Project: Solutions for sEmi-Automated Monitoring of Benthic Biodiversity
| Acronym | SEAMoBB (Reference Number: MarTERA-2017_17) |
| Duration | 01/03/2018 - 28/02/2021 |
| Project Topic | The aim is to provide scientific knowledge and practical tools to unlock the 3 barriers that prevented the development of marine monitoring networks for benthic habitats in general (barriers 1 and 3), and for hard bottoms in particular (also barrier 2) by: (1) establishing rationale rules based on connectivity patterns to determine the network of sites to be monitored, (2) finding solutions to standardize the sampling of hard bottoms, and (3) finding solutions to automatize and standardize species composition assessment. The partners will combine physical oceanography, population genetics and community ecology to monitor 27 sites and compare methods for connectivity estimation, standardized sampling structures and species composition. Based on this, cost-effective protocols for long-term monitoring will be developed. |
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| Network | MarTERA |
| Call | MarTERA ERA-NET Cofund |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)- Délegation Régionale Provence et Corse | Coordinator | France |
| 2 | Aix Marseille University (AMU) | Partner | France |
| 3 | University of Bologna | Partner | Italy |
| 4 | Stareso | Partner | France |
| 5 | TAXON Estudios Ambientales S.L. | Partner | Spain |