ESONET (European Seas Observatory Network)

"Network of Excellence"

Duration: 01.03.2007 – 28.02.2011

Coordinator: Roland Person, Ifremer, Centre de Brest, France

The aim of the ESONET Initiative is to establish the basis for a marine component of GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security), comprising a network of multidisciplinary long-term deep-sea observatories at key provinces at the European continental margins, and thus providing continuous vigilance in relation to geophysical, biogeochemical, oceanographic and biological phenomena.

Contact: M. Klages, T. Soltwedel

HERMIONE (Hotspot Ecosystems Research and Man’s Impact on European Seas)

 "Integrated Project"

Duration: 01.04.2009 – 31.03.2012

Coordinator: Phil Weaver, National Oceanographic Centre Southampton (NOCS), UK

HERMIONE is a highly interdisciplinary collaborative project designed to make a major advance in our knowledge of the functioning of deep-sea ecosystems affected by climate change and impacted by man through fishing, resource extraction, seabed installations and pollution.

Contact: M. Klages, I. Schewe, C. Hasemann

HYPOX (In situ monitoring of oxygen depletion in hypoxic ecosystems of coastal and open seas, and land-locked water bodies)

 “Small or medium-scale focused research project”

Duration: 01.04.2009 – 31.03.2012

Coordinator: Antje Boetius, Alfred Wegner Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany

HYPOX will monitor oxygen depletion and associated processes in aquatic systems that differ in oxygen status or sensitivity towards change. The project will improve the capacity to monitor oxygen depletion globally by implementing reliable long-term sensors to different platforms for in situ monitoring.

Contact: A. Boetius, T. Soltwedel, F. Wenzhöfer

EUROFLEETS (Towards an alliance of the European research fleets)

 „MarinERA / ERANet Project“

Duration: 2009 – 2013

Coordination: Jacques Binot, Ifremer, Paris, France

EUROFLEETS aims to define a common strategic vision for European research fleets and associated heavy equipment (e.g. AUV and ROV), to facilitate a wider sharing of knowledge and technologies across fields and between academia and industry, and to foster the coordinated and joint development of European fleets in terms of capacity and performances.

Contact: A. Boetius, M. Klages, F. Wenzhöfer