Proiecte
Premiere Euro GO-SHIP: Developing a Research Infrastructure Concept to support the European Hydrography
| Responsabil: | Dr. Dan-Lucian Vasiliu, CS II |
| Coordonator: | GeoEcoMar |
| Beneficiar: | GeoEcoMar |
| Finanțator: | UEFISCDI |
| Schema de finanțare: | PN-IV-P8-8.1-PRE-HE-ORG-2023-0096 |
| Durata: | 23 months |
Premiere Euro GO-SHIP: Developing a Research Infrastructure Concept to support the European Hydrography
Observations on board the vessel and in particular measurements in the water column remain core activities in oceanography. In accordance with the Framework Directive on the Marine Environment Strategy, each sea/ocean-opening Community state, including Romania, implements programmes to monitor the physicochemical parameters in the water column thus providing data to support the international hydrographic community.
However, the degree of participation and involvement of the Romanian marine scientific community within the international hydrographic network is relatively limited. Thus, the Euro GO-SHIP project proposes a program aimed at providing services and opportunities such as:
- Training in good laboratory practices, access of Romanian researchers to the infrastructures of research organizations/institutes in Europe (European Infrastructure Sharing);
- Improving the quality of the provided river data by developing and testing a new method of conservation and analysis of seawater for nutrient determination;
- Secondary control of data quality with a view to strengthening the ability to estimate the uncertainty of observations.
The overall objective of the project is to provide high-quality data on chemical parameters, particularly in terms of nutrients, contributing to the regional and global assessment of chemical and biological processes leading to changes in the marine ecosystem.
The specific objectives of the project are:
- To identify the best method to preserve seawater samples for nutrient determination by comparing it with the currently used method, in order to obtain a dataset in line with FAIR principles following the EU INSPIRE Directive;
- To strengthen the human capacity by training the research staff, in order to improve laboratory techniques and ensure the data quality control and statistical processing.