Work plan and division of work packages between the partners
Duration of the project
01.01.2009 – 31.12.2011
Milestones
Work Package 1 | |
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M1.1 | Month 12 (WP 1) - Completion of time series analyses of climate-related long-term ecosystem change for ecosystem analyses in WP 3 |
M1.2 | Month 12 (WP 1) - Data set describing ecophysiological tolerances and optima to abiotic factors for key species and assemblages (phyto, zooplankton and fish) for ecosystem analyses in WP 3 |
M1.3 | Month 12 (WP 1) - Database on key trophic links (phyto, zooplankton, and fish) for ecosystem analyses in WP 3 |
Work Package 2 | |
M2.1 | Month 9 (WP2) - Validated decadal runs with hydrodynamic models and available for ecosystem analyses in WP 3 |
M2.2 | Month 12 (WP2) - Modelled data available on lower trophic levels (NPZD) from validated decadal runs and available for ecosystem analyses in WP 3 |
M2.3 | Month 12 (WP 2) - Age-specific abundance estimates of commercially exploited fish species from Multispecies Model available for ecosystem analyses in WP 3 |
Work Package 3 | |
M3.1 | Month 16 (WP 3) - Analyses on structural ecosystem changes completed |
M3.2 | Month 20 (WP 3) - Analyses on relative importance of pressures and processes acting on foodweb structure completed |
M3.3 | Month 24 (WP 3) - Informed proxies for key ecosystem components available for scenario predictions in WP 4 |
Work Package 4 | |
M4.1 | Month 18 (WP 4) - IPCC scenario (A2, B1) driven hydrodynamic model runs |
M4.2 | Month 24 (WP 4) - Eutrophication scenarios using ECOHAM4 based on IPCC driven hydrodynamic model runs |
M4.3 | Month 24 (WP 4) - Multispecies prediction of commercially exploited fish stock abundance using predictive hydrodynamic model runs |
M4.4 | Month 30 (WP 4) - Scenario forecasts on future ecosystem structure based on informed proxies, predictive hydrodynamic, NPZD and Multispecies Model runs completed |
M4.5 | Month 33(WP 4) - Project Synthesis completed |
Work Package 5 | |
M5.1 | Month 2 (WP 5) - Project Kick Off meeting |
M5.2 | Month 4 (WP 5) -Project website installed |
M5.3 | Month 6 (WP 5) - Expert workshop |
M5.4 | Month 34 (WP5) - International Conference on Drivers of Ecosystem Change (in collaboration with other funded MarinEra project(s) |
M5.5 | Month 36 (WP5) - Final Project Report finalised |
M5.6 | Month 12, 18, 24, 32 and 36 (WP 5) - Steering Committee and annual meetings |
Deliverables
Work Package 1 | |
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D1.1 | Month 16 (WP 1) - Report on climate-related long-term ecosystem change based upon time series analyses |
D1.2 | Month 16 (WP 1) - Report describing ecophysiological tolerances and optima to abiotic factors for key species and assemblages (phyto-, zooplankton and fish) |
D1.3 | Month 16 (WP 1) - Report on key trophic links acting within the North Sea Ecosystem (phyto, zooplankton, and fish) |
Work Package 2 | |
D2.1 | Month 12 (WP 2) - Report on decadal hydrodynamic model runs |
D2.2 | Month 16 (WP 2) - Report on decadal NPZD-model runs |
D2.3 | Month 16 (WP 2) - Report on Multispecies Model runs |
Work Package 3 | |
D3.1 | Month 20 (WP 3) - Report on structural ecosystem changes |
D3.2 | Month 24 (WP 3) - Report on relative importance of pressures and processes acting of foodweb structure |
D3.3 | Month 30 (WP3) - Report on creation of informed proxies for key ecosystem components |
Work Package 4 | |
D4.1 | Month 21 (WP 4) - Report on IPCC scenarion (A2, B1) driven hydrodynamic model runs |
D4.2 | Month 27 (WP 4) - Report on eutrophication scenarios using ECOHAM4 based on IPCC driven hydrodynamic model runs |
D4.3 | Month 27 (WP 4) - Report on multispecies prediction of commercially exploited fish stock abundance using predictive hydrodynamic model runs |
D4.4 | Month 33 (WP 4) - Report on scenario forecasts on future ecosystem structure based on informed proxies, predictive hydrodynamic, NPZD and Multispecies Model runs |
D4.5 | Month 36 (WP 4) - Project Synthesis Report |
Work Package 5 | |
D5.1 | Month 2 (WP 5) - Organisation of Kick-off meeting |
D5.2 | Month 2 (WP 5) - Organisation of Steering Committee and Informal Cluster Meetings with other MarinEra projects |
D5.3 | Month 34 (WP5) - Organisation of International Conference on "Drivers of Marine Ecosystem Change" |
D5.4 | Month 36 (WP 5) - Final Project Report |
D5.5 | Month 12 and 24 (WP 5) - Annual progress reports to EU Commission and national funding agencies. |