Obiettivo The objective is to strengthen the coupled hydrological ecological MIRO model for explaining the causes and predicting the environmental and socioeconomic consequences of spring phytoplankton blooms in coastal marine areas.The project constitutes an enlargement and extension of the joint European Commission project, dynamics of phaeocystis blooms in nutrient - enriched coastal zones (Contract EV4V-0102-B). It aims to establish a predictive mathematical model of the behaviour of phytoplankton during spring blooms occurring along the continental coastal zone of the North Sea. This model will allow calculation of the impacts of variations of nutrient discharges by north west European rivers into the coastal marine waters. The project includes an assessment of impacts of algal blooms in the southern North Sea on the adjacent northern North Sea regions as well as a feasibility study to evaluate quantitatively the socioeconomic impacts of phytoplankton blooms. The following approaches will be applied : annual synchronized field surveys of spring phytoplankton blooms along the continental coastal zones of northern France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark; statistical analysis of historical data sets of nutrient inputs from north west European rivers and development of idealized models of nutrient retention within river systems and estuaries; experimental process studies to determine the key factors that control free living Phaeocystis cells and colony size distribution, to investigate the basic maintenance and storage capacity of diatoms and Phaeocystis, to determine the autolysis of phytoplankton and to quantify zooplankton grazing on Phaeocystis colonies and aggregates of various sizes; study of the role of summer stratification of the water column (in Danish coastal waters) in the onset of Phaeocystis blooms and on sedimentation of dead phytoplankton matter; and testing of various management (pollution reduction) scenarios with the coupled ecological hydrological MIRO model. Campo scientifico natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesgeologysedimentologynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollutionnatural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsmathematical model Programma(i) FP2-STEP - Two specific research and technological development programmes (EEC) in the field of the environment STEP/EPOCH - STEP -, 1989-1992 Argomento(i) Data not available Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinatore UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 221,Boulevard du Triomphe 221 1050 BRUXELLES Belgio Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (7) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS UNIVERSITAET ZU KIEL Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Duesternbrooker Weg 20 24105 KIEL Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Cranfield University Regno Unito Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Cranfield MK43 0AL Bedford Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato IFREMER - INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DE RECHERCHE POUR L'EXPLOITATION DE LA MER Francia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Technopôle de Brest - Iroise 29280 PLOUZANE Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Netherlands Institute for Sea Research Paesi Bassi Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 1790 AB Den Burg-Texel Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Ökologie Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo An der Mühle 5 26548 Norderney Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-UNIVERSITÄT BONN Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Nussallee 12 BONN Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Water Quality Institute Danimarca Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 11,Agern Alle 2970 Hørsholm Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato