Download Key Action 3: Sustainable Marine Ecosystems

Directory of FP4 projects relevant to the Key Action ‘Sustainable
Marine Ecosystems’
Main MAST III (FP4) projects with relevance to the new FP5, EESD KA3 topics.
Important note: the projects below were not aimed specifically to nor funded under
the headings of FP5. Therefore their association to those headings is only orientative
and has no official character. For a search of the projects under MAST III (FP4)
please see http://www.cordis.lu/mast/home.html, were they are listed under the topics
they originally addressed. Note also that some MAST III projects are listed as
previous research projects in the Infrastructures web page.
Acronym
Title
Project n°
3.1 Improved knowledge of marine processes, ecosystems and interactions
3.1.1 Better assessment of naturally occurring mechanisms of ecosystem functioning
BASIS
Defining the Russian contributions to the Barents Sea
Impact Study
MAS3CT970127
BALTEXBASIS
Baltic Air Sea Ice Study, a field experiment of Baltex
MAS3CT970117
BASYS
Baltic Sea System Study
MAS3CT960058
BIOBASE
Long-term Changes in Baltic Algal Species and
Ecosystems
MAS3-98-0160
BIOCOLOR
Ocean Colour for the Determination of Water Column
Biological Processes
MAS3CT970085
CANIGO
Canary Islands Azores Gibraltar Observations
MAS3CT960060
CARTUM
Comparative Analysis and Rationalization of SecondMoment Turbulence Models
MAS3-98-0172
COHERENS
Dissemination and Exploitation of a Coupled
Hydrodynamical-Ecological Model for Regional and Shelf
Seas (Dissemination and Exploitation of MAST-II Results)
The Impact of Appendicularians in European Marine
Ecosystems
MAS3CT970088
Mediterranean Data Archaeology and Rescue of
Temperature, Salinity and Bio-chemical Parameters
MAS3-98-0174
EURAPP
MEDAR
MAS3CT980161
METRO_MED Dynamic of Matter Transfer and Biogeochemical Cycles:
Their Modelling in_Coastal Systems of the Mediterranean
Sea
MTP-II MATER Mediterranean Targeted Project II - Mass Transfer and
Ecosystem Response
MAS3-96-0049
NOMADS-II
North Sea Model Advection Dispersion Study 2:
Assessments of Model Variability
MAS3-98-0163
OMEX II
Ocean Margin Exchange II - Phase I
MAS3CT960056
OMEX II –
PHASE II
Ocean Margin Exchange II - Phase II
MAS3CT970076
PHASE
Physical Forcing and Biogeochemical Fluxes in Shallow
Coastal Ecosystems
MAS3CT960053
PROVESS
Processes of Vertical Exchange in Shelf Seas (PROVESS) MAS3CT970159
MAS3CT960051
Project
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PROMOLEC
Molecular Ecology of the Photosynthetic Procaryote
MAS3CT970128
Prochlorococcus, a Key Organism of Oceanic Ecosystems
SAP
Sapropels and Palaeoceanography: palaeoceanographic, MAS3CT970137
palaeoclimatic, palaeoenvironmental and diagenitic aspects
of sapropel formation in the Eastern Mediterranean
Silicon cycling in the world ocean: the controls for opal
MAS3-97-0141
preservation in the sediment as derived from observations
and modelling.
Sampling Observations and Modelling of Atlantic Regional MAS3-97-0129
Ecosystems.
SINOPS
SOMARE
TRACMASS
Tracing the Water Masses of the North Atlantic and the
Mediterranean
MAS3CT970142
VEINS
Variability of Exchanges In the Northern Seas
MAS3CT960070
3.1.2 Assessment of sedimentary systems for the sustainable management and use of the shelf, slope and
deep-sea floor
COSMOS
Characterization and Observation of the Seafloor with a
New Multi-Beam Front-Scan Sonar System
MAS3CT970090
HYACE
Hydrate Autoclave Coring Equipment System
MAS3CT970102
SIGMA
Sediment Identification for Geotechnics by Marine
Acoustics
MAS3CT970100
3.1.3 Transport pathways and impacts of pollutants, key elements and nutrients in the marine environment
DOMTOX
Intermittent
processes in
rivers
MARA
Importance of organic matter from terrestrial sources for the MAS3-97-0149
production, community structure and toxicity of
phytoplankton , role of micropredators for transmission of
toxins to commercial shellfish and fish larvae
Intermittent processes in rivers: Surrogates for assessing
MAS3-97-0124
the impact of global change on estuarine-coastal
contaminant fluxes
Microplate-based, multiple strain bacterial assay for marine MAS3-98-0181
ecotoxicology
MEMOSEA
Trace Metals Monitoring in Surface Marine Waters and
Estuaries (Cd,Zn,Pb,Hg,Cu,Fe,Mn and Co)
MAS3-97-0143
NUTOX
Effect of nutrient ratios on harmful phytoplankton and their
toxin production
MAS3-97-0103
3.2 Reducing the anthropogenic impact on biodiversity and the sustainable functioning of marine
ecosystems, and facilitating the development of safe, economic and sustainable exploitation technologies
3.2.1 Reversing the trend in loss of marine biodiversity
MIDAS
MIcrobial Diversity in Aquatic Systems
MAS3CT970154
3.2.2 Reducing the effects of anthropogenic activities on the marine environment and recovering degraded
marine systems
BIOMARK
Biomarkers in marine sponges : Molecular Approaches to MAS3-97-0118
Assess pollutional risks and ecosystem health in the ocean
in order to support management for its sustainable use.
CHABADA
Changes in bacterial diversity and activity in Mediterranean MAS3CT960047
coastal waters as affected by eutrophication
ECOMARE
Ecological effects of protection in mediterranean marine
reserves
MAS3CT970155
HARMUL
INTRO
Testing Monitoring Systems for Risk Assessment of
Harmful Introductions by Ships to European Waters
MAS3-97-0111
3.2.3 Technologies for safe, sustainable and economic exploitation of marine resources
GEOSTAR II
Subsea tools application research
MAS3-98-0180
Geophysical and Oceanographic Station for Abyssal
Research - 2nd Phase: Deep Sea Scientific Mission
MAS3-98-0183
Electroacoustic prototype for controlling the behaviour of
marine mammals
MAS3-98-0184
Application of marine biotechnology for the development of MAS3-98-0162
antifouling coatings.
MAS3-98-0177
ACE
Development and test of an innovative ion selective
electrodes monitoring and control system for total nitrogen
in marine waters.
Assessment of antifouling agents in coastal environments
ADIAC
Automatic Diatom Identification And Classification
MAS3CT970122
AIMS
Automated Identification and Characterization of Marine
Microbial Populations
MAS3CT970080
ARAMIS
Advanced ROV Package for Automatic Mobile Inspection of MAS3-97-0083
Sediments
ASIMOV
Advanced System Integration for Managing the
Coordinated Operation of Robotic Ocean Vehicles
MAS3-97-0092
AUTOFLUX
An Autonomous System for Monitoring Air-Sea Fluxes
using the Inertial Dissipation Method and Ship Mounted
Instrumentation
Lightweight Composite Pressure Housings for Mid-water
and Benthic Applications
MAS3CT970108
DEBYE
Transmission of electromagnetic waves through sea water
for imaging parameter measuring and communications
MAS3CT970105
DICANN
Dinoflagellate Categorisation by Artificial Neural Network
MAS3CT980188
Comp. P.
Hous.
MAS3-98-0178
MAS3-97-0091
EURODOCKE Eurodocker - A Universal Docking-DownloadingR
Recharging System for AUVs
MAS3-97-0084
FAIRE
Methods to improve the supply of marine organisms for
pharmaceutical related natural products chemistry
MAS3-98-0179
GOPAL
Grouted offshore piles for alternating loadings.
MAS3-97-0119
HOLOMAR
High Resolution In-Situ Holographic Recording and
Analysis of Marine Organisms and Particles
MAS3CT970079
HYTOV
The development of a hydro-mechanical,multi-sensor
MAS3-97-0077
towed undulating oceanographic vehicle for deployment
from ships opportunity.
Applications of 3-dimensional electromagnetic induction by MAS3CT970120
sources in the ocean
Iso-3D
LOLEIF
Validation of Low Level Ice Forces on Coastal Structures.
MAS3-97-0098
LOTUS
Long Range Telemetry in Ultra-Shallow Channels
MAS3CT970099
MARGENES
Marine bacterial genes and isolates as sources for novel
biotechnological products
MAS3CT970125
Marine Drugs
Marine Cyanobacteria as a source for Bioactive (apoptosis MAS3-97-0156
modifying) Compounds with potential as Cell Biology
reagents and drugs
Micro analytical system for total organic Carbon in
MAS3-97-0138
seawater.
MASTOC
MICRO-FLOW A Novel Microsensor for Measurement of Liquid Flow and
Diffusivity
MAS3-97-0078
MITEC
Improved Microstructure Measurement Technologies for
Marine Near Surface Flux Studies
MAS3-97-0114
OCTOPUS
Ocean tomography operational package and utilization
support
MAS3CT970147
ROBLINKS
Long range shallow water robust acoustic Communication
links
MAS3CT970110
SOFIE
Spectroscopy using optical fibers in the marine environment MAS3-97-0157
SWAN
Shallow Water Acoustic Communication Network
MAS3CT970107
SYMBIOSPON Biology of Sponge Natural Products
GE
MAS3CT970144
UDICOS
Underwater diving interpersonal communication &
orientation system.
MAS3-98-0165
VHR3D
Very high resolution marine 3D seismic method for detailed MAS3-97-0121
site investigation.
YOYO2001
YOYO 2001: Ocean Odyssey
MAS3-97-0130
3.3 Monitoring and managing coastal processes and the coastal zone
3.3.1 Integrated studies on land-ocean interaction
BIOPTIS
Assessing the Biological and Physical Dynamics of
Intertidal Sediment Systems: a Remote Sensing Approach
MAS3-97-0158
COMWEB
Comparative analysis of food webs based on flow
networks: Effects of nutrient supply on structure and
function of coastal plankton communities
Entangled sulfur and carbon cycles in Phaeocystis
dominated ecosystems
MAS3CT960052
EULIT
Effects of Eutrophicated Seawater on Rocky Shore
Ecosystems Studied in Large Littoral Mesocosms
MAS3CT970153
F-ECTS
Feed-Backs of estuarine circulation and transport of
sediments on phytobenthos
MAS3-97-0145
KEYCOP
Key coastal processes in the mesotrophic Skagerrak and
the oligotrophic Northern Aegean : a comparative study
MAS3-97-0148
NICE
Nitrogen Cycling in Estuaries
MAS3CT960048
ESCAPE
3.3.2 Coastal zone changes
MAS3-96-0050
COAST3D
Coastal Study Of Three - Dimensional Sand Transport
Processes And Morphodynamics
MAS3CT970086
COSINUS
MAS3CT970082
ESPED
Prediction of Cohesive Sediment Transport and Bed
Dynamics in Estuaries and Coastal Zones with Integrated
Numerical Simulation Models
European shore platform erosion dynamics
INDIA
Inlet Dynamics Initiative: Algarve
MAS3CT970106
SASME
Surf and Swash Zone Mechanics
MAS3CT970081
SEDMOC
Sediment Transport Modelling in Marine Coastal
Environments
MAS3CT970115
MAS3CT980173
3.3.3 Coastal protection against flooding and erosion
OPTICREST
The Optimisation of Crest Level Design of Sloping Coastal
structures through Prototype Monitoring and Modelling
MAS3CT970116
SCARCOST
Scour Around Coastal Structures
MAS3CT970097
3.3.4 Coastal processes monitoring
COLORS
Coastal region long-term measurements for colour remote
sensing development and validation.
MAS3-97-0087
OPCOM
Operational Modelling for Coastal Zone Management
MAS3CT970089
3.4 Operational forecasting of environmental constraints of offshore activities
DIADEM
MAS3-98-0167
ESODAE Phase 1
Development of advanced data assimilation systems for
operational monitoring and forecasting of the north atlantic
and nordic seas
Planning for a North West European Shelf Seas Ocean
Data Assimilation and Forecast Experiment
EuroROSE
European radar ocean sensing
MAS3-98-0168
MAS3-98-0187
EUROWAVES A European-wide offshore/nearshore statistical toolbox for
timely wave Climate Assessment
MAS3-97-0109
MFSPP
Mediterranean forecasting system pilot project.
MAS3-98-0171
PIONEER
Preparation and integration of analysis tools towards
operational forecast of nutrients in estuaries of European
rivers.
MAS3-98-0170