Coastal and Estuarine Ecosystems Coastal and Estuarine Ecosystems Health and Management Health and Management IMAR-Instituto do Mar IMAR-Instituto do Mar “Encontro Nacional de Ciência 2009”, 29 e 30 de Julho João Carlos Marques Centro do Mar e Ambiente Centro do Mar e Ambiente |IMAR-CMA| |IMAR-CMA| [email protected]
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Coastal and Estuarine Ecosystems Coastal and Estuarine Ecosystems Health and ManagementHealth and Management
IMAR-Instituto do MarIMAR-Instituto do Mar
“Encontro Nacional de Ciência 2009”, 29 e 30 de Julho
João Carlos Marques
Centro do Mar e Ambiente Centro do Mar e Ambiente |IMAR-CMA||IMAR-CMA|
“Encontro Nacional de Ciência 2009”, 29 e 30 de Julho
Health Assessment MethodsHealth Assessment Methods
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
PHYSICOCHEMICALANALYSIS
Water Sediments
ECOTOXICOLOGICALSTUDIES
Letal Subletal
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Ecological IndicatorsEcological Indicators
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We need reference conditions and environmental quality patterns in order to:We need reference conditions and environmental quality patterns in order to:
define quality objectives;
monitor if the objectives were achieved or not;
classify the ecological status of water masses [EQS];
define the measures necessary to keep or attain the settled objectives.
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Ecological Status AssessmentEcological Status Assessment
1.Atlantic Ocean
2.Norwegian Sea
3.Barens Sea
4.North Sea
5.Balthic Sea
6.Mediterranean Sea
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Area where researchhas been carried outArea where researchhas been carried out
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Ecological Status AssessmentEcological Status Assessment
Reference conditions
per type of water
Description of the biological quality elements existing in situations of reduced or none disturbance caused by human activities; [Equivalent to Excellent Status]
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|Sea in Europe|
|European types|
|Reference conditions|
Ecological indicators
values undergo factorial
analysis (PCA) followed
by projection to obtain
the EQR
EQR = 0Virtual community at Bad Ecological Status
Vectorial distance
EQR = 1Virtual community at High Ecological Status
Real Community
The Ecological Status is assessed and validated as a function of reference conditions.
From the comparison of values observed with reference values we may derive an “Ecological Quality RatioEcological Quality Ratio” [EQR: 0 – 1]:
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Excellent
Good
Moderate
Fair
Bad
ok
interventionneeded
5 Ecological Status
Little or nule Excellent
Good
Moderate
Fair
Bad
Slight
Moderate
Big
Severe
Disturbance
ObjectiveObjective
Resources utilised: last 5 years
Effects of natural stress generated by freshwater discharges
in the benthic invertebrate estuarine communities and its
influence on the assessment of the benthic ecological status
– EFICAS (POCI/MAR/61324/2004) (2005 – 2008)
National funds
System dynamic response to an ample artificial RE-
establishment of the upstream CONNECTion between the
two arms of the Mondego estuary (Portugal): implications
for recovery, ecological quality status, and management
– RECONNECT (PTDC/MAR/64627/2006) (2008 – 2011)
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Sustainable management of Mediterranean coastal fresh
and transitional water bodies: a socioeconomic and
environmental analysis of changes and trends to enhance
and sustain stakeholders benefits
– WADI (INCO-CT-2005-015226)
Water Bodies in Europe: Integrative systems to assess
ecological status and recovery
– WISER (FP7-ENV-2008-1)
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Resources utilised: last 5 years |cont.|
International funds
Theoretical development[e.g. Exergy and application of thermo-dynamics to environmental qualityassessment; Ascendancy – flows inEcosystems];
Development of new assessment tools[e.g. Mar-MAT, BAT];
Publications in international journals [28 papers specifically on Ecological Indicators and assessment policies in the last 5 years];
International Application of assessmenttools [e.g. Portuguese estuaries, Ria delEo and Mar Menor (Spain), TyrrenianSea (Italy)];
Divulgation publications.
More relevant results:
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The great challenge: How to relate Environmental Health Assessment and Ecological Sustainability?The great challenge: How to relate Environmental Health Assessment and Ecological Sustainability?
The Ecological Sustainability Trigon
Marques et al., 2009Marine Pollution Bulletin (in press)
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…thank you for your attention!
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