Research
FEEDRES focuses on studying the mechanisms that drive regime shifts in large marine ecosystems. The goal is to understand how the system functions during these transformations — to uncover when, how, and why they occur, and to project where they might happen in the future.
The project is structured around three main objectives
Mapping regime shifts
Map and classify regime shifts documented in the literature across different marine systems worldwide. This will allow to identify teleconnections, synchronous events, and potential gaps in knowledge.
Determining how marine systems function during regime shifts
Characterize the typical structural elements and connections of different marine systems, analyzing how they change during regime shifts.
Identifying the mechanisms of marine systems affected by human pressures
Identify the mechanisms that promote or hinder regime shifts, taking into account connections across different levels of organization, as well as spatial and temporal scales. This will allow adding a new level of complexity to the map developed in the first objective and projecting the potential occurrence of similar phenomena in other areas.