EUR-OCEANS
The European Network of Excellence for Ocean Ecosystems Analysis (EUR-OCEANS) is co-funded by the Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development of the European Communities (FP6). The network gathers more than 60 research institutes and universities from 25 countries. Its activities started in January 2005, running for 4 years until December 2008. The overall objective of EUR-OCEANS is to achieve lasting integration of European research organisations on global change and pelagic marine ecosystems and the relevant scientific disciplines putting Europe in an international leadership position in this field.
ICED and the Southern Ocean System
EUR-OCEANS has been closely involved in the development of the ICED programme since its inception. The strong partnership with ICED will enable the EUR-OCEANS Southern Ocean System to lead and coordinate Southern Ocean research not only within Europe but internationally. Their activities (including coordination, data mining, fieldwork and networking) will facilitate development of models linking large-scale climate processes, local-scale ocean physics and anthropogenic forcing with biogeochemistry, food web dynamics and ecosystem structure. These models will be fundamental to high-level policy makers in the development of Southern Ocean ecosystem conservation and management strategies.
The Southern Ocean System is one of seven marine Systems within the EUR-OCEANS network. It aims to coordinate science activities with links to the Southern Ocean through integration and jointly executed research.
Member organisations
Funding and networking opportunities
EUR-OCEANS Deadlines
Modern Insights from Historic Southern Ocean Expeditions
A year-long project has begun to retrieve biological information from a series of historic Southern Ocean cruises. The cruises span the period from 1925 to the 1980s, including the Discovery Expeditions and the Biological Investigations of Marine Antarctic Systems and Stocks (BIOMASS). The project aims to retrieve information on Southern Ocean pelagic species abundance and distribution to help build a complete picture of the changing circumpolar ecosystem and is funded by the European Commission through the EUR-OCEANS Network of Excellence for Ocean Ecosystems Analysis. The EUR-OCEANS Southern Ocean System is closely linked with the ICED programme. This project fits closely with ICED core objectives on data retrieval and synthesis.
For more information contact the EUR-OCEANS Southern Ocean System Assistant Claire Tancell.
