| Nutrient-driven thresholds of environmental sustainability - Conceptual Model of the planktonic food-web |
Parent project: Thresholds of Environmental Sustainability, more
Funder identifier: 003933 (Other contract id)
Period: January 2005 till January 2009
Status: Completed
Thesaurus terms Food webs; Modelling; Nutrients (mineral); Plankton
Geographical terms: ANE, Baltic [Marine Regions]; ANE, North Sea, Southern Bight [Marine Regions]
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| Institutes (2) |
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- University of Aarhus; National Environmental Research Institute (NERI), more
- Université Libre de Bruxelles; École Interfacultaire de Bioingénieurs; Laboratoire d'Écologie des Systèmes Aquatiques (ESA), more
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| Abstract |
| This project is part of stream 3 of the THRESHOLDS project (see parent project). A conceptual planktonic network for food-web bifurcations is proposed, based on partner expertise in different semi-enclosed seas (Black Sea, North Sea, Baltic Sea) and targeted mesocosm experiments with different nutrient conditions. This conceptual model of food-web interactions constitutes the basic frame for identifying the data needs for ecosystem analysis and the subsequent identification of nutrient thresholds for planktonic food-web disruptions. |
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