The overall scientific objectives of PERSEUS are to identify the interacting patterns of natural and human-derived pressures on the Mediterranean and Black Seas (Southern European Seas, SES), assess their impact on marine ecosystems and, using the objectives and principles of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive as a vehicle, to design an effective and innovative research governance framework based on sound scientific knowledge.
48 months da 01/01/2012 a 01/12/2015
http://www.perseus-net.eu
- European Commission - FP7
Coordinating organization
- HCMR - Hellenic Center for Marine Research
CMCC Scientific Leader
CMCC Project manager
CMCC Institutes
- European Institute on Economics and the Environment
- Institute for Climate Resilience
- Institute for Earth System Predictions
CMCC Divisions
General aims
Well-coordinated scientific research and socio-economic analysis will be applied at a wide-ranging scale, from basin to coastal. The new knowledge will advance our understanding on the selection and application of the appropriate descriptors and indicators of the MSFD. New tools will be developed in order to evaluate the current environmental status, by way of combining monitoring and modelling capabilities, while existing observational systems will be upgraded and extended. Moreover, PERSEUS will develop the concept of an innovative, small research vessel, aiming to serve as a scientific survey tool, in very shallow areas, where the currently available research vessels are inadequate.
Expected results
Development of an explicit framework of adaptive policies including measures and recommendations that will support policymakers in leading the drive towards better management of the Southern European Seas.
Activity
CMCC is mainly involved in WP4 with the ANS and ISC divisions and WP6 with CIP and ISC divisions. WP4 main objectives are the development of scientific tools to evaluate the SES environmental status by engaging existing and upgraded remotely operated monitoring and modelling capabilities. CMCC will provide climate products to simulate the climate variability of the SES with a special emphasis on the Black Sea region where a high-resolution regional climate downscaling simulation will be done. The coupled physical-biogeochemical model of the Mediterranean Sea (NEMO_MFS16-BFM) will be used to investigate the productive capacity of the ecosystem to address the specific knowledge needs to implement MSFD and GES.
WP6 aims are to develop a specific framework for the preparation of the future implementation of adaptive policies and management schemes and promote better governance across the SES marine waters. CMCC will contribute to build a knowledge-base Adaptive Policy Framework (APF) and to manage and make this knowledge available to stakeholders and policy-makers. CMCC will also contribute to develop a specific decision support system based on a scenario planning approach to support management schemes in the coastal environment.
Partners
- AEGEAN - University of the Aegean-Research Unit
- AMU - Université d'Aix Marseille
- BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change - Klima Aldaketa Ikergai
- BSNN - Black sea ngo network
- CLU Srl
- CMCC - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici
- CNR - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- ConISMA - Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare
- Cosnav Engineering Srl
- ECOLOGIC - Ecologic institute
- CSIC - Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
- Cyl - The Cyprus research and educational foundation
- Deltares
- DMG-SU - Sofiiski universitet sveti kliment ohridski
- EIR - Eir symvouloi anaptyxis etaireia periorismenis efthynis
- ENEA - Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile
- SAROST SA
- SIO RAS - P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences
- SZN - Stazione zoologica Anton Dohrn
- GeoEcoMar - Institutul national de cercetare-dezvoltare pentru geologie si geoecologie marina-geoecomar
- HU - University of Haifa
- IBER-BAS - Institut po bioraznoobrazie i ekosistemni izsledvaniya balgarska akademia na naukite
- IBSS - A.O. kovalevskiy institute of biology of southern seas
- IEO - Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia
- IMS-METU - Middle East technical University
- INRH - Institut National de Recherche Halieutique
- Instambul University
- IFREMER - Institute Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer
- IOBAS - Institute of Oceanology - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- IOF - Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
- IOLR - Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
- JCR - Joint Research Centre - European Commission
- Marine Hydrophysical Institute - Ukrainian National Academy Of Sciences
- Nib - Nacionalni Institut Za Biologijo
- NIMRD - Institutul national de cercetare-dezvoltare marina grigore antipa
- NIOF - National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
- NKUA-UAT - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- Oc-Ucy - Oceanography Center, University of Cyprus
- OGS - Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale
- ONU - Odessa national I.I. Mechnikov University
- Plan Bleu - Plan Bleu pour l'Environnement et le développement en Méditerranée
- PML - Plymouth Marine Laboratory
- UB - Universitat de Barcelona
- TSU - Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
- UIG - Université de Liege
- UMT-IOI-MOU - Universita ta' Malta
- UnivMed/COM - Université de la Mediterranée d'Aix-Marseille II
- UoC ECPL - Panepistimio Kritis (University of Crete)
- UOP - University of Plymouth
- UPC - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6
- UPS LA - Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III
- UU - Universiteit Utrecht