MOHAB

Multidisciplinary modelling approaches to understand harmful algal blooms dynamics

Coordinatore	INSTITUT FRANCAIS DE RECHERCHE POUR L'EXPLOITATION DE LA MER    more  Organization address address: 155 rue Jean Jacques Rousseau city: ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX postcode: 92138 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Marie Christine Cognome: Maze Email: send email Telefono: +33 2 98 22 43 51 Fax: +33 2 98 22 45 48
Nazionalità Coordinatore	France [FR]
Totale costo	246˙932 €
EC contributo	246˙932 €
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-2009-IOF
Funding Scheme	MC-IOF
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-06-01   -   2014-10-01

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	INSTITUT FRANCAIS DE RECHERCHE POUR L'EXPLOITATION DE LA MER  Organization address address: 155 rue Jean Jacques Rousseau city: ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX postcode: 92138 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Marie Christine Cognome: Maze Email: send email Telefono: +33 2 98 22 43 51 Fax: +33 2 98 22 45 48	FR (ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX)	coordinator	246˙932.20

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Harmful algal blooms (HABs) cause large economic losses every year in aquaculture and fisheries worldwide, due to shellfish toxicity and mass fish mortality. Understanding HABs dynamics requires an integrated strategy that includes not only observation but also modelling. Models are essential tools toward defining the complexity of HAB events and forecasting their occurrence (e.g., bloom initiation, intensity, duration, and decline). Coupling physical effects (turbulence, shear, advection) and biological behaviour (migration, physiological adaptation) holds the key to understand HABs dynamics. However, biological models are still at basic stages due to the lack of knowledge of the life history parameters and behaviour patterns of HABs species. In this project, we propose the development of an expert system, using non-linear techniques, which will include existing and newly acquired knowledge of the behaviour of HABs species in the study areas. This expert system will account for the physiological condition and behaviour of individual organisms in a Lagrangian particle-tracking model. Advection and diffusion used to force the IBM will be obtained from simulations of coupled physical models This multidisciplinary modelling approach will be a very useful tool to elucidate the mechanisms involved in HABs dynamics through the joint effects of organism behaviour and physical forcing.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Every year aquaculture and fisheries around the word suffer significant economic losses from the harmful algal blooms (HABs) causing shellfish toxicity and major fish kills.