BONUS XWEBS: Nahrungsnetze der Ostsee-Bestandsaufnahme und Synthese des verfügbaren Wissens zur Unterstützung der nachhaltigen Nutzung von Ökosystemgütern und -Leistungen

Acronym

BONUS XWEBS

Kurzbeschreibung

Food webs are the backbones of healthy ecosystems providing sustainable goods and services. They are essential for energy and matter cycling, viable populations and stocks, and buffering human impacts. The EU MSFD and CFP consequently call for better integration of food web characteristics in resource management. Knowledge on Baltic Sea food webs has grown exponentially, not least through the targeted efforts of BONUS. However, integration and transfer of this knowledge into management is lagging behind. Also, crucial knowledge gaps remain or have become evident. BONUS and Baltic food web science thus stand at a crossroad: decisions are needed on where to direct future research effort, and how to best make use of the wealth of information in ecosystem based management. BONUS XWEBS will provide the scientific underpinning for these decisions by i) synthesizing what we know and need to know about Baltic Sea food webs, ii) assessing bottlenecks in the application of this knowledge, and iii) providing future perspectives for the Baltic food web science. The multidisciplinary consortium is joined by a network of affiliated partners and relevant stakeholders, to cover food web structure and function, all trophic levels, multiple drivers, across space and time. XWEBS takes stock of what we know and assists in the development of the vision where we should go from here, to ensure knowledge based management, GES, and sustainable use of the Baltic Searesources and ecosystem services.

Start

Januar 2019

Ende

Oktober 2020

Bewilligungssumme (gesamt)

450000

Bewilligungssumme (GEOMAR)

91000

Zuwendungsgeber / Programm

BMBF /

Koordination

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel (GEOMAR), Germany

Kontakt

Jan Dierking

Partner

Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark
Abo Akademi University, Estonia
University of Tartu, Finland
University of Hamburg, Germany

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