Rome, 29 November 2013 Updated January 2014
LTER-Europe «Marine and transitional waters task-force»
marine and transitional waters task-force
Rome, 29 November 2013 Updated January 2014
GENERAL COMMITMENT
Our broad commitment is fostering interactions and integrations among the LTER-Europe marine and transitional waters sites for a better and more active contribution to the LTER-Europe network.
marine and transitional waters task-force
Rome, 29 November 2013
Pre-conference steps (May-November 2013)
1. Identification of marine sites in LTER-Europe and their characteristics
2. Updating of marine sites metadata in DEIMS
3. Identification of the main European marine programs and initiatives where the LTER- Europe marine sites are/have been involved
marine and transitional waters task-force
Rome, 29 November 2013 Identification of marine sites in LTER-Europe and their characteristics Updated January 2014 38 LTER Marine sites managed by 12 LTER-Europe Countries
COUNTRY SITE NAME MAIN HABITAT SITE REFERENCE PERSON
BELGIUM Scheldt Estuary Estuaries Helen Michels
BULGARIA Sozopol Bay Marine Coastal Ventzi Karamfilov
BULGARIA Black Sea Temperate Shelves and Seas Kremena Stefanova
FINLAND Western Gulf of Finland Coastal Brackish Waters Marko Reinikainen
FRANCE Zone Atelier Brest Iroise Temperate Shelves and Seas Cécile Maréchal, Françoise Gourmelon, Olivier Ragueneau FRANCE Zone Atelier Antarctique Polar Seas Cecile Marechal and Marc Lebouvier GERMANY Darss-Zingst Bodden Coastal Lagoons Hendrik Shubert, Rhena Schuman GERMANY German Bight (Helgoland) Temperate Shelves and Seas Justus Van Beusekom, Alexandra Kraberg, Karen Wiltshire GERMANY Wadden Sea I Coastal Wetlands Volker Siegel
GERMANY Wadden Sea II Coastal Wetlands Klaus Kossmagk- Stephan
GERMANY Deep-sea long-term Polar Seas Antje Boetius, Ingo observatory HAUSGARTEN Schewe,Thomas Soltwedel, Eduard Bauerfeind
marine and transitional waters task-force Identification of marine sites in LTER-Europe and their characteristics Rome, 29 November 2013 38 Marine sites managed 12 LTER-Europe Countries Updated January 2014 COUNTRY SITE NAME MAIN HABITAT SITE REFERENCE PERSON
ITALY Po River Delta (Sacca di Goro Coastal Lagoons Michele Mistri and Valli of Comacchio) ITALY Northern Adriatic Sea (Gulf of Temperate Shelves and Seas Mauro Bastianini Trieste, Gulf of Venezia and Trieste, Po River Delta and Romagna Coast, Senigallia- Susak Transect) ITALY Gulf of Naples (Marechiara Temperate Shelves and Seas Adriana Zingone and Lacco Ameno) ITALY Marine ecosystems of Antonella Lugliè Sardinia (Gulf of Asinara,Gulf of Olbia, Lagoon of Cabras, Lagoon of Santa Giusta, Temperate Shelves and Seas Lagoon of S’Ena Arrubia) and coastal lagoons ITALY Portofino Marine Protected Temperate Shelves and Seas Paolo Povero Area ITALY Lagoon of Venice Coastal Lagoons Davide Tagliapietra
ITALY Mar Piccolo of Taranto Coastal lagoons Ester Cecere
ITALY Marine Research Station in Polar Seas Mariangela Ravaioli Antarctica LATVIA LTSER Engure Coastal Wetlands Viesturus Melecis and Elmira Boikova NORWAY Espeland Marine Biological Erik Framstad Station: LTER_EU_NO_007 Fjord - Coastal brackish waters
marine and transitional waters task-force
Identification of marine sites in LTER-Europe and their characteristics Rome, 29 November 2013 Updated January 2014 38 Marine sites managed by 12 LTER-Europe Countries
COUNTRY SITE NAME MAIN HABITAT SITE REFERENCE PERSON
PORTUGAL 3M_RECITAL - MINHO, Estuaries Ana Marta Gonçalves, João MONDEGO, AND MIRA Carlos Marques ESTUARIES observatory PORTUGAL Ria de Aveiro Coastal lagoons Ana Lillebø, Ana I. Sousa, Daniel Cleary SPAIN Illas Atlanticas / Pontevedra Temperate Shelves and Seas Vicente Piorno Gonzàles
SPAIN Donana National Park Ricardo Diaz Delgado Coastal Wetlands SWEDEN Himmerfjärden-Askö- Temperate Shelves and Seas Lena Kautsky Landsortsdjupet SWEDEN Örefjörden Johan Wikner Fjord - Coastal brackish waters THE NETHERLANDS Dutch Wadden Sea Coastal Wetlands Bruno Ens, Rob Loke, Nora Mehnen
marine and transitional waters task-force Rome, 29 November 2013 Updated January 2014 Map of the LTER-Europe marine sites (January 2014)
Hausgarten
Örefjörden
Espeland MBS Western Gulf of Finland Himmerfjärden-Askö-Landsortsdjupet
LTSER Engure
Wadden Sea Helgoland Darss-Zingst Bodden Dutch Wadden Sea
Scheldt Estuary
Zone Atelier Brest Iroise (ZABrI)
Northern Adriatic Sea Illas Atlanticas Black Sea Lagoon of Venice Minho Estuary Portofino Po River Delta MPA Sozopol Bay Ria de Aveiro Mondego Estuary Sardinia Gulf Mar Piccolo marine sites of Naples Mira Estuary of Taranto Donana National Park
Formal LTER network Emerging LTER network
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EU programs/initiatives considered
BARCOM (Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the coastal region of the Mediterranean BISE (Biodiversity Information System for Europe) Census of Marine Life CIESM (The Mediterranean Science Commission) CoCoNet (Towards Coast to Coast NETworks of marine protected areas) - FP7 Programme EMBOS (European Marine Biodiversity Observing System – Cost Action) EMODnet (European Marine Observation and Data Network) EurOBIS (European Biogeographic Information System) EUROMARINE (Integration of European Marine Research Networks of Excellence) EUROPEAN MARINE BOARD GBIF (Global Diversity Information Facility) GENOMIC OBSERVATORIES (Global Network) GEO (Group on Earth Observations) GEO BON (Group on Earth Observations - Biodiversity Observation Network) HELCOM (Helsinki Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea) ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) ICZM (Integrated Coastal Zone Management) EU- Environment JERICO-FP7 (Towards a Joint European Research Infrastructure Network for Coastal Observatories) COPERNICUS (Observing our planet for a safer world) LIFE IN A CHANGING OCEAN LIFEWATCH (European Infrastructure for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research) MarBEF (Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning) MARS Network (European Network of Marine Research Institutes and Stations) MSFD (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) MyOcean (Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting) OBIS (Ocean Biogeographic Information System) OSPAR (Oslo and Paris Conventions for the protection of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic) PERSEUS (Policy-oriented marine Environmental Research in the Southern EUropean Seas)-FP7 Programme Project Biomare (2000-2002) The Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution TMAP (Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Programme for the Wadden Sea) WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species) WFD (EU Water Framework Directive)
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52 programs/initiatives in which at least 1 LTER-Europe site is involved
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MarBEF (Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning) now in EuroMarine (Consortium for the Integration of European Marine Research Networks of Excellence, which includes MarBEF, EUR-OCEANS, Marine Genomics)
WFD - The EU Water Framework Directive
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Practical actions to create an interacting group, starting from an heterogeneous and large variety of marine sites, but taking advantage of the work initiated and the tools developed in the life+ project EnvEurope (www.enveurope.eu): DEIMS (LTER metadata tool), EnvThes (common LTER Thesaurus), EcoPar (LTER Parameters and Methods)
marine and transitional waters task-force
Rome, 29 November 2013 Updated January 2014
1. Contribution to:
• LTER-EUROPE DEIMS by completing and updating the marine site metadata • ENVTHES (LTER common vocabulary) • EcoPAR: main LTER marine parameters and related methods
2. Participation of marine sites to the LTER-Europe Expert Panels.
marine and transitional waters task-force Rome, 29 November 2013 Updated January 2014
3. share a list of the most important publications for all relevant LTER sites to become familiar with the marine sites and the themes addressed by the different research groups
4. identify relevant scientific question/s that might be transferred and shared also to other non-marine sites in LTER-Europe and focus at least part of our activities on these topics (e.g., phenology, regime shift, changes in trophic state, biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, contribution to and effects of climate change, reference values for EU´s marine directives, status assessments of the marine environment and its development…; application of trait based approach, metabolic theory of ecology…)
5. connect with other marine networks and/or initiatives focussing on long- term ecological researches not included in LTER-Europe (e.g., UK Marine Environmental Change Network, Euromarine…)
6. contribute to the main European directives (WFD and MSFD), with the LTER perspective and knowledge LET’S START!