CArbon fluxes and Mediterranean lakes

Home laboratory: Alpine Centre for Research on Trophic Networks and Limnic Ecosystems (CARRTEL), INRAE, France

Host laboratory: Pyrenean Institute of Ecology, Spanish National Research Council, Apdo 13034, E-50080 Zaragoza, Spain
 

Duration: Sept. 15–Dec. 15, 2024

DEEP-C is a project that will advance understanding of the carbon cycle at the interface between soils and lakes during the Holocene. It will also predict trends to the 2100 time horizon for different climatic scenarios and land-use regimes. At present, DEEP-C is largely analysing data from the Northern Hemisphere. Therein, the Mediterranean is strongly affected by erosion and experiences both drier and more variable climatic conditions. Such may be the future of the ecosystems in southeastern coastal France. Interestingly, the long-term chronology of land use differs between Mediterranean France and Spain for historical reasons. This mobility project will foster collaboration between France and Spain to gather data on lake carbon stocks and fluxes in the Mediterranean.