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BIOCOMBE: The impact of BIOdiversity changes in COastal Marine Benthic Ecosystems

Typ des Eintrags: Projekt
Webseite: http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/projects/BIOCOMBE/index%20pages/index.htm
Dauer: 01/11/2002 - 30/04/2006
Beschreibung:

The consequences of changes in biodiversity, natural and anthropogenic, for the functioning of coastal ecosystems are not known. To address this problem, two phenomena with regard to the (changes of) benthic biodiversity, occurring along the Mediterranean, Atlantic and Baltic coast, will be unravelled. Firstly, of two dominant benthic species, the blue edible mussel Mytilus sp. and the clam Macoma balthica, the strong northeastward shift in distribution of several ecotypes along the European coast, and the consequences for the coastal benthic community structure, will be assessed. Secondly, the impact of low species numbers in the Baltic, in comparison to a higher diversity in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, on the production of coastal ecosystems will be studied. The resulting indicators of biodiversity and (their relation with) ecosystem functioning will be relevant to managers of environmental (coastal) quality control. 

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The main information about BIOCOMBE project. (8.802 Bytes)
 
Kontakt: Dr. Herman HUMMEL
Netherlands Institute of Ecology
Centre for Estuarine and Coastal Ecology
Korringaweg 7
4401 NT Yerseke
NETHERLANDS
Telefon: +31-113 577484
Fax: +31-113 573616
E-Mail: hummel@cemo.nioo.knaw.nl
Partner: UR Universite de La Rochelle
Institut du Littoral (www.univ-lr.fr)
IOW (www.io-warnemuende.de)
Stockholm University (www.su.se)
IMC International Marine Centre, Sardynia Italy (www.imc-it.org)
Sociedad Cultural de Investigación Submarina (www.euskalnet.net/insub)
Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdansk (www.univ.gda.pl)
Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences (www.iopan.gda.pl)
KUN Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen (www.ru.nl/hosting)
National Museum of Natural History - Naturalis (www.naturalis.nl)
Finanziert von: European Union