PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS: Automated Tools to Measure Primary Productivity in European Seas. A New Autonomous Monitoring Tool to Measure the Primary Production of Major European Seas
Public support
Provider
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Programme
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Call for proposals
FP7-ENV-2008-1
Main participants
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Contest type
RP - Co-financing of EC programme
Contract ID
1088/2011-321
Alternative language
Project name in Czech
PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS: Automated Tools to Measure Primary Productivity in European Seas. A New Autonomous Monitoring Tool to Measure the Primary Production of Major European Seas
Annotation in Czech
PROTOOL stands for PROductivity TOOLs: Automated Tools to Measure Primary Productivity in European Seas. The project will develop and adapt sensor technologies to measure primary production of phytoplankton with automated optical techniques, so that theycan be placed on ships of opportunity (SOOP, ferries, container ships). The complete PROTOOL Measuring Device will consist of (1) a fluorometer measuring the rate of photosynthesis (using the variable fluorescence approach), (2) an algal absorption meter and (3) a hyperspectral reflectance unit. It will measure key water quality parameters like chlorophyll a, suspended matter concentrations and the light attenuation coefficient. The design will be modular so that each unit can also be used separately.The different versions of the sensors and protocol modules will be tested in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, the English-Channel and the Gulf of Biscay, as well as in a number of Dutch estuaries. In the first 3 cases, the PROTOOL equipments will be placednext to a ferrybox on ships of opportunity. These field tests will provide the conversion factors required to calibrate the PROTOOL fluorometer. These campaigns will also produce maps of primary production with high temporal and spatial resolutions. ThePROTOOL Measuring Device is unique because it is the first sensor technology that can measure autonomously biological process RATES and not only biological quantities (like chlorophyll concentration). It will provide detailed information on primary productivity which is a fundamental parameter in the carrying capacity of any ecosystem. With its technological development, PROTOOL will contribute to a much better assessment of changing marine ecosystems. PROTOOL partners will further promote the inclusion of primary production within the list of important biological properties to be considered for ecological status assessment in the future in the context of the Water Framework and the Marine Strategy Framework Directives.
Scientific branches
R&D category
VV - Exeperimental development
CEP classification - main branch
DJ - Pollution and water control
CEP - secondary branch
DA - Hydrology and limnology
CEP - another secondary branch
EE - Microbiology, virology
OECD FORD - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)
10501 - Hydrology<br>10502 - Oceanography<br>10503 - Water resources<br>10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)<br>10606 - Microbiology<br>10607 - Virology<br>10617 - Marine biology, freshwater biology, limnology
Completed project evaluation
Provider evaluation
U - Uspěl podle zadání (s publikovanými či patentovanými výsledky atd.)
Project results evaluation
Following the condition that the candidate of financial contribution was evaluated and afterwards selected by international provider in accordance with the rules of the program the Ministry of Education, Youth ans Sports does not realize the evaluation of project results. The project is evaluated only after its approval by an international provider.
Solution timeline
Realization period - beginning
Sep 1, 2009
Realization period - end
Aug 31, 2012
Project status
U - Finished project
Latest support payment
Apr 18, 2012
Data delivery to CEP
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data delivery code
CEP13-MSM-7E-U/01:1
Data delivery date
Jun 28, 2013
Finance
Total approved costs
1,411 thou. CZK
Public financial support
1,411 thou. CZK
Other public sources
0 thou. CZK
Non public and foreign sources
0 thou. CZK