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Financement de l’UE (245 732 €) : À quoi ressembleront les récifs coralliens à l’avenir ? Mécanismes adaptatifs et effets sublétaux chez les coraux dans le cadre d’un changement global Hor27/04/2019 Programme de recherche et d'innovation de l'UE « Horizon »
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À quoi ressembleront les récifs coralliens à l’avenir ? Mécanismes adaptatifs et effets sublétaux chez les coraux dans le cadre d’un changement global
Coral reefs are among the most diverse, spectacular and productive ecosystems on the planet. However, coral reefs are also among the marine ecosystems more susceptible to the adverse effects of the on-going global change. The frequency and severity of coral bleaching and mass mortality events increases every year, with serious consequences on the long-term viability of coral populations. However, during the last years, few studies have investigated the future of coral populations under different global change scenarios using demographic models. Moreover, these studies have not considered the capacity of corals to adjust their physiology to maintain performance despite environmental change (acclimatization) with the additional energetic cost of this adaptive mechanisms and their consequent transgenerational effects on the viability of future offspring. The CoralChange project will investigate, for the first time, the transgenerational effects induced by global change in stony coral and octocoral species in order to determine how their population dynamics and viability is compromised in the long-term. To achieve this goal, I will develop demographic predictive models combining field and experimental data that include coral physiological condition, trophic plasticity, reproductive success and larval viability. This new approach will identify the possible energetic costs of adaptive mechanisms to ocean warming and acidification that may undermine the early, and most vulnerable, life stages of corals. The results of this study will be essential to develop effective management and conservation strategies to safeguard coral reefs under multiple stressors, as well as identify coral species and populations with higher probability to survive in future conditions.
| University OF Washington | ? |
| Universitat de Barcelona | 245 732 € |
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/841875
Cette annonce se réfère à une date antérieure et ne reflète pas nécessairement l’état actuel. L’état actuel est présenté à la page suivante : University OF Washington, Washington, États-Unis.