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Effect of Climate change On The Arctic Benthos
项目编号ANR-11-PDOC-0018
Madame Nathalie MORATA
项目主持机构CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - DELEGATION REGIONALE BRETAGNE ET PAYS- DE-LA-LOIRE
开始日期2011-10-01
结束日期2014-10-01
英文摘要It is now generally admitted that effects of climate change are enhanced in polar areas. Because of the ice-dependent character of Arctic marine ecosystems, climate-induced changes in sea-ice cover are expected to lead to shifts in primary production (decrease of ice algal production, increase in phytoplankton and microphytobenthos production) and changes in sea water chemistry (lower salinity and pH, higher temperature). Those changes will have repercussions on the entire ecosystem functioning and carbon cycling, although it is yet unclear how benthic organisms will respond to those changes in food sources and environmental conditions.

Traditionally, the study of the Arctic Ocean has mainly been carried out by countries surrounding the Arctic Ocean, i.e. Canada, USA, Norway, Denmark and Russia. However, since climate change is felt first and foremost in the Arctic, growing concerns for Arctic ecosystems and native populations living there have brought other countries to join research efforts. In particular France, which carries important polar activities in Antarctica, recently started to extend its polar marine ecosystem research efforts to the Arctic, with new projects and with the creation of an International Research Unit of the CNRS in Québec.

Although recent Arctic ecosystem studies have focused on describing the present state of either the "pelagic" or "benthic" compartment, the link between those two compartments, the "pelagic-benthic" coupling has often been underestimated. Moreover very few studies have included experimental approach in order to predict future scenarios, while this knowledge is crucial if we are to understand possible future changes and create models.

The overarching goal of this study is to investigate how climate-induced changes in biological (food sources) and environmental conditions will impact the Arctic benthos. This project will combine existing data, new field data, and a new experimental approach which will test various scenarios of food (i.e. high food quality, low food quality) and environmental parameters (pH, salinity, temperature) therefore improving understanding of present state Arctic coastal ecosystem function, and prediction of possible feedback scenarios of the ecosystem to changes in a less ice-rich Arctic due to climate warming. The work will be separated in 4 tasks:
- Description in great details of the seasonal variability in pelagic-benthic coupling, combining both pelagic and benthic perspectives
- Study experimentally the impact of changes in food quality for the benthos
- Study experimentally the impact of changes in temperature, pH and salinity, on key bivalves species
- Development and calibration of models of carbon and energy fluxes in the ecosystem and in the key bivalves species

This project will take place at the French/German research station in Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, which will provide adequate set up and background data insuring its success.

In addition to its scientific goals, this project aims to create international sustainable collaborations between France, Norway, Germany and Canada so experts can bring and share their expertise for a better understanding of the whole Arctic ecosystem functioning. In particular, this project will be held in tight collaboration with the French project Apolobis, aiming to establish an Arctic observatory based on bivalves in Ny-Alesund, and the Norwegian project Icicles, aiming to understand effect of climate change on key zooplanktonic organisms.
资助机构FR-ANR
项目类型Retour Post-Doctorants (RPDOC) 2011
URLhttp://www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/en/anr-funded-project/?solr=run&tx_lwmsuivibilan_pi2%5BCODE%5D=ANR-11-PDOC-0018
国家FR
语种英语
文献类型项目
条目标识符http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/70979
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