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Partners
ECoManage working
group is composed by the following partners:
Instituto
Superior Técnico (IST)
Portugal
HIDROMOD (Portugal)
NOCTILUCA
(Netherlands)
LNEC
(Portugal)
University
of Trieste (Italy)
UNISANTA
(Brazil)
IOUSP
(Brazil)
IADO
(Argentina)
University
of Chile (Chile)
Centro
de Ecologia Aplicada (Chile)
A brief introduction to each partner is presented below, along with
contacts and relevant internet links.
| INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO
(IST), Portugal |
 ramiro.neves@ist.utl.pt
 http://www.ist.utl.pt/
http://www.maretec.moh...
http://www.mohid.com/
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Instituto
Superior Técnico (IST), the Engineering School of Lisbon
Technical University is the biggest Engineering School in Portugal. Its
MARETEC Centre is focused on applications to the aquatic environment.
Priority is given to interdisciplinary projects involving water
quality, ecology and sediment transport. MARETEC staff dedicated to
these subjects occupies 12 people. Environmental modelling at MARETEC
was initiated in the early 80’s developing hydrodynamic
models based on the shallow water equations and their application to
coastal and ocean hydrodynamics. As computer capacity and knowledge
increased, more generic and integrated models were developed and
integrated into a modular system (MOHID) which is presently being used
and improved in a private company (HIDROMOD), in the National
Laboratory of Civil Engineering and in several Universities in Portugal
and abroad.
MOHID is based on a "finite-volume" approach, which, together with an
object-oriented strategy, allows the use of multiple vertical
coordinates (sigma, Cartesian, Lagrangian) and the use of eulerian and
lagrangian formulations for advection, still keeping the integration
between physical and ecological processes.
In the past, it has cooperated in several projects with HIDROMOD, with
Dr. J.W.Baretta (NOCTILUCA), with UNISANTA and with LNEC.
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| HIDROMOD, Portugal |
hidromod@hidromod.com
http://www.hidromod.pt/
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HIDROMOD is
an SME that has been working in the field of environmental modelling
since 1992. It presently has six full time employees, four of which
have PhD’s from IST. It has been actively working with the
MOHID system since it has began its activity and contributing to its
development. It has done modelling studies in tens of estuaries,
coastal zones, ports, oceanic regions, rivers and reservoirs in Europe,
Africa and South America. These studies cover mainly hydrodynamics,
sediment transport, water quality, effluent plumes and field data
campaigns.
HIDROMOD’s scientific and technical expertise is based on
eleven years experience acquired in the application of models to real
cases, in the framework of engineering and scientific projects, and on
the maintenance of a close cooperation with the Technical University of
Lisbon (Instituto Superior Técnico).
In the past, the company was involved in five EU funded projects: one
in MAST Program (EUROMODEL), one in FAR Program (Development of an
Ecological Model for Mollusc Rearing Areas in Ireland and Greece) and
three in MAST III Program (OPCOM, INDIA and F-ECTS).
It has done several modelling studies in cooperation with other
partners in the present project proposal: IST, LNEC and UNISANTA.
HIDROMOD is in the final stage of setting up its Quality Management
System, having in the end of September 2003 the concession audit of the
ISO 9001:2000 Norm.
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| NOCTILUCA,
Netherlands |
job.baretta@xs4all.nl
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Noctiluca is
a Dutch marine sciences consultancy, founded, owned and run by
J.W.Baretta, who also is the principal scientist. Dr. Baretta has:
· Extensive experience in constructing complex marine
ecosystem models of estuarine and coastal shelf systems.
· Long experience in sea-going research, both in benthic and
in pelagic processes.
· Experience in managing multidisciplinary research groups
in modelling projects.
· Experience in coupling general circulation models with
ecological models.
· Zooplankton population dynamics, particle size
distributions in marine systems, mathematical modelling of estuarine
and shelf sea ecosystems.
Dr. Baretta participated in several EU projects: BASYS, MATER, MERMAIDS
II, ERSEM II (scientific coordinator) and ERSEM (scientific
coordinator).
He has cooperated in the past with IST in the development of ecological
models.
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| LNEC,
Portugal |
lferreira@lnec.pt
www.dha.lnec.pt/...
www.dha.lnec.pt/nas
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The
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC) is a
Portuguese public institution of science and technology, which is
dependent of the Ministry for Public Works, Transports and Housing,
covering the broad field of civil engineering. Major objectives of
LNEC`s activity are innovation by the implementation of four year
research plans, application of new technologies in studies under
contract with a view to solve specific problems within the framework of
civil engineering and the building construction industry diffusion in
technical and scientific circles of the results of its activities. LNEC
has 9 departments for the implementation of its activities and its
effective staff numbers 761 elements of whom 39% have a university
degree and 147 are researchers with a PhD or with an equivalent degree.
LNEC's budget is about 32 million euros, of which 57% correspond to its
own revenue, 33% derive from the State Budget and the remaining 10% are
provided by the Government's Development, Investment and Expenditure
Programme.
The Groundwater Division (NAS) has extensive experience in hydrological
studies. Its research and development projects include work for outside
contracts and work developed according to LNEC's programme designed to
address national priorities. R&D projects represent about 50%
of the funding of this Division.
NAS was involved since 1993 in the definition of groundwater
environmental indicators for Portugal, in the framework of a EU LIFE
project Evaluation of the vulnerability of the reception capacity of
coastal zone water resources. The receiving water bodies: groundwater
systems. (Portugal for the EU Coesion Fund). LNEC co-ordinated the
EC-DGXII INCO-DC project 1996-1999 “EU-PRChina coastal
groundwater” Project, entitled Development of methodologies
for the assessment and management of groundwater resources and risks in
coastal zones (EU-PRC coastal groundwater). LNEC also participated in
several INCO project with PR China and India (in the first project
listed also as financial coordinator) "Measuring, Monitoring and
Managing Sustainability. The Coastal Dimension" (with Indian partners
from Dez. 1998 – Nov. 2002) and Modelling of miscible
pollutant transport by underground water in non-saturated zone (with
P.R. China) EC Contract number: CI1*-CT94-0014.. These projects have
been or are being developed with the UK, Ireland, The Netherlands,
Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and
Austria. In the rest of the World, projects have been or are being
developed in Israel, the Cunene Basin (Angola and Namíbia),
P.R. China , Russia, India and Brazil. It has been involved in the
development of several groundwater databases for the Portuguese
Watershed Plans, in 5 Watershed Plans and the Portuguese islands of
Madeira Archipelago.
The main areas of activity are: (i) Modeling of groundwater flow and
pollution, (ii) Monitoring and evaluation of aquifer parameters and
reclamation of polluted soil and groundwater, (iii) Evaluation of the
vulnerability of groundwater to pollution, (iv) Hydrological studies
and evaluation of aquifer recharge. |
| UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE, Italy |
mauro.scimone@iol.it
http://www.univ.trieste.it/...
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The
Department of Biology, instituted in 1984 from the fusion of the
Botanical Institute and Garden and the Institute of Zoology and
Comparative Anatomy, is one of the largest departments of the
University of Trieste. It has 46 permanent member staff, and it is also
seat of two PhD programmes with more than 20 students.
The main research topics, relevant to the project aims are:
· Analysis of Ecological Systems. Research is carried out
into processes and patterns of both terrestrial and aquatic ecological
systems by methods of multivariate analysis.
· Geographic Information Systems and Databases.
· Remote sensing, vegetation and land use.
The group has experience from participating in other EU investigation
projects, among which it may be pointed ECOMAN (Decision Support System
for sustainable development of rural areas in Atlantic Forests),
LANDSCAPE (An Integrated Approach to Radionuclide Flow in Semi-Natural
Ecosystems Underlying Exposure Pathways to Man), Measuring, monitoring
and managing sustainability: the coastal dimension (INCO-DC),
Sustainable use of natural resources in rural systems of Eastern Africa
(Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania). Strategies for environmental
rehabilitation. (INCO-DC), Desertification in the Mediterranean
drylands: development of a monitoring system based on plant
ecophysiology (DEMOS - INCO-DC), A case study for the island of Hainan
(CHINA) based on Remote Sensing and GIS Technology.(INCO-DC). |
| IOUSP,
Brazil |
http://www.io.usp.br/
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The
Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de São
Paulo (IOUSP) was created in 1949 and has strong tradition and also an
important role in the national oceanographic research in its various
sub-areas: Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Geology, offering the first
national Graduation course in Oceanography. The IOUSP is settled in
São Paulo, 80 km far from the Santos City (at Southeast
Brazilian coast), where is moored the IOUSP R/V “Prof.
Wladimir Besnard”. The IOUSP also possesses two research
stations in the coast of São Paulo state, one at the North
and another one in the South, both equipped with research boats. The
IOUSP has active participation in international research Programs as
TOGA, WOCE, SIBEX, IMW, GLOBEC and IGBP.
Some teachers at UNISANTA are cooperating with IOUSP in toxicity
studies in Santos estuary. |
| IADO,
Argentina |
http://www.criba.edu.ar/iado/
IADO Ecomanage Site
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The IADO
(Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía, from Argentina) is a
scientific research institution which depends on CONICET (Consejo
Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y
Técnicas).
It is located in Bahía Blanca city, and promotes the
scientific research and development of the Argentine sea and its
resources. In this oceanographic institution several areas exist:
Marine Biology, Marine Geology, Physical Oceanography, Chemical
Oceanography, Meteorology, and Electronics. Many scientific researchers
work here, as well as many doctoral students and
professionals/technicians.
IADO is formally linked with the Southern National University
(Universidad Nacional del Sur -UNS), also located in Bahía
Blanca city, and in fact most of IADO researchers are professors in the
mentioned University. It is a usual fact that researchers from UNS
participate within IADO projects, and vice versa. So, strong
interaction between both institutions permanently exists guaranteeing
the indirect participation in the project of UNS. |
| UNIVERSIDAD
DE CHILE, Chile |
vmarin@antar.uchile.cl
http://antar.uchile.cl/
UChile
EcoManage Site
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Universidad
de Chile is the most important, both in number of academic personnel as
in scientific research, state university in Chile. It includes 4600
academic staff members, 24000 students and 5000 non-academic personnel.
The university graduates 4700 undergraduate and 40 Ph.D. students
annually. The University has 57 master degree programs, 33 Ph.D.
programs and 75 specialization programs. Its annual budget amounts to
220 million dollars, 30% provided by the Chilean Government and 70%
generated by the University through grant competitions, services etc.
Universidad de Chile participates both in national and international
research programs. The academic staff of the university generates
annually, through the grant competition of the Chilean Commission of
Science and Technology (CONICYT) a total of 3.1 million dollars. |
| CENTRO
DE ECOLOGIA APLICADA, Chile |
http://www.cea.cl/
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The Centro
de Ecología Aplicada (CEA) started its activities in 1992,
being qualified as a consulting firm on environmental issues. CEA has
based its success on technological innovation, scientific progress and
academic excellence. CEA comprises 25 professionals, most of them
holding M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees. Supporting personnel includes field
workers, divers, photographers and drivers. CEA also has a complete and
modern infrastructure both for field work and for laboratory analyses
(http://www.cea.cl). The main activities of CEA are: (i) environmental
impact assessment studies, (ii) follow-up studies both for biotic and
abiotic variables, (iii) research projects targeted to resolve
environmental problems, (iv) GIS and modelling studies, (v) water and
soil quality studies and (vi) development of environmental management
plans including mitigation, prevention, correction and compensation of
the effects caused by development projects and risk analyses. |
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