Objective The project aims to improve our knowledge of the metabolic state of coastal ecosystems, which is fundamental in terms of nutrients and carbon cycling/storage. The trophic status will be determined in diverse ecosystems using simultaneously different methods at various time scales. The effect of nutrients speciation and organic carbon fractionation will be studied in systems of various eutrophication levels. A model will be implemented to estimate transfer and fluxes of carbon/nitrogen and to forecast the impact of human intervention on trophic status change. Results will be translated into management criteria and directives for monitoring procedures to assess the trophic status of coastal ecosystems. Dissemination will be organized at several levels, from general public to policy makers and environmental organisations.The assessment of the autotrophic-heterotrophic balance within each of 3 study areas across 3 member states of the EU; the derivation of detailed data following the implementation of standard methods which have produced a large amount of data and information; the use of numerical predictive methods followed by scenario testing; the description and analysis of the legislative and administrative procedures within each country and their compliance with national, European and international statutes and agreements. Fields of science social sciencespolitical sciencespublic administrationbureaucracynatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystemscoastal ecosystems Programme(s) FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.4.-3. - Key action Sustainable Marine Ecosystems Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE EU contribution No data Address Institut de Physique Allée du 6-Août 17 - bèt. B5 4000 LIEGE Belgium See on map Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AALBORG UNIVERSITY Denmark EU contribution No data Address Sohngårdsholmsvej 57 9000 AALBORG See on map Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution No data Address Observatoire Océanologique 06234 VILLEFRANCHE-SUR-MER See on map Total cost No data CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Spain EU contribution No data Address Edifici Mateu Orfila, Campus Universitat de les Il 07171 PALMA See on map Total cost No data NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Korringaweg 7 4400 AC YERSEKE See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES Belgium EU contribution No data Address Boulevard du Triomphe Campus de la Plaine 1050 BRUXELLES See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE - PARIS VI France EU contribution No data Address Station Zoologique 06234 VILLEFRANCHE-SUR-MER See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF HULL United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address COTTINGHAM ROAD HULL See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
