Project: Advanced modeling tool for scenarios of the Baltic Sea ecosystem to support decision making
The response of the marine ecosystem during the 21st century depends on several, partly competing drivers, like expected reduced phosphorus and nitrogen loads, increased water temperatures, and reduced salinities. Thus, presently discussed targets for nutrient load reductions that may be sufficient to improve the ecological status in present climate might fail under future climate conditions. The proposed project ECOSUPPORT combines the assessments of various drivers to promote an ecosystem approach to the management of human activities. The main aim is to provide a multi-model system tool to support decision makers. The tool is based upon scenarios from an existing state-of-the-art coupled atmosphere-ice-ocean-land surface model for the Baltic Sea catchment area, physical-biogeochemical models of differing complexity, a food web model, statistical fish population models, economic calculations, and new data detailing climate effects on marine biota. The expected outcome is an advanced modeling tool for scenario simulations of the whole marine ecosystem that can underpin and inform design strategies to ensure water quality standards, biodiversity and fish stocks. For the aims of ECOSUPPORT 12 institutes from 7 Baltic Sea countries plan to form an excellent consortium consisting of University institutes, national governmental agencies and research institutes (including EU-recognized Centers of Excellence) with a wide range of expertise.
| Acronym | ECOSUPPORT (Reference Number: 125) |
| Duration | 01/01/2009 - 31/12/2011 |
| Project Topic | environmental research/marine ecosystem management |
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Project Results (after finalisation) |
http://www.bonusportal.org/files/1555/11-02-2011_ECOSUPPORT_Y2_Report.pdf |
| Website | visit project website |
| Network | BONUS+ |
| Call | BONUS+ Call in 2007 |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute | Coordinator | Sweden |
| 2 | Stockholm University | Partner | Sweden |
| 3 | University of Gothenburg | Partner | Sweden |
| 4 | Technical University of Denmark | Partner | Denmark |
| 5 | Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research | Partner | Germany |
| 6 | Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences | Partner | Poland |
| 7 | Marine Systems Institute at Tallinn University of Technology | Partner | Estonia |
| 8 | Finnish Meteorological Institute | Partner | Finland |
| 9 | Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht | Partner | Germany |
| 10 | Atlantic Branch of P.P.Shirov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences | Observer | Russia |
| 11 | Linköping university | Partner | Sweden |