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Integrated
Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)
Coastal
areas are among the most developed and
exploited in most regions of the world.
Human populations in these areas use the
resources from the sea, modify the
landscape and produce large amounts of
waste and chemical substances which are
released into the marine environment. This
extensive use of goods and services from
the sea is an indicator of its large
contribution to the wealth of human
societies. This contribution can be
measured in terms of availability of fish,
clean water, space, etc., and of
desireable services such as recreation,
waste disposal and production of food.
Production of goods and services in the
marine environment is to a large extent
based on the large diversity of species of
animals and plants and their associated
ecological processes. Therefore, to allow
continuing use of the resources of the
coastal seas, the diversity of species and
their associated functions need to be
protected and managed in a sustainable
way.
Research
on how resources in the coastal zone can
be used in an ecologically and
economically sustainable way is the focus
of much research around the globe. But
many important tasks and questions remain.
Several research projects relevant to
management of the coastal zone are
currently hosted by TMBL.
Contact
person:
Mats
Lindegarth
Areas
of interest:
- develop
powerful, relevant and cost-efficient
indicators of ecological impacts in the
marine environment.
- develop
life-cycle analyses as a tool in marine
environmental impact
assessment.
- develop
techniques for quantitative mapping and
monitoring in marine the marine
environment
- patterns
of diversity of marine species and
populations and their consequences for
management
Projects
related to ICZM at TMBL
- Development
of efficient sampling-strategies for
detection of human impacts on
assemblages of marine, benthic
organisms, Swedish
Environmental Protection
Agency.
Contact
person Mats
Lindegarth
- Documentation
of deep communities in the Skagerrak by
ROV-techniques &endash; fauna and
environmental threats. WWF.
Contact
person Tomas
Lundälv
- Forum
Skagerrak
II.
2003 - 2007. Financed by Interreg IIIB.
Contact person: Tomas
Lundälv.
- FRAP
(Framework for biodiversity
reconciliation actionplans), February
2003 - January 2006. Funded by the
EU
5FP.
Contact person: Sven
Gunnar
Lunneryd.
- HERGEN
- Conservation of diversity in an
exploited species: spatio - temporal
variation in the genetics of herring
(Clupea harengus) in the North
Sea and adjacent areas,
2002-01-01-2004-12-31, EU
5FP.
Contact
person Carl
André
- Management
of eider ducks and other coastal birds
on the Swedish west coast. 2002-01-01 -
2004-12-31, Swedish
Environmental Protection Agency
and
The
Swedish Association for Hunting and
Wildlife
Management.
Contact person: Matti
Åhlund.
- MARBEF
- Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem
Functioning. Network of Excellence,
funded by EU 6 FP. Contact
person: Kerstin
Johannesson
- MARBIPP
(Marine Biodiversittet: Mönster
och processer),2001-09-01 - 2006-08-31,
Swedish
Environmental Protection
Agency.
Contact
person Anita
Tullrot
- Marine
Habitat Mapping. Financed by
Nordic
Council of
Ministers.
Contact
person: Tomas
Lundälv.
- Monitoring
of phyto-benthos on the Swedish west
coast. Contact
person Jan
Karlsson
- SUCOZOMA
(Sustainable Coastal Zone Management),
2000 - 2003, MISTRA.
Contact person Per
Nilsson
- The
Swedish Taxonomy Initiative - An
Illustrated Marine Invertebrate Fauna.
Swedish
Species Information
Centre.
Contact
persons Hans
G
Hansson
och Helena
Samuelsson
- Marine documentation of the future national park Kosterhavet (in Swedish). Contact
person: Anita Tullrot
Running
PhD programs related to ICZM at
TMBL
- Lophelia
pertusa - its distribution,
development, significance and threats
in Sweden. Lisbeth
Jonsson,Dept
Marine Ecology, Göteborg
University,
supervisor Kerstin
Johannesson.
- Conservation
biology of Eelgrass. Björn
Källström,
Dept
Marine Ecology, Göteborg
University,
supervisor Carl André.
- Predicting
structural diversity of infauna in
shallow sediments. Katja
Nagel,
Dept
Marine Ecology, Göteborg
University,
supervisor
Mats Lindegarth
- Biological
background to management of Edible
crab, Cancer pagurus L., on the
Swedish west coast,
Anette
Ungfors,
Dept
Marine Ecology, Göteborg
University,
supervisor Per Nilsson.
Honours
projects related to ICZM at
TMBL
(in Swedish)
Industrial
interest and regional effects
Through the centuries, the
presence of the sea and their resources
has had a fundamental impact on peoples
lives and economical development in the
region of western Sweden. Because the
coastal areas also offer many
possibilities for development of new
brances of buissnesses and recreation, the
use of the sea will be of great importance
to the regional and local development also
in the future. Sustainable management of
the coastal zone is therefore very
important for the regional development in
the long term, as well as in the short
term.
To meet
future demands, authorities and companies
engaged in exploitation and management of
the coastal zone of western Sweden will
need specialist competence and knowledge
about regional environmental conditions
and possibilities. Research and higher
education to meet these specific demands
are done at TMBL. This is done in
collaboration with companies, authorities
and national and international funding
agencies.
Network
CUD
- Centre for Under Water
Documentation
Persons
active within ICZM at
TMBL
- Prof.
Kerstin Johannesson,
Dept
of Marine Ecology, Göteborg
University
- Associate
Prof. Carl André,
Dept
of Marine Ecology, Göteborg
University
- Associate
Prof. Mats Lindegarth,
Dept
of Marine Ecology, Göteborg
University
- Dr.
Thomas Dahlgren,
WHOI
and Dept of Marine Ecology,
Göteborg
University
- Dr.
Annelie Lindgren,
Dept
of Marine Ecology, Göteborg
University
- Dr.
Lars-Ove
Loo,Dept
of Marine Ecology, Göteborg
University
- Dr.
Per Nilsson,
Dept
of Marine Ecology, Göteborg
University
- Dr.
Anita Tullrot,
Dept
of Marine Ecology, Göteborg
University
- Dr.
Matti Åhlund, TMBL and Dept
Zoology, Göteborg
University
- Res.
Eng. Jan Karlsson,
Dept
of Marine Ecology, Göteborg
University
- Res.
Eng. Tomas
Lundälv,
TMBL, Göteborg
University
- PhD
student Johan Hollander,
Dept
of Marine Ecology, Göteborg
University
- PhD
student Lisbeth
Jonsson,Dept
of Marine Ecology, Göteborg
University
- PhD
student Björn Källström,
Dept
of Marine Ecology, Göteborg
University
- PhD
student Katja Nagel,
Dept
of Marine Ecology, Göteborg
University
- PhD
student Anette Ungfors,
Dept
of Marine Ecology, Göteborg
University
- Res.
Ass. Cecilia Erlandsson,
TMBL,
Göteborg
University
- Res.
Ass. Mia Jansson,
TMBL,
Göteborg
University
Other
web sites of interest:
Contact
person:
Mats
Lindegarth
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This
project is part-financed by the
European Union, The European
Regional Development Fund
(ERDF).
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Internal
pages for the ICZM working
group
(in Swedish)
Last updated 050113, Eva.Marie.Rodstrom@tmbl.gu.se
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