WP1: Present-day conditions
Responsible: E. Alve
Keywords: wide range of environments - live foraminifera - live macrofauna - environmental parameters - biotic indices
WP2: Correlation and calibration (forams-macro)
Responsible: B. Rygg
Keywords: comparison - foraminifera - macrofauna - calibrate macrofaunal-based biotic indices with foraminifera and environmental parameters - quality assessment
WP3: Compilation of existing data
Responsible: E. Alve
Keywords: Norwegian and Swedish waters - time series data - macrofauna - foraminifera - hydrography data
WP4: Colonization study
Responsible: S. Hess
Keywords: colonization - capped sediment - temporal survey - foraminifera - macrofauna - environmental parameters
WP5: Development of transfer functions
Responsible: J. Birks and R. Telford
Keywords: correlation - entire actual assemblage - Stainforthia fusiformis - bottom-water oxygen data - application to fossil assemblages
WP6: Retrospective studies
Responsible: V. Bouchet
Keywords: long cores - dating - paleo-ecological status - background reference conditions