Predicting the Future of Seagrass Meadows Along the Eastern Coast of Canada: an Innovative Functional Approach in the Context of Global Change

Institution: Université du Québec (à Rimouski)

Theme: Environmental change, Human activity

Area of Vulnerability: Coastal communities, Marine ecosystems/living resources

Project Complete

Principal Investigator

Dr. Fanny NoisetteUniversité du Québec à Rimouski

Funding Call
Early Career & Postdoctoral Awards

Region
St. Lawrence

Years
2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Funded By
Network Centres of Excellence (NCE)

Call

Cycle II, Early Career Faculty

This project focuses on seagrass communities and is using experimental validation linking changes in functional traits with variations in community processes (e.g. oxygen production, carbon fixation) to parametrize a model that will predict the future variations in meadow functioning. Dr. Noisette’s project bridges descriptive field studies in seagrass community ecology with predictive tools to advance knowledge and technology which will support decisionmakers in elaborating policies to protect Canada’s environment.