Project:BB|1413
- Title
- Global change effects in high arctic ecosystems: experimental physical-ecological and paleo-ecological approach of tendencies in biodiversity and community structures
- Acronym
- URL
- StartDate
- 1998-01-01
- EndDate
- 2001-12-01
- Amount
Abstract
The main question around which this program pivots is: how will communities of organisms deal with the expected warming in the Arctic? Several approaches are used: what is the present ecological situation (recent ecology ), what can we learn of the past communities (palaeo-ecology), and what is their response to a warmer microclimate (radiation-experiment). The studied organisms are higher plants, diatoms and testate amoebae.
Keywords
Alaska, algae, algology, arctic regions, Bacillariophyceae, Belgium, biodiversity, biogeography, bogs, Canada, Chrysophyta, climatology, coastal, community structures, deserts, ecology, ecosystems, Europe, faunistics, fens, floristics, freshwater, global change, Greenland, heathland, High Arctic, human dimensions, ice and snow ecosystems, lakes, marine, microbial biodiversity, microcosms, moorland, paleo-ecology, paleontology, palynology, peatlands, phycology, polar desert, ponds, Protista, protistology, Quaternary, Rhizopoda, running water, standing water, streams, Svalbard, systematics, taxonomy, terrestrial, Testaceae, testate amoebae, tundra, wetlands
Classifications
Origins, Maintenance and Change of Biodiversity {Research orientation}
Monitoring of Biodiversity {Research orientation}
Subarctic America {Geographical scope}
Alaska {Geographical scope}
Greenland {Geographical scope}
Svalbard {Geographical scope}
Dry and Sub-humid Lands {Habitat type}
Inland Waters {Habitat type}
People
| Name | Role | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beyens, Louis | promotor | ||
| Nijs, Ivan | member | 1998-01-01 | 2001-12-01 |
Orgunits
| Name | Role | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polar Ecology, Limnology and Paleobiology | unknown | ||
| Research Group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology | member | 1998-01-01 | 2001-12-01 |
Publications
| Reference | Role |
|---|---|
| 2000. VAN KERCKVOORDE, A., TRAPPENIERS , K., NIJS, I. & BEYENS, L. Terrestrial soil diatom assemblages from different vegetation types in Zackenberg (Northeast Greenland). Polar Biology 23: 392-400 | author |
| 2000. VAN KERCKVOORDE, A., TRAPPENIERS, K., NIJS, I. & BEYENS, L. Testate amoebae communities from moss habitats in the Zackenberg area (Northeast Greenland). Acta Protozoologica. Vol 39: 27-33 | author |
| 2001. VAN KERCKVOORDE, A., TRAPPENIERS, K., NIJS, I. & BEYENS, L.. The epiphytic diatom communities from terrestrial mosses in Zackenberg (Northeast Greenland). Systematics and Geography of Plants 70: 301-314 | author |
| 1999. TRAPPENIERS, K., VAN KERCKVOORDE, A., CHARDEZ, D., NIJS, I., BEYENS, L. Ecology of testate amoebae communities from aquatic habitats in the Zackenberg area (Northeast Greenland). Polar Biology 22: 271-278 | author |
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