This is a preliminary web site. The final one should be uploaded in July 2008.

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The “European Project of Ocean Acidification” (EPOCA) is the EU initiative to investigate “Ocean acidification and its consequences”. The kick off meeting took place in Nice (France) on 10-13 June 2008.

The EPOCA consortium comprises more than 100 researchers from 29 laboratories located in 9 countries. It is coordinated by Jean-Pierre Gattuso assisted by an Executive Board (Jelle Bijma, Marion Gehlen, Ulf Riebesell and Carol Turley).

1- Integrated Projects and networks of Excellence:

• European Network of Excellence for Ocean Ecosystems Analysis (EUR-OCEANS)
• Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning (MARBEF)
• Marine Carbon Sources and Sinks Assessment (CARBOOCEAN IP)
• Southern European Seas: Assessing and Modelling Ecosystem Changes (SESAME IP)

2- International projects:

• Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER)
• Land-Ocean Interaction in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ)
• Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS)

3- Non-EU agencies and projects:

• NSF Chemical Oceanography Program
• NOAA Climate Program Office and NOAA Marine Fisheries Service
• US Carbon Cycle Scientific Steering Group
• "Marine Environmental Simulation Study for future projection of Marine Ecosystems" of the Japan Science and Technology Agency

For further information, please contact the coordination office.