic systems in a semiconfined environment such as the Gulf of Trieste, that is subject to seasonally-variable river contributions; and the understanding of the processes leading to the production of dissolved organic matter (DOM), whose aggregation produces gelatinous macro aggregates. The ...
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