PHY2COAST

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

 Coordinatore 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

 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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satellite    photosynthetic    primary    harmful    coastal    pollution    sea    baltic    blooms    waters    data    imagery    health    monitoring    ship    stocks    phytoplankton   

 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.

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