Projects
PSICoPopS
project name: Post-settlement events influence on coral population structure: A multi-scale analysis along a latitudinal gradient
initiating country: The European Union
Framework Programme: FP7 programme area: MC – People contract type: MCOIF – Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellowship
contract/proposal/call number: 220798
status: active
start date: October 2008 duration: 36 months projected finish date: October 2011
Keywords
keywords: coral population structure
Project Budget
total budget: € 238,348
Participants
Note that the follow people may not represent the full extent of the consortium. FEAST has tried to identify the Australian participants, and their collaborators (or coordinator), within the project. Also note that Australian participation may not necessarily be on a formal level.
| name | organisation | state or country |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew H Baird | JCU | QLD, Australia |
| Mehdi Adjeroud | CNRS | France |
| Bernard Jollans | CNRS | France |
Further information
summary:
Albeit recruitment processes are known to influence spatial patterns of adult coral assemblages, the relative influence of recruitment processes vs. post-settlement events in population maintenance remains poorly known. Yet, understanding how populations are maintained is pre-requisite for efficient management.
This program proposes to study the influence of post-settlement events on adult population structure in several habitats and islands of three regions following a latitudinal gradient: Australian Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, and French Polynesia. This will allow to better understanding influence of early post-settlement events on population maintenance at local, insular and regional scale. In this goal, recruit and juvenile mortality and growth of several coral taxa with different life-history traits will be assessed as well as adult population structure, following a hierarchical sampling design.
This program is a collaborative project between UMR CNRS EPHE UPVD 5244 “Tropical and Mediterranean Biology and Ecology” in Perpignan (France) and ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies in Townsville (Australia). Both of these teams are at the cutting edge of coral reef ecology, respectively ranked 1st in Europe and 1st in the world.
Source: EC DG-RTD
