INTEGRATED OBSERVATION, MONITORING AND PREDICTION ARCHITECTURE FOR FUNCTIONAL BIODIVERSITY OF COASTAL SEAS

Project Information

DiverSea

Grant agreement ID: 101082004

DOI

10.3030/101082004

EC signature date 28 July 2023

Start date 1 September 2023

End date 31 August 2027

Funded under

• Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Total cost

€ 9 688 013,92

EU contribution

€ 9 688 013,92

Coordinated by

NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU
Norway

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (7)

Dissemination, Exploitation & Outreach Plan (DEOP) with revisions

Report detailing the DEOP of DiverSea, with revision during each reporting period. Linked to Task 5.1.

Report on citizen science (CS) initiatives

Report detailing CS workshops & thematic participatory forums, trainings, capacity building and experiential educational activities. Updated for reporting periods. Linked to Task 5.4.

Dissemination, Exploitation & Outreach Plan (DEOP) with revisions (update 1)

Report detailing the DEOP of DiverSea, with revision during each reporting period. Linked to Task 5.1.

Protocol of observation, monitoring and sampling of selected EBV /EOV and MSFD´s variables

Written protocols for standardized measurement of each of the variables outlined in D1.1. Linked to Task 1.2.

Consilience ontology protocol and evaluation/actions reports

Report describing the consilience ontology developed during Task 5.1, its evaluation and application.

Data Space evaluation by the stakeholders (initial)

Report detailing the evaluation of the DiverSea data space from stakeholders, the feedback provided, and the improvements made. Linked to Task 2.2.

Report on identification of case study specific EBV /EOV and MSFD´s variables

Results of workshop adjoining kick off meeting, where experts in each subdiscipline will define which EBVs/EOVs and MSFD variables are feasible to measure in DiverSea fieldwork. Linked to Task 1.2.

Data sets, microdata, etc (1)

DiverSEA Data Space (initial)

The data lake produced by DiverSea from both existing portals and new data generated during field case studies.Linked to Task 2.1.

Data Management Plan (1)

Data Management Plan (preliminary)

DiverSea data management plan. Linked to Task 2.1.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (9)

Environmental International

Author(s): S. Varrella, S. Livi, C. Corinaldesi, L. Castriota, T. Maggio, P. Vivona, M. Pindo, S. Fava, R. Danovaro, A. Dell’Anno
Published in: Environment International, Issue 199, 2025, ISSN 0160-4120
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVINT.2025.109489

Environmental DNA sampling workflow matters: testing different approaches on marine microbial assemblages in three coastal areas of Greece

Author(s): Alexandra Zachariadou, Dionysios E. Raitsos, Alexandra Meziti, Chrysoula Gubili, Panagiota Xanthopoulou, Natassa Stefanidou, Konstantinos Proios, Michalis Omirou, Johana Rodosthenous, Christiana Hadjimichael, Antonios Mazaris, Savvas Genitsaris
Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology, Issue 17, 2026, ISSN 1664-302X
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/FMICB.2026.1953819

Marine Policy

Author(s): Silvia Gallegati; Paula Masiá; Emanuela Fanelli; Roberto Danovaro
Published in: Marine Policy, 2025, ISSN 0308-597X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/J.MARPOL.2024.106507

Data Management and Data Services in Large Collaborative Projects—DiverSea Experience

Author(s): Vassil Vassilev, Georgi Petkov, Boris Kraychev, Stoyan Haydushki, Stoyan Nikolov, Viktor Sowinski-Mydlarz, Ensiye Kiyamousavi, Nikolay Shivarov, Denitsa Stoilova
Published in: Algorithms, Issue 19, 2026, ISSN 1999-4893
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/A19020154

Is the Rule-Based Order in AI Dead, or is Still Kicking?

Author(s): null null, Vassil Vassilev
Published in: Journal of Robotics and Automation Research, Issue 5, 2024, ISSN 2831-6789
Publisher: Opast Group LLC
DOI: 10.33140/JRAR.05.03.05

Mineral accretion technology for end-of-life offshore platforms limits the development of corrosion-associated microbes supporting rig-to-reef conversion

Author(s): Cinzia Corinaldesi, Anna Salvatori, Nicola Simoncini, Stefano Varrella, Marco Lo Martire, Gabriella Luongo, Diego Vicinanza, Oriano Francescangeli, Tiziano Bellezze, Gianni Barucca, Roberto Cimino, Antonio Dell’Anno, Roberto Danovaro
Published in: Resources, Environment and Sustainability, Issue 25, 2026, ISSN 2666-9161
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.RESENV.2026.100343

Bioplastics spark viral activity, reshape microbiomes and accelerate organic matter degradation in the marine environment

Author(s): Cinzia Corinaldesi, Michael Tangherlini, Nicola Simoncini, Eugenio Rastelli, Ilaria Mercanti, Giorgia Palladino, Agnese Fumanti, Silvia Gallegati, Antonio Dell’Anno, Stefano Varrella, Silvestro Greco, Marco Candela, Roberto Danovaro
Published in: Communications Earth & Environment, Issue 6, 2025, ISSN 2662-4435
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S43247-025-02806-Z

Decoding Past Microbial Communities Shifts Induced by Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbance Events Through Extracellular <scp>DNA</scp>

Author(s): S. Varrella, M. Tangherlini, C. Corinaldesi, L. Musco, A. Schirone, G. Armiento, R. Danovaro, A. Dell'Anno
Published in: Molecular Ecology, Issue 34, 2025, ISSN 0962-1083
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/MEC.70078

Marine strategy framework directive: A comprehensive cost assessment for the Italian seas

Author(s): S. Gallegati, S. Bianchelli, F. Marcellini, R.G. Boschetto, A. Capriolo, C. Corinaldesi, G. Giorgi, R.A. Mascolo, E. Nepote, A. Sagrati, R. Danovaro
Published in: Marine Policy, Issue 179, 2025, ISSN 0308-597X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.MARPOL.2025.106715

Conference proceedings (3)

Above, On, and Bellow the Surface: Data Services in Large Collaborative Projects

Author(s): 4. V. Vassilev, G. Petkov, B. Kraychev, S. Haydushki, V. Sowinski-Mydlarz, S. Nikolov and N. Shivarov
Published in: 1st Int. Conf. on Big Data Analytics and Applications (BDAA'2025), IFSA, 2025, pp. 63-69;, ISBN 978-84-09-78845-3
Publisher: IFSA

Incremental Causal Discovery in Time Series Using Transformer Models

Author(s): Stoyan Nikolov, S. Ensiye Kiyamousavi, Boris Kraychev, Vassil Vassilev
Published in: 2026 18th International Conference on Electronics, Computers and Artificial Intelligence (ECAI), 2026
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ECAI69016.2026.11613699

From SST Forecasting to Marine Heatwave Prediction in the Black Sea

Author(s): S. Nikolov, E. Kiyamousavi, B. Kraychev, and V. Vassilev
Published in: 13th Int. Conf. on Intelligent Systems
Publisher: IEEE

Thesis and dissertations (2)

Taxonomic and functional diversity of planktonic microbial communities in Saronic Gulf

Author(s): Eleni Terpsidou
Publisher: Pergamos

Microbial diversity and dominant functions under hydrothermal stressors

Author(s): Yolanda Stranga
Publisher: Pergamos