Adaptive evolution in marine algae under climate change and
consequences for ocean services (ADVANCE)
Climate change is impacting marine ecosystems. Increasing modifications are witnessed through ocean warming and acidification, and they strongly influence ocean climate, biogeochemical cycling and fundamental biological processes. Phytoplankton are the base of the aquatic food chain and promote ocean services such as ocean production, fisheries, oxygen and carbon cycling. Predicting changes to these services requires an improved understanding of how phytoplankton will react to the changes in habitat. Model representations of plankton responses are mainly based on short-term experiments, but these experiments do not provide information on the evolutionary potential of these organisms.
The ADVANCE project aims to understand evolutionary (long-term) responses to warming and acidification in marine phytoplankton, focusing on two model organisms: Skeletonema marinoi and Emiliania huxleyi. These are globally distributed algae, often producing very large blooms in coastal marine areas. The new knowledge of planktonic response to climate change will be incorporated into coupled climate-ecosystem models to provide key stakeholders, participating throughout the project to secure targeted scientific products, with relevant information for decision making.
The ADVANCE project aims to understand evolutionary (long-term) responses to warming and acidification in marine phytoplankton, focusing on two model organisms: Skeletonema marinoi and Emiliania huxleyi. These are globally distributed algae, often producing very large blooms in coastal marine areas. The new knowledge of planktonic response to climate change will be incorporated into coupled climate-ecosystem models to provide key stakeholders, participating throughout the project to secure targeted scientific products, with relevant information for decision making.
FUNDING
Donor country: Norway (EEA Grants)
Program Operator: UEFISCDI
Collaborative Research Projects (CRPs) - Norway Grants Call 2019
Project Registration Code: RO-NO-2019-0520
Contract number: 28/2020
Project budget: 1.163.853 Euro
Project duration: 36 months (September 2020 - August 2023)
PARTNERS
Institute of Biological Research (ICB) Cluj, Romania (Project Promoter)
Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) (Project Partner)
KEY PEOPLE
Dr. Bogdan Drugă (Principal Investigator)
Prof. Richard Bellerby (NIVA Team Leader)
EEA Grants have two goals – to contribute to a more equal Europe, both socially and economically – and to strengthen the relations between Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, and the 15 beneficiary countries in Europe. The objective of the Grants is to reduce social and economic disparities and strengthen bilateral relations. This strengthens the internal market, leading to a more prosperous Europe.
Donor country: Norway (EEA Grants)
Program Operator: UEFISCDI
Collaborative Research Projects (CRPs) - Norway Grants Call 2019
Project Registration Code: RO-NO-2019-0520
Contract number: 28/2020
Project budget: 1.163.853 Euro
Project duration: 36 months (September 2020 - August 2023)
PARTNERS
Institute of Biological Research (ICB) Cluj, Romania (Project Promoter)
Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) (Project Partner)
KEY PEOPLE
Dr. Bogdan Drugă (Principal Investigator)
Prof. Richard Bellerby (NIVA Team Leader)
EEA Grants have two goals – to contribute to a more equal Europe, both socially and economically – and to strengthen the relations between Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, and the 15 beneficiary countries in Europe. The objective of the Grants is to reduce social and economic disparities and strengthen bilateral relations. This strengthens the internal market, leading to a more prosperous Europe.
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