Objetivo The project HABIT researches the development and dispersion of HAB populations in sub-surface micro-layers. It focuses on a genus of phytoplankton that has a serious impact on the economic development of the European coastal zone and which frequently occurs in sub-surface, thin micro-layers. The overall objectives of HABIT are to resolve fundamental patterns in the occurrences of Dinophysis and quantify the processes that are important in governing their distribution. To this end, the project HABIT will i) investigate the maintenance and persistence of high density thin layers through studying interactions between fine scale physical diffusion and net growth and trophic relationships within them; ii) investigate the precise role of small scale structures on the coastal shelf as incubators for accumulations of Dinophysis; and iii) utilise physical models to examine the formation and persistence of gyres on the shelf, to predict their transport, and as a consequence HAB events at the coast. A high-resolution vertical profiler will be utilised in tandem with a moored profiling system currently in use in the US for studying HAB species occurrences. Thin layers of Dinophysis will be identified. Small-scale physical processes (vertical and horizontal diffusion) will be measured, and related to net growth. Results will allow an overview of the balance between dispersion and accumulation in the layers and the time-scale of their persistence. Retention zones and other small-scale structures on the coastal shelf will be investigated as incubators for thin layers of HABs using quality physical models to model and predict the formation, persistence and movement of these structures. In this way, potential incubator sites will be shown to depend on the hydrodynamic regime of the coastal ocean. The origins of HAB events will be identified and essential information given to managers, as the only mitigation action possible for naturally occurring events lies in their prediction. Ámbito científico ciencias naturalesciencias de la tierra y ciencias ambientales conexasciencias de la atmósferameteorologíaciencias naturalesciencias químicasquímica orgánicaciencias naturalesciencias biológicasmicrobiologíaficologíaciencias naturalesciencias físicaselectromagnetismo y electrónicamicroelectrónicaciencias naturalesciencias biológicasbiología molecular Palabras clave Dinophysis Harmful Algal Blooms Thin Layers Programa(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Tema(s) SUSTDEV-2004-3.III.4.4 - Harmful algal blooms in European marine and brackish waters Convocatoria de propuestas FP6-2003-GLOBAL-2 Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación IP - Integrated Project Coordinador NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND GALWAY Dirección University road Galway Irlanda Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Aportación de la UE Sin datos Participantes (3) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo INSTITUT FRANCAIS DE RECHERCHE POUR L'EXPLORATION DE LA MER' Francia Aportación de la UE € 0,00 Dirección Rue jean jacques rousseau, 155 Issy-les-molyneaux Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Otras fuentes de financiación Sin datos INSTITUTO ESPANOL DE OCEANOGRAFIA España Aportación de la UE € 0,00 Dirección Avenida da. brasil, 31 - 2 Madrid Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Otras fuentes de financiación Sin datos THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS ACTING THROUGH THE CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE Reino Unido Aportación de la UE € 0,00 Dirección Pakefield road Lowestoft, suffolk Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Otras fuentes de financiación Sin datos
