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Modelling key aspects of marine biodiversity

Parent project: Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence, more
Period: April 2005 till December 2006
Status: Completed

Institutes

Institutes (6)

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Natural History Museum; Department of Zoology, partner

Lambshead, P John D, co-ordinator, project leader

Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), more, partner

Somerfield, Paul

Marine Biological Station (Universitetets Marinbiologiske stasjon i Drøbak); University of Oslo; Biological Institute, partner

Gray, John
Fleddum, Annelise

Senckenberg Nature Research Society; Naturmuseum und Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg; Deutsches Zentrum fur Marine Biodiversitätsforschung; Sektion Planktologie und Systemökologie, partner

Greve, Wulf

Università di Pisa; Dipartimento di Scienze dell 'Uomo e dell 'Ambiente, partner

Benedetti-Cecchi, Lisandro

Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), more, partner

Petihakis, Giorgos
Arvanitidis, Christos

Abstract

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

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