| General info | |
| Project title | Atmospheric Deposition and Impact of pollutants, key elements and nutrients on the Open Mediterranean sea |
| Project acronym | ADIOS |
| Project reference | EVK3-CT-2000-00035 |
| Project website | http://forecast.uoa.gr/adios |
| Begin date | 2001-01-01 |
| End date | 2004-01-01 |
| Description | |
| Abstract | The extent to which the atmosphere represents an important pathway for various pollutants and natural substances from Europe and North Africa towards the Mediterranean Sea and subsequently affects its biogeochemistry remains largely unknown. Some of these substances, such as lead, mercury and chlorinated hydrocarbons, when carried into the sea by atmosphere are potentially harmful to marine biological systems. Others, such as nitrogen species, phosphorus and iron, are nutrients and may enhance marine producitivity. Atmospheric inputs thus exert many different effects on the Mediterranean environment.
The ADIOS project aims at understanding the magnitude, timing and geographical distribution of atmospheric deposition and impact of selected pollutants, key elements and nutrients on the Mediterranean open sea, an ecologically sensitive marine environment. |
| Coordinator | |
| Coordinating organisation | European Research and Teaching Centre for Environmental Geosciences
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| Country of Coordinator | France |
| Contact name | HEUSSNER Serge |
| Contact organisation | University of Perpignan, CEFREM
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| Phone | 04 68.66.20.89 |
| Fax | +33 (0)4 68.66.20.96 |
| Email | heussner@univ-perp.fr |
| Project partners | |
| Other partners | Barcelona University., Department of Stratigraphy, Paleontology and Marine Geosciences
CEA, Climate and Environmental Sciences Laboratory
CNRS, COM, Physical and Biogeochemical Oceanography Laboratory (Luminy)
CNRS, Laboratory of studies on Spatial Geophysics and Oceanography
CNRS, Microbiology, Geochemistry and Marine Ecology Laboratory
CONISMA, National Interuniversity Consortium for Marine Science
École Normale Supérieure Institute of Marine Biogeochemistry
European Research and Teaching Centre for Environmental Geosciences
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology & Aquaculture
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography, Chemical Oceanographic Department
Laboratory of Oceanography and Climate, Experiments and numerical Approaches
Laboratory of Oceanography of Villefranche
Lancaster University, Department of Environmental Science
National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography
University of Crete, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry
University of Edinburgh, Department of Geology and Geophysics
University of the Aegean, Department of Marine Studies, Remote Sensing Laboratory
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| Edmerp metadata | |
| Edmerp id | 11750 |
| Collating centre | Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea
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| Latest update | 2011-04-28 |
