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 from 01/01/2012 to 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
- Institute for Climate Resilience
- European Institute on Economics and the Environment
- 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
- IMS-METU - Middle East technical University
- CSIC - Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
- ConISMA - Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare
- GeoEcoMar - Institutul national de cercetare-dezvoltare pentru geologie si geoecologie marina-geoecomar
- Plan Bleu - Plan Bleu pour l'Environnement et le développement en Méditerranée
- Cosnav Engineering Srl
- UMT-IOI-MOU - Universita ta' Malta
- EIR - Eir symvouloi anaptyxis etaireia periorismenis efthynis
- BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change - Klima Aldaketa Ikergai
- IEO - Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia
- UB - Universitat de Barcelona
- UPC - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- AMU - Université d'Aix Marseille
- UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6
- UPS LA - Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III
- CMCC - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
- CNR - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
- ENEA - Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile
- JCR - Joint Research Centre - European Commission
- OGS - Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale
- SZN - Stazione zoologica Anton Dohrn
- PML - Plymouth Marine Laboratory
- UOP - University of Plymouth
- Deltares
- UU - Universiteit Utrecht
- UIG - Université de Liege
- AEGEAN - University of the Aegean-Research Unit
- NKUA-UAT - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- UoC ECPL - Panepistimio Kritis (University of Crete)
- Cyl - The Cyprus research and educational foundation
- Oc-Ucy - Oceanography Center, University of Cyprus
- Nib - Nacionalni Institut Za Biologijo
- IOF - Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
- IOLR - Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
- HU - University of Haifa
- BSNN - Black sea ngo network
- DMG-SU - Sofiiski universitet sveti kliment ohridski
- IBER-BAS - Institut po bioraznoobrazie i ekosistemni izsledvaniya balgarska akademia na naukite
- IOBAS - Institute of Oceanology - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- NIMRD - Institutul national de cercetare-dezvoltare marina grigore antipa
- Instambul University
- IBSS - A.O. kovalevskiy institute of biology of southern seas
- Marine Hydrophysical Institute - Ukrainian National Academy Of Sciences
- ONU - Odessa national I.I. Mechnikov University
- SIO RAS - P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences
- TSU - Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
- NIOF - National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
- INRH - Institut National de Recherche Halieutique
- CLU Srl
- ECOLOGIC - Ecologic institute
- SAROST SA
- UnivMed/COM - Université de la Mediterranée d'Aix-Marseille II
- IFREMER - Institute Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer