BB POLAR : PAN-ARCTIC BIVALVES AS POLAR BIOARCHIVES
In the B.B. polar project, we propose a scientific project using marine invertebrates as biological archives of the Arctic environmental variations. Tools will be implemented to monitor environmental parameters of the Arctic ecosystem at different time scales (from the daily to the decadal scales) by using two bivalves species, Chlamys islandica and Astarte spp., and at different spatial scales (from the single fjord to a pan-arctic view). Moreover, research in ecology will serve the visual and plastic design. This project will be the occasion for scientists and artists to work together around the climate change issues, transgressing the limits of each discipline.
Keywords: Arctic bivalves; climate; growth; proxy; biology; marine ecology
Contact BOREA : Frédéric Olivier, Team 6
