Acronym: EMBOS
Period: February 2011 till February 2015
Status: Completed
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| Institutes (25) |
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- Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more
- Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen; Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu; Beheerseenheid Mathematisch Model Noordzee en Schelde-estuarium (BMM), more
- Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (IZOR), more
- University of Aarhus; National Environmental Research Institute (NERI), more
- Sorbonne Université; Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR), more
- Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI), more
- Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Warnemünde (IOW), more
- Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), more
- Università di Pisa; Dipartimento di Scienze dell 'Uomo e dell 'Ambiente, more
- University of Salento; Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali (DiSTeBA), more
- Italian National Research Council; Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC), more
- University of Malta (UM), more
- Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee (NIOZ), more
- Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), more
- Polar Environmental Centre; Akvaplan-niva; Biodiversity Group, more
- Sea Fisheries Institute in Gdynia, more
- Polish Academy of Sciences; Institute of Oceanology (IOPAN), more
- University of Porto; Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environmental Research (Porto) (CIIMAR), more
- University of the Azores; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries (DOP), more
- National Institute of Biology; Marine Biological Station Piran (MBS), more
- University of the Basque country, more
- University of Cantabria; Environmental Hydraulics Institute (IH Cantabria), more
- University of Gothenburg, more
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), more
- Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA), more
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| Abstract |
Marine biodiversity provides many ecosystem services upon which humans depend. However, biodiversity is undergoing profound changes, due to anthropogenic pressures, climatic warming and natural variation. Proper understanding of biodiversity patterns and ongoing changes is needed to assess consequences for ecosystem integrity, in order to be in a position to manage the natural resources.
Marine biodiversity varies over large scales of time and space, and requires research strategies beyond the tradition and capabilities of classic research. Research that covers these scales requires a permanent international pan-European network of observation stations with an optimized and standardized methodology. In EMBOS the needed large scale network of research locations in Europe will be installed to assess long-term changes in marine biodiversity and their possible causes taking into account natural and anthropogenic gradients. EMBOS will extend and optimize this observatory system, including novel interdisciplinary approaches for research. The cooperation will lead to a focused and cost effective long term research agenda for EU marine observatories. |
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