New technology improves our understanding of changes in the marine environment

Pieri G.; Ntoumas M.; Martinelli M.; Chatzinikolaou E.; Martins F.; Novellino A.; Dimitrova N.; Keller K.; King A.; Smerdon A.; Mazza M.; Malardé D.; Cocco M.; Torres A.; Triantafyllou G.; Sá S.; João Bebianno M.; Sparnocchia S.; Kristiansen T.; Lusher A.;

Existing European observation tools and services have the potential to take advantage of cutting-edge technologies to obtain a wide range of data at a much higher spatial resolution and temporal regularity and duration. The EU-funded NAUTILOS project will develop a new generation of sensors and samplers for physical, chemical, and biological essential ocean variables in addition to micro- and nano-plastics. The project will improve our understanding of environmental variations and anthropogenic impacts connected with aquaculture, fisheries, and marine litter. The project will integrate recently advanced marine technologies into different observing platforms and deploy them through innovative and cost-effective methods in a wide range of key environmental settings and EU policy-related applications. The project aims to complement and expand existing European observation instruments and services and further enable and democratise the monitoring of the marine environment for both traditional and non-traditional data users.

2021 - Contribution to conference proceedings

9th EuroGOOS International conference, pp. 500–508, Online Conference, May 3-5, 2021

Keywords: Ocean observations, Sensors, Samplers, fisheries, Ocean modelling, Data management

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The research activities of the Institute are carried out in the context of research, development and innovation projects, both national and international, based on regional funding programs (POR FEAMPA - Regional Operational Program of the European Maritime Affairs Fisheries Fund and Aquaculture and POR FESR - Regional Operational Program of the European Regional Development Fund) or ministerial (PRIN - Projects of relevant national interest, PNRA - National Research Program in Antarctica, PO FEAMPA - National Operational Program European Maritime Affairs Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund) , programs for European Territorial Cooperation (Interreg), direct funding programs of the European Commission (Horizon2020 and Horizon Europe, Life, JPI - Joint Programming Initiatives, ERA-NET Cofund) and thematic collaboration initiatives managed by international organizations such as, for example , the FAO - GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean). The Institute also develops funded projects in the context of collaborations with private companies in the sectors of the blue economy as well as technology transfer and research results. Research projects, mainly of a collaborative nature, are developed through a wide network of partners that include major Italian and foreign research institutions and universities.

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