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EDMERP Details

General

Project Title
ADRiatic sea ECOlogy - ECOlogia del Mar ADRiatico
Project Acronym
ECOMADR
Project Reference
INTERREG-FVG
Associated programme
Endorsed by international project IMBER,contributing at LOICZ, LTER, GLOBEC
Start Date
2006-02-01
End Date
2007-07-31

Geographic Area

Geocoverage
Northern Adriatic Sea
Sea Area
Adriatic Sea

Observations

Data Theme
Biological oceanography
Chemical oceanography
Cross-discipline
Terrestrial

Description

Abstract
The project aims to identify key components of the trophic web of marine ecosystem in the northern Adriatic sea, and to provide a first assessment of energy fluxes among such compartments. Since in this area the dynamic of the lower levels of the food web (including microbial activity) has been already extensively studied, particular attention is devoted to explore the ecological role of small pelagic fishes (anchovies and sardines) and mussels, with analysis which include the determination of the food daily ratio in different moments of the year and the identification of bioenergetic models. However the research includes also a biogeochemical characterization of water column and upper sediment, the identification of abundance and composition of plankton communities, the determination of primary production, respiration, bacterial activity, and the analysis of space and time variability of major water quality parameters. The above will be integrated and framed in the context of pre-existing knowledge, also by using purposely developed numerical models. Scenario analysis might be performed to investigate possible responses of the ecosystem to variations in the environment (global changes, introduction alien species ).
Project website

Originators

Coordinator
OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography
Contact name
Dr. Solidoro Cosimo
Fax
+39 040 2140266
E-mail
csolidoro@ogs.trieste.it
Other Partners
OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography
CNR, Istituto di Scienze Marine (Sezione di Trieste)

Administration

Local identifier
860
Creation Date
2014-10-06
Revision Date
2014-10-06