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MARINE BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT AND PREDICTION ACROSS SPATIAL, TEMPORAL AND HUMAN SCALES
| Funder | European Commission |
|---|---|
| Recipient Organization | European Molecular Biology Laboratory |
| Country | Germany |
| Start Date | Dec 01, 2022 |
| End Date | Nov 30, 2026 |
| Duration | 1,460 days |
| Number of Grantees | 31 |
| Roles | Third Party; Coordinator; Participant; Associated Partner |
| Data Source | European Commission |
| Grant ID | 101059915 |
Grant Description
Marine biodiversity sustains ecosystem services for planetary and human health.
Recent surveys of marine ecosystems have unveiled our ignorance of the richness and functioning of marine life, which is changing in the Anthropocene at a faster pace than terrestrial life.BIOcean5D unites major European centers in molecular/cell biology (EMBL), marine biology (EMBRC), and sequencing (Genoscope), together with 26 partners from 11 countries, to build a unique suite of technologies, protocols, and models allowing holistic re-exploration of marine biodiversity, from viruses to mammals, from genomes to holobionts, across multiple spatial and temporal scales stretching from pre-industrial to today.
A focus is to understand pan-European biodiversity land-to-sea gradients and ecosystem services, including marine exposomes, notably with an expedition (TREC, 2023/24) that will deploy mobile labs, research vessels including the Tara schooner, and innovative citizen science tools, across 21 coastal countries and 35 marine labs from the Mediterranean to Arctic seas.
New data will be harmonized with existing data into an open-access data hub, leveraging international infrastructures, and generating transformative, cross-technologies/cross-scales standard marine biodiversity knowledge at the socio-ecosystem level.
Knowledge will inform and constrain (i) new theories and models of marine biodiversity ecological and evolutionary dynamics and drivers, at both taxonomic and functional scales, (ii) a portfolio of novel holistic indicators of marine ecosystem health, (iii) innovative methods and protocols for economic and legal valuations of marine biodiversity and services integrating the dynamical and functional complexity of marine life.
BIOcean5D will create a unique opportunity to bridge molecular/subcellular biology to organismal biology, theoretical ecology and econometrics, and marine complex systems to social sciences, toward the sustainable preservation of our oceans and seas.
All Grantees
Universiteit Gent; European Molecular Biology Laboratory; Universitat Wien; Commissariat A L Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives; Biobyte Solutions Gmbh; Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn; Helmholtz-Zentrum Fur Umweltforschung Gmbh - Ufz; Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen Stiftung Offentlichen Rechts; Kobenhavns Universitet; Universite de Perpignan; Universita Degli Studi Di Padova; Agenzia Nazionale Per Le Nuove Tecnologie, L'Energia E Lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile; Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas; Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum Fur Polar- Und Meeresforschung; European Marine Biological Resource Centre European Research Infrastructure Consortium; Instytut Oceanologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Nantes Universite; University of Southampton; Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich; Centre de Cooperation Internationale En Recherche Agronomique Pour Ledeveloppement - C.I.R.A.D. Epic; Danmarks Tekniske Universitet; Institut Francais de Recherche Pour L'Exploitation de la Mer; Fundacion Azti - Azti Fundazioa; Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom; National Oceanography Centre; Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Wissenschaften Ev; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS; Vlaams Instituut Voor de Zee; Fondation Tara; Norce Norwegian Research Centre As; Sorbonne Universite
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