HEИндивидуална стипендия2023–2025

SEGRALCS · Predictive tool of seagrass health to optimize the design of low crested structures in the Mediterranean Sea

„Хоризонт Европа“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2023-05-01 → 2025-10-31
Финансиране от ЕС: 206 641 €
Участници: 3
Схема: HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

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Накратко на български

Влиянието на ниските крайбрежни съоръжения върху здравето на морските треви Posidonia oceanica и Cymodocea nodosa в Средиземно море се анализира чрез нов прогнозен инструмент. Това помага за по-екологично проектиране на бранди и опазване на ценните подводни екосистеми.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

Резултати накратко

Predictive tool of seagrass health to optimize the design of low crested structures in the Mediterranean Sea

Coastal erosion poses a global threat to people, economies, and ecosystems, including valuable ecosystems, such as seagrass meadows. In Europe, the presence of coastal defence structures, such as low-crested structures (LCS), can modify water and sediment flow, potentially harming seagrasses. Incorporating ecological impact criteria into their design is a challenging task that requires a careful consideration of potential harm. The MSCA-funded SEGRALCS project aims to develop a quantitative prediction tool designed to assist civil engineers and decision-makers in optimising the ecological design of breakwaters. It will reduce uncertainty related to the environmental performance of breakwaters, ultimately contributing to the conservation and preservation of seagrasses throughout their lifetime. The project focus on two seagrass species found in the Mediterranean Sea, namely Cymodocea nodosa and Posidonia oceanica. Additionally, the project aims to establish design guidelines for building more sustainable and eco-friendly concrete blocks to protect the coastline.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

Coastal erosion is one of the major global threats to people, the economy, cultural assets and ecosystems in many regions of the world and also in Europe. Valuable coastal ecosystems, such as seagrass meadows, are particularly threatened by these erosion problems and effective protection measures for their conservation are urgently needed. Low-crested structures (LCS) are the typical coastal defence in Europe, with a design mainly based on their hydrodynamic and morphodynamic behaviour and little attention is usually paid to the ecological consequences of their construction. The construction of breakwaters can affect seagrasses by altering the circulation and sediment transport to the adjacent habitat, but fragmented and scientific-based criteria are difficult to manage in present engineering design and therefore ecological impacts are often not taken into account. Within this research project, the creation of a new quantitative prediction tool will be investigated to allow civil engineers and decision-makers to optimize the design of breakwaters and reduce the uncertainty related to their environmental performance, contributing to the preservation and conservation of seagrasses during the lifetime of breakwaters. In particular, the project will focus on the Mediterranean Sea to ensure the persistence of two characteristics seagrass species, Cymodocea nodosa and the most important endemic and slow-recovery Posidonia oceanica. The fellowship will be carried out at the Universitat Politcnica de Valencia (UPV), in Spain, under the supervision of Professor Josep R. Medina, international expert in maritime and coastal engineering, in collaboration with Dr. Nuria Marb, internationally renowned researcher on marine and seagrass ecology at the Instituto Mediterrneo de Estudios Avanzados (IMEDEA). A placement is planned at the engineering consultancy INGEOMAR to put into practice and refine the predictive model, boosting its integration in coastal protection proyects.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA · ValenciaКоординаторИспания
AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS · MadridИспания
Ingeniería Avanzada de Obras Marítimas, S.L.P. · ValenciaИспания