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Studie en modellering van de interactie tussen eutrofiëring en biologische hulpbronnen | |
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Engelstalige titel: Advanced modelling and research on eutrophication: linking eutrophication and biological resources Overkoepelend project: Research action SPSD-II: Second scientific support plan for a sustainable development policy, meer Identifier financieringsorganisatie: EV/19 (Other contract id) Acroniem: AMORE II Periode: Februari 2002 tot April 2006 Status: Afgelopen Thesaurustermen Algenbloei; Eutrofiëring; Nutriënten; Vervuiling; Waterkwaliteit Taxonomische termen: Guinardia delicatula (Cleve) Hasle, 1997 [WoRMS]; Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Kofoid & Swezy, 1921 [WoRMS]; Phaeocystis globosa Scherffel, 1899 [WoRMS] |
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As EU member and Contracting Party of the OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Northeast Atlantic, Belgium has obligation of taking measures to protect its maritime area against the adverse effects of eutrophication. Eutrophication in Belgian coastal waters results from transboundary (SW- Atlantic waters, Rhine) and local (IJzer, Scheldt) inputs of land-based nutrients (N, P, Si) and manifests as huge algal blooms (mainly the Haptophycea Phaeocystis) that impact the ecosystem function. Despite a nowadays 50, % reduction of P loads compared to 1990 no ecosystem improvement is discernible. Increased understanding of the links between nutrient enrichment and ecosystem response is needed to guide the implementation of European regulations for the reduction of riverine nutrient loads to the North Sea. Project description Objectives AMORE-II research focus on establishing quantitative and qualitative links between nutrient enrichment, spreading of high-biomass algal blooms (Phaeocystis globosa but also the co-occurrent diatom Guinardia delicatula), presence of gelatinous zooplankton (the dinoflagellate Noctiluca Scintillans, the appendicularian Oïkoploira dioica) and impact on ecosystem function. In support to government policy, the overall objective is to provide new ecological knowledge and an upgraded version of the existing ecological model (3D-MIRO&CO) to:
Methodology AMORE-II research methodology involves and combines the collection of historical and new field data, process-level experiments and numerical tools. Laboratory and field experiments focus on mechanisms controlling the inception, magnitude and extent of blooms in the Southern Bight of the North Sea with particular attention to further understanding the:
Numerical experimentation will provide an improved version of the existing 3D-MIRO&CO ecological model in order to increase its capability to predict bloom spreading in response to changes in land-based nutrients and short-term climatic variations. It includes the extension of the geographical domain, better resolution of forcing functions, upgrading of the biological MIRO code based on new experimental results and data assimilation, addition of a module describing carbon speciation and air-sea CO2 exchange. The validated model will be used to assess the impact of nutrient reduction policy on algal bloom mitigation taking into account contrasted meteorological conditions. Interaction between the different partners Experimental studies are under full responsibility of ULB-ESA and VUB-EKOL. Experiments in microbial ecology (nutrient competition and Phaeocystis life cycle) will be conducted by ULB-ESA with assistance of Observatoire Océanologique de Banuyls for electronic microscopy. Beside, ULB-ESA will have responsibility of maintenance of phytoplankton cultures and assist VUB-EKOL for experiments on gelatinous zooplankton. RBINS-MUMM will be in charge of upgrading and managing the numerical code of the ecological model 3D-MIRO&CO and will be responsible of upgrading the hydrodynamical model. ULB-ESA and Oregon State University will assist RBINS-MUMM for the optimised ecological parameterisation, interpretation of model simulations and formulation of scenarios for model exploitation. NIOO-CEME due to its recognised international expertise will provide the validated benthic diagenetic module while VUB-EKOL will assist in parameterisation of gelatinous zooplankton dynamics. Frequent joint meetings of modellers and experimentalists are planned to secure relevance of biological parameterisation and evaluate the capability of the model to simulate ecological trends in the Belgian coastal zone. Links with international programmes AMORE contributes to objectives of IGPB- LOICZ (Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone) and GEOHAB/EUROHAB (Harmful Algal Blooms) Expected results and products Improved knowledge of the origin and determinism of Phaeocystis blooms in the Belgian coastal zone and their link with nutrient loads. First estimate of the trophic status of gelatinous in Belgian waters and their link with algal blooms. Optimised 3D ecosystem model of Belgian and adjacent waters (Southern North Sea, Eastern English Channel), suitable for application to eutrophication management (‘what-if?’ scenarios), scientific understanding of the ecosystem and, thanks to addition of carbon cycle dynamics, future global change applications. |
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