The consequences of living in these extreme habitats are not well established. Tide pools habitats are naturally exposed to a high degree of environmental variability. Intertidal pool fish Girella laevifrons ( Kyphosidae) shown strong physiological homeostasis but shy personality: The cost of living in hypercapnic habitats.īenÃtez, S Duarte, C Opitz, T Lagos, N A Pulgar, J M Vargas, C A Lardies, M A Â© 2015 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles. laevifrons also displayed higher number of visits to UV, suggesting a different tendency in space use in response to UV exposure in intertidal fishes. laevifrons spent more time in UV and less time in WL compared with G. Although both species preferred the NL section, G. Individuals of each species were acclimated to a tank divided in three sections with different illumination no light (NL), ultraviolet light (UV) and white light (WL), and the time spent and number of visits to each section were recorded. The effect of UV radiation on habitat use of two species of intertidal fishes that inhabit the same pools but exhibit different activity levels and diets was measured: the highly active omnivorous Girella laevifrons and the cryptic carnivorous Graus nigra. Pulgar, J Lagos, P Maturana, D ValdÃ©s, M Aldana, M Pulgar, V M create ‘living laboratories’ where experts from different disciplines and sectors will be brought together with civil society to look at which solutions will work and what the relative costs and benefits of each might be.Effect of UV radiation on habitat selection by Girella laevifrons and Graus nigra ( Kyphosidae).harmonise data under an analytical framework to assess the complex value of plastic in a whole-system assessment and identify effective intervention points.increase understanding on human behavioural and cultural factors associated with consumption, use and disposal of plastic through focus groups in the community.

examine impacts of plastic waste leakage on ecosystem services and functions as well as social and economic structures.conduct model validation through litter surveys to categorise litter from the point of release into the environment and at increasing distances from source to sea.

research sources, pathways and fates of plastic waste in the environment on a national scale using state-of-the-art modelling to estimate the volumes of plastic reaching land, rivers and seas in Indonesia.

With £1 million awarded to the University of Plymouth, our research is designed to inform and add value to these programmes, driving inter-connectivity between academia and government, established public-private partnerships, and implementation programmes. The findings will take a holistic view of the problem to generate evidence that informs government intervention programmes. It aims to bring together political, environmental, economic, technical and social disciplines to understand and address the causes of failure, rather than treat symptoms. PISCES is a £3.8 million project led by Brunel University – as part of a larger £20 million round of GCRF funding – that will involve an international multi-disciplinary team to create ‘hope spots’ in Indonesia’s battle against plastic waste. Yet social, behavioural, economic, political and infrastructural challenges hamper progress across the country's 17,000 islands. In 2017, the Indonesian government introduced an ambitious target to reduce marine plastic debris by 70% by 2025.

Leakage of plastic waste into the environment in Indonesia is amongst the highest in the world. The problem of plastic waste in Indonesia

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