{"projectrec":{"ProID":90,"StandardTitle":"Identification of maritime zones affected by eutrophication","OrigTitle":"Identificatie van mariene zones getroffen door eutrofiëring","Acronym":"IZEUT","AbstractEnglish":"Part I\r\n\r\nIntroduction\r\n\r\n- The eutrophication problem of the Belgian coastal waters\r\nThe Belgian coastal waters receive large quantities of anthropogenic nutrients via the nutrient-enriched SW Atlantic waters, the rivers Ijzer, Scheldt and Rhine/Meuse, local coastal effluents and the atmosphere. Eutrophication is apparent as blooms of Phaeocystis colonies that escape grazing by zooplankton. Most damage related to Phaeocystis blooms has been reported as deposits of foam on the beaches and clogging of fishnet.\r\n\r\n- International Agreements to Counteract Eutrophication of the North Sea\r\nAs contracting party of the North Sea Conference and the Oslo and Paris Conventions, Belgium has agreed to classify their maritime areas as ‘problem areas, potential problem areas and non-problem areas’ with respect to eutrophication following the Common Procedure for the Identification of the Eutrophication Status of the Maritime Area edited by OSPAR. The Common Procedure is a stepwise process including the Screening (descriptive) and Comprehensive (quantitative assessment criteria) Procedure. Although the Common Procedure provides North Sea riparian countries with a common basis to classify the maritime areas according to their eutrophication status, the procedure is restrained up to now to a list of possible qualitative criteria. \r\n\r\nObjective\r\n\r\nThe overall objective of IZEUT is to develop and apply eutrophication criteria for an internationally accepted identification of problem areas, potential problem areas and non-problem areas in the Belgian coastal waters. It is based on the Common Procedure for the Identification of the Eutrophication Status of the Maritime Area of the OSPAR Convention. \r\n\r\nMethodology\r\n\r\n- Collect updated information concerning the riverine, atmospheric, Atlantic & benthic inputs of nutrients in the Belgian coastal zone to determine the quantitative and qualitative nutrient enrichment of the Belgian coastal zone and the contribution of anthropogenic (agriculture, industry, households) and natural sources.\r\n\r\n- Conduct surveys among different communities (civilian, scientific, fishermen, seaside resorts…) to identify possibly measurable indicators of eutrophication-related ecosystem changes, damages and loss in the Belgian coastal waters or parts of it and use them for a socio-economical valuation of Phaeocystis damages.\r\n\r\n- Collect existing physical, optical, nutrient, chlorophyll a and phytoplankton data collected in the Belgian coastal waters since 1971 and the adjacent French and Dutch coastal waters and establish cause-effect relationships between key ecological criteria (e.g. Phaeocystis magnitude) and nutrient loads (absolute concentration and ratios).\r\n\r\nExpected results\r\n\r\nUpon completion IZEUT is expected to define eutrophication-related background reference levels and ecological quality criteria that will be used to produce a map showing the geographical extent of problem areas, potential problem areas and non-problem areas in the Belgian waters and its evolution since 1971. These ecological criteria will be useful as quality target to be reached in future nutrient reduction plans and/or for monitoring trends in the quality of the Belgian waters\r\n\r\nThe Partners\r\n\r\nThe project IZEUT combines the scientific efforts of the laboratory of Ecology of Aquatic Systems of the Université Libre de Bruxelles ULB-ESA (Dr.C. Lancelot) and the environmental consultancy office ECOLAS (Ir D. Leroy).\r\nThe coordinator, ULB-ESA, an internationally recognised expert in coastal eutrophication and Belgian representative (Dr Ir V. Rousseau) in the OSPAR Eutrophication Task Group, focuses research effort on the establishment of scientifically-based criteria for assessment of eutrophication in the Belgian coastal waters.\r\nThe sub-contractor ECOLAS, at the frontier between natural and social science and specialised in estimating socio-economic impacts of marine environmental damages is responsible of the socio-economical valuation of Phaeocystis damages.\r\n\r\nPart II\r\n\r\nULB-ESA is conducting since 20 years national and EU-funded research on the functioning of aquatic ecosystems and its response to natural and man-induced changes. International collaboration relevant to IZEUT includes informal contact established with IFREMER-Boulogne (France) and RIKZ (The Netherlands) for a regional view of eutrophication problems in the Southern Bight of the North Sea. It also includes participation to OSPAR-SGQAE and -ETG and membership to the SCOR Working Group on Phaeocystis, the EU-ELOISE initiative and the PNEC (Programme National d’Ecologie Côtière, France).\r\n\r\nThe environmental Consultancy Office Ecolas has a wide expertise on integrated policy studies regarding the management of coastal and marine zones and is member of the Advisory Council for Sustainable Development of the Province West-Vlaanderen related to Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) issues. Specific interests include oil pollution, eutrophication, harbours, aquaculture and fisheries, socio-economic issues of ICZM, Global Ocean Observing System (EuroGOOS), EUROMAR, biodiversity issues and climate change effects on the coastal zone.","AbstractOtherLang":null,"DateLastModified":{"date":"2024-05-06 10:23:43.307000","timezone_type":1,"timezone":"+00:00"},"ParentProID":1083,"BeginYear":2000,"EndYear":2001,"BMonth":1,"EMonth":12,"BeginMonth":"January","EndMonth":"December","OrigTitleLangCode":"nl","OrigTitleLangID":41,"OrigTitleLangNL":"Nederlands","OrigTitleLang":"Dutch","OtherAbstractLangCode":null,"OtherAbstractLangID":null,"OtherAbstractLang":null,"OtherAbstractLangNL":null,"Progress":"Completed","ProgressNL":"Afgelopen","PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":0,"ND":"2003-11-26","UD":"2007-04-03","DMPFlag":0,"Budget":6000000,"BudgetCurrency":"BEF"},"parent":{"ProID":1083,"Acronym":"SPSD-I","StandardTitle":"Research action SPSD-I: Sustainable management of the North Sea"},"persons":null,"projects":null,"events":null,"datasets":null,"institutes":[{"instituterec":{"Acronym":"ESA","ProPartID":159,"PublicFlag":1,"OrigNameLangCode":"en","OrigNameLangID":15,"FullOrigName":"Université Libre de Bruxelles; Interfacultary School of Bio-Engineering; Laboratory of Ecology of Aquatic System","Line1":"Campus de la Plaine, Accés 3 - CP221","Line2":"Bâtiment A, local 1A3 207","Line3":"Boulevard du Thriomphe","Line4":"1050 Bruxelles","InsID":2404,"FullStandardName":"Université Libre de Bruxelles; École Interfacultaire de Bioingénieurs; Laboratoire d'Écologie des Systèmes Aquatiques","Role":null,"RoleID":null,"EncAddress":"Campus de la Plaine, Accés 3 - CP221, Bâtiment A, local 1A3 207, Boulevard du Thriomphe, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium"},"parent":null,"institutes":null,"references":null,"conferences":null,"datasets":null,"persons":[{"Surname":"Lancelot","Firstname":"Christiane","Initials":"C.","LeaderFlag":0,"PersID":197,"Role":"Promotor","RoleID":8,"PastInstitute":1,"BeginDay":null,"BeginMonth":null,"BeginYear":null,"EndDay":null,"EndMonth":null,"EndYear":null}],"pastpers":null,"subpers":null,"projects":null,"urls":null,"pictures":null,"published":null,"affrefs":null,"collections":null,"thesterms":null,"taxterms":null,"geoterms":null,"thestermsFRIS":null,"nXtins":null,"previns":null,"spcols":null,"resmessage":"no id specified","complete":0,"participantrec":null,"peerrevs":null,"urlmaps":null},{"instituterec":{"Acronym":"BELSPO","ProPartID":5227,"PublicFlag":1,"OrigNameLangCode":"nl","OrigNameLangID":41,"FullOrigName":"Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid","Line1":"WTC III - Simon Bolivarlaan 30","Line2":"1000 Brussel","Line3":null,"Line4":null,"InsID":120,"FullStandardName":"Belgian Science Policy","Role":"Sponsor","RoleID":3,"EncAddress":"WTC III - Simon Bolivarlaan 30, 1000 Brussel, Belgium"},"parent":null,"institutes":null,"references":null,"conferences":null,"datasets":null,"persons":[],"pastpers":null,"subpers":null,"projects":null,"urls":null,"pictures":null,"published":null,"affrefs":null,"collections":null,"thesterms":null,"taxterms":null,"geoterms":null,"thestermsFRIS":null,"nXtins":null,"previns":null,"spcols":null,"resmessage":"no id specified","complete":0,"participantrec":null,"peerrevs":null,"urlmaps":null}],"refs":null,"urls":[{"URL":"www.belspo.be/belspo/fedra/proj.asp?l=en&cod=mn/dd2/011","externalID":null,"URLTypeCode":null,"URLType":"FEDRA metadata","URLTypID":31}],"thesterms":[{"ThesaurusTerm":"Algal blooms","ThestID":264,"ThesTypID":1,"ThesType":"ASFA Thesaurus List","OrigThesTerm":"Algal blooms","DutchTerm":"Algenbloei","Code":"c_ce5887af"},{"ThesaurusTerm":"Coastal waters","ThestID":1653,"ThesTypID":1,"ThesType":"ASFA Thesaurus List","OrigThesTerm":"Coastal waters","DutchTerm":"Kustwateren","Code":"c_25205"},{"ThesaurusTerm":"Eutrophication","ThestID":2932,"ThesTypID":1,"ThesType":"ASFA Thesaurus List","OrigThesTerm":"Eutrophication","DutchTerm":"Eutrofiëring","Code":"c_2734"},{"ThesaurusTerm":"Nutrients (mineral)","ThestID":5629,"ThesTypID":1,"ThesType":"ASFA Thesaurus List","OrigThesTerm":"Nutrients (mineral)","DutchTerm":"Nutriënten","Code":null}],"taxterms":[{"TaxTerm":"Phaeocystis","AphiaID":115088,"OrigTaxTerm":"Phaeocystis","DutchTerm":"Bruine slijmalg"}],"geoterms":[{"GeoTerm":"Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS)","GeoObjectID":3293,"OrigGeoTerm":"Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS)","DutchTerm":"Belgisch Continentaal Plat (BCP)"}],"funderids":[{"FunderID":"MN/DD2/011","ThestID":181476,"FunderType":"Other contract id"}],"othtermsFRIS":null,"pictures":[],"spcols":null,"resmessage":"","complete":1}