| General info | |
| Project title | Marine Ecosystems Response in the Mediterranean Experiment |
| Project acronym | MERMEX |
| Project website | http://mermex.com.univ-mrs.fr/ |
| Begin date | 2008-01-01 |
| End date | To present |
| Location | |
| Sea area (C19) | Mediterranean Sea |
| Description | |
| Data-themes (P08) | Cross-discipline |
| Abstract | It will focus on the response of ecosystems to modifications of physico-chemical forcing at various scales, both in time and space, linked to changing environmental conditions and increasing human pressure. We propose a comprehensive, integrated approach considering the continuum between the coastal zone and the open sea and its interfaces, including ocean-continent, ocean-atmosphere and water-sediment to precisely describe and model the current state of the Mediterranean ecosystems and the complex interactions existing between the environmental and human factors. Only a coordinated and ambitious strategy, addressing simultaneously the physics and biogeochemistry of these systems will permit to explore and analyse the present sensibility of marine ecosystems, and to validate the tools used to forecast their changes. |
| Coordinator | |
| Coordinating organisation | CNRS, Insu Technical Division (Plouzané)
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| Country of Coordinator | France |
| Contact name | DURRIEU de MADRON Xavier |
| Contact organisation | University of Perpignan, CEFREM
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| Phone | 04 68.66.22.48 |
| Fax | +33 (0)4 68.66.20.96 |
| Email | demadron@univ-perp.fr |
| Project partners | |
| Other partners | Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, Toulouse Spatial Center
CNRS, National Institute of Sciences of the Universe
French Geological Survey (BRGM)
French Petroleum Institute New Energies (Rueil-Malmaison)
IRD Siege
Meteo France, Centre de Météorologie Marine
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| Edmerp metadata | |
| Edmerp id | 11825 |
| Collating centre | Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea
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| Latest update | 2015-10-08 |
