WP-1: Coordination and Data Management
Doris Abele, Valeria Bers (AWI, Germany)
i) Management of information flow and coordination during field work as well as exchange of sample material
ii) Coordination and linkage of inter-disciplinary activities
iii) Data archiving and management through the data library PANGAEA
Ecosystem Modelling
Development of conceptual models for processes linked to the ongoing change in different ecosystem compartments
Providing modules for coupled mathematical modelling and hypothesis-testing carried out in different work packages. This will serve to link different system levels (glacial retreat – sediment run-off – water column production – benthic communities) and compare ongoing and past response of WAP coastal systems to climate change (during past warming and cooling episodes)