the geoscience and marine research & consulting co., ltd. came into existence in 1987. main...
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The Geoscience and Marine Research & Consulting Co., Ltd.
Came into existence in 1987. Main activities are: - Water resources management based on the catchment planning- Environmental assessments and forecast for the river catchments, lakes,
reservoirs, lagoons- Optimisation and planning for the reservoirs- EIA where the water resources are concerned - Flood management- Coastal zone studies (waves, currents, sediment movement, water quality)
Within projects, studies the professional modeling systems by DHI Software (MIKE system) is used – MantraEast, FloodRelief.
It allows to study the physical, chemical and biological processes of natural water environment
www.geomor.sprintnet.pl
Practical issues concerning ELOISE results
• For whom?– HELCOM – Baltic Sea– Coastal Offices
Contribution to coastal zone management and spatial planning, and thus to European coastal policy.
– Water Boards– Regional Authorities– Consultants
• What?– Knowledge allowing understanding of processes– Implementation of WFD– Dissemination
ELOISE has now entered a phase where scientific results have to be disseminated to all potential end-users in ministries to schools.
The priorities of HELCOM include the following tasks:
• To produce assessments, which include data on nutrients, hazardous and radioactive substances, and on various components of the marine environment i.e. hydrography, chemical and biological variables.
• To coordinate, update and develop monitoring programmes according to the assessment requirements and scientific knowledge in the Contracting Parties, Contracting Parties (CPs).
• To develop and promote the application of new, effective methods for monitoring and assessment
• To identify gaps in knowledge and to promote appropriate scientific research
Proposed improvements
• The present monitoring program and time series measurements should be safeguarded in the future, including the information on "background" (reference) values
• Monitoring and the subsequent assessment should be tightly interlocked; the whole process should follow a pre-determined schedule, and it should include a regular data flow from field measurements and QA procedures to create proper basis for assessments
• Numeric models, automated sampling and recording systems, including satellite imagery, should be developed and implemented more effectively
• Quality Assurance procedures are not satisfactory enough to guarantee the comparability of all data
Year Requirements
2000 Directive Adopted
2003 Transpose into National lawIdentify River Basin Districts and Competent AuthoritiesIdentify draft register of intercalibration sites
2004 Characterization of water bodies, including Heavily Modified water bodiesReview pressures and impacts and identify sites at risk of not meeting theenvironmental objective of 'good status'Establish register of Protected AreasUndertake economic analysis of water useFinal register of intercalibration sites
2006 Comprehensive monitoring programmes operational
Water Framework Directive
Year Requirements
2007 Repeal some Directives
2008 Publish Draft River Basin Management Plans which will include a first draft of the classification of water bodies
2009 River Basin Management Plans produced to include final classification of the ecological status of water bodiesProgramme of measures for each RBD
2010 Water pricing policies contribute to environmental objectives
2013 Repeal some Directives
2015 "Good" Status to be achieved
Water Framework Directive
1. Habitat dynamics at the coast-catchment interface.
2. Nutrient dynamics in European water systems.
3. Climate Change.
4. Contaminant budgets in the coastal zone.
Four themes have been identified from the ELOISE projects
Topics addressed by nutrient dynamics
• Relating nutrient fluxes to land-based activities,
atmospheric and river processes
• Nutrient processing in estuaries and coastal areas –
what processes govern the fate?
• Effects of altered nutrient discharges on the functioning
of coastal and estuarine foodwebs
Fate of nutrients in coastal areas
• Black Sea P, Si benthic
regeneration is in the same range as
Danube discharge, but intense
denitrification occurs (Friedl et al.,
1996).
• Intense nutrient regeneration
sustains the high productivity in the
Black Sea coastal zone (Friedrich et al.,
2002)
Friedrich et al (2002)Friedrich et al (2002)
• Benthic Fe and Ca act as buffer pools that sequester P, not available for primary production (de Wit et al. 2001)
• Increasing nutrient loadings push the system towards reduced states (Wijsman et al, 2002).
• Eventually toxic H2S and Ca/Fe-bound P are released (Heijs et al., 2000)
• Benthic system reaches a new stable state, highly reactive to nutrient enrichments (Heijs et al., 2000)
H2S
Wijsman et al (2002)Wijsman et al (2002)
Nutrient enrichmentNutrient enrichment
Stable statesStable states
Fate of nutrients in coastal areas
Atmospheric Nutrient Inputs
• Remarkable spatial resolution with
17 x 17 km boxes
• 30% of nitrogen input to sea comes
from the air
• Wet deposition represents 81% of
N-deposition
• 38% from agriculture, 72% from
combustion sources
Hertel et al (2002)Hertel et al (2002)
Atmospheric Nutrient Inputs
• Assessment of nutrient deposition requires a
fine grided model dynamically coupled with a
meteorological model.
• Efforts to be deployed Europe-wide instead of
focus on North Sea and NW Mediterranean
Sea.
• Both N and P-deposition to be addressed by
monitoring efforts.
de Leeuw et al (2003)de Leeuw et al (2003)
EUROPEAN CATCHMENTS
CATCHMENT CHANGES AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE COAST (EUROCAT)
The coastal zone is under heavy pressure from land-based activities located in the catchment of rivers. Traditionally, both scientific research and the governance framework have treated catchments and coasts as separate entities. However, it is increasingly recognised that they should in fact be treated as an integrated whole, encompassing both environmental and socioeconomic and political systems.
The EuroCat project was established with an integrated perspective and analytical framework in mind. Across seven regional case studies, local teams of natural and social scientists used a common interdisciplinary strategy to: • Interface biophysical catchment and coastal models with socio-economic models• Develop regional environmental change scenarios (2001-2020) • Link scenarios with the modelling toolbox to evaluate plausible futures • Evaluate the research outcomes with regional boards consisting of stakeholders and policy makers.
• Vistula• Elbe• Rhine• Humber• Po• Indrijca• Axios• Provadiska
Catchment coast studies
WP-6: DISSEMINATION
OBJECTIVES The objective of this work package is the dissemination of the results and outcomes of the project to the users and the general public.
TASKSThe European and Regional Policy Advisory Boards of users will be set up in the first phase of the project. Their role is the dissemination through their own channels and advising on transforming the science product to products adapted to the users. The internet site of the project will be an additional instrument to disseminate the products of the project. On the internet site the data bases and models will be made available as well as general information on the outcome of the Working Packages and the project itself. Special sessions of the yearly meetings will be devoted to the general public, users and science journalists. General overview lectures will be given on the outcome of the project and a forum will be organised with the users to discuss the results to date and their implementation. This will be accompanied by written material in the form of brochures, synthesised reports and interactive graphic user-oriented informative materials on CD-ROMs and web sites.
Remarks concerning dissemination
• If web page is known so there is enough information about project
• There should be a final workshop of the project with the participation of end-users, regional authorities, consultans
• what is an access to modelling tools after the completion of project
What this website should help you to do
1. Enable a reader to find out about ELOISE without having to approach the scientific
literature in the first instance.
2. Provide an overview of some of the significant results from ELOISE of interest to a
wide population.
3. Provide a gateway to more technical information on ELOISE by guiding the reader
to academic research papers.
Approach taken to dissemination
Four themes have been identified from the ELOISE projects and for each an overview
has been prepared. These themes are;
1. Habitat dynamics at the coast-catchment interface.
2. Nutrient dynamics in European water systems.
3. Climate Change.
4. Contaminant budgets in the coastal zone.
LEARNING OUTCOMES FROM ELOISE (European Land Ocean Interaction Studies)
Habitat Dynamics at the Coast-Catchment Interface - Contents
Executive Summary European Coastal Habitat Dynamics and ELOISE
Synthesis Results 1. Introduction 2. Coastal habitat typology 3. Natural dynamics in coastal habitats 4. Major drivers and pressures: anthropogenic causes of coastal habitat change 5. Conclusions
Case Studies1 - Interannual variability in patchiness of seagrass beds 2 - Bottom trawling and dredging as a physical disturbance
Additional Material Themed Overveiw & Case Studies - pdf document (308 KB) PowerPoint Presentation (233 KB)
SourcesReferences
Nutrient Dynamics in European Water Systems - Contents
Executive Summary ELOISE contribution to knowledge on nutrient dynamics
Synthesis Results 1. Introduction 2. Characterisation of nutrient sources
2.1 Atmospheric nutrient inputs 2.2 Riverine and groundwater nutrient inputs
3. Nutrient processing - what governs the fate?3.1 Sediment biogeochemistry3.2 Role of vegetation in nutrient cycling
4. Effects of altered nutrient discharges4.1 Nutrient loading and the response on coastal pelagic communities4.2 Nutrient fluxes in coastal benthic communitties
5. ConclusionsCase Studies
Introduction1. Towards a consistent assessment of atmospheric deposition in coastal regions 2. Chasing after nutrients through watersheds 3. Alteration of coastal food webs by human activities
Additional Material Themed Overveiw & Case Studies - pdf document (308 KB) PowerPoint Presentation (233 KB)
SourcesReferences
Climate Change and Coastal Management - Contents
Executive Summary Climate Change and ELOISE
Synthesis Results 1. Introduction 2. What are the tools and building blocks of climate change management?3. How does climate change manifest itself in the coastal zone? 4. Human Impacts5. Indirect links to climate change 6. Conclusions
Case StudiesClimate Change and Coastal Management in Practice – A cost-benefit assessment in the Humber, UK.
Additional Material Themed Overveiw & Case Studies - pdf document (308 KB) PowerPoint Presentation (233 KB)
SourcesReferences
Contaminants: Budgets and Behaviours - Contents
Executive Summary Contaminant passage through the land-ocean interface as seen by ELOISE and IMPACTS
Synthesis Results 1. Introduction 2. Pathways in and out of coasts - A brief overview 3. Fluvial supply to the coast 4. Atmospheric pathways: from land to sea 5. Atmospheric pathways: from sea to land 6. Ground and sediment waters
Case Studies1. PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) in coastal zones within ELOISE and
IMPACTS projects2. Mercury in the Mediterranean
Additional Material Themed Overveiw & Case Studies - pdf document (308 KB) PowerPoint Presentation (233 KB)
SourcesReferences