Understanding human-induced trophic cascades in coastal ecosystems
Informations
- Funding country
Norway- Acronym
- -
- URL
- -
- Start date
- 1/1/2022
- End date
- 12/31/2027
- Budget
- 1,476,000 EUR
Fundings
| Name | Role | Start | End | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MILJØFORSK - Environmental Research for a Green Transition | Grant | - | - | 1,476,000 EUR |
Abstract
The main goal of ‘CASCADES’ is to increase our basic understanding of marine-terrestrial ecosystem connections in coastal Norway, and to discover how human activities influence these links. CASCADES will specifically focus on how human activities such as the capture of wrasses for use in salmon aquaculture, and the spreading of invasive species such as American mink, influences natural processes like the natural reestablishment of coastal predators such as the the European otter and how these effects cross ecotones and filter down the food web. The species groups involved in this study are of high cultural, ecological and economic value, including several species of wrasses, blue mussels, predatory fish, seabirds and semi aquatic mammals. The results of the study will give us detailed information on human influences on coastal ecosystems at several levels – from individual species to entire food webs. The project is a collaboration between the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), the Institute for Marine Research (IMR), the University of Bergen (UiB), and the University of Highlands and Islands (Scotland). The project also involves a large reference group, including the Directorate of Fisheries, the Norwegian Environmental Agency, relevant County Governors, and County Municipalities and Naturvernforbundet Rogaland.