Objective The general objectives of PELAGOS are to improve the knowledge about the hydrodynamics of the South Aegean Sea and in particular of the Straits of the Cretan Arc, and to estimate the exchanges of water and dissolved and particulate matter between the Aegean Sea and the adjacent open sea region of the Eastern Mediterranean Basin. The development of a number of models (two-layered hydrodynamical model, synoptic two-layered hydrodynamical and transport model, 3-D hydrodynamical model, 3-D mass transport model) will be combined with measurements of the currents in the Straits of the Cretan Arc (by self recording current meters and a ship-mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler) and information derived from the space time distribution of dissolved and suspended particulate matter. Large-scale water flows, especially around the islands, and frontal structures will be studied using a physical (laboratory) model. Biogeochemical fluxes across the Straits of the Cretan Arc will be determined from the results of the hydrodynamic studies and a field measurement programme including: 1)analyses of water samples for dissolved oxygen, salinity,nutrients (phosphate, ammonium, nitrite, nitrate, silicate), trace elements and dissolved phases of radioisotopes; 2)analyses of suspended particulate matter for major and trace elements, radioisotopes, organic compounds, particulate organic carbon and particulate organic nitrogen, supplemented by morphological, textural and mineralogical description of particulate matter; 3)measurements of primary production, photosynthetic pigments [chlorophyll (a, b, c), phaeophytin (a, b, c)], phytoplankton cell counts along with size-fractionated biomass estimates and zooplankton qualitative and quantitative determinations; and 4)analyses of settling particle samples (collected by time-series sediment traps) for major and trace elements, rare earths and radioisotopes, in conjunction with biogeochemical analyses of the organic fraction. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryagricultural sciencesagricultural biotechnologybiomassnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesgeochemistrybiogeochemistry Programme(s) FP3-MAST 2 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of marine science and technology, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 0501 - The Mediterranean project Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator National Centre for Marine Research EU contribution No data Address Agios Kosmas, Helliniko 16604 Athens Greece See on map Total cost No data Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI Greece EU contribution No data Address University Campus 54006 THESSALONIKI See on map Total cost No data Demokritos University of Thrace Greece EU contribution No data Address 67100 Xhanthi See on map Total cost No data NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS Greece EU contribution No data Address 33,Panepistimioupolis 33, Building Physics V, Univers 15784 ZOGRAPHOS, ATHENS See on map Total cost No data National Centre for Scientific Research 'Demokritos' Greece EU contribution No data Address Aghia Paraskevi, Attikis 15310 Athens See on map Total cost No data National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Greece EU contribution No data Address Panepistimiopolis 10679 Athens See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Nethergate DD1 4HN DUNDEE See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address West Mains Road Kings Buildings EH9 3JW EDINBURGH See on map Total cost No data University of Patras Greece EU contribution No data Address University Campus 26110 PATRAS See on map Total cost No data University of Southampton United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address European Way SO14 3ZH Southampton See on map Total cost No data University of Thessalia Greece EU contribution No data Address Pedion Areos 38334 Volos See on map Total cost No data
