European Basin-scale Analysis, Synthesis and INtegration EURO ...

Mike St. John

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plankton recorders (e.g. CPR and VPR) and acoustic sounders. ...... primary production and phytoplankton species composition; nutrient, TEP, and DOC concentrations, ...... 6 http://ec.europa.eu/research/press/2008/pdf/annex_1_new_clauses.pdf ...... Oceans Canada, Ottawa (2000-01); Postdoc at the University of Western ...

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• Nombre de lectures: 14
• Langue: English
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FP7-ENV-2010
Proposal full title:
European

Basin-scale Analysis,
Synthesis and INtegration

Proposal acronym:
EURO-BASIN
Type of funding scheme: Collaborative project; Large Scale Integrated Project

Work programme topics addressed:
ENV.2010.2.2.1-1 North Atlantic Ocean and associated shelf-seas protection and
management options

Name of the coordinator: Michael St John

Annex 1 –“Description of Work”


1 FP7-ENV-2010
Contents

A1 BUDGET BREAKDOWN FORM..............................................................................................................................3
A2 PROJECT SUMMARY FORM..................................4
A3 LIST OF BENEFICIARIES........................................................................................................5
B1 SCIENTIFIC QUALITY, RELEVANT TO THE TOPICS ADDRESSED BY THE CALL ...............................6
B1.1 GENERAL OBJECTIVES.............................................6
B1.1.2 Scientific and Technical objectives..................................................................................7
B1.2 PROGRESS BEYOND THE STATE OF THE ART............8
EURO-BASIN Gantt Chart........................................27
Table 1.3 a: Work package list..................................................................................................29
Table 1.3 b: Deliverables List...30
Table 1.3 d: Work package description.....................................................38
Table 1.3 e: Summary of staff effort.........................................................................................79
References: ................................................................79
B2. IMPLEMENTATION ...............................................................................87
B2.1 MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND PROCEDURES......................................87
B2.1.1 Organisational Structure ...............................................................................................87
B2.1.2 Coordination and Monitoring........................................................88
B2.1.3. Methods for monitoring and reporting progress..........................89
B2.2 INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS....................................90
B2.3 CONSORTIUM AS A WHOLE ..............................................................................................108
B2.3.1 Sub-contracting..........................................110
B2.4 RESOURCES TO BE COMMITTED.......................................................111
B3. IMPACT...................................................................................................................................114
B3.1 STRATEGIC IMPACT..............................................114
B3.2 DISSEMINATION AND MANAGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY...122
B4. ETHICAL ISSUES ...........................................................................................................123
B5. CONSIDERATION OF GENDER ASPECTS....................................126

Appendix 1 Letters of Support
Appendix 2 List of Acronyms





















2 FP7-ENV-2010
A1 Budget breakdown form

RTD / Requested
Demonstration Management Other Total Total
Participant Innovation EC
(B) (C) (D) (A+B+C+D) receipts
(A) Contribution
UHAM 686107 0.0 570656 117344 1374107 0.0 1217580
UNI-HB 373440 0.0 0.0 0.0 373440 0.0 280080

DTU753816 0.0 0.0 0.0 753816 0.0 565362
AQUA
Tecnalia-
332594 0.0 0.0 0.0 332594 0.0 250550
AZTI
NERC 802132 0.0 0.0 0.0 802132 0.0 601599

MRI400001 0.0 0.0 0.0 400001 0.0 300001
HAFRO
MIR 133163 0.0 0.0 0.0 133163 0.0 99872
PML 525304 0.0 0.0 0.0 525304 0.0 394999
UEA 190667 0.0 0.0 0.0 190667 0.0 143000
NERI 213226 0.0 0.0 0.0 213226 0.0 159920
IMR 734000 0.0 0.0 0.0 734000 0.0 550000
IFREMER 258667 0.0 19998 0.0 278665 0.0 213998
SAHFOS 173511 0.0 0.0 0.0 173511 0.0 130133
IRD 263760 0.0 0.0 0.0 263760 0.0 197820
CNRS 1021293 0.0 0.0 0.0 1021293 0.0 459582
USTRATH 333149 0.0 0.0 0.0 333149 0.0 249862
CEFAS 129427 0.0 0.0 0.0 129427 0.0 97070
BUC 372000 0.0 0.0 0.0 372000 0.0 275000
Uni
357667 0.0 0.0 0.0 357667 0.0 275000
Research
IEO 133334 0.0 0.0 0.0 133334 0.0 100001
CLS 400000 0.0 0.0 0.0 400000 0.0 200000
SWANSEA 146637 0.0 0.0 0.0 146637 0.0 109978

IMS171417 0.0 0.0 0.0 171417 0.0 125000
METU
Total 8905312 0.0 590654 117344 9613310 0.0 6996407

3 FP7-ENV-2010
A2 Project summary form

EURO-BASIN is designed to advance our understanding on the variability, potential impacts, and feedbacks
of global change and anthropogenic forcing on the structure, function and dynamics of the North Atlantic and
associated shelf sea ecosystems as well as the key species influencing carbon sequestering and ecosystem
functioning. The ultimate goal of the programme is to further our capacity to manage these systems in a
sustainable manner following the ecosystem approach. Given the scope and the international significance,
EURO-BASIN is part of a multidisciplinary international effort linked with similar activities in the US and
Canada. EURO-BASIN focuses on a number of key groups characterizing food web types, e.g. diatoms
versus microbial loop players; key species copepods of the genus Calanus; pelagic fish, herring (Clupea
harengus), mackerel (Scomber scombrus), blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) which represent some of
the largest fish stocks on the planet; piscivorous pelagic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) and albacore
(Thunnus alalunga) all of which serve to structure the ecosystem and thereby influence the flux of carbon
from the euphotic zone via the biological carbon pump. In order to establish relationships between these key
players, the project identifies and accesses relevant international databases and develops methods to integrate
long term observations. These data will be used to perform retrospective analyses on ecosystem and key
species/group dynamics, which will be augmented by new data from laboratory experiments, mesocosm
studies and field programmes. These activities serve to advance modelling and predictive capacities based on
an ensemble approach where modelling approaches such as size spectrum; mass balance; coupled NPZD;
fisheries “end to end” models as well as ecosystem indicators are combined to develop understanding of the
past, present and future dynamics of North Atlantic and shelf sea ecosystems and their living marine
resources.
































4 FP7-ENV-2010
A3 List of Beneficiaries
List of Beneficiaries
No. Beneficiary name Short name Country Month Month
enter exit
1 University of Hamburg UHAM Germany 1 48
2 University of Bremen UNI-HB Germany 1 48
3 Danmarks Tekniske Universitet DTU-AQUA Denmark 1 48
4 FundacionTecnalia-AZTI Tecnalia-AZTI Spain 1 48
United
5 Natural Environment Research Council NERC 1 48
Kingdom
6 Hafrannsoknastofnunin MRI-HAFRO Iceland 1 48
7 Morski Instytut Rybacki w Gdyni MIR Poland 1 48
United
8 Plymouth Marine Laboratory PML 1 48
Kingdom
United
9 University of East Anglia UEA 1 48
Kingdom
10 Aarhus Universitet NERI Denmark 1 48
11 Havforskningsinsituttet IMR Norway 1 48
Insitute francais de Recherche pour
12 IFREMER France 1 48
l´Èxploitation de la Mere
United
13 Sir Aister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science SAHFOS 1 48
Kingdom
14 Institute pour Recherche le Development IRD France 1 48
15 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS France 1 48
United
16 University of Strathclyde USTRATH 1 48
Kingdom
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food United
17 CEFAS 1 48
and Rural Affairs Kingdom
18 Høgskolen i Bodø BUC Norway 1 48
19 University Research Uni Research Norway 1 48
20 Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia IEO Spain 1 48
21 Collecte Localisation Satellites SA CLS France 1 48
United
22 Swansea University SWANSEA 1 48
Kingdom
23 Middle East Technical University IMS-METU Turkey 1 48





















5 FP7-ENV-2010
PART B
B1 Scientific quality, relevant to the topics addressed by the call
B1.1 General Objectives
The North Atlantic Ocean and its contiguous shelf seas are crucial for the ecological, economic, and
societal health of both Europe and North America. For example the Atlantic Meridional Overturning
Circulation (AMOC) is a focal point for the effects of climate change, and it plays a key role in the global
carbon cycle. In addition both the deep ocean and shelf seas support major fisheries. An overarching property
of the ecosystems of the shelf seas and the deep ocean is that they are influenced at the basin scale by a
common atmospheric forcing. However there is a significant lack of