H2020Индивидуална стипендия2016–2018

ADAPTATION · Predicting adaptive responses of protected species to environmental changes to optimise conservation management frameworks in Europe

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2016-11-14 → 2018-11-13
Финансиране от ЕС: 183 455 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF

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Накратко на български

Морските миксини в Европа се изследват чрез генетичен анализ и откриване на тяхна ДНК в речните седименти. Това помага за определяне на популациите им и подобряване на мерките за опазване на този застрашен вид.

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Резултати накратко

Predicting adaptive responses of protected species to environmental changes to optimise conservation management frameworks in Europe

Sea lampreys are native to Europe where their populations are endangered. This project has been designed to specifically gather the necessary information (genetic and environmental) in order to inform conservation practices for the species. The genetic information will contribute to understanding the population connectivity of this endangered species across freshwater sites and in the even of needing to genetically enhance populations this work will also provide a map on which genetic information can be used to decided where to and from individuals could be moved. There were therefore two major objectives inherent in the project, reflecting the need to fill knowledge gap regarding the evolutionary mode and life history of this endangered species. The first was to identify reproductive units, or populations, of sea lampreys across European freshwater systems. The second, was to understand how the species utilizes the freshwater habitats. The accomplishment of both objectives will facilitate the monitoring of sea lamprey abundance both at European and at a river-by-river basis. We also aimed at developing a non-invasive method to detect the presence of sea lamprey juveniles in the river sediment. This task was complementary to habitat characterization activities, and was accomplished by developing an assay to detect molecules of sea lamprey DNA in environmental samples (eDNA).

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

Environmental changes, including habitat loss and climate change, are negatively impacting biodiversity at global levels, with accelerating extinction rates of species. Whilst the EU Biodiversity Strategy aims to halt and then reverse these losses of species, data on the conservation status of many protected species is lacking, inhibiting their management. Effective conservation is reliant on robust data on protected species, yet there is a substantial knowledge gap between traditional monitoring methods that record abundances and conservation management frameworks that require the integration of species’ ecology with their adaptive responses to rapidly changing environments. The primary aim of this Fellowship is to thus deliver a novel conservation management framework for a model protected species, integrating ecological and genetic data, to provide a new predictive basis for European conservation management programmes. The sea lamprey Petromyson marinus is the model species, a protected species on Annex II of the EU Habitats Directive that provides multiple generations for testing the effects of environmental change on candidate genes. Research objectives quantify P. marinus European genetic diversity and structure, test for the presence of novel genetic mutations across populations, identify the genetic regions associated with adaptation to specific environmental parameters and develop an eco-evolutionary model of P. marinus population dynamics as the basis for its conservation management framework. As the project delivers highly innovative genetic and ecological research, it brings together a leading European researcher with high genetic knowledge with a European research group with exceptional expertise in conservation ecology. Together, their knowledge transfer and training activities will deliver novel conservation tools supporting European conservation strategies and launch a new research agenda in biodiversity and conservation management.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

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