Abstract
Summary Objectives To support the ICES/GLOBEC Project office which exists to help with implementing the strategic plan of the cod and climate change programme and other co-operative international studies on the effects of climate change on the marine ecosystem. Key Customer Purpose To improve forecasts of the responses of the marine ecosystem to physical forcing and global change by developing our understanding of its structure and functioning under varying physical conditions, providing the basis for wider ecosystem approach to issues in fisheries management and environment protection.