Barents Sea Ecosystem Resilience under global environmental change Annual Meeting – 4-7 October Herdla

BarEcoRe Annual Meeting – 4-7 October Herdla Bar-EcoRe: main objective evaluate the effects of global environmental change on the future structure and resilience of the Barents Sea ecosystem

BarEcoRe Annual Meeting – 4-7 October Herdla Bar-EcoRe: main objective evaluate the effects of global environmental change on the future structure and resilience of the Barents Sea ecosystem quantitative data analysis and modelling climate and fishing- induced species comp, spatial structure, trophic network ability to absorb disturbance and maintain function fish and benthos communities

BarEcoRe Annual Meeting – 4-7 October Herdla Bar-EcoRe: more specific questions What are the key characteristics of past temporal and spatial variations in fish and benthos communities and how are these related to past climate variability and fishing pressure? How does climate variability and change propagate through the Barents Sea ecosystem and influences species interactions? How can the combined effects of fisheries and climate modify the spatial distribution of plankton, benthos and fish species in the Barents Sea? What determines vulnerability or resilience of the Barents Sea ecosystem and how will these be affected by possible future changes in climate and fisheries regimes? Can we detect early warning signals and can we evaluate management strategies with regards to ecosystem resilience?

BarEcoRe Annual Meeting – 4-7 October Herdla Bar-EcoRe: The structure WP1: Community structure WP2: Trophic interactions WP3: Population distribution WP4: Resilience & Early warning Scientific Advisoty PanelStakeholders Panel ThinkingWorkingDisseminating

BarEcoRe Annual Meeting – 4-7 October Herdla Bar-EcoRe: The Stakeholder Panel Stakeholders Panel ThinkingWorkingDisseminating provide advice to ensure that results are presented in a form understandable and useful to managers

BarEcoRe Annual Meeting – 4-7 October Herdla Timeline WP1 WP2 WP3 WP4 PDM data assembly biogeography space-time changes climate effects on community changes Model developments Model evaluations Model projections Trophic interactions Trophic control Trophic transfer Network analysis Options for Ecosystem approach to management Functional diversity Vulnerable species Early warning signals

BarEcoRe Annual Meeting – 4-7 October Herdla What is going to happen now? 4 Days meeting 1 st Day: presentation of scientific results to SAP 2 nd Day: feedback from SAP and discussion 3 rd Day: presentation of project structure, science and dissemination plan to SHP and discussion 4 th Day: activity planning for 2011/2012

BarEcoRe Annual Meeting – 4-7 October Herdla What is going to happen on DAY 3 9:00-10:00: BarEcoRe in a nutshell, an introduction and 8 highlights Break 10:15-11:30: Discussion Lunch break 12:30-14:00: Group work Project Participants: Action plan for 2012 Stakeholder Panel: Dissemination plan Break 14:30-16:00: BarEcoRe dissemination plan, discussion

BarEcoRe Annual Meeting – 4-7 October Herdla BarEcoRe Science highlights

BarEcoRe Annual Meeting – 4-7 October Herdla Barents Sea Ecosystem Resilience under global environmental change Annual Meeting – 4-7 October Herdla