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Applied Radioecological Tracers to Assess Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Health
Open for proposals
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K41019CRP
2210Approved Date
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Description
Sustainable management of coastal and marine resources requires extensive comprehension of the current health of these ecosystems as well as capacity for anticipating and predicting future impacts due to changing climate conditions and anthropogenic stressors. Radioecological tracers are invaluable for assessing many aspects of the marine environment, particularly with regards to external perturbations. However, to maintain relevancy and efficiency it is necessary to develop new and further refine existing radiotracers so that these techniques continue to best serve Member States in evaluating coastal and marine ecosystems. Through this CRP, the IAEA will support the development, refinement, and application of radioecological tracers to assist Member States in appraising their coastal and marine resources under both current and future environmental regimes.
Objectives
To develop, refine, and apply radiotracer techniques specific for assessing the state of coastal and marine ecosystems, so that Member States may better evaluate these resources in the face of external perturbations and changing climate conditions.
Specific objectives
The primary goal of this CRP is the development, refinement, and application of nuclear techniques to assess coastal and marine ecosystems and their biota, particularly with respect to societally relevant challenges from anthropogenic- and climate change-impacts, such as deoxygenation, HABs, pollution, ocean acidification, and marine plastics. More specifically, relevant nuclear techniques targeted in this CRP should be tailored approaches to respond to Member States’ needs and represent either a proxy of changing conditions in the environment or an ecological/biological response to these marine environmental stressors.