Mediterranean Targeted Project II-Mass Transfer and Ecosystem Response

Project Information

MTP-II MATER

Grant agreement ID: MAS3960051

Project closed

Start date 1 August 1996

End date 31 December 1999

Funded under

• Specific programme of research and technological development in the field of marine science and technology, 1994-1998

Total cost No data

EU contribution No data

Coordinated by

Cabinet d'Etudes Techniques Industrielles et d'Innovations Scientifiques SA
France

Objective

The main goal of the MATER project devoted to the Mediterranean Sea will be: - to study and quantify the triggering ans controlling processes of mass and energy (water ans its dissolved and particulate matter) transfer (transport and transformation) between the different compartments and in contrasting environments (from eutrophic to oligotrophic, from shelf to basins), - to appraise the time and space scales of the phenomena, in identified structures of the Mediterranean system (basin and subbasin, mesoscale and submesoscale),
- to investigate the ecosystem response to these transfers and its evolution with time, from short term to long term through seasonal and interannual, as recorded in the water masses, in the biological communities and in the sediment.
For a better understanding of the funtioning of the Mediterranean Ecosystem, interdisciplinary studies are needed to ensure a strong coupling between the dynamics of the water masses and the behaviour of dissolved and particulate, biogenic and abiogenic substances (source, transportation, transformation and sink). The interactions between experimentalists and modellers will be fostered, developping appropriate in situ observations to generate, to check and to calibrate models. The ecosystem models will be generated and applied at different scales for the entire system including the hydrological and biological system (benthic and pelagic) and long term changes. The proposal is structured in seven research tasks I to VII which present the scientific topics and six workpackages, from 1 to 6, which describe the operating strategy for a multi-disciplinary work plan; the three subbasins - Western Mediterranean, Adriatic/Ionian and Aegean/Levantine, represent the main sites of implementation..
The project includes more than 60 partners from different european countries and some non-EAA partners which conforte the scientific structure. A strong link between co-ordination-management and data management will be ensured.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems

Programme(s)

• FP4-MAST 3 - Specific programme of research and technological development in the field of marine science and technology, 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 010301 - The Mediterranean Sea

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

Cabinet d'Etudes Techniques Industrielles et d'Innovations Scientifiques SA

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 30,Avenue Malacrida ; 13100 Aix-en-Provence ; France
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Participants (55)

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

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• Address: Avenue de l'Europe 10-12 ; 78140 VELIZY VILLACOUBLAY
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CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Ecole Polytechnique ; 91128 PALAISEAU
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CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Station Zoologique ; 06234 VILLEFRANCHE-SUR-MER
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CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Europole Mediteraneen de l'Arbois, CEREGE ; 13545 GARDANNE
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CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Avenue de Luminy 163, Campus de Luminy ; 13288 MARSEILLE
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COLLECTE LOCALISATION SATELLITES SA

France

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• Address: 8-10,Rue Hermes 8-10, Parc Technologique de Canal ; 31526 RAMONVILLE ST.AGNE
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CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

Spain

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• Address: S/N,Paseo Juan de Borbó S/N ; 08039 BARCELONA
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CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: S/N,Paseo Juan de Borbo S/N ; 08039 BARCELONA
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CONSORZIO INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER LA GESTIONE DEL CENTRO DI CALCOLO ELETTRONICO DELL'ITALIA NORD ORIENTALE

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via Magnanelli 6/3 ; CANTAGALLO
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

France

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• Address: 351 cours de la Libération ; 33405 Talence
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Avenue de Villeneuve ; 66025 Perpignan
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

France

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• Address: 3 rue de la Batterie des Lions ; 13007 Marseille
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

France

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• Address: 14 avenue Edouard Belin ; 31400 Toulouse
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

France

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• Address: Avenue de Fontaulé 1 ; 66651 BANYULS SUR MER
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Christian-Albrechts Universität Kiel

Germany

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• Address: 20,Düsternbrooker Weg ; 24105 Kiel
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Commission of the European Communities

Italy

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• Address: Via Enrico Fermi ; 21020 Ispra - Varese
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Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

Italy

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• Address: Castello 1364/A ; 30122 Venezia
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Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)

Italy

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• Address: 19100 La Spezia
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ENEA - Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 301,Via Anguillarese ; 00060 Roma
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IFREMER - INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DE RECHERCHE POUR L'EXPLOITATION DE LA MER

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Technopole de Brest-Iroise ; 29280 PLOUZANE
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INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY OF CRETE

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 71003 POROS IRAKLEIOU KRITIS
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Institut National Scientifique et Technique de la Mer

Tunisia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 28,Rue du 2 Mars 1934 ; 2025 Salammbô - Tunis
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Istituto Universitario Navale

Italy

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• Address: Corso Umberto I 174 ; 80138 Napoli
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NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER

Norway

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• Address: 3A,EDVARD GRIEGSVEJ 3A ; 5059 BERGEN
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NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

Greece

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• Address: 33,Panepistimioupolis 33, Building Physics V, Univers ; 15784 ZOGRAPHOS, ATHENS
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NATIONAL CENTRE FOR MARINE RESEARCH

Greece

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• Address: Aghios Kosmas, Hellinikon ; 16604 ATHENS
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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ITALY

Italy

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• Address: Via Gobetti 101 ; 40129 BOLOGNA
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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ITALY

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Largo Fiera della Pesca 1 ; 60125 ANCONA
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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ITALY

Italy

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• Address: Viale Romolo Gessi 2 ; 34123 TRIESTE
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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ITALY

Italy

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• Address: Via P. Gobetti 101 ; 40129 BOLOGNA
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NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

United Kingdom

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• Address: Empress Dock, European Way ; SO14 3ZH SOUTHAMPTON
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NERC Centre of Coastal and Marine Sciences

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Prospect Place West Hoe ; PL1 3DH Plymouth
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NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH

Netherlands

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• Address: Landsdiep 4 ; 1790 AB DEN BURG
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National Centre for Scientific Research 'Demokritos'

Greece

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• Address: Aghia Paraskevi, Attikis ; 15310 Athens
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Osservatorio Geofisico Sperimentale

Italy

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• Address: 42,Borgo Grotta Gigante 32 ; 34010 Sgonico
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THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL

United Kingdom

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• Address: Bedford Street North ; L69 3BX LIVERPOOL
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UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS

Spain

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• Address: KM 7.5,Ctra. de Valldemossa KM 7.5 ; 07071 PALMA DE MALLORCA
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UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA

Spain

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• Address: 1-3,C/ Jordi Girona, Salgado 1-3 Mod. D-1 ; 08034 BARCELONA
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UNIVERSITE DE NEUCHATEL

Switzerland

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• Address: 11,Rue Emile Argand 11 ; 2007 NEUCHATEL
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UNIVERSITE DE TUNIS

Tunisia

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• Address: Campus Universitaire ; 1060 TUNIS
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UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE - PARIS VI

France

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• Address: Place Jussieu 4 ; 75252 PARIS
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UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE

United Kingdom

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• Address: Nethergate ; DD1 4HN DUNDEE
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UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

United Kingdom

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• Address: West Mains Road Kings Buildings ; EH9 3JW EDINBURGH
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UNIVERSITY OF TROMSOE

Norway

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• Address: 201 B,Breivika ; 9037 TROMSOE
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Universidad de Malaga

Spain

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• Address: S/N, ; 29071 Málaga
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Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

Spain

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• Address: 08193 Barcelona
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Universitat de Barcelona

Spain

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• Address: S/N,LLuis Solé Sabarís ; 08028 Barcelona
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University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom

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• Address: Mayfield Road ; EH9 3JZ Edinburgh
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University of Southampton

United Kingdom

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• Address: European Way ; SO14 3ZH Southampton
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Università degli Studi di Genova

Italy

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• Address: Corso Rainusso 14 ; 16038 Santa Margherita Ligure
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Universität Bremen

Germany

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• Address: 28334 Bremen
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Université Abdelmalek Essaadi

Morocco

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• Address: Ancienne Rue de l'Aeroport ; 90000 Tanger
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Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI

France

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• Address: Station Zoologique ; 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer
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Université de Liège

Belgium

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• Address: 85, ; 4000 Liège
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Water Quality Institute

Denmark

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• Address: 11,Agern Allé ; 2970 Hørsholm
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