| title: |
Investigations on dynamics and regularities of development of ecological subsystems in the North-eastern Baltic, Gulf of Finland and Gulf of Riga. |
| reg no: |
SF0182579s03 |
| project type: |
targeted financing |
| subject: |
1.10-1.16. Bio-Geo Sciences
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| status: |
accepted |
| institution: |
Estonian Marine Institute |
| head of project: |
Evald Ojaveer |
| duration: |
01.01.2003 - 31.12.2007 |
| description: |
The project will be a logical continuation of the project 0200797s98 the final report of which will be submitted in this year. It is aimed at: 1) clarification of the development of biota in the ecological sub-systems of the relatively young brackishwater Baltic Sea from marine and freshwater immigrants by adaptation and from the species transported by man over their distribution barriers; 2) estimation of interrelations of the components of the sub-systems and their response to the natural factors and the human impact; 3) improvement of the methods of fish stock assessment; 4) development of long-term (for 20 years and more ahead) prognoses of the dynamics of ecological sub-systems based on over-long-term time series on climatic changes and biota; 5) starting the modelling of marine sub-systems of Estonian waters; 6) development of management measures based on the results of basic research. For Estonia the results are important for solving of strategic marine problems, for the Estonian Marine Institute - for the continuation of international collaboration (ICES, HELCOM, national institutes) and as the basis of applied research. Presently the above research direction has a high priority in marine science. |