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Project Code [2018-NC-LS-3]
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Project title
Land2Sea: integrated modelling of terrestrially derived and climatic impacts on freshwater and marine ecosystems
Primary Funding Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
Co-Funding Organisation(s)
Marine Institute - European Commission
Lead Organisation
University College Dublin (UCD)
Lead Applicant
Tasman Crowe
Project Abstract
Environmental policy and management to regulate multiple human activities require detailed understanding of how activities act individually and in combination to affect ecosystems and the range of services they provide. Land2Sea aims to (a) develop an integrative framework of coupled models for predicting the immediate and long term consequences of land-use and climate change for the delivery of ecosystem services and the underlying biodiversity and ecosystem processes in freshwater and marine ecosystems and (b) co-design a mechanism for the application of the framework to environmental policy and practise. A multidisciplinary team from Ireland, USA, Germany, Sweden and Canada will focus on combined impacts on freshwater and marine systems of selected human inputs to terrestrial systems (nutrients, biocides) and future climate-induced changes to hydromorphology. Empirical research will characterise combined effects of these stressors on multiple dimensions of biodiversity and on ecosystem processes, services and benefits. Findings will contribute to a framework of coupled models (physical, biological and socio-economic) to predict impacts on aquatic ecosystems and ecosystem services. The framework and its application will be developed through four case study areas with differing environmental and societal contexts. Engagement with stakeholders throughout the project will ensure the relevance and impact of its outputs. Outputs are described throughout the attached project description; deliverables are listed on page 76.
Grant Approved
�299,994.93
Research Hub
Natural Environment
Research Theme
Natural capital and ecosystem services including soils and biodiversity
Initial Projected Completion Date
03/01/2022