Objective
TO INVESTIGATE THE BIOGEOCHEMICAL INTERACTIONS AFFECTING THE CYCLING AND TRANSFORMATION OF POLLUTANTS AND NUTRIENTS IN EUROPEAN COASTAL WATERS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS.
THE EROS 2000 PROJECT (EUROPEAN RIVER OCEAN SYSTEM) IS A LARGE-SCALE INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PROGRAMME BETWEEN 26 LABORATORIES FROM 11 EC-MEMBER STATES AIMING :
- TO INVESTIGATE QUANTITATIVELY THE MAJOR SOURCES, CYCLES AND FATE OF NUTRIENTS AND MAJOR ORGANIC AND INORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN CONTRASTING EUROPEAN COASTAL REGIONS;
- TO INVESTIGATE THE MECHANISMS AND RATES OF PROCESSES CONTROLLING BOTH THE BOUNDARY EXCHANGES AND THE INTERNAL CYCLING AND TRANSFORMATION OF METALS, NITROGEN AND ORGANICS;
- TO STRENGHTEN THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAMMES BY INTEGRATING THE CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL RESULTS INTO PROCESS-SPECIFIC MODELS AND REGIONAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS IN REGARD TO INTERACTIONS BETWEEN NUTRIENTS AND POLLUTANTS.
TO ACHIEVE THESE AIMS, EROS 2000 IS PLANNED AROUND THE FOLLOWING SUB-PROJECTS :
I. INTEGRATION: MODELLING, STATISTICS AND REMOTE SENSING.
II. BIO-ORGANIC PROCESSES: NUTRIENTS FLUXES AND EUTROPHICATION, ORGANIC POLLUTANTS AND BIOMARKERS.
III. INORGANIC PROCESSES: INPUT, SPECIFICATION AND REACTIVITY OF TRACE METALS AND METALLOIDS.
IV. PARTICULATES: SOURCES, TRANSPORT AND DEPOSITION RATES.
IN ADDITION TO ASSESSING THE IMMEDIATE FATE OFF ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTANTS, THE EROS 2000 PROJECT WILL ALSO ADDRESS A RANGE OF PROBLEMS OF STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE. ACCURATE EVALUATIONS OF RIVERINE INPUT WILL BE COMPARED TO ATMOSPHERIC INPUT DATA, AND ASSOCIATED PROCESSES WILL BE STUDIED IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CONTAMINATION PATHWAYS IN THE MARINE COASTAL ENVIRONMENT. STUDIES OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BENTHIC PROCESSES AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONTROL OF LONG-TERM COASTAL EUTROPHICATION. DURING AN INITIAL PHASE OF TWO YEARS (1988-1989) THE EROS 2000 PROJECT WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN A PILOT ZONE LOCATED IN THE NW-MEDITERRANEAN SEA. AFTERWARDS IT IS ENVISAGED TO EXTEND THE PROJECT TO OTHER COASTAL REGIONS OF EUROPEAN SEAS.
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- engineering and technology environmental engineering waste management
- engineering and technology environmental engineering remote sensing
- natural sciences chemical sciences inorganic chemistry metalloids
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92120 Montrouge
France
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