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AMBER - Assessment and Modelleing Baltic Ecosystem Response

Coordinating Beneficiary: Baltic Sea Research Institute Warnemünde (IOW) in Germany
Duration: 2009 - 2011
Partners: University of Helsinki (UHEL), ResilienceCentre at Stockholm University (SU), Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Hamburg University (UHH), Aalto University School of Science and Technology (TKK), Klaipeda University (KU), Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), University of Turku (UTU), Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAS)
Project manager: Joachim Dippner
Contact details: Tel: +49 (381) 5197-229; E-mail: joachim.dippner@io-warnemuende.de
Webpage:
http://www.io-warnemuende.de/amber.html
Keywords:

BALANCE - Baltic Sea Management – Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Ecosystem through Spatial Planning

Coordinating Beneficiary:  Danish Forest and Nature Agency
Duration: 20.06.2005 - 19.12.2007
Partners: DHI - Water and Environment, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), WWF Denmark , Estonian Marine Institute - University of Tartu (UT), Metsähallitus Natural Heritage Service (NHS), Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Geological Survey of Finland (GTK), WWF Finland, WWF Germany, Institute of Aquatic Ecology at University of Latvia (LU), Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), Swedens National Board of Fisheries (SBF), Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU), WWF Sweden, County Administrative Board of Stockholm, Department of Marine Ecology at Gothenburg University (GU)
Project manager: Jesper H. Andersen
Contact details: Tel: +45 39472000 (2914), E-mail: jha@dhi.dk
Webpage:
http://www.balance-eu.org/
Keywords: monitoring of biodiversity components, benthic, maritime spatial planning and management"

BALCOFISH - Integration of pollutant gene responses and fish ecology in Baltic coastal fisheries and management

Coordinating Beneficiary: Department of Zoology at University of Gothenburg (GU)
Duration: 2009 - 2011
Partners: Department of Marine Ecology - National Environmental Research Institute at the University of Aarhus (AU), Institute of Coastal Research at the Swedish Board of Fisheries (SBF), Institute for Applied Ecology Ltd in Germany, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Department of Contaminant Research at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (NRM), Institute for Neuroscience and Physiology - the Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg (GU)
Project manager: Lars Forlin
Contact details: Tel: +46-31 786 3676; E-mail: L.Forlin@zool.gu.se
Webpage:
http://www.balcofish.science.gu.se/english
Keywords: fish, monitoring of biodiversity components

BALTGene - Baltic Sea Genetic Biodiversity

Coordinating Beneficiary: University of Gothenburg (GU)
Duration: 2009 - 2011
Partners: Department of Zoology at Stockholm University (SU), Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at University of Helsinki (UHEL), Luleå University of Technology (LTU), Institute of Cytology at Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Institute of Oceanology at Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), University of Turku (UTU)
Project manager: Kerstin Johannesson
Contact details: Tel: +46 526-686 00; E-mail: Kerstin.Johannesson@marecol.gu.se
Webpage:
http://www.tmbl.gu.se:16080/BaltGene/index.html
Keywords: monitoring of biodiversity components

Baltic MPA - Marine protected areas in the Eastern Baltic Sea

Coordinating Beneficiary: Baltic Environmental Forum (LV)
Duration: 2005 - 2009
Partners: Baltic Environmental Forum (EE), Estonian Environmental Information Centre (EE), Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu (EE), Estonian Ornithology Society (EE), Environmental Board (EE), Marine and Inland Waters Administration (LV), National Armed Forces of Ministry of Defence (LV), Institute of Aquatic Ecology (LV), Latvian Ornithological Society (LV), Latvian Fish Resources Agency (LV), Wildlife and Environmental Film Productions (LV), PO“Socially Oriented Project Agency” (LV), Baltic Environmental Forum (LT), Institute of Ecology, Vilnius University (LT), Coastal Research and Planning Institute, Klaipėda University (LT), Centre of Marine Research (LT), St.Petersburg Naturalists Society (RU), Birdlife International (INT), “Metsähallitus” National Heritage Services (FI)
Project manager: Heidrun Fammler
Contact details: Tel. + 371 67357552; E-mail: heidrun.fammler@bef.lv
Webpage:
http://lifempa.balticseaportal.net
Keywords: monitoring of biodiversity components, marine protected areas and management, birds, fish, marine mammals, benthic

BALTICWAY - The potential of currents for environmental management of the Baltic Sea maritime industry

Coordinating Beneficiary: Institute of Cybernetics at Tallinn University of Technology (TUT)
Duration: 2009 - 2011
Partners: Finnish Environment Institute; Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University; Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute; Danish Meteorological Institute; GKSS Research Center Geesthacht; Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of Kiel; Laser Diagnostic Instruments Ltd
Project manager: Tarmo Soomere
Contact details:
Webpage:
http://www.bonusportal.org/BalticWay
Keywords: maritime spatial planning and management

BaltSeaPlan - Planning the future of the Baltic Sea

Coordinating Beneficiary: Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency BSH (DE)
Duration: 2009 - 2012
Partners: Ministry of Transport, Building and Regional Development of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (DE), WWF Germany, Baltic Sea Unit (DE), Maritime Office in Szczecin (PL), Maritime Office in Gdynia (PL), Maritime Institute in Gdańsk (PL), National Environmental Research Institute (NERI) of Aarhus University (DK), Royal Institute of Technology KTH (SE), Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (SE), Estonian Marine Institute of University of Tartu (EE), Baltic Environmental Forum (EE), Klaipėda University Coastal Research and Planning Institute CORPI (LT), Baltic Environmental Forum (LT), Baltic Environmental Forum (LV)
Project manager: Nico Nolte
Contact details: Tel: +49 (40) 31903520;E-mail: nico.nolte@bsh.de
Webpage:
http://www.baltseaplan.eu
Keywords: maritime spatial planning and management

BAZOOCA - Baltic zooplankton cascades

Coordinating Beneficiary: Department of Marine Ecology- Kristineberg at University of Gothenburg (GU)
Duration: 2008 - 2011
Partners: National Institute of Aquatic Resources - Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Kalmar University (KU), Umeå University (UMU), Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at University of Helsinki (UHEL), University of Bergen (UiB), University of Oslo (UiO), Institute of Marine Research in Norway (IMR), Marine Centre at Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
Project manager: Peter Tiselius
Contact details: Tel: +46 523 185 11; E-mail: peter.tiselius@marecol.gu.se
Webpage:
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Keywords: fish, monitoring of biodiversity components, marine protected areas and management

BEAST - Biological Effects of Antropogenic Chemical Stress: Tools for the Assessent of Ecosystem Health

Coordinating Beneficiary: Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
Duration: 2009 - 2011
Partners: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (DE), Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institute, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fishery; Institute of Fishery Ecology (DE), Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (DK), National Environmental Research Institute (DK), Department of Applied Environmental Science, Stockholm University (SE), Sea Fisheries Institute (PL), Atlantic Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography AtlantNIRO (RU), Estonian University of Life Sciences (EE), Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute (FI), Institute for Applied Ecology Ltd. (DE), Institute of Biology, University of Latvia (LV), Institute of Ecology of Vilnius University (LT), Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology (LV), Scientific Research Center for Ecological Safety RAS (RU), Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences (RU)
Project manager: Kari Lehtonen
Contact details: Tel: +358 40 7030 305; E-mail: kari.lehtonen@ymparisto.fi
Webpage:
http://www.environment.fi/default.asp?contentid=349690&lan=en&clan=en
Keywords: maritime spatial planning and management

DENOFLIT - Inventory of marine species and habitats for development of NATURA 2000 network in the offshore waters of Lithuania

Coordinating Beneficiary: Klaipeda University, Coastal Research and Planning Institute
Duration: 2010 - 2015
Partners: Institute of Ecology-Nature Research Centre, Lithuanian State Centre for Pisciculture and Fishery Research, State service for Protected Areas under the Ministry of Environment, Baltic Environmental Forum - Lithuania, Lithuanian Sea Museum
Project manager: Darius Daunys
Contact details: E-mail: darius@corpi.ku.lt; Te.: +370 46 398874
Webpage:
http://corpi.ku.lt/denoflit/index.php?page=home
Keywords: fish, benthic, monitoring of biodiversity components, marine protected areas and management

Development of a coastal environmental assessment system

Coordinating Beneficiary: Stockholm University (SU)
Duration:
Partners:
Project manager: Larsson Ulf
Contact details: Tel: +46 8-16 4261, +46 70-5791900; E-mail: ulf.larsson@ecology.su.se
Webpage:
http://www.ecology.su.se/projects/projects.asp?id=120
Keywords: marine protected areas and management

Ecological effects of hydrophobic organic contaminants on coastal Baltic Sea ecosystems

Coordinating Beneficiary: Stockholm University (SU)
Duration:
Partners: -
Project manager: Bradshaw Clare
Contact details: Tel: +46 8 161737; E-mail: clare@ecology.su.se
Webpage:
http://www.ecology.su.se/projects/projects.asp?id=99
Keywords: pelagic

Economic and institutional tools for sustainable management of biodiversity

Coordinating Beneficiary: Stockholm University (SU)
Duration:
Partners: -
Project manager: Jon Norberg
Contact details: Tel: +46 8 16 42 16; E-mail: Jon.Norberg@ecology.su.se
Webpage:
http://www.ecology.su.se/projects/projects.asp?id=40
Keywords: marine protected areas and management

EMMA - Environmental Mapping and Monitoring with Airborne laser and digital images

Coordinating Beneficiary: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Duration: 2009-2012
Partners: Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Stockholm University (SU), AquaBiota Water Research, The County Adminstrative board of Östergötland, Swedish Geotechnical Institute (SIG), Strömbeck Consulting
Project manager: Håkan Olsson
Contact details: Tel: + 46 90-7868376, +46 70-535701; E-mail: hakan.olsson@srh.slu.se
Webpage:
http://emma.slu.se/emma-en/index.cfm
Keywords: maritime spatial planning and management

ESTMAR - Natura 2000 rakendamine Eesti merealadel: alade valik ja kaitsemeetmed

Coordinating Beneficiary: Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu
Duration: 2007 - 2011
Partners: Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu; BEF-Estonia; Estonian Ornithological Society; Environmental Board; Estonian Environment Information Centre (EE); BEF-Latvia (LV); NIVA (NO)
Project manager: Markus Vetemaa
Contact details: E-mail: markus.vetemaa@ut.ee; Tel.: +372 51 53 269
Webpage:
http://www.estmar.purk.ee/?page_id=297&lang=en
Keywords: fish, birds, marine mammals, monitoring of biodiversity components

EuSeaMap - Mapping European seabed habitats

Coordinating Beneficiary: The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), UK
Duration:
Partners: Agency for Spatial and Environmental Planning Agency (BLST), DHI group, Instituto Espa?ol de Oceanograf?a (IEO), Institut fran?ais de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer (Ifremer), Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA)
Project manager:
Contact details: Tel: 01733 562626; E-mail: comment@jncc.gov.uk 
Webpage:
http://jncc.gov.uk/euseamap/
Keywords: benthic, maritime spatial planning and management

FINMARINET - Inventories and planning for the marine Natura 2000 network in Finland

Coordinating Beneficiary: The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
Duration: 2009 –2012
Partners: Metsähallitus Natural Heritage Services, Geological Survey of Finland, Åbo Akademi and Turku University
Project manager: Kirsi Kostamo
Contact details: Tel. +358400148656; E-mail: kirsi.kostamo@ymparisto.fi
Webpage:
http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?node=24876&lan=en
Keywords: benthic, monitoring of biodiversity components, marine protected areas and management

GES-REG - Good environmental status through regional coordination and capacity building

Coordinating Beneficiary: Marine Systems Institute, Tallinn University of Technology (EST)
Duration: 2011- 2013
Partners: Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Tartu (EE), Ministry of the Environment of Estonia, Estonian Institute for Sustainable Development/ Stockholm Environment Institute, Tallinn Centre (EE), Finnish Environment Institute, Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute
Project manager: Mairi Uiboaed
Contact details: Tel.: +372 620 4330;E-mail: mairi.uiboaed@phys.sea.ee
Webpage:
http://www.lhei.lv/en/projekti-GES-REG.php
Keywords: maritime spatial planning and management

GISBLOOM - Participatory monitoring, forecasting, control and socio-economic impacts of eutrophication and algal blooms in river basins districts

Coordinating Beneficiary: The Finnish Environment Institute (FI)
Duration: 2010-2013
Partners: Arbonaut Ltd., Päijät-Häme Vesijärvisäätiö Foundation (FI), The Association for Water and Environment of Western Uusimaa (LUVY) (FI), Zoological Station, University of Helsinki (Tvärminne) (FI), Centre for Economic Development, Transport and Environment in South Ostrobotnia (FI)
Project manager: Olli Malve
Contact details: Tel. +358 400 148 826; E-mail: olli.malve@ymparisto.fi
Webpage:
http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?contentid=378328&lan=fi&clan=en
Keywords: maritime spatial planning and management

GORWIND – Gulf of Riga as a resource for wind energy

Coordinating Beneficiary: Marine Systems Institute at Tallinn University of Technology (EE)
Duration: 2010 – 2012
Partners: Estonian Fund for Nature (EE), Estonian University of Life Sciences (EE), Latvian Fund for Nature (LV), Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology (LV), University of Latvia (LV), University of Tartu (EE)
Project manager: Urmas Raudsepp
Contact details: Tel: +372 620 4303; E-mail: raudsepp@phys.sea.ee
Webpage:
http://gorwind.msi.ttu.ee/home/info
Keywords: fish, birds, marine mammals, maritime spatial planning and management, monitoring of biodiversity components

HELCOM CORESET - Development of HELCOM Core Set indicators

Coordinating Beneficiary: Helsinki Commission (FI)
Duration: 2010-2013
Partners: -
Project manager: Samuli Korpinen
Contact details: Tel. +358 400 329 157; E-mail: samuli.korpinen@helcom.fi
Webpage:
http://www.helcom.fi/projects/on_going/en_GB/coreset
Keywords: monitoring of biodiversity components

HELCOM TARGREV - Review of the ecological targets for eutrophication of the HELCOM BSAP

Coordinating Beneficiary: National Environmental Research Institute (DK)
Duration: 2010 - 2011
Partners: -
Project manager: Jacob Carstensen
Contact details: Tel. +4546301345; E-mail: jac@dmu.dk
Webpage:
http://www.helcom.fi/projects/on_going/en_GB/targrev
Keywords: monitoring of biodiversity components

HISPARES - Spatial Planning in Archpelago Waters by high spatial resolution remote sensing

Coordinating Beneficiary: University of Tartu, Estonia (Tallinn)
Duration: 010-2012
Partners: Swedish Defence Research Agency, Sweden (Linköping), Vattenfall Power Consultant
Project manager: -
Contact details: -
Webpage:
http://www.hispares.eu/project/
Keywords: benthic

HYPER - HYPoxia mitigation for Baltic Sea Ecosystem Restoration

Coordinating Beneficiary: National Environmental Research Institute at University of Aarhus (AU) in Denmark
Duration: 2009 - 2011
Partners: Lund University (LU), Stockholm University (SU), Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU), University of Helsinki (UHEL), Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Zoological Institute (ZIN) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), University of Gdansk (IOUG), Baltic Sea Research Institute (IOW), Utrecht University (UU)
Project manager: Jacob  Carstensen
Contact details: E-mail: jac@dmu.dk
Webpage:
http://hyper.dmu.dk/
Keywords: benthic

IBAM - Integrated Bayesian risk analysis of ecosystem management - Gulf of inland as case study

Coordinating Beneficiary: University of Helsinki (UH)
Duration: 2008 - 2011
Partners:
Project manager: Laura Uusitalo
Contact details: E-mail: laura.uusitalo@helsinki.fi
Webpage:
http://www.helsinki.fi/science/fem/ibam/index.html
Keywords: fish, maritime spatial planning and management

INFLOW - Holocene saline water inflow changes into the Baltic Sea, ecosystem responses and future scenarios

Coordinating Beneficiary: Geological Survey of Finland (FI)
Duration: 2009-2011
Partners: Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research (DE), Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (DK), Lund University (SE)Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SE), University of Szczecin (PL), Unifob AS (NO), University of Helsinki (FI), A. P. Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute (VSEGEI) (RU)
Project manager: Aarno Kotilainen
Contact details: Tel. +358 2055011; E-mail: aarno.kotilainen@gtk.fi
Webpage:
http://projects.gtk.fi/inflow/index.html
Keywords: fish

Inventory of benthic habitats in the EEZ of Estonia (Merepõhja elupaikade inventuur Eesti majandusvööndis)

Coordinating Beneficiary: Eesti Merebioloogia Ühing
Duration:
Partners:
Project manager: Georg Martin
Contact details: E-Mail: georg@merebioloogia.ee
Webpage:
http://www.merebioloogia.ee/projektid-2
Keywords: benthic, monitoring of biodiversity components"

Inventory of the marine area surrounding Kõpu peninsula (Kõpu poolsaare ümbruse mereala inventeerimine)

Coordinating Beneficiary: Estonian Fund for Nature
Duration: 2011
Partners:
Project manager: Ele Vahtmäe
Contact details: E-mail: ele@elfond.ee; Tel.: +372 52 06 308
Webpage:
Keywords: marine mammals, benthic, monitoring of biodiversity components

KALME-Climate Change Impact on Water Environment in Latvia

Coordinating Beneficiary: University of Latvia (LV)
Duration: 2006-2009
Partners: Latvian Council of Science (LV), Institute of Biology, University of Latvia (LV), Latvian University of Agriculture (LV), Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology (LV), Latvian Fish Resources Agency (LV), Daugavpils University (LV)
Project manager: Māris Kļaviņs,Andris Andrušaitis
Contact details: Tel. + 371 67334096; E-mail:maris.klavins@lu.lv,Tel. +371 67033871; E-mail: andris.andrusaitis@lu.lv
Webpage:
http://kalme.daba.lv
Keywords: benthic, pelagic, fish"

LIMOD-Development of a mechanistic model of the Gulf of Riga ecosystem in support of efficient national policy to ensure the protection of the Baltic Sea and to promote the sustainable use of its ecosystem

Coordinating Beneficiary: Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology (LV)
Duration: 2010-2013
Partners: Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment \"BIOR\"
Project manager: Juris Aigars
Contact details: Tel. +371 67601995; E-mail: juris.aigars@lhei.lv
Webpage:
http://www.lhei.lv/LIMOD/?eng
Keywords: pelagic, fish

M74 syndrome in Baltic salmon

Coordinating Beneficiary: Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute (FI)
Duration: 2009-2011
Partners: EVIRA (FI)Kotkan kalamiehet ry (FI), Fiskerilaboratoriet (DK) , US Geological Survey (US), Canada Centre for Inland Waters (CA)
Project manager: Pekka J. Vuorinen
Contact details: Tel. +358 205 751 277; E-mail: pekka.vuorinen@rktl.fi
Webpage:
http://www.rktl.fi/english
Keywords: fish

MMÖG - Marine modelling in county of Östergötland

Coordinating Beneficiary: AquaBiota Water Research
Duration: 2009-2010
Partners: County Administrative Board of Östergötland, Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU), Norrköping municipality
Project manager: Julia Carlström
Contact details: Tel: +46 8-16 10 27; E-mail: julia.carlstrom@aquabiota.se
Webpage:
http://www.aquabiota.se/english/projects/MMOG/index.html
Keywords: maritime spatial planning and management

MMVN - Marine modelling in county of Västernorrland

Coordinating Beneficiary: AquaBiota Water Research
Duration: 2009 - 2010
Partners: County Administrative Board of Västernorrland, Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU),
Project manager: Martin Isæus
Contact details: Tel: +46 8-16 10 11; E-mail: martin.isaeus@aquabiota.se
Webpage:
-
Keywords: maritime spatial planning and management

NANNUT - Nature and the nurture of the northern Baltic Sea/VELMU

Coordinating Beneficiary: Yrkeshögskolan Novia (FI)
Duration: 2009 - 2012
Partners: Center for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment in Varsinais-Suomi (FI),Center for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for Southeast Finland, Metsähallitus (FI), Ålands landskapsregering (FI), Stockholms Universitet (SE), Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Regional Council of Southwest Finland/Lounaispaikka, Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment in Uusimaa (FI), Centre for Maritime studies (FI)
Project manager: Sonja Jaari
Contact details: Tel. +358-447998422; E-mail: sonja.jaari@novia.fi
Webpage:
http://www.nannut.fi/
Keywords: maritime spatial planning and management

National Monitoring of Soft Bottom Macrofauna of the Baltic Proper

Coordinating Beneficiary: Stockholm University (SU)
Duration:
Partners: -
Project manager: Hans Cedwall
Contact details: E-mail: hlc@system.ecology.su.se
Webpage:
http://www.ecology.su.se/projects/projects.asp?id=25
Keywords: benthic, monitoring of biodiversity components

NordAquaRemS - Nordic Network for Aquatic Remote Sensing

Coordinating Beneficiary: Stockholm University (SU)
Duration:
Partners: Stockholm University, Helsinki University, Tartu Observatory, Oslo University
Project manager: Susanne Kratzer
Contact details: Tel: +46 8-161059, E-mail: Suse@ecology.su.se
Webpage:
http://www.ecology.su.se/projects/projects.asp?id=117
Keywords: maritime spatial planning and management"

ODEMM - Options for delivering ecosystem-based marine management

Coordinating Beneficiary: University of Liverpool (UK)
Duration: 2010-2013
Partners: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (GR), Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (UA), Innovative Fisheries Management, Aalborg Universitet (DK), Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University (TR), Scottish Agricultural College (UK), National Institute for Marine Research & Development (RO), Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem Studies (NL), National Institute of Oceanography (IL), Sea Fisheries Institute (PL), University of Thessaly (GR), Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (UK), Marine Law and Ocean Policy Research Services Limited (IE), Wageningen University (NL), Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BG), Finnish Environment Institute (FI), Tel Aviv University (IL)
Project manager: Leonie Robinson
Contact details: Tel.+44 (0)151 795 4387; E-mail: leonie.robinson@liverpool.ac.uk
Webpage:
http://www.liv.ac.uk/odemm
Keywords: maritime spatial planning and management

OILECO - Integrating ecological values in the decision making process on oil spill combating in the Gulf of Finland

Coordinating Beneficiary: University of Helsinki
Duration: 2005 - 2007
Partners: Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu
Project manager: Anna Kiiski University of Helsinki Palmenia Center for Continuing Education Kotka Unit; Robert Aps Head of Marine Systems Department University of Tartu Estonian Marine Institute
Contact details: -
Webpage:
-
Keywords: maritime spatial planning and management

Pelagic coastal and open Baltic Marine monitoring

Coordinating Beneficiary: Stockholm University (SU)
Duration:
Partners: -
Project manager: Larsson Ulf
Contact details: Tel: +46 8-16 4261, +46 70-5791900, E-mail: ulf.larsson@ecology.su.se
Webpage:
http://www.ecology.su.se/projects/projects.asp?id=12
Keywords: pelagic

PLAN FISH - Planktivore management — linking food web dynamics to fisheries in the Baltic Sea

Coordinating Beneficiary: Swedish Board of Fisheries (SBF)
Duration: 2008-2013
Partners: -
Project manager: Magnus Appelberg
Contact details: Tel: +46 173-464 61; E-mail: magnus.appelberg@fiskeriverket.se
Webpage:
http://www.havochvatten.se/en/start.html
Keywords: fish

PlusMinus – Economic Assessment for the Environment

Coordinating Beneficiary: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Duration: 2007 - 2011 
Partners: Department of Marine Ecology at the University of Gothenburg (GU), Enveco Environmental Economics Consultancy Ltd., School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE) at the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), Department of Economics (ECON) at Umeå University (UMU), University of Wyoming (UWYO)
Project manager:  Bengt Kriström
Contact details: Tel: +46 90-789 8448; E-mail: bengt.kristrom@ekon.slu.se
Webpage:
http://plusminus.slu.se/index_eng.cfm
Keywords: maritime spatial planning and management, marine protected areas and management

Population dynamics of fish

Coordinating Beneficiary: Swedish Board of Fisheries (SBF)
Duration: -
Partners: Includes several projects
Project manager: Joakim Hjelm
Contact details: Tel: +46 523-187 51; E-mail: joakim.hjelm@fiskeriverket.se
Webpage:
http://www.havochvatten.se/en/start.html
Keywords: fish

Population dynamics of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) and perch (Perca fluviatilis) in the coastal waters of Baltic Sea, Finland

Coordinating Beneficiary: Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute (FI)
Duration: 2010-2011
Partners:
Project manager: Outi Heikinheimo
Contact details: Tel. +358 205 751254; E-mail: outi.heikinheimo@rktl.fi
Webpage:
http://www.mitietorakenteet.fi/hankehaavi/RKTL/RKTL.php?tunniste=202151&kieli=eng
Keywords: fish

PREHAB - Spatial PREdiction of benthic HABitats in the Baltic Sea

Coordinating Beneficiary: Department of Marine Ecology at the University of Gothenburg (GU)
Duration: 2009 - 2011
Partners: Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU), Finnish Environment institute (SYKE), Klaipeda University (KU), Swedish Board of Fisheries (SBF),University of Gothenburg (GU),University of Helsinki (UHEL)
Project manager: Mats Lindegarth
Contact details: Phone: +46 526 686 72, +46 705 483 111; E-mail: mats.lindegarth@marecol.gu.se
Webpage:
http://www.prehab.gu.se/
Keywords: benthic"

Presence of predatory fish help control bloom-forming macroalgae in the Baltic Sea

Coordinating Beneficiary: Swedish Board of Fisheries (SBF)
Duration: -
Partners: -
Project manager: Magnus Appelberg
Contact details: Tel: +46 173-464 61; E-mail: magnus.appelberg@fiskeriverket.se
Webpage:
http://www.havochvatten.se/en/start.html
Keywords: fish, pelagic, monitoring of biodiversity components

PROBAPS - Protection of the Baltic Sea: Benefits, Costs and Policy Instruments

Coordinating Beneficiary: Agrifood Research Finland (FI)
Duration: 2009-2012
Partners: The Finnish Environment Institute (FI), University of Helsinki (FI)
Project manager: Anni Huhtala
Contact details: Tel.+358 400 755 012; E-mail: anni.huhtala@mtt.fi
Webpage:
https://portal.mtt.fi/portal/page/portal/mtt_en/sustainableproduction/water-friendlyagriculture/probaps
Keywords: marine protected areas and management, maritime spatial planning and management

PROPPEN - Controlling benthic release of phosphorus in different Baltic Sea scales

Coordinating Beneficiary: SYKE, Finland
Duration: 2009-2011
Partners: Helsingin Yliopisto, National Environmental Research Institute (NERI, Tanska), Stockholm Vatten (Ruotsi), Vesi-Eko Oy, Pöyry Finland Oy, ECON Pöyry A/S (Norja), VitusLab (Tanska)
Project manager: Heikki Pitkänen
Contact details:  Tel: +358 405 823 182; E-mail: heikki.pitkanen@ymparisto.fi
Webpage:
http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?contentid=397018&lan=FI#a0
Keywords: benthic, monitoring of biodiversity components"

Rannikon kalojen lisääntymisalueet/VELMU

Coordinating Beneficiary: Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute (FI)
Duration: 2004-2011
Partners: Finnish Environment Institute (FI), University of Helsinki (FI)
Project manager: Antti Lappalainen
Contact details: Tel. +35820 575 1222; E-mail: antti.lappalainen@rktl.fi
Webpage:
http://www.rktl.fi/kala/itameritutkimukset/kalojen_lisaantymisalueiden_kartoittaminen/velmu/
Keywords: fish, monitoring of biodiversity components

Recruitment failure of coastal fish population

Coordinating Beneficiary: Swedish Board of Fisheries (SBF)
Duration: -
Partners: -
Project manager: Magnus Appelberg
Contact details: Tel: +46 173-464 61; E-mail: magnus.appelberg@fiskeriverket.se
Webpage:
http://www.havochvatten.se/en/start.html
Keywords: fish, monitoring of biodiversity components

Reglering av fiske i skyddade havsområden (Regulations of fishing activities in protected marine areas)

Coordinating Beneficiary: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), Swedish Board of Fisheries (SBF)
Duration: 2009-2011
Partners: County Administrative Board of Västra Götaland, Halland, Östergötland, Stockholm and Västerbotten in Sweden
Project manager: Jessica Hjerpe Olausson, Jorid Hammersland
Contact details: E-mail: jessica.hjerpe-olausson@fiskeriverket.se; E-mail: jorid.hammersland@naturvardsverket.se
Webpage:
http://www.havochvatten.se/en/start.html
Keywords: fish, marine protected areas and management

SAMBAH – Static Acoustic Monitoring of the Baltic Sea Harbour Porpoise

Coordinating Beneficiary: Kolmårdens Djurpark AB
Duration: 2010 - 2014
Partners: Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS), Finnish Ministry of the Environment (YM), University of Gdansk (UG), Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW), Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection (CIEP), National Environment Research Institute (NERI) at University of Aarhus (AU), Danish Forest and Nature Agency (DFNA), Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), Särkänniemi Oy
Project manager: Mats Amundin
Contact details: Tel: +46 11-249 018; E-mail: mats.amundin@kolmarden.com
Webpage:
http://www.sambah.org/
Keywords: marine mammals, monitoring of biodiversity components

SPICOSA

Coordinating Beneficiary: University of Western Brittany (Brest, France) and the Institute of Coastal Marine Environment of CNR (Naples, Italy)
Duration: 2007-2011
Partners: http://www.spicosa.eu/who/index.htm
Project manager: Daniel Roy  (IFREMER, France)
Contact details: E-mail: daniel.roy@ifremer.fr
Webpage:
http://www.spicosa.eu/
Keywords: marine protected areas and management

Swedish Marine Habitats

Coordinating Beneficiary: AquaBiota Water Research
Duration: 2007-2009
Partners: Swedish Maritime Adminstartion (SMA), Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU),
Project manager: Julia Carlström
Contact details: Tel: +46 8-16 10 27; E-mail: julia.carlstrom@aquabiota.se
Webpage:
http://www.aquabiota.se/english/projects/R25/index.html
Keywords: pelagic, benthic

The Baltic Sea Project

Coordinating Beneficiary: Ministry of Education and Science, State Education Center, Latvia
Duration: 2009 - 2012
Partners: Schools in EE, LV, LT, FI, SE, DK, DE, PL, RU
Project manager: LV: Velga Kakse (Ministry of Education and Science, State Education Center, Latvia); EE: Sirje Janikson (Tartu Environmental Education Centre); FI: Jaana Räty (Linnajoen koulu, Porvoo), SE: Susanne Melwig (Nacka gymnasium)
Contact details: velga.kakse@visc.gov.lv; sirje.janikson@teec.ee; jaana.raty@porvoo.fi; susanne.mellvig@nacka.se
Webpage:
http://www.b-s-p.org/about/
Keywords: monitoring of biodiversity components

Trophic interactions between introduced and native species: consequences for invasion success and effects on local ecosystems

Coordinating Beneficiary: Stockholm University (SU)
Duration:
Partners: Gothenburg University (GU)
Project manager: Sofia Wikström
Contact details: Tel: +46 8 16 10 12, E-mail: sofia.wikstrom@aquabiota.se
Webpage:
http://www.ecology.su.se/projects/projects.asp?id=137
Keywords: benthic, monitoring of biodiversity components"

ULTRA - New imaging techniques enhance studies of underwater habitats in the Baltic

Coordinating Beneficiary: Metsähallitus Natural Heritage Services
Duration: 2008 -2010
Partners: County Administration of Västerbotten in Sweden, Meritaito Oy, the Regional Council of Ostrobothnia, the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), The City of Umeå, The Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, The South Ostrobothnia Centre for Economic Development Transport and the Environment, the Geological Survey of Finland, AquaBiota Water Research
Project manager: Michael Haldin
Contact details: Tel. +358 40 5058 580
Webpage:
http://www.metsa.fi/sivustot/metsa/en/WhatsNew/newsreleases2010/Sivut/NewimagingtechniquesenhancestudiesofunderwaterhabitatsintheBaltic.aspx
Keywords: benthic, monitoring of biodiversity components, maritime spatial planning and management

Using MERIS full resolution data for improved monitoring of coastal areas in the Baltic Sea – from research to application

Coordinating Beneficiary: Stockholm University (SU)
Duration: 2010-2011
Partners: -
Project manager: Susanne Kratzer
Contact details: Tel: +46 8-161059; E-mail: Suse@ecology.su.se
Webpage:
http://www.ecology.su.se/projects/projects.asp?id=136
Keywords: marine protected areas and management, maritime spatial planning and management"

VALKO - Underwater marine environment inventory/VELMU

Coordinating Beneficiary: Geological Survey of Finland (FI)
Duration: 2009
Partners: Alleco Ky (FI) The Finnish Environment Institute (FI)
Project manager: Aarno Kotilainen
Contact details: Tel. +358 2055011; E-mail: aarno.kotilainen@gtk.fi
Webpage:
http://en.gtk.fi/_system/print.html?from=/research2/program/seafloor/valko.html
Keywords: maritime spatial planning and management

VELMU - The Finnish Inventory Programme for the Underwater Marine Environment

Coordinating Beneficiary: The Finnish Environment Institute (FI)
Duration: 2003-2014
Partners: Ministry of Environment (FI), Regional environment institutes (FI), Finnish Forest and Park service (FI), Geological Research Center (FI), The Finnish Game and Fisheries research institute (FI)Universities and colleges.
Project manager: Saara Bäck
Contact details: Tel.+358 40 159 1240; E-mail: saara.back@ymparisto.fi
Webpage:
http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?contentid=267215&lan=en&clan=en
Keywords: monitoring of biodiversity components, maritime spatial planning and management

VESTRA - Underwater marine environment inventory strategy/VELMU

Coordinating Beneficiary: The Finnish Environment Institute (FI)
Duration:
Partners: Ministry of Environment (FI)
Project manager: Kirsi Kostamo
Contact details: Tel. +358400148656; E-mail: kirsi.kostamo@ymparisto.fi
Webpage:
http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?node=14972&lan=en
Keywords: maritime spatial planning and management

Vindval – Research on the Impact of Wind Power

Coordinating Beneficiary: The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA)
Duration: 2005-2012
Partners: (includes about 30 smaller projects)
Project manager: Kerstin Jansbo
Contact details: Tel: +46 8698 1456; E-mail: kerstin.jansbo@naturvardsverket.se
Webpage:
http://www.naturvardsverket.se/en/
Keywords: maritime spatial planning and management

WATERS - Waterbody Assessment Tools for Ecological Reference conditions and status in Sweden

Coordinating Beneficiary: The Swedish Institute for the Marine Environment 
Duration: 2010 – 2015
Partners: The programme involves researchers and experts from 13 universities, authorities and consultancies in Sweden and Denmark
Project manager: Mats Lindegarth
Contact details: Tel: +46526-68672, +46705-483111; Email: mats.lindegart@havsmiljoinstitutet.se
Webpage:
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Keywords: monitoring of biodiversity components, marine protected areas and management

WISER - Integrative systems to assess ecological status and recovery of water bodies

Coordinating Beneficiary: University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
Duration: 2009-2011
Partners: University of Duisburg-Essen (DE), Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NO), Natural Environment Research Council, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UK), AZTI-Tecnalia Foundation (ES), University of Hull, Institute of Estuarine & Coastal Studies (UK), Aarhus University - National Environmental Research Institute (DK), French Research Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Engineering (FR), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SE), Finnish Environment Institute (FI), Estonian University of Life Sciences (EE), (and some others)
Project manager: Daniel Hering
Contact details: Tel. +49-2011833084; E-mail: daniel.hering@uni-due.de
Webpage:
http://wiser.eu/
Keywords: -

 


 


 

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European Maritime Day 2013

On May 17, the Baltic Environmental Forum-Latvia organised a national conference devoted to the European Maritime Day. The conference was held in Riga, Latvia in the premises of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development. The aim of the conference was to introduce audience with the ecosystem based approach in the marine environment and ecosystem services in the sea, as well as the integration of the approach in the marine policies.

The draft list of biodiversity indicators is available

The draft list of biodiversity indicators developed within the MARMONI project is available in form of a data base – you can find it under section Biodiversity indicators.

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