PHY2COAST

Regional phytoplankton ecophysiology products for coastal waters from local and satellite measurements

Coordinatore	SUOMEN YMPARISTOKESKUS    more  Organization address address: Mechelininkatu 34a city: HELSINKI postcode: 251 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Maria Cognome: Koski Email: send email Telefono: +35 8 401876565
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Finland [FI]
Totale costo	173˙641 €
EC contributo	173˙641 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-1-IEF
Funding Scheme	MC-IEF
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-08-01   -   2010-07-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	SUOMEN YMPARISTOKESKUS  Organization address address: Mechelininkatu 34a city: HELSINKI postcode: 251 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Maria Cognome: Koski Email: send email Telefono: +35 8 401876565	FI (HELSINKI)	coordinator	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Anthropogenic eutrophication and pollution of coastal waters requires careful monitoring of their “biological health”. This is often done by measuring stocks or rates of production. Monitoring primary productivity of coastal waters will lead to a better understanding of their basic functioning, including their capacity to support fish stocks or to develop harmful phytoplankton blooms. Charting primary production in coastal waters is, however, hampered by their optical complexity and heterogeneity, which prevents both accurate extrapolation of ship-based measurements and the retrieval of the distribution of photosynthetic pigments from satellite imagery. The Baltic Sea is extensively monitored with semi-autonomous water quality measurement systems (chlorophyll a, salinity, turbidity, temperature). These data can be used to improve the accuracy of remotely sensed parameters required to model primary production. In this project, ship-based measurements of phytoplankton photosynthetic activity are coupled to imagery from satellite platforms. An adapted Fast-repetition rate fluorometer with two excitation wavebands is deployed in the Baltic Sea, and novel satellite algorithms are developed for imagery of the Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS). The potential of the data assimilation to obtain reliable regional coverage of phytoplankton primary production is evaluated, paying special attention to the interpretation of spatial variation of photosynthetic activity in and around phytoplankton blooms that develop massively in the Baltic Sea every Spring and Summer.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Monitoring of pollution to coastal waters can reveal the effect of human activities on marine life and possible health threats, such as the development of harmful phytoplankton blooms. The EU-funded Phy2coast project developed state-of-the-art technology that can accurately determine the state of the coastal environment.