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European
wide large scale
assessment of biological and physical dynamics |
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Change
detection
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Hierarchical
monitoring
concept |
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Preparation
of a
sustaintable application |
This diagram shows the workpackages of the project. Above the work packages the 4 main objectives are shown, and the colors indicate in which work packages the objectives are specifically addressed.
Description
Overview WP0
Project Management WP1 Developing HMM Elements
WP2
Sediment Mapping of European Estuaries WP3
Detection of change in intertidal areas WP4
Long Term Event Monitoring WP5
Socio-economic implications WP6
HMM implementation WP7
Preparation of Dissemination and Marketing
WP1 provides the basis for
the subsequent work, the measurement protocols will be established, and improvements
of methods or instruments are foreseen. A reference data set of parameters,
which can be derived from Remote Sensing Data, will be established for selected
important European intertidal estuaries (WP2). In 5 experimental
studies, conducted partially in co-operation with the monitoring authority,
the Hierarchical Monitoring Methods (HMM) will be further improved and validated,
including the results of WP2, and the biological and physical
characteristics of the sites will be assessed. The evaluation of the experiments,
which all last 21 months, will demonstrate the capability of HMM to detect
changes. 4 sites will be studied with a subset of HMM (WP3)
and in a central experiment the full set of parameters will be measured with
all methods (WP4). The HMM assessment of potential implications
of change in practise of management of the sites will be done in WP5.
The results of WP2 – WP5 will be evaluated and compiled to implement the HMM
in WP6. Finally, the further exploitation of the HMM is
prepared in WP7.
The buisiness of the project management is the Start-Up & Recruitment, preparation
and conduction of Meetings, reporting, financial control. Further a detailed
project plan (broken down to individual participant contributions) has to
be established and maintained. The the connection as well as the management
of the work of the advisory group as to be controlled and the quality of the
entire project has to be ensured.
The overall objective of this workpackage is to establish a basis of common
methods and instrumentation, which will form the basis for all subsequent
work.. Most of the individual elements of the HMM have been established within
previous research activities on national and international level. However,
the partially individually different methods need to be harmonized, and new
developments of measurement procedures as well as instrumentation are necessary
to complement the HMM. This will be achieved by producing a working draft
of the hierarchical monitoring measurements (HMM) protocols, including ground
truth measurements (including instrumentation and pigment techniques), primary
production estimates and models as well as remote sensing measurements. For
managing all the measurements, a data base and network-based GIS will be set
up.
In this WP, uniformely classified sediment and vegetation maps of the intertidal
flats will be established, build from spacebore remote sensing data and prepared
in GIS in a common format.
The major objective is to assess temporal changes within estuarine systems
at varied spatial and temporal resolution. In a first step, an initial “status”
survey has to be conducted, based of the selected sites. By consolidating
and centralising data available, case histories of each of the selected systems
are available and time series data to a relational database can be submitted.
The scope of regional “end user” involvement in system monitoring will be
consolidated and improved (in association with work carried out under WP6).
Further, the initial surveys will be promulgated with a regular series of
measurement specifically designed as relevant to each system in terms of temporal
(seasonal) and spatial resolution. Finally, the relational database will be
used to assess system change and, if applicable, target management policy
as a model for development of the HMM.
The objective of this WP is to study one important
European Estuary in detail and with the full set of HMM elements over the
entire time of investigation, in order to detect changes in the ecosystem,
to validate and improve HMM, and to perform this in close co-operation with
on-going monitoring activities. This includes specifically the conduction
of an initial “status” survey based of the site as well the monitoring of
the site during the whole duration of the project in close co-operation with
the monitoring agency. The coherence of the HMM will be maintained as it is
applied by the individual participants by intercalibration campaigns. The
most important data of the experiments will also be available in the central
data base for further analysis.
The examination of socio-economic and psychological
assessment of the impact of EU /Government regulation of framing practise
w.r.t. nutrient loading and eutrophication will be performed in this WP. The
monitoring of these parameters will be done during WP3. Therefore, the state
of current knowledge with respect to farming practise and environmental change
among the farming community has to be examined at one site (agricultural end
user- AEU). Further, the development of attitudes of AEU in response to structured
input will be investigated and the result will be compared with the other
sites.
The HMM has been preliminary defined in WP1,
basic background data have been put together in WP2, and
its elements have been tested, validated and updated in WP3,
WP4 and WP5. The objective of this workpackage
is to derive a sound, comprehensive and understandable document for coastal
manager for their direct application. This document will be a multi-media
suite including text documents, demonstration data and video material. In
brief, in this workpackage, the “product” of HIMOM will be generated.
HIMOM will generate several important results and
products with a potential long -term usage: gain in scientific knowledge,
a simple portable fluorometer and the HMM System (WP6).
The objectives of this workpackage are to prepare the publication of the scientific
results in recognized journals and to prepare the further development of the
portable fluorometer towards a commercial product. The further application
of the HMM System by coastal managers and also by independent consultants
will be prepared.
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