HAVBIOMAP
Habitat connectivity builds ecosystem resilience and biodiversity as animals and plants are able to move among connected habitats. We are missing an understanding of the environmental and biological factors shaping connectivity and how connectivity in turn shapes biodiversity patterns. Improving our understanding in this area will help decision-making stakeholders prioritize successful spatial planning projects. Funded by AAGE V. JENSEN NATURFOND, the HAVBIOMAP project brings together experts in marine ecology, genomics, oceanography, and planning policy to study biodiversity and connectivity for coastal marine ecosystems in Denmark. With continuous input from our main stakeholder group (Havsamarbejdet i Østjylland), we are describing diversity patterns, providing new tools to estimate how connectivity shapes observed diversity patterns and inform how spatial planning and impact assessment can support connectivity for biodiverse and climate resilient ecosystems. Based on the results, we are designing tools to identify vulnerable and priority areas to help stakeholders with environmental planning to support the EU's goal to protect 30% of marine areas and ensure strong, resilient marine ecosystems in Danish waters.
Integrated ecological, genomic and oceanographic analysis for planning marine habitat protection.
The HAVBIOMAP team:
Dorte Bekkevold (DTU Aqua)
Jakob Hemmer-Hansen (DTU Aqua)
Tunca Deniz Yazıcı (DTU Aqua)
Sanne Vammen Larsen (The Danish Centre for Environmental Assessment/Aalborg University)
Helle Nedergaard Nielsen (The Danish Centre for Environmental Assessment/Aalborg University)
Torben Ankjærø (Havsamarbejdet i Østjylland/Aarhus Kommune)
Peter Grønkjær (Department of Biology, Aarhus University)
Anna B. Neuheimer (Department of Biology, Aarhus University)
Michael Møller Hansen (Department of Biology, Aarhus University)
Per-Erik Jorde (Institute of Marine Research, Norway)
Halvor Knutsen (Institute of Marine Research, Norway)
Nathalie R. Bach (Department of Biology, Aarhus University)
Mette Holm (Havsamarbejdet i Østjylland/Aarhus Kommune)
Søren Qvist Eliasen (The Danish Centre for Environmental Assessment/Aalborg University)
For more information, please contact Anna B. Neuheimer
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