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28 - 31 October 2013, Constanța, Romania Commission on the Ministry of Environment and NIRDEP - National Institute for Protection of the Black Sea Climate Change, Romania Marine Research and Development, Against Pollution Romania The 4th Bi-annual Black Sea Scientific Conference 28 - 31 October 2013, Constanța, Romania Black Sea - Challenges Towards Good Environmental Status Jointly organized by The Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (Black Sea Commission) Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of Romania NIRDEP - National Institute for Marine Research and Development “Grigore Antipa” (NIMRD), Constanța, Romania Back-to-back events Celebration of the International Black Sea Day - 2013 International Symposium “Protection and Sustainable Management of the Black Sea - 3rd Millennium Imperative”- 6th Edition CONSTANȚA, 2013 2 4th Black Sea Scientific Conference Black Sea - Challenges Towards Good Environmental Status SCOPE To continue the concerted efforts initiated by the previous BSC scientific conferences to use science and information technology to understand and deal with the environment problems of the Black Sea, to strengthen science/policy interface and regional cooperation towards better governance of environment protection to preserve the Black Sea ecosystem as a valuable natural endowment of the region, while ensuring the sustainable use of its marine and coastal resources for the economic development, well-being, health and security of the population of the Black Sea coastal States. The Conference will take place back-to-back with the Black Sea Day - 2013 and the NIMRD International Symposium “Protection and Sustainable Management of the Black Sea Ecosystem - 3rd Millennium Imperative” - 6th edition. OBJECTIVES Provide the opportunity to the scientific community to meet and to discuss their achievements in order to improve scientific basis for the implementation of the Black Sea Strategic Action Plan. Update the knowledge on the Black Sea ecosystems identifying the gaps in the scientific data/information; revise the environment priorities and way forward to achieve good environmental status of the Black Sea. Discuss and assess the climate forcing mechanisms of physical, biological and biogeochemical processes at various time-spatial scales. Review the decision-support tools available in the Black Sea region and give recommendations for further developments and their use in the implementation of the BS SAP. Continue the integration of science in decision-making in the field of marine environment protection. i Contents CONFERENCE SESSIONS Session 1: Pollution and eutrophication Topics: oil pollution and oil spills land-based sources of pollution eutrophication contamination of water, sediments and biota (reference condition, target levels) methodologies for water quality towards GES environmental aspects of shipping Session 2: Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning Topics: plankton and benthic populations: long-term changes, distribution patterns and trends non-native species: trends in occurrence, spatial and temporal distribution food webs structure and functioning; long-term changes and trends marine habitats: present status and trends; habitats classification and mapping reference conditions and environmental targets biodiversity indicators development towards good environmental status of the Black Sea Session 3: Socio-economic impact on marine environment Topics: Fisheries and aquaculture, tourism, exploration and exploitation of non-living resources, oil and gas industry, alternative energy ii 4th Black Sea Scientific Conference Black Sea - Challenges Towards Good Environmental Status Marine industries and urban development policy and management options for recovery of the Black Sea resources Session 4: Integrated Coastal Zone Management Topics: Maritime spatial planning State of the Black Sea coast Marine and coastal protected areas Coastal erosion Session 5: Climate change and its impact on marine ecosystems Topics: Change in CO2 fluxes, carbon sequestration, biogeochemical cycles, acidification, hydrology, hydrophysics Session 6: Ecosystem modelling Topics: Recent ecosystem modelling activities in the Black Sea region All sessions Information gaps - identification of gaps in knowledge, policy, legislation Special sessions (31st October, 2013): Celebration of the International Black Sea Day - 2013 Protection and Sustainable Management of the Black Sea Ecosystem- 3rd Millennium Imperative - International Symposium, 6th Edition iii Contents Contents Plenary Session ............................................................ 1 The Support of PERSEUS Project in Achieving Good Environmental Status in the Black Sea Basin (Evangelos Papathanassiou, Nikos Streftaris, Xavier Durrieu De Madron, Jean-Francois Cadiou, Joaquin Tintore, Marco Zavaterelli, Celia Vassilopoulou, Gheorghe Oaie, Didier Sauzade) ............... 1 Promoting the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive in non-EU study areas: Identification of the elements for basin- wide environmental status assessments in the South European Seas, Sophie Laroche, Bruno Andral, Vassiliki Vassilopoulou, Marian-Traian Gomoiu, Gheorghe Oaie ) ........... 4 JPI Oceans - Joint Programming Initiative Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans .................................................. 5 “Integrated Regional Monitoring Implementation Strategy in the South European Seas – IRIS-SES”: A new Pilot Project to support MSFD for the management of human activities in the sea ... .................................................................................. 7 Session 1 - Pollution and Eutrophication ..................... 9 Heavy Metal Concentrations in Sediment from Sinop Coast of the Black Sea, Turkey (Levent Bat , Has Can Öztekin) ............. 10 The “Hot Ecological Spots” in the Crimean Coastal Zone (A. Boltachev, E. Karpova) ......................................................... 10 European Approach to Marine Litter in the Romanian Black Sea Waters (Madalina Cristea, Eugen Anton, Simion Nicolaev, George Tiganov, Liviu-Daniel Galatchi) .................................. 12 iv 4th Black Sea Scientific Conference Black Sea - Challenges Towards Good Environmental Status Results of Water and Bottom Sediments Pollution Studies in the Zmiinyi Island Area of the Black Sea in 2011-2012 ............ 14 Some Aspects Concerning Polymer Bicomponent Membranes for Sea Water Pollution Prevention (Teodor Sandu, Ana M. Florea, Andrei Sârbu, Liliana Sarbu and Steluta Apostol) ......... 16 Recent State of Varna Bay (Galina Shtereva, Ognyana Hristova) ............................................................................ 17 Oil Polluted and Pristine Black Sea Coastal Sediments: Comparative Molecular Analysis of Inhabiting Bacterial Communities (Nadezhda H. Todorova, Roumyana S. Mironova and Ventzislav K. Karamfilov) ............................. 18 BlackSeaTrack Web as Decision-Support Operational Tool for the Black Sea Environmental Safety (Alexander Kubryakov, Gennady Korotaev) .............................................................. 19 EnviroGRIDS Final Report on Present State and Future Scenarios in the Black Sea Catchment (Lehmann Anthonyand the enviroGRIDS consortium) ............................................... 21 Organochlorine Compounds in Tissues of the Black Sea Turbot from Sevastopol Coastal Area in 2008, 2009 and 2013 (Malakhova L., Giragosov V., Khanaychenko A., Malakhova T., Smirnov D.) ................................................................... 23 Recent Investigations of Radioactivity and the Current State of Background Radiation in the North-Western Black Sea (R. Margineanu, Carmen Varlam, A.M. Blebea-Apostu, V. Patrascu, O. G. Duliu, Rositza Totzeva, V. Stegarescu, B. Mitrica) ............................................................................... 25 Nitrogen Problem for the Black Sea Ecosystem (Medinets Sergiy) ............................................................................... 26 Results of Hydrobionts Pollution Studies in the Zmiinyi Island Area of the Black Sea in 2011-2013Vostrikova, I. Gruzova) ..... 28 v Contents Composition of Microflora of the Upper Respiratory Tract of the Black Sea Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops Truncatus) in Captivity Condition (Denisenko Tatyana), Sokolova Olga, Komogorova Ele, Mikhalev Yuriy) .......................................... 30 Assessment of Modern Ecological and Contamination State of Ecosystem of the Black Sea (according to the results of YugNIRO research on nature conservation) (Zhuhailo S. S., Petrenko O. A., Trotsenko B. G., Avdeeva T. M.) .................... 32 Understanding of “Good Environmental Status” for Turkish coastal and marine environment (Çolpan Polat Beken, Levent Bat , Ahmet E. Kıdeyş, Süleyman Tuğrul, Şükrü Beşiktepe, Gökhan Kaboğlu, Ahsen Yüksek, Muzaffer Feyzioğlu, Fatma Telli-Karakoç, Fatih Şahin, Leyla Tolun, Dilek Ediger, İbrahim Tan) 35 Seasonal Variability of Suspended Matter’s Content and Rate of Its Sedimentation in Photic Layer of Black Sea Waters (E.Z. Samyshev) .................................................................. 37 Level of Pollution of Sediments in Coastal and Oceanic Regions of the Black Sea (Ernest Samyshev, Natalia Minkina, Irina Orlova,) ...................................................................... 39 Application of Nematode/Copepod Index in the Black Sea: Any Indication for Use in Monitoring of Organic Pollution? (Murat Sezgin, Derya Ürkmez, Melek Ersoy Karaçuha) ............ 41 Assessment of Pollutants
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