Objective ECODIS will develop sensor technologies for monitoring the physicochemical reactivity and biological impact of inorganic and organic pollutant species in aquatic systems. ECODIS will also apply these technologies to the study of the short and long term chemical and biological status of aquatic ecosystems following a pollution disaster. Exposure conditions experienced by organisms are defined by the temporal profiles of concentration and speciation of pollutants. These profiles will be quantitatively linked to biological effects via an innovative dynamic approach based on the flux of pollutant species as a key parameter in effective ecosystem quality. The dynamic features of pollutant species distributions over biotic and abiotic components will be a basic component of a new generic dynamic approach for any macroscopic aquatic ecosystem impacted by a pollution disaster event. This will involve the integration of the dynamic features of pollutants with their macroscale transport resulting from diffusion and flows in the water body. One of the major goals of ECODIS is to arrive at a model that includes predicted pollutant species distributions, and ensuing biological risks, in all compartments of the aquatic ecosystem as a function of time and space. Especially in disaster situations, the pollutant sink/source functioning of ecosystems under extreme load will be a key factor in the rate of spread of the disaster impact. ECODIS will couple the sink/source function with the transport modelling and derive the ensuing immediate and long term impact of a given pollution disaster. ECODIS will also open the way for developing sophisticated strategies for dynamic risk assessment and disaster management policies. One of the ultimate goals in ECODIS's action plan is the formulation of a set of guidelines for monitoring, data management, and interpretation of pollution disasters. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesgeologysedimentologyengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollutionnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologylimnology Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal FP6-2004-GLOBAL-3 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT EU contribution No data Address Costerweg 50 WAGENINGEN Netherlands See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all SYDDANSK UNIVERSITET Denmark EU contribution No data Address Campusvej 55 ODENSE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE Switzerland EU contribution No data Address Rue du General Dufour 24 GENEVE 4 See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES - DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE Belgium EU contribution No data Address Rue de la Loi 200 BRUSSELS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Heidelberglaan 8 UTRECHT See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MASARYKOVA UNIVERZITA V BRNO Czechia EU contribution No data Address Zerotinovo Namesti 8 BRNO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. Germany EU contribution No data Address Hofgartenstrasse 8 MUENCHEN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data AQUASENSE ADVIES B.V. Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Kruislaan 411A AMSTERDAM See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL. Canada EU contribution No data Address Station Centre-Ville MONTREAL See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GRONTMIJ NEDERLAND B.V. Netherlands EU contribution No data Address De Holle Bilt 22 203 DE BILT See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data