RESTORE · Targeting a science-based approach to REd coral reSTORation in a climate change scEnario
„Хоризонт Европа“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“
- Период
- 2022-12-01 → 2024-11-30
- Финансиране от ЕС
- 195 915 €
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Накратко на български
Средиземноморските корали, като червения корал и бялата горгония, се изследват чрез взаимодействието им с микроби и водорасли за по-ефективно възстановяване. Това помага за подобряване на оцеляването на видовете и тяхната устойчивост при климатичните промени.
Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.
Резултати накратко
Targeting a science-based approach to REd coral reSTORation in a climate change scEnario
Corals are priority targets of restoration efforts because they are ecosystem engineers that support high biodiversity and provide many ecosystem services. RESTORE dealt with the need to build the knowledge needed to advance science-based restoration of Mediterranean octocorals, particularly Corallium rubrum, the precious red coral, and Eunicella singularis, the white gorgonian. Both are species of great ecological value and priority for conservation under European legislations due to their vulnerability to anthropogenic impacts. RESTORE aimed at develop innovative nature-based restoration approaches harnessing ecological processes, thereby underpinning octocoral recruitment success and overcoming the limitations of the existing restoration methods (e.g., coral transplantation). Indeed, these approaches are rarely adapted to the biology of the organism being restored and are not based on the ecological processes fundamental to the reproduction and survival of the species. Nature-based approaches that take advantage of ecological processes (i.e. relying on sexually derived propagules and improved larval settlement to support coral recruitment and growth successes), are more promising for corals’ long-term recovery and for improving their resilience to climate change. RESTORE explored the potential to exploit positive species interactions - i.e. between coral larvae, coralline algae and their associated microbiome, which are recognized as potentially enabling factors to enhance coral larvae recruitment. The knowledge gained paves the path towards the development of low-cost and high-yield nature-based restoration protocols for these species. Mathematical spatial and predictive distribution models were also adopted to inform species conservation and restoration actions taking into account climate change. RESTORE delivered relevant outcomes to support restoration actions under the EU Biodiversity Strategy, Green Deal, and Nature Restoration Law.
Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз
Цел на проекта
RESTORE deals with the need to restore Corallium rubrum, the Mediterranean red coral, a species of great ecological and commercial value that is of priority for conservation under European legislations because in sharp decline due to overharvesting and climate change effects. RESTORE will pave the path to innovative nature-based restoration approaches harnessing ecological processes thereby underpinning red coral recruitment success to foster its long-term and large-scale recovery and support its resilience to climate changes, overcoming the limitations of the existing restoration methods (e.g., coral transplantation). RESTORE will provide advanced knowledge on positive species interactions - i.e. between coral larvae, coralline algae and their associated microbiome, which are recognized as potential enable factors to enhance coral larvae recruitment. Biofilms of selected isolated bacteria strains will then be produced and tested to be used in coral restoration techniques in both control and natural conditions. The effects of global warming on these positive species interactions, and as a consequence on coral recruitment success, will be experimentally assessed to provide threshold values to be integrated in mathematical modelling approaches that will be applied to predict climate refugee areas for red coral recruits and to spatially guide future restoration projects in the view of diverse climate change scenarios. A marked multidisciplinarity, i.e. in-field and experimental ecology, DNA-based techniques and bioinformatics, mathematical modelling, will boost RESTORE effectiveness through the application of cutting-edge techniques. RESTORE will deliver relevant outcomes to support restoration actions under the EU Biodiversity Strategy and the Green Deal, and will provide an innovative approach potentially transferable and applicable to all Mediterranean corals, thus answering to the call for actions to support the urgent need of restoring the marine ecosystems.
Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).
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Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз