Project record of Definition and application of ecological criteria and economic indicators for the impact study and cost determination of various types of pollution in the North Sea

Information

Type
Project
Name
Definition and application of ecological criteria and economic indicators for the impact study and cost determination of various types of pollution in the North Sea
Description @en
The project is designed to :
  • develop economic and ecological criteria which can be applied to determine the costs of various kinds of marine pollution;
  • develop mathematical equations which can be applied in economic submodels for the cost determination of environmental impacts.
Four cases of marine pollution are considered :
  • discharge of dangerous chemical substances (black list);
  • oil dumping;
  • increasing concentration of faecal/pathogenic bacteria as a result of the direct discharges of waste water into coastal waters;
  • eutrophication with resultant algal growth.
Description @
Het project heeft tot doel :
  • het ontwikkelen van economische en ecologische criteria die aangewend kunnen worden voor de kostenbepaling van diverse types van mariene verontreiniging;
  • het ontwikkelen van wiskundige vergelijkingen die aangewend kunnen worden in economische submodellen voor de kostenbepaling van milieu-impacten.
Vier gevallen van mariene verontreiniging worden in rekening genomen :
  • lozing van gevaarlijke chemische stoffen (zwarte lijst);
  • olielozingen;
  • toenemende concentratie van fecale/pathogene bacteriĆ«n ten gevolge van de directe lozingen van afvalwaters in kustwateren;
  • eutrofiĆ«ring met als gevolg algenbloei.
Parent project
Impulsprogramme "Marine Sciences"
Start date
1992-10
End date
1995-9

Institutes & people involved

Persoone Guido
associated with: Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen; Vakgroep Toegepaste ecologie en milieubiologie; Laboratorium voor Milieutoxicologie en aquatische ecologie; Onderzoeksgroep voor Milieutoxicologie
role: Promotor
Belgian Science Policy
role: Sponsor

Expertise

Eutrophication
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 2932
Models
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 5270
Oil pollution
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 5752
Pollution
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 6383
geographic terms
ANE, North Sea

special collections

Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
Section Ecotox

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date created: 2003-11-26
date modified: 2007-11-08