Principal funding codes: 3899 - Other EU initiatives out of framework
Acronym: UrbanOcean
Period: March 2026 till March 2028
Status: In Progress
Thesaurus terms Acoustic Telemetry; Acoustic tracking; Conservation and biodiversity; Environmental impact and risk assessment; Marine ecology; Offshore energy sources; Offshore platforms; Offshore Wind Energy; Project
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| Institutes (11) |
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- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), more, co-ordinator
- Stockholm University (SU), more, partner
- Norwegian Research Center AS (NORCE), more, partner
- Institute of Marine Research (IMR), more, partner
- Technical University of Denmark (DTU), more, partner
- Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, partner
- Universiteit Gent (UGent), more, partner
- Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR), more, partner
- Italian National Research Council (CNR), more, partner
- Dalhousie University; Ocean Tracking Network (OTN), more, non-contracted partner
- University of Hull, more, non-contracted partner
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| Abstract |
UrbanOcean proposes a transformative, interdisciplinary approach to understand and manage the cumulative impacts of large-scale OW development on open ocean ecosystems. The project introduces the concept of "urbanization of the ocean," drawing parallels between OW development and terrestrial urbanization to holistically assess ecological, social, and economic consequences. Main Research Questions: •RQ1: How do local impacts of OWF stressors scale up to influence fish across broader seascape levels and through different phases of OWF development? (WP1, WP2) •RQ2: How does OW affect migration in fish (e.g., via delays in migration, changes in routes), and to what extent do OWFs interfere with critical migratory corridors in the North Sea and Baltic Sea? (WP2, WP1) •RQ3: To what extent can integrated holistic socio-ecological modeling predict the cumulative impacts of OWF on biodiversity, fisheries, and coastal communities, and inform transformation towards sustainable marine spatial planning? (WP 3) |
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