| General info | |
| Project title | (CIPS/ICWB) SEA - an extensive multidisciplinary Belgian survey of the eastern half of Southern Bight of North Sea |
| Begin date | 1970 |
| End date | 1976 |
| Location | |
| Sea area (C19) | North Sea |
| Description | |
| Data-themes (P08) | Biological oceanography,Chemical oceanography,Marine geology and Bathymetry,Physical oceanography |
| Abstract | “Project Sea" was the first major programme in marine science in Belgium. Its purpose was to "assemble a reliable scientific basis and develop modelling techniques to permit both qualitative and quantitative simulation of the impact of natural phenomena or anthropic effects".
The programme had a very marked interdisciplinary character. Physicists, chemists, biologists, and geologists all cooperated in a study of the marine ecosystem. From 1971 to 1976, about 200 researchers from 40 different university laboratories and scientific institutes worked together on the programme. For 5 years, samples were collected within a network of 25 marine stations, at a frequency of 4 to 6 campaigns a year. The results were collated in a range of mathematical models developed over the period.
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| Coordinator | |
| Coordinating organisation | Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Management Unit of North Sea and Scheldt Estuary Mathematical Models
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| Country of Coordinator | Belgium |
| Contact name | Serge Scory |
| Contact organisation | Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Management Unit of North Sea and Scheldt Estuary Mathematical Models
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| Phone | +32 (0)2 773 21 33 |
| Fax | +32 (0)2 770 69 72 |
| Email | S.Scory@mumm.ac.be |
| Edmerp metadata | |
| Edmerp id | 11273 |
| Collating centre | Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Management Unit of North Sea and Scheldt Estuary Mathematical Models, Belgian Marine Data Centre
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| Latest update | 2009-08-25 |
