Grant Award View - GA67194

This project aims to provide scientific information on the ecological impacts of climate change and other drivers on key components of the Southern Ocean ecosystem to facilitate evidence-based monitoring, management and policy decisions. We will use new statistical methods in ecology and combine them with existing, long-term datasets of demersal fish on the Kerguelen Plateau and zooplankton in East Antarctica. We will provide maps and new, quantitative knowledge on if, how (which species) and why (in response to which factors) these key Southern Ocean assemblages have changed in recent years and what they are likely to look like in the future. These maps will be combined with simulations to provide advice on zooplankton monitoring to track changes and measure the performance of spatial management into the future. This will significantly advance the scientific information available for planning and evaluating policy and management actions.