Current and Foundation Phase Research Projects
Three scientific challenges underpin the ongoing programme of INSITE research, these are:
- Changes in the ecosystem which occur due to the placement of man-made structures in the marine environment or as a consequence of their removal;
- Comparisons between the ecosystem structure and function on native and non- native hard substrate;
- Variability in ecosystem structure and function on man-made structures against varying temporal scales.
INSITE Overall Synthesis Project 2021-2023
- Principal Investigator: TBC
- Organisation: Howell Marine
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Autonomous Techniques for anthropogenic Structure Ecological Assessment (ATSEA)
- Principal Investigator: Dr Daniel Jones
- Organisation: National Oceanography Centre
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Decommissioning - Relative Effects of Alternative Management Strategies (DREAMS)
- Principal Investigator: Dr Paul Somerfield, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
- Organisation: Plymouth Marine Laboratory
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EcoSTAR: Ecosystem level importance of STructures as Artificial Reefs
- Principal Investigator: Dr Debbie Russell
- Organisation: University of St Andrews
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Aggregation, production and spillover: the cumulative effect of man-made offshore structures on fish
- Principal Investigator: Professor Paul Fernandes
- Organisation: University of Aberdeen
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Connectivity of Hard Substrate Assemblages in the North Sea (CHASANS)
- Principal Investigator: Dr Joanne Porter
- Organisation: Heriot Watt University
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Functionality and Ecological Connectivity of Man-Made Structures (FuECoMMS)
- Principal Investigator: Dr Natalie Hicks
- Organisation: University of Essex
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Application of novel 3D imaging techniques to quantify biomass associated with North Sea artificial structures (NS3D)
- Principal Investigator: Dr Thomas Wilding
- Organisation: Scottish Association for Marine Science
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The Influence of Man-made Structures in the North Sea (INSITE) Synthesis and Assessment of Phase 1
- Principal Investigator: INSITE Independent Scientific Advisory Board
- Organisation: INSITE
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Assessing the Ecological Connectivity between man-made structures in the North Sea (EcoConnect)
- Principal Investigator: Dr Kieran Hyder
- Organisation: Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft, UK (CEFAS)
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Investigating food web effects due to man-made structures using Coupled Spatial Modelling (COSM)
- Principal Investigator: Dr Christopher Lynam
- Organisation: Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK (CEFAS)
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Reef effects of structures in the North Sea: Islands or connections? (RECON)
- Principal Investigator: Joop Coolen
- Organisation: IMARES, Texel, Netherlands
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Measuring the shadow of artificial structures in the North Sea and its effect on the surrounding soft bottom community
- Principal Investigator: Professor Dr Gert Jan Reichart
- Organisation: NIOZ
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Appraisal of Network Connectivity between North Sea subsea oil and gas platforms - ANChor
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Lea-Anne Henry
- Organisation: University of Edinburgh, School of GeoScience, Edinburgh, UK
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Influence of Man-Made Structures in the ecosystem: is there a planktonic signal?
- Principal Investigator: Professor Willie Wilson
- Organisation: Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS), Plymouth, UK
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UNDerstanding the INfluence of man-made structures on the Ecosystem functions of the North Sea (UNDINE)
- Principal Investigator: Dr Jennifer Dannheim
- Organisation: Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany
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Man-made structures and Apex Predators: Spatial interactions and overlap (MAPS)
- Principal Investigator: Dr Deborah Russell
- Organisation: Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU), Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, UK
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