Homepage: http://www.censor.name
Funding organisation: EU (CT2004-511071)
Type: Specific Targeted Project
Runtime: 2005-2006
Coordination: Wolf Arntz, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven
Data curator: Ricardo Chero, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven
CENSOR data sets, archived in the data library PANGAEA®
The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) strongly influences marine biodiversity and the sustained exploitation of marine resources at the Chilean and Peruvian coastline. The warm phase (El Niño; EN) and cold phase (La Niña: LN) cause differences in the upwelling Humboldt Current and have both positive and negative socioeconomic, ecological and infrastructural implications in those and other countries. The benefits for local communities are presently underappreciated.
Therefore the aim of the CENSOR project is to enhance the detection, compilation and understanding of EN and LN effects on coastal marine environments and resources. Local artisanal fisheries and many commercial branches connected to them will benefit from the findings. Thus this project is expected to be of high economic and social interest for Chile and Peru, as well as for their environmental policy and social stability.
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