European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet)
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Eurofleets+ is a Horizon 2020 funded initiative aimed at providing open and free-of-charge access to state-of-the-art European research vessels and marine equipment through Transnational Calls. Its objectives include easing access to and management of marine data and enhancing the sustainability of marine research infrastructures. Active between 2019 and 2023, Eurofleets+ brought together a wide network of 42 partners from various European marine research institutes and universities, funding 28 projects across 23 Transnational Access (TA) cruises.
During these cruises, 164 multidisciplinary data sets were generated (Fig. 1) and made easily discoverable and publicly accessible via marine data management and data exchange infrastructures. Tailored guidelines provided by Responsible Data Centres (RDCs) associated with Eurofleets+ (HCMR, OGS, and RBINS), facilitated easier management of metadata and data, including data validation and curation, before publication on data repositories and infrastructures such as the EMODnet Ingestion, SeaDataNet SEA ScieNtific Open data Edition (SEANOE) data citing service, and SeaDataNet CDI service.
MPA Europe project (https://mpa-europe.eu/). The MPA Europe project is using a holistic range of measures of biodiversity from species to ecosystems, including habitats, to map the optimal areas for Marine Protected Areas implementation in Europe. Areas will be prioritised using systematic conservation planning software, which enables alternative weighting of variables and multiple scenarios and thus support wider marine spatial planning. OBIS (https://obis.org/) is responsible for WP3, which will generate species distribution models for at least half of all marine species in Europe to be utilized in the prioritization process.
EOSC-Future is an EU-funded H2020 project that lasted from April 2021 to the end of March 2024. The project implemented the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). EOSC provides European researchers with a virtual environment for sharing and accessing research data across borders and scientific disciplines. EOSC-Future developed and operated key components of the EOSC core: the services required for the operation of the EOSC. Some examples of the services developed within EOSC Future are the EOSC Marketplace, the EOSC Interoperability Framework, the EOSC Catalogue.
The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) is an autonomous Belgian non-profit organization which conducts interdisciplinary research on the ocean, seas, coast and estuaries. Its mission is to strengthen science-based knowledge and share it as widely as possible. VLIZ uses new technologies, such as robotics, and focuses on innovation and valorisation. Research areas include the ocean and seas, coasts and tidal systems as well as areas where Flemish marine scientists are or were active.
As part of the AdriaClim project, researchers from the University of Bologna and the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change in Italy utilized EMODnet Chemistry data to create a detailed 3D biogeochemical model for the Adriatic Sea. Their analysis yielded insights into future biogeochemical changes driven by climate change, affecting marine ecosystems and key economic sectors like fisheries.
The Horizon Europe MSP4Bio project used EMODnet multidisciplinary marine in situ data, including from Bathymetry, Biology and many other thematic data, to inform an Ecological-Socio-Economic (ESE) management framework used for science-based MSP to safeguard and restore biodiversity in a coherent European MPA network.
The University of Aegean is a partner in the MUSICA (Multiple Use of Space for Island Clean Autonomy) project, that developed a smart multi-usage of space (MUS) platform for the concurrent use of three types of renewable energy – wind, photovoltaic and wave – at small islands. The MUS also contributed to the advancement of a successfully tested multi-use platform (MUP), which was previously developed by the University of Aegean and the private company EcoWindWater. In the process of finding optimal siting areas for the MUP, MUSICA used EMODnet map services and data to highlight areas of potential constraints.
Croatian Geological Survey used EMODnet Geology, Bathymetry and Seabed Habitats data to develop the seabed substrate and geology maps within a project that aims to map the marine habitats of the coastal area of the Adriatic Sea up to a depth of 40 m and up to 200 m in protected areas.
Flanders Marine Institute, coordinator of EMODnet Biology, developed guidelines on how to report imaging data (focusing on the specific case of plankton imaging) in a standardised manner.