Programme: Biodiversa+ 2021 Call for Proposals
Project title: Plankton biodivErsity Through Remote sensing and omIcs in the MEDiterranean sea
Acronym: PETRI-MED
Role in the project: Partner
Duration: 01/04/2023 – 30/04/2026
Total budget: € 1.400.000
ISMAR budget: € 249.000
Web site: n.a.
Key words: microbial plankton, biodiversity, ecosystem
Summary:
The objective of PETRI-MED is to develop novel strategies to determine and monitor the status and trends of microbial plankton biodiversity in the entire Mediterranean Sea, supporting the assessment of the impact of ecological connectivity on local biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. This will be achieved following a highly multidisciplinary approach, capitalizing on the large potential offered by the past and ongoing satellite missions, complemented with field measurements (optical, physical, chemical, and genomic),biogeochemical/ecosystem/marine currents modelling, and artificial intelligence technologies. PETRI-MED will allow to:- identify spatio-temporal patterns in the microbial plankton community distribution and biodiversity;- assess key controls of biodiversity patterns, including ecological connectivity, natural (e.g., river runoffs and marine currents) and human-related forcing (e.g., use of land and coastal ecosystems).
Contact person in ISMAR: emanuele.organelli@cnr.it
Partnership:
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain)
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
- National Institute of Biology (Slovenia)
- Sorbonne University (France)
- Institute of Agriculture and Food Research and Technology (Spain)
