Programme
and projects
Phase IV – Impulsprogramme
Marine Sciences (1992-1996)
In July 1990, the Council of Ministers approved
the support and the implementation of the “Impulsprogramme
Marine Sciences” with a budget of 4,6 MEURO.
The objective of the programme was to give several
research groups a renewed stimulus to lay the groundwork for
better understanding of the marine environment and the natural
and human factors that influence it. The programme aimed to
contribute to international research efforts regarding the
protection and sustainable use of the North Sea and Scheldt
estuary and to assist the process of policy decision making
at national level.
The programme enabled 18 research teams working
on 12 projects to conduct research from September 1992 to December
1996.
The projects are:
| MS/A1/01 |
Molecular dynamics of the absorption, accumulation
and elimination of metals in marine organisms from the
North Sea
[Fedra] |
| MS/A1/02 |
Marine ecotoxicology: distribution, flows and biological
effects of metal pollutants in the Asterias rubens, a key
species of the coastal biotopes of the North Sea
[Fedra] |
| MS/A1/03 |
Pathological and ecotoxicological study of sea birds
and sea mammals in the North Sea and adjoining areas
[Fedra] |
| MS/A1/04 |
Intercompartmental distribution of monoaromatic hydrocarbons
(MAH´s) and C1-C2 organochlorinated compounds in
the North Sea environment
[Fedra] |
| MS/A1/05 |
Study of the geochemical cycles of particulate heavy
metals and organic micropollutants in the North Sea environment
[Fedra] |
| MS/A1/06 |
Transfer and behaviour of trace metals in the estuary
of the Scheldt
[Fedra] |
| MS/A2/07 |
Dynamic of eutrophicated coastal systems
[Fedra] |
| MS/A2/08 |
Structure and function of the benthos in estuarine and
coastal ecosystems in relation to current and future anthropogenic
influences
[Fedra] |
| MS/A2/09 |
Modelling and simulation of the grazing pressure of zooplankton
in the ecosystem of the North Sea. Practical and theoretical
approach
[Fedra] |
| MS/A2/10 |
Effects of pollution on macrozoobenthos communities in
the Scheldt estuary
[Fedra] |
| MS/B/11 |
Definition and application of ecological criteria and
economic indicators for the impact study and cost determination
of various types of pollution in the North Sea
[Fedra]
Ecotox database developed within the project
[website] |
| MS/B/12 |
Towards a future Belgian policy for protecting the North
Sea. Social and economic consequences
[Fedra] |
More information about the programme and the
projects can be found in:
- Fedra
- The brochure The Belgian Impulse Programme "Marine
sciences" (1992 - 1996)
- The final reports of the projects
- Maes F. and A. Cliquet (1997)
Internationaal en nationaal recht inzake de bescherming van
de Noordzee
Kluwer Rechtswetenschappen
ISBN 90 5583 297 9
- Anon. (1997) The benthos
of the sea
Marine Biology Section (UGent)
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