The Geoscience and Marine Research & Consulting Co., Ltd. Came into existence in 1987. Main activities are: - Water resources management based on the catchment.

The Geoscience and Marine Research & Consulting Co., Ltd.

Came into existence in 1987.  Main activities are: - Water resources management based on the catchment planning-  Environmental assessments and forecast for the river catchments, lakes,

reservoirs, lagoons-   Optimisation and planning for the reservoirs-   EIA where the water resources are concerned -   Flood management-  Coastal zone studies (waves, currents, sediment movement, water quality)

Within projects, studies the professional modeling systems by DHI Software (MIKE system) is used – MantraEast, FloodRelief.

It allows to study the physical, chemical and biological processes of natural water environment

www.geomor.sprintnet.pl

Practical issues concerning ELOISE results

• For whom?– HELCOM – Baltic Sea– Coastal Offices

Contribution to coastal zone management and spatial planning, and thus to European coastal policy.

– Water Boards– Regional Authorities– Consultants

• What?– Knowledge allowing understanding of processes– Implementation of WFD– Dissemination

ELOISE has now entered a phase where scientific results have to be disseminated to all potential end-users in ministries to schools.

The priorities of HELCOM include the following tasks:

• To produce assessments, which include data on nutrients, hazardous and radioactive substances, and on various components of the marine environment i.e. hydrography, chemical and biological variables.

• To coordinate, update and develop monitoring programmes according to the assessment requirements and scientific knowledge in the Contracting Parties, Contracting Parties (CPs).

• To develop and promote the application of new, effective methods for monitoring and assessment

• To identify gaps in knowledge and to promote appropriate scientific research

Proposed improvements

• The present monitoring program and time series measurements should be safeguarded in the future, including the information on "background" (reference) values

• Monitoring and the subsequent assessment should be tightly interlocked; the whole process should follow a pre-determined schedule, and it should include a regular data flow from field measurements and QA procedures to create proper basis for assessments

• Numeric models, automated sampling and recording systems, including satellite imagery, should be developed and implemented more effectively

• Quality Assurance procedures are not satisfactory enough to guarantee the comparability of all data

Year Requirements

2000 Directive Adopted

2003 Transpose into National lawIdentify River Basin Districts and Competent AuthoritiesIdentify draft register of intercalibration sites

2004 Characterization of water bodies, including Heavily Modified water bodiesReview pressures and impacts and identify sites at risk of not meeting theenvironmental objective of 'good status'Establish register of Protected AreasUndertake economic analysis of water useFinal register of intercalibration sites

2006 Comprehensive monitoring programmes operational

Water Framework Directive

Year Requirements

2007 Repeal some Directives

2008 Publish Draft River Basin Management Plans which will include a first draft of the classification of water bodies

2009 River Basin Management Plans produced to include final classification of the ecological status of water bodiesProgramme of measures for each RBD

2010 Water pricing policies contribute to environmental objectives

2013 Repeal some Directives

2015 "Good" Status to be achieved

Water Framework Directive

1. Habitat dynamics at the coast-catchment interface.

2. Nutrient dynamics in European water systems.

3. Climate Change.

4. Contaminant budgets in the coastal zone.

Four themes have been identified from the ELOISE projects

Topics addressed by nutrient dynamics

• Relating nutrient fluxes to land-based activities,

atmospheric and river processes

• Nutrient processing in estuaries and coastal areas –

what processes govern the fate?

• Effects of altered nutrient discharges on the functioning

of coastal and estuarine foodwebs

Fate of nutrients in coastal areas

• Black Sea P, Si benthic

regeneration is in the same range as

Danube discharge, but intense

denitrification occurs (Friedl et al.,

1996).

• Intense nutrient regeneration

sustains the high productivity in the

Black Sea coastal zone (Friedrich et al.,

2002)

Friedrich et al (2002)Friedrich et al (2002)

• Benthic Fe and Ca act as buffer pools that sequester P, not available for primary production (de Wit et al. 2001)

• Increasing nutrient loadings push the system towards reduced states (Wijsman et al, 2002).

• Eventually toxic H2S and Ca/Fe-bound P are released (Heijs et al., 2000)

• Benthic system reaches a new stable state, highly reactive to nutrient enrichments (Heijs et al., 2000)

H2S

Wijsman et al (2002)Wijsman et al (2002)

Nutrient enrichmentNutrient enrichment

Stable statesStable states

Fate of nutrients in coastal areas

Atmospheric Nutrient Inputs

• Remarkable spatial resolution with

17 x 17 km boxes

• 30% of nitrogen input to sea comes

from the air

• Wet deposition represents 81% of

N-deposition

• 38% from agriculture, 72% from

combustion sources

Hertel et al (2002)Hertel et al (2002)

Atmospheric Nutrient Inputs

• Assessment of nutrient deposition requires a

fine grided model dynamically coupled with a

meteorological model.

• Efforts to be deployed Europe-wide instead of

focus on North Sea and NW Mediterranean

Sea.

• Both N and P-deposition to be addressed by

monitoring efforts.

de Leeuw et al (2003)de Leeuw et al (2003)

EUROPEAN CATCHMENTS 

CATCHMENT CHANGES AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE COAST (EUROCAT)

The coastal zone is under heavy pressure from land-based activities located in the catchment of rivers.  Traditionally, both scientific research and the governance framework have treated catchments and coasts as separate entities.  However, it is increasingly recognised that they should in fact be treated as an integrated whole, encompassing both environmental and socioeconomic and political systems.

The EuroCat project was established with an integrated perspective and analytical framework in mind.  Across seven regional case studies, local teams of natural and social scientists used a common interdisciplinary strategy to: • Interface biophysical catchment and coastal models with socio-economic models• Develop regional environmental change scenarios (2001-2020) • Link scenarios with the modelling toolbox to evaluate plausible futures • Evaluate the research outcomes with regional boards consisting of stakeholders and policy makers.

• Vistula• Elbe• Rhine• Humber• Po• Indrijca• Axios• Provadiska

Catchment coast studies

WP-6: DISSEMINATION

OBJECTIVES The objective of this work package is the dissemination of the results and outcomes of the project to the users and the general public. 

TASKSThe European and Regional Policy Advisory Boards of users will be set up in the first phase of the project. Their role is the dissemination through their own channels and advising on transforming the science product to products adapted to the users. The internet site of the project will be an additional instrument  to disseminate the products of the project. On the internet site the data bases and models will be made available as well as general information on the outcome of the Working Packages and the project itself. Special sessions of the yearly meetings will be devoted to the general public, users and science journalists. General overview lectures will be given on the outcome of the project and a forum  will be organised with the users to discuss the results to date and their implementation. This will be accompanied by written material in the form of brochures, synthesised reports and interactive graphic user-oriented informative materials on CD-ROMs and web sites.

Remarks concerning dissemination

• If web page is known so there is enough information about project

• There should be a final workshop of the project with the participation of end-users, regional authorities, consultans

• what is an access to modelling tools after the completion of project

What this website should help you to do

1. Enable a reader to find out about ELOISE without having to approach the scientific

literature in the first instance.

2. Provide an overview of some of the significant results from ELOISE of interest to a

wide population.

3. Provide a gateway to more technical information on ELOISE by guiding the reader

to academic research papers.

Approach taken to dissemination

Four themes have been identified from the ELOISE projects and for each an overview

has been prepared. These themes are;

1. Habitat dynamics at the coast-catchment interface.

2. Nutrient dynamics in European water systems.

3. Climate Change.

4. Contaminant budgets in the coastal zone.

LEARNING OUTCOMES FROM ELOISE (European Land Ocean Interaction Studies)

Habitat Dynamics at the Coast-Catchment Interface - Contents

Executive Summary European Coastal Habitat Dynamics and ELOISE

Synthesis Results 1. Introduction 2. Coastal habitat typology 3. Natural dynamics in coastal habitats 4. Major drivers and pressures: anthropogenic causes of coastal habitat change 5. Conclusions

Case Studies1 - Interannual variability in patchiness of seagrass beds 2 - Bottom trawling and dredging as a physical disturbance

Additional Material Themed Overveiw & Case Studies - pdf document (308 KB) PowerPoint Presentation (233 KB)

SourcesReferences

Nutrient Dynamics in European Water Systems - Contents

Executive Summary ELOISE contribution to knowledge on nutrient dynamics

Synthesis Results 1. Introduction 2. Characterisation of nutrient sources

2.1 Atmospheric nutrient inputs 2.2 Riverine and groundwater nutrient inputs

3. Nutrient processing - what governs the fate?3.1 Sediment biogeochemistry3.2 Role of vegetation in nutrient cycling

4. Effects of altered nutrient discharges4.1 Nutrient loading and the response on coastal pelagic communities4.2 Nutrient fluxes in coastal benthic communitties

5. ConclusionsCase Studies

Introduction1. Towards a consistent assessment of atmospheric deposition in coastal regions 2. Chasing after nutrients through watersheds 3. Alteration of coastal food webs by human activities

Additional Material Themed Overveiw & Case Studies - pdf document (308 KB) PowerPoint Presentation (233 KB)

SourcesReferences

Climate Change and Coastal Management - Contents

Executive Summary Climate Change and ELOISE

Synthesis Results 1. Introduction 2. What are the tools and building blocks of climate change management?3. How does climate change manifest itself in the coastal zone? 4. Human Impacts5. Indirect links to climate change 6. Conclusions

Case StudiesClimate Change and Coastal Management in Practice – A cost-benefit assessment in the Humber, UK.

Additional Material Themed Overveiw & Case Studies - pdf document (308 KB) PowerPoint Presentation (233 KB)

SourcesReferences

Contaminants: Budgets and Behaviours - Contents

Executive Summary Contaminant passage through the land-ocean interface as seen by ELOISE and IMPACTS

Synthesis Results 1. Introduction 2. Pathways in and out of coasts - A brief overview 3. Fluvial supply to the coast 4. Atmospheric pathways: from land to sea 5. Atmospheric pathways: from sea to land 6. Ground and sediment waters

Case Studies1. PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) in coastal zones within ELOISE and

IMPACTS projects2. Mercury in the Mediterranean

Additional Material Themed Overveiw & Case Studies - pdf document (308 KB) PowerPoint Presentation (233 KB)

SourcesReferences