EU-project develops state of the art of marine ecosystem modelling

Phytoplankton and zooplankton biomass are expected to decrease by 6 % and 11 % respectively by the end of century due to climate change. This is just one of the conclusions drawn from the work of the EU-funded MEECE ('Marine Ecosystem Evolution in a Changing Environment) project that was recently published in the Global Change Biology Journal.

The MEECE project was completed in 2013 but evidently its conclusions continue to draw attention from the research community. The MEECE team, led by Plymouth Marine Laboratory, used predictive models to explore the impacts of both climate drivers such as acidification and temperature, and human induced drivers like fishing, invasive species and pollution on marine ecosystems.

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