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European River Ocean System: the interactions between the river Danube and the north western Black Sea - Pilot phase (1994 - 1995)

Objective

EROS 2000 (European River Ocean System) is a long term interdisciplinary research project on biogeochemical processes in the European coastal environment of the Danube Delta and the North Western Black Sea. This area represents one of the ultimate examples of deterioration of the coastal marine environment where dramatic eutrophication, pollution and erosion problems are observed. The extrapolation of the results obtained in this area will be of great value for determining measures to be taken to prevent such catastrophic situation in other semi-enclosed seas. It further represents a key area for understanding the production of biogases of climatological significance such as methane.

The following questions will be addressed by the project:

1. What would be the consequences of a reduction of the river input of nutrients for the eutrophication and the ecosystem structure of the North-Western Black-Sea ?

2. What are the riverine and atmospheric sources, levels and fates of key organic/inorganic pollutants in the Black Sea environment ?

3. What are likely to be the short -and long- term consequences of the regulation of river discharge for sediment transport/erosion/deposition and water stratification ?

4. What is the significance of the Black Sea source of important key greenhouse gases ?


After five years spent in the Gulf of Lions and the Western Mediterranean, EROS 2000 moves East. Western and eastern european scientists decided to pool their efforts together to study the Danube Delta and the North Western Black Sea.
This area represents the ultimate example of deterioration of the coastal and marine aquatic environment. It can be viewed as the best pilot site to understand the complex interactions between the human activities and the marine environment. The specific questions adressed by the project will be the followings :
1. What would be the consequences of a reduction of the river input of nutrients for the eutrophicationand the ecosystem structure of the north-Western Black sea ?
2. What are the riverine and atmospheric sources, levels and fates of key organic/inorganic pollutants in the Black sea environment ?
3. What are likely to be short- and long-term consequences of the regulation of river discharge for sediment transport/erosion/deposition and water stratification ?
4. What is the significance of the Black sea source of important key greenhouse gases ?

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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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