GOALS
Ecosystems and Biodiversity in the Northwest Portuguese coast
Increase the knowledge on the spatio-temporal distribution of understudied organisms and ecosystems
Co-creation methods to increase knowledge and awareness regarding deep-sea Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems
Advanced tools for monitoring marine species and communities using the most up-to-date DNA-based approaches available
Expand the reference library of DNA barcodes for fish and marine invertebrates of the Portuguese coast to improve the quality of the current and future DNA-based monitoring
Determine the contamination by microplastics and other pollutants and their effects in the environment and in a selected set of marine organisms, including fish from aquaculture
ACTIVITIES
- Monitoring of contamination and effects of microplastics and other environmental contaminants
- Spatial and seasonal distribution of pelagic biodiversity
- Development of a knowledge baseline of deep-sea vulnerable marine ecosystems
- Implementation of DNA (meta)barcoding approaches in marine species and communities’ biomonitoring
- Coordination, Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation of results