Project record of Modelling key aspects of marine biodiversity

Information

Type
Project
Name
Modelling key aspects of marine biodiversity
Description @en
Objectives 1. Description of large-scale trends in species diversity at a European scale. 2. Identify changes in latitudinal distributions and phenology of species as a consequence of climate change. 3. Conduct a meta-analysis of species assembly rules in marine datasets. 4. Test models of the relationship between biodiversity and productivity at different scales. 5. Correlate trends in species functional types with trends in biodiversity Description of work Task 1. Identify types of data and group compatible sets into pan European clusters. Task 2. Analyse large-scale trends in species distribution and effects of global change on these Task 3. Analyse species assembly rules in marine data Task 4. Analyse biodiversity-productivity trends in marine data, and use functional groups to summarize these trends Task 5. Outreach, publish results and make models available on the internet
Parent project
Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence
Start date
2005-4
End date
2006-12

Institutes & people involved

Lambshead P John D
associated with: Natural History Museum; Department of Zoology
role: Co-ordinator
Somerfield Paul
associated with: Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Gray John
associated with: Marine Biological Station (Universitetets Marinbiologiske stasjon i Drøbak); University of Oslo; Biological Institute
Fleddum Annelise
associated with: Marine Biological Station (Universitetets Marinbiologiske stasjon i Drøbak); University of Oslo; Biological Institute
Greve Wulf
associated with: Senckenberg Nature Research Society; Naturmuseum und Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg; Deutsches Zentrum fur Marine Biodiversitätsforschung; Sektion Planktologie und Systemökologie
Benedetti-Cecchi Lisandro
associated with: Università di Pisa; Dipartimento di Scienze dell 'Uomo e dell 'Ambiente
Petihakis Giorgos
associated with: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Arvanitidis Christos
associated with: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research

special collections

Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
NIOO-CEME collection

record metadata

date created: 2005-08-05
date modified: 2007-07-06