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Productivity tools: Automated tools to measure primary productivity in european seas. A new autonomous monitoring tool to measure the primary production of major european seas
Start date:2009-09-01
End date:2012-08-31
Project Acronym:PROTOOL
Project status:Execution
Coordinator
| Organization name:KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE AKADEMIE VAN WETENSCHAPPEN - KNAW | |
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Name:Erwin A. |
PO Box 19121 Kloveniersburgwal, Het Trippenhuis AMSTERDAM NEDERLAND Region:WEST-NEDERLAND NOORD-HOLLAND Groot-Amsterdam |
| Tel:+31-294-239378 | |
| Fax:+31-294-232224 | |
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| URL:http://www.knaw.nl | Organization Type: |
Description
Objective:
PROTOOL stands for PROductivity TOOLs: Automated Tools to Measure Primary Productivity in European Seas. The project will develop and adapt sensor technologies to measure primary production of phytoplankton with automated optical techniques, so that they can be placed on ships of opportunity (SOOP, ferries, container ships). The complete PROTOOL Measuring Device will consist of (1) a fluorometer measuring the rate of photosynthesis (using the variable fluorescence approach), (2) an algal absorption meter and (3) a hyperspectral reflectance unit. It will measure key water quality parameters like chlorophyll a, suspended matter concentrations and the light attenuation coefficient. The design will be modular so that each unit can also be used separately.
The different versions of the sensors and protocol modules will be tested in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, the English-Channel and the Gulf of Biscay, as well as in a number of Dutch estuaries. In the first 3 cases, the PROTOOL equipments will be placed next to a ferrybox on ships of opportunity. These field tests will provide the conversion factors required to calibrate the PROTOOL fluorometer. These campaigns will also produce maps of primary production with high temporal and spatial resolutions.
The PROTOOL Measuring Device is unique because it is the first sensor technology that can measure autonomously biological process RATES and not only biological quantities (like chlorophyll concentration). It will provide detailed information on primary productivity which is a fundamental parameter in the carrying capacity of any ecosystem. With its technological development, PROTOOL will contribute to a much better assessment of changing marine ecosystems.
PROTOOL partners will further promote the inclusion of primary production within the list of important biological properties to be considered for ecological status assessment in the future in the context of the Water Framework (WFD) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directorate.
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Project Details
Start date:2009-09-01
End date:2012-08-31
Duration:36 months
Project Reference:226880
Project cost:3952605 EURO
Project Funding:2985343 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-ENVIRONMENT
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Development of automated sensing technologies for estuaries, coastal areas and seas
Contract type:Small or medium-scale focused research project
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Subject index:Automation, Environmental Protection, Resources of the Sea, Fisheries
Other Indexes:phytoplankton,primary production,automated technology for marine environment,ships of opportunity
Other participants
| Organization name:GKSS - FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEESTHACHT GMBH | |
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Name:Sabine |
Max-Planck-Strasse GEESTHACHT DEUTSCHLAND Region:HAMBURG |
| Tel:+49-4152871762 | |
| Fax:+49-4152-871732 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.gkss.de | Organization Type:Research,Other |
| Organization name:UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX | |
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Name:David |
WIVENHOE PARK COLCHESTER UNITED KINGDOM Region:SOUTH EAST (UK) ESSEX |
| Tel:+44-1206872552 | |
| Fax:+44-1206872592 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.essex.ac.uk | Organization Type:Education |
| Organization name:NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL | |
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Name:Denise |
Polaris House, North Star Avenue SWINDON WILTSHIRE UNITED KINGDOM Region: |
| Tel:+44-2380596104 | |
| Fax:+44-2380596101 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.nerc.ac.uk | Organization Type:Research |
| Organization name:THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS | |
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Name:Susan |
Nobel House, Smith Square LONDON UNITED KINGDOM Region:SOUTH EAST (UK) GREATER LONDON |
| Tel:+44-1502524355 | |
| Fax:+44-1502524569 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.defra.gov.uk | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:SUOMEN YMPARISTOKESKUS | |
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Name:Aila |
PO Box 140 Mechelininkatu HELSINKI SUOMI/FINLAND Region:MANNER-SUOMI UUSIMAA |
| Tel:+358-400148588 | |
| Fax:+358-954902390 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.environment.fi/syke | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:PHOTON SYSTEMS INSTRUMENTS SPOL SRO | |
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Name:Martin |
Kolackova BRNO CESKA REPUBLIKA Region:CESKA REPUBLIKA JIHOVYCHOD Jihomoravsky |
| Tel:+420-541269004 | |
| Fax:+420-541269005 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.psi.cz | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:MIKROBIOLOGICKY USTAV - AVCR, V.V.I. | |
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Name:Ondrej |
VIDENSKA PRAHA 4 CESKA REPUBLIKA Region:CESKA REPUBLIKA PRAHA |
| Tel:+420-241062342 | |
| Fax:+420-246012201 | |
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| URL:http://www.biomed.cas.cz/mbu | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:TRIOS MESS- UND DATENTECHNIK GMBH | |
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Name:Rüdiger |
Werftweg OLDENBURG DEUTSCHLAND Region:NIEDERSACHSEN WESER-EMS Oldenburg (Oldenburg), Kreisfreie Stadt |
| Tel:+49-441-485980 | |
| Fax:+49-411-4859820 | |
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| URL:http://www.trios.de | Organization Type: |
Record control number:92580