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Climatic change and variability - case study in East Greenland waters
Project
Project code: vTI-SF-08-66
Contract period: 01.07.2010
- 30.06.2013
Purpose of research: Inventory & Assessment
The project focuses on climatic change and variability and the impact on the marine environment and its fauna off East Greenland. The East Greenland Large Marine Ecosystem (EGrLME) is strongly influenced by the mechanisms of the North Pole basin and ice cap where the effects of climate change are most pronounced. This places this EGrLME at the forefront of the impacts from climate change and makes it an ideal study area for examining the potential impacts of climate change as well as the additive effects of fishing on a deep water ecosystem.
The aim of the project is to combine currently segmented knowledge on fish distribution, exploitation and trophic dynamics into a unified frame work that includes also a climatic perspective. This will help us to understand and quantify how clima effects propagate through marine ecosystems and affects fish resources. Ultimately, such knowledge will allow for decisions to manage fish resources with incorporation of climatic data.
Section overview
Subjects
- Marine fisheries
- Agroecology
- Climate Change