Southern European Seas: Assessing and modelling ecosystem changes

Objective

The general scientific objectives of SESAME are to assess and predict changes in the Mediterranean and Black Sea ecosystems as well as changes in the ability of these ecosystems to provide goods and services. The Mediterranean and Black Sea will be approached as a coupled climatic/ecosystem entity, with links and feedbacks to the world ocean. The assessment of ecosystem changes will be based on the identification of the major regime shifts in ecosystems that occurred during the last 50 years. Mathematical models, validated and upgraded using existing and new observations, will be used to predict ecosystem responses to changes in climate and anthropogenic forcing during the next five decades.

The new data will be gathered during multidisciplinary; multi-ship oceanographic cruises in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. These will provide an overall picture of the Mediterranean and Black Sea that does not yet exist as well as essential data sets for model validation. SESAME will also study the effect of the ecosystem variability on key goods and services with high societal importance like tourism, fisheries, ecosystem stability though conservation of biodiversity and mitigation of climate change through carbon sequestration in water and sediments.

The innovative character of SESAME is reflected in the close merging of economic and natural sciences to study the changes in the western and eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea within the period from 50 years in the past to 50 years in the future. SESAME will create a platform for disseminating the research results to all levels of society. It will stimulate and strengthen international cooperation in the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions through the participation of research organisations from Member States, Associated States, Associated Candidate countries, non-EU Mediterranean and NIS countries as well as international organisations.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › biological sciences › marine biology
• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › atmospheric sciences › climatology › climatic changes
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › oceanography › ocean chemistry
• natural sciences › mathematics › applied mathematics › mathematical model

Keywords

• Black Sea
• Mediterranean #Amp
• Mediterranean & Black Sea
• Socio-economic research
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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)

• SUSTDEV-2005-3.III.1.2 - Assess and forecast changes in the Mediterranean and Black seas ecosystems and their ability to provide services

Call for proposal

FP6-2005-GLOBAL-4
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Funding Scheme

IP - Integrated Project

Coordinator

HELLENIC CENTRE FOR MARINE RESEARCH

Address

47th Km Athens - Sounio Av., Mavro Lithari
Anavissos Attiki
Greece

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Participants (47)

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

Address

3, Rue Michel-ange
Paris

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P.P.SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY - RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Russia

Address

Nakhimovsky Ave. 36
Moscow

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ORTA DOGU TEKNIK UNIVERSITESI

Türkiye

Address

Inonu Bulvari
Ankara

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UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE

Belgium

Address

Place Du 20 Aout 7
Liege

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CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

Spain

Address

Calle Serrano 117
Madrid

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CONSORZIO NAZIONALE INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER LE SCIENZE DEL MARE

Italy

Address

Via Isonzo 32
Roma

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PANEPISTIMIO AIGAIOU

Greece

Address

Administration Building, University Hill
Mytilene

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INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY - BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Bulgaria

Address

Parvi Maj Street, 40
Varna

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ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH LIMITED

Israel

Address

Tel-shikmona
Haifa

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ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS RESEARCH CENTER

Greece

Address

Kefallinias 46
Athens

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BOGAZICI UNIVERSITESI

Türkiye

Address

Rectorate Bebek
Istanbul

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NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Lebanon

Address

Sports City Boulevard, Bir Hassan
11-8281 Beirut

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CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE

Italy

Address

Piazzale Aldo Moro,7
Roma

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SOFIISKI UNIVERSITET "SVETI KLIMENT OHRIDSKI"

Bulgaria

Address

Tzar Osvoboditel Boulevard 15
Sofia

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AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L' ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE

Italy

Address

Lungotevere Grande Ammiraglio Thaon Di Revel 76
Roma

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FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI

Italy

Address

Corso Magenta 63
Milano

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INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU GEOLOGIE SI GEOECOLOGIE MARINA

Romania

Address

Dimitrie Onciu Street 23-25 Sector 2
Bucuresti

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INSTITUT FRANCAIS DE RECHERCHE POUR L'EXPLOITATION DE LA MER

France

Address

155 Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau
Issy-les-moulineaux

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A.O. KOVALEVSKIY INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY OF SOUTHERN SEAS - UKRANIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Ukraine

Address

Prospekt Nakhimova 2
Sevastopol

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INSTITUT ZA OCEANOGRAFIJU I RIBARSTVO

Croatia

Address

Setaliste Ivana Mestrovica 63
Split

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ISTITUTO SUPERIORE PER LA PROTEZIONE E LA RICERCA AMBIENTALE

Italy

Address

Via Vitaliano Brancati, 48
Roma

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ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE

Italy

Address

Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/c
Sgonico-trieste

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FONDAZIONE IMC CENTRO MARINO INTERNAZIONALE ONLUS

Italy

Address

Localita Sa Mardini, Torregrande
Oristano

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES - DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE

Belgium

Address

Rue De La Loi 200
Brussels

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INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER

Tunisia

Address

Rue Du 2 Mars 1934, 28
Salammbo

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MARINE HYDROPHYSICAL INSTITUTE - UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

Ukraine

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Kapitanskaya Street 2
Sevastopol

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INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE - DEZVOLTARE MARINA "GRIGORE ANTIPA"

Romania

Address

Mamaia Boulevard 300
Constanta

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NACIONALNI INSTITUT ZA BIOLOGIJO

Slovenia

Address

Vecna Pot 111
Ljubljana

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ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA

Italy

Address

Via Di Vigna Murata 605
Roma

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THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES

Egypt

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101 Kasr El-ainy Street Tahir Sq.
Cairo

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PANEPISTIMIO KYPROU

Cyprus

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Kallipoleos Avenue 75
20537 Nicosia

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INSTITUTION OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES THE SOUTHERN SCIENTIFIC CENTRE RAS

Russia

Address

Chekhova 41
Rostov-on-don

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STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN

Italy

Address

Villa Comunale
Napoli

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IVANE JAVAKHISHVILI TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY

Georgia

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J. Chavchavadze Avenue 1
Tbilisi

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UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA

Spain

Address

Gran Via De Les Corts Catalanes 585
Barcelona

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UNIVERSIDAD DE HUELVA

Spain

Address

Dr. Cantero Cuadrado 6
Huelva

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UNIVERSITAET BREMEN

Germany

Address

Bibliothekstrasse 1
Bremen

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UNIVERSITY OF CRETE

Greece

Address

Leof. Knossou
Heraklion, Crete

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UNIVERSITA TA MALTA

Malta

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University Campus, Tal-qroqq
Msida

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UNIVERSITA POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE

Italy

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Piazza Roma 22
Ancona

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UNIVERSITE DU LITTORAL COTE D'OPALE

France

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1, Place De L'yser
Dunkerque

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CARL VON OSSIETZKY UNIVERSITAET OLDENBURG.

Germany

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Ammerlander Heerstrasse 114-118
Oldenburg

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UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH

United Kingdom

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Drake Circus
Plymouth, Devon

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CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT LIMITED

Cyprus

Address

Akademias, 21, Aglantizia
Nicosia

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CLU SRL

Italy

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Via Togliatti 17/c
Castelfranco Emilia

SOPAB BREST SA

France

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3 Rue Dupleix
Brest

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INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS OF NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF UKRAINE

Ukraine

Address

Universiteskaya Str. 77
Donetsk

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