SESAME
Southern European Seas: Assessing and modelling ecosystem changes
Informazioni Generali
- Coordinatore:
- HCMR - HELLENIC CENTRE FOR MARINE RESEARCH (Grecia)
- Responsabile ENEA:
- DELFANTI ROBERTA - SSPT-PROTER (SANTA TERESA)
- Ruolo ENEA:
- PARTNER
- Sito WEB:
- http://www.sesame-ip.eu/index.php
Descrizione e Attività
Descrizione Generale
The general scientific objectives of SESAME are to assess and predict changes in the Mediterranean and Black Sea ecosystems as well as changes in the ability of these ecosystems to provide goods and services. The Mediterranean and Black Sea will be approached as a coupled climatic/ecosystem entity, with links and feedbacks to the world ocean. The assessment of ecosystem changes will be based on the identification of the major regime shifts in ecosystems that occurred during the last 50 years. Mathematical models, validated and upgraded using existing and new observations, will be used to predict ecosystem responses to changes in climate and anthropogenic forcing during the next five decades.
The new data will be gathered during multidisciplinary; multi-ship oceanographic cruises in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. These will provide an overall picture of the Mediterranean and Black Sea that does not yet exist as well as essential data sets for model validation. SESAME will also study the effect of the ecosystem variability on key goods and services with high societal importance like tourism, fisheries, ecosystem stability though conservation of biodiversity and mitigation of climate change through carbon sequestration in water and sediments.
The innovative character of SESAME is reflected in the close merging of economic and natural sciences to study the changes in the western and eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea within the period from 50 years in the past to 50 years in the future. SESAME will create a platform for disseminating the research results to all levels of society. It will stimulate and strengthen international cooperation in the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions through the participation of research organisations from Member States, Associated States, Associated Candidate countries, non-EU Mediterranean and NIS countries as well as international organisations
Attività svolta da ENEA
Campagne multidisciplinari tipo "WOCE" per la pianificazione, raccolta e analisi dei campioni e dei dati nel Mar Ionio e nel canale di Sicilia; studio sui flussi di materia nelle aree chiave Canale di Sicilia e sistema degli stretti turchi (scambi Mar Nero - Mar Egeo). Misure idrografiche per la quantificazione degli scambi tra Bacino orientale e occidentale del mediterraneo nel canale di Sicilia e di 137Cs (tracciante conservativo) lungo la direttrice Mar Nero - Mar di Marmara - Egeo allo scopo di tracciare i percorsi e i processi di rimescolamento delle masse d'acqua.
Programmi Europei
- Programma:
- Sesto Programma Quadro UE (2002-2006) → CAMBGLOB (2002-2006) (IP - Progetto Integrato)
Dati Finanziari (in euro)
Costo Eleggibile
- Progetto:
- 14.806.501,00
- ENEA:
- 140.000,00
Contributo
- Al progetto:
- 9.999.121,00
- A ENEA:
- 70.000,00
Durata del Progetto
- Anno di stipula e Durata:
- 2007 - 48 mesi
- Periodo:
- 01-11-2006 → 31-10-2010
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