SEAMPOSIUM. To drown or not to drown? On the role of Ecology in flood defense

Conferencia en el marco del ciclo 'Seamposium: Dealing with new frontiers of marine research', organizado por los centros marinos del CSIC, entre los que se encuentran el Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM-CSIC), el Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados (IMEDEA, CSIC-UIB), el Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), el Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM-CSIC) y el Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía (ICMAN-CSIC). 

A partir de este evento se creará un foro de discusión entorno a un seminario mensual realizado por una persona experta reconocida en diferentes temáticas marinas. 

To drown or not to drown? 
On the role of Ecology in flood defense

Prof. Tjeerd J. Bouma, NIOZ - Estuarine & Delta Systems.

• Language: English
• Link: YouTube live

Biophysical interactions by ecosystem engineers (e.g. vegetation like salt marshes, mangroves, seagrass, aquatic water plants, reef forming animals like oysters and mussels, and bioturbating animals living in the sea floor) can have major consequences for the functioning and development of the estuarine and marine systems. This talk is aimed into provide a better understanding of ecosystem engineering as a strategy (fundamental ecology), the thresholds ecosystem engineers encounter in establishing (overcoming bottle necks in ecosystem restoration), the influence ecosystem engineers have on ecosystem functioning by altering resource fluxes, biodiversity, ecosystem resilience and landscape evolution (management implications) and especially the opportunities this offer for humanity to benefit (ecosystem services like e.g., Nature Based Flood Defense).