European Project on Ocean Acidification

Project Information

EPOCA

Grant agreement ID: 211384

Project closed

Start date 1 May 2008

End date 30 April 2012

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)

Total cost € 9 766 950,65

EU contribution € 6 548 995,00

Coordinated by

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS
France

Objective

"The overall goal of the European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA) is to fill the numerous
gaps in our understanding of the effects and implications of ocean acidification.
EPOCA aims to document the changes in ocean chemistry and biogeography across space and time.
Paleo-reconstruction methods will be used on several archives, including foraminifera and deep-sea
corals, to determine past variability in ocean chemistry and to tie these to present-day chemical and
biological observations.
EPOCA will determine the sensitivity of marine organisms, communities and ecosystems to ocean
acidification. Molecular to biochemical, physiological and ecological approaches will be combined
with laboratory and field-based perturbation experiments to quantify biological responses to ocean
acidification, assess the potential for adaptation, and determine the consequences for biogeochemical
cycling. Laboratory experiments will focus on key organisms selected on the basis of their ecological,
biogeochemical or socio-economic importance. Field studies will be carried out in systems deemed
most sensitive to ocean acidification.
Results on the chemical, biological and biogeochemical impacts of ocean acidification will be integrated
in biogeochemical, sediment and coupled ocean-climate models to better understand and predict
the responses of the Earth system to ocean acidification. Special special attention will be paid to the
potential feedbacks of the physiological changes in the carbon, nitrogen, sulfur and iron cycles.
EPOCA will assess uncertainties, risks and thresholds (""tipping points"") related to ocean acidification
at scales ranging from sub-cellular, to ecosystem and from local to global. It will also assess pathways
of CO2 emissions required to avoid these thresholds and describe the state change and the subsequent
risk to the marine environment and Earth system should these emissions be exceeded."

Fields of science

• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › physical geography
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › geochemistry › biogeochemistry
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › oceanography › ocean chemistry

Keywords

• biogeochemical cycles
• carbon cycle
• carbon dioxide
• climate
• food chain
• ocean acidification
• tipping points

Programme(s)

• FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)

Topic(s)

• ENV.2007.1.1.3.1. - Ocean acidification and its consequences

Call for proposal

FP7-ENV-2007-1
See other projects for this call

Funding Scheme

CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project

Coordinator

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS

• EU contribution: € 1 331 073,00
• Address: RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 ; 75794 Paris ; France
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Hélène Faradji (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (27)

UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN

Norway

• EU contribution: € 407 799,00
• Address: MUSEPLASSEN 1 ; 5020 Bergen
• Region: Norge › Vestlandet › Vestland
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Inger Gjesdahl (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR OZEANFORSCHUNG KIEL (GEOMAR)

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: WISCHHOFSTRASSE 1-3 ; 24148 Kiel
• Region: Schleswig-Holstein › Schleswig-Holstein › Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Jens-Uwe Moelck (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 156 059,00
• Address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue ; SN2 1EU SWINDON WILTSHIRE
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: First Name(S) Denise Martin (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

ALFRED-WEGENER-INSTITUT HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR POLAR- UND MEERESFORSCHUNG

Germany

• EU contribution: € 539 051,00
• Address: AM HANDELSHAFEN 12 ; 27570 Bremerhaven
• Region: Bremen › Bremen › Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Catherine Audebert (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 250 810,00
• Address: TRINITY LANE THE OLD SCHOOLS ; CB2 1TN Cambridge
• Region: East of England › East Anglia › Cambridgeshire CC
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Dawn Barker (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES

France

• EU contribution: € 524 790,00
• Address: RUE LEBLANC 25 ; 75015 PARIS 15
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Muriel Boyer (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY LIMITED

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 613 503,29
• Address: PROSPECT PLACE WEST HOE ; PL1 3DH Plymouth
• Region: South West (England) › Devon › Plymouth
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: David Loynes (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

THE SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION FOR MARINESCIENCE LBG

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 120 759,00
• Address: SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE ; PA37 1QA Dunbeg Oban
• Region: Scotland › Highlands and Islands › Lochaber, Skye & Lochalsh, Arran & Cumbrae and Argyll & Bute
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Elaine Walton (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV

Germany

• EU contribution: € 116 116,00
• Address: HOFGARTENSTRASSE 8 ; 80539 Munchen
• Region: Bayern › Oberbayern › München, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Claudia Piltz (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 120 760,00
• Address: CITADEL HILL THE LABORATORY ; PL1 2PB Plymouth
• Region: South West (England) › Devon › Plymouth
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Nola Venton (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 119 830,00
• Address: VASAPARKEN ; 405 30 Goeteborg
• Region: Södra Sverige › Västsverige › Västra Götalands län
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Margareta Ahlqwist (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

STICHTING KONINKLIJK NEDERLANDS INSTITUUT VOOR ZEEONDERZOEK (NIOZ)

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 148 628,00
• Address: Landsdiep 4 ; 1797 SZ DEN HOORN TEXEL
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Maarten A. Van Arkel (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 120 751,00
• Address: HEIDELBERGLAAN 8 ; 3584 CS Utrecht
• Region: West-Nederland › Utrecht › Utrecht
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Philippe Van Cappellen (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE AKADEMIE VAN WETENSCHAPPEN - KNAW

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 171 851,00
• Address: KLOVENIERSBURGWAL 29 HET TRIPPENHUIS ; 1011 JV AMSTERDAM
• Region: West-Nederland › Noord-Holland › Groot-Amsterdam
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Erwin A. Van De Ridder (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

SIR ALISTER HARDY FOUNDATION FOR OCEAN SCIENCE

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 62 238,00
• Address: THE LABORATORY CITADEL HILL THE HOE PLYMOUTH ; PL1 2PB PLYMOUTH
• Region: South West (England) › Devon › Plymouth
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Horne Trevor (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM HEREON GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: € 133 765,00
• Address: MAX PLANCK STRASSE 1 ; 21502 Geesthacht
• Region: Schleswig-Holstein › Schleswig-Holstein › Herzogtum Lauenburg
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Sabine Röskam (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITAET BERN

Switzerland

• EU contribution: € 185 780,00
• Address: HOCHSCHULSTRASSE 6 ; 3012 Bern
• Region: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera › Espace Mittelland › Bern / Berne
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Fortunat Joos (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 92 893,00
• Address: AVENUE FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT 50 ; 1050 Bruxelles / Brussel
• Region: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Lei Chou (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

PHILIPPE SAUGIER INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS

France

• EU contribution: € 27 868,00
• Address: Le Foulon ; 05400 VEYNES
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Philippe Saugier (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 120 706,00
• Address: De Boelelaan 1105 ; 1081 HV Amsterdam
• Region: West-Nederland › Noord-Holland › Groot-Amsterdam
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Rob Neutelings (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH

Switzerland

• EU contribution: € 120 760,00
• Address: Raemistrasse 101 ; 8092 Zuerich
• Region: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera › Zürich › Zürich
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Nicolas Gruber (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

HAFRANNSOKNASTOFNUNIN

Iceland

• EU contribution: € 97 537,00
• Address: Skulagata 4 ; 121 REYKJAVIK
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Vignir Thoroddsen (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 157 915,00
• Address: Highfield ; SO17 1BJ Southampton
• Region: South East (England) › Hampshire and Isle of Wight › Southampton
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Lorna Leverett (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: DRAKE CIRCUS ; PL4 8AA Plymouth
• Region: South West (England) › Devon › Plymouth
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Penny Gardiner (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: PLACE DE FONTENOY 7 ; 75007 Paris
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Ksenia Yvinec (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: BEACON HOUSE QUEENS ROAD ; BS8 1QU Bristol
• Region: South West (England) › Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area › Bristol, City of
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Mike Hobbs (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER MEERESWISSENSCHAFTEN AN DER UNIVERSITAET KIEL

Participation ended

Germany

• EU contribution: € 807 752,71
• Address: Wischhofstrasse 1-3 ; 24148 KIEL
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Jens-Uwe Moelck (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data