De-icing of Arctic Coasts: Critical or new opportunities for marine biodiversity and Ecosystem Services?
ACCES
Call
- Biodiversity 2
Project Website
Principal Investigator
Janne E. Nolan Søreide, The University Centre in Svalbard, Norway
Partners
Arild Buanes, Norut Northern Research Institute, Norway Amanda Poste, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Norway Jan Marcin Weslawski, Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Jacek Urbanski, University of Gdansk, Poland Christopher-John Mundy, The University of Manitoba, Canada Simon Bélanger, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Canada Katrin Iken, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Ken Dunton, University of Texas at Austin, United States Mikael K. Sejr, Arctic Research Centre, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Funders
- FRQ (Research Fund of Quebec), NCN (National Science Centre), NSERC (The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada), NSF (National Science Foundation), RCN (Research Council of Norway)
Project Objective
ACCES aims to determine impacts on marine biodiversity and the socio-ecological consequences of the change from seasonally ice-covered to ice-free Arctic coasts by comparing Arctic coastal sites with an existing gradient in ice cover
Call Objective
The Call addresses two major (non-exclusive) priorities: - Development and application of scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services across spatial scales of relevance to multiple types of decisions; - Consideration of multiple dimensions of biodiversity and ecosystem services in biodiversity scenarios.
Region
- Arctic, Europe, North America
Country
- Canada, Norway, United States of America (USA)
Duration
36 months
Call Date
October 2, 2017
Project Award Date
July 13, 2018