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Vectors of Change in Oceans and Seas Marine Life, Impact on Economic Sectors (VECTORS)

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VECTORS aimed to improve our understanding of how environmental and man-made factors are impacting marine ecosystems now and how they will do so in the future. The project addressed invasives, outbreaks and changes in fisheries distribution and productivity - in a sea with changing pressures including marine renewables, climate change, ocean acidification, fisheries and shipping. VECTORS also examined how these changes will affect the range of goods and services provided by the oceans, the ensuing socio-economic impacts and some of the measures that could be developed to mitigate or adapt to these changes. 

Research results of the VECTORS project can be used to support marine management decisions, policies and governance, as well as future research and investment. Results can be explored accessing the project website and selecting the research area of interest:

  • governance/commercial sectors;
  • ecosystem/ecology;
  • drivers/pressures;
  • socio-economics.

Climate change and related impacts, including ocean acidification are included in the drivers/pressures research area. Results can be also searched by policy, selecting the regional sea or exploring a map.

Project information

Lead

Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK)

Partners

Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK), The University Court of the University of St Andrews (UK), Acondicionamiento Tarrasense Associacion (ES), Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare – CONISMA (IT), Johann Heinrich von Thuenen-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut fuer Landliche Raume, Wald und Fischerei (DE), University College Dublin (IE), Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek (NL), Tartu ülikool - EMI-UT (EE), Wageningen Universiteit (NL), Deltares (NL), The secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs – Cefas (UK), University of Hull (UK), Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche - CNR-IAMC (IT), Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Limited (IL), Institut Francais de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer – IFREMER (FR), Aalborg Universitet (DK), Universita di Pisa (IT), Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas – CSIC (ES), Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei – FEEM (IT), Universitaet Hamburg – UHAM (DE), Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DK), Gollasch Stephan - Gollasch Consult (DE), Universite de Bretagne Occidentale (FR), Bangor University (UK), Klaipedos Universitetas (LT), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (GR), Instytut Oceanologii - Polskiej Akademii Nauk (PL), Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen – KNAW (NL), Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (UK), Università degli Studi di Pavia (IT), Institut Superieur des Science Agronomiques, A, horticoles et du Paysage – AGRO (FR), Universite de Rouen (FR), Community of European Shipyards Associations – CESA (BE), Univerza v Ljubljani (SI), Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale – OGS (IT), Institut Fuer Ostseeforschung Warnemuende an der Universitaet Rostock (DE), Aarhus Universitet - NERI (DK)

Source of funding

EC Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)

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Published in Climate-ADAPT Jun 07 2016   -   Last Modified in Climate-ADAPT Mar 05 2024

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