M3-HABs


Risk Monitoring, Modelling and Mitigation of Benthic Harmful Algal Blooms along Mediterranean coasts

Universities, research institutes, environmental agencies and technological enterprises based along Mediterranean coasts joined, under the umbrella of a EU funded project (ENPI-CBCMED program), to reduce the hazards related to benthic harmful algae, particularly Ostreopsis, a toxic dinoflagellate of tropical origin. The project M3-HABs started on January 2014 and will help to increase awareness and implement measures to manage benthic harmful algal blooms in the Mediterranean basin through the development of common monitoring procedures, bateau mouche paris, automated counting methods and modeling predictive tools.

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About

The objective of the project M3-HABs is to provide a common pan-Mediterranean strategy for monitoring benthic toxic microalgae, through the development of new, more efficient and common procedures and protocols, making the process mostly cost and time effective, allowing for most efficient monitoring designs, increasing the knowledge on environmental drivers affecting Ostreopsis blooms and translate this into a forecasting tool, and improving the general awareness of the risks related to Ostreopsis.

Given the specific objective of the Project, the following results are expected:

  1. A large awareness of the risks associated to the Ostreopsis blooms;
  2. An appropriate diffusion of caution measures set up;
  3. The production of common monitoring protocols;
  4. The development of new technologies for species-specific identification and counting;
  5. The build-up of prediction models in order to prevent and reduce risk factors for the environment, human health and economic activities.

Disclamers

This website has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union under the ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme. The contents of this website are the sole responsibility of the steering committee of M3-HABs project and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union or of the Programme’s management structures.

About the Programme

The 2007-2013 ENPI CBC Mediterranean Sea Basin Programme is a multilateral Cross-Border Cooperation initiative funded by the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI). The Programme objective is to promote the sustainable and harmonious cooperation process at the Mediterranean Basin level by dealing with the common challenges and enhancing its endogenous potential. It finances cooperation projects as a contribution to the economic, social, environmental and cultural development of the Mediterranean region. The following 14 countries participate in the Programme: Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Palestine, Portugal, Spain, Syria (participation currently suspended), Tunisia. The Joint Managing Authority (JMA) is the Autonomous Region of Sardinia (Italy). Official Programme languages are Arabic, English and French (www.enpicbcmed.eu).

Partners

Applicant(Lead Partner) : CoNISMa


Leader of : WP1 Management & Coordination and WP5 Predictive tool for Ostreopsis blooms Contact person Mariachiara Chiantore Project coordinator CoNISMa – University of Genoa

PP1 – CNR-IBF


Institute of Biophysics of the National Research Council Leader of: WP4 Opto-electronics system and

PP2 – ARPAL


Regional Agency for Ligurian Environment Protection. Leader of: WP7 Common risk detection and management strategies Contact person Tatiana Sammartano PCC Member

PP3 – LOV


University Pierre and Marie Curie, Oceanographic Laboratory of Villefranche (France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur) Leader of : WP6 Common and inter-calibrated sampling strategies and protocols Contact

PP4 – UNICE


University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur) Contact person Luisa
Mangialajo PCC Member luisa.mangialajo@unice.fr

PP5 – INSTM


National Institute of Marines Sciences and Technologies – (Tunisia, Tunis) Leader of : WP3
Capitalization Contact person Souad Turki PCC Member souad.turki@instm.rnrt.tn

PP6 – CNRS


National Council for Scientific Research (Lebanon) Leader of: WP2 Communication Contact person Marie Abboud – Abi Saab Directrice de Recherche Conseil National de la Recherche…

PP7 – On Air

On Advanced Industrial Research (Italy) Contact person Maura Mazzarello PCC Member maura.mazzarello@onairweb.com

PP8 – DHI

Andrea Pedroncini PCC Member pedroncini@dhi-italia.it

Work Packages

WP2 – Communication package

The central role to coordinate all the Communication channels that the project will envisage among all stakeholders is led by CNRS (PP6) in order to…

WP3 – Capitalization work package

Ostreopsis spphas been reported from the Mediterranean waters, the common species were O. ovata with some morphotypes. Ostreopsis is mainly epibenthic dinoflagellate recorded in different…

WP4 – Opto-electronics system and algorithm for cell identification and counting

Within this workpackage, the participating partners, coordinated by CNR, will cooperate towards the development of an automated tool for ostreopsis ovata identification and counting. This…

WP5 – Predictive tool for Ostreopsis blooms

WP5 aims to explore correlations between environmental drivers and occurence and magnitude of Ostreopsis blooms. The links between cell abundances and physical-chemical variables will be…

WP6 – Common and inter-calibrated sampling strategies and protocols

The main goal of the WP6 is to standardize strategies and processes for sampling, preserving and counting Ostreopsis cells in order to produce an international…

WP7 – Common risk detection and management strategies

Ostreopsis blooms represent a relevant risk not only for the environment, but also for people using the coast both for recreational and economic purposes.

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WHAT IS OSTREOPSIS?
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WHICH ARE THE RISKS IF I AM EXPOSED TO WATER DURING AN OSTREOPSIS BLOOM OR AFTER EATING A CONTAMINATED SEAFOOD?
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WHAT IF I FEEL SICK AFTER CONTACT WITH OSTREOPSIS?
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WHICH AREAS ARE SUSPECTED TO FOSTER THESE EVENTS?
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WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS TRIGGERING BLOOMS?
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IS IT SAFE TO HAVE CONTACT WITH THE WATER DURING A BLOOM EPISODE?
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Press releases

Estratti della stampa francese 04-12-2014
Comment réduire les nuisances d’une algue tropicale… Une Algue Toxique… Cette algue toxique bientôt sous très étroite surveillance Sur nos côtes, Ostréopsis ovata intoxique des…

Lutter contre l’ostréopsis, algue toxique pour les baigneurs
Ils sont italiens, libanais, français, espagnols, tunisiens, 70 scientifiques sont réunis à Nice pendant deux jours. Le but de ce congrès : lutter contre l’ostréopsis, une…

Alghe tossiche: una minaccia per i bagnanti, una sfida per un progetto europeo
Universities, research institutes, environmental agencies and technological enterprises based along Mediterranean coasts joined, under the umbrella of a EU funded project (ENPI-CBCMED program), to reduce…

Publication

NEWS

Kick off meeting – Rome

The meeting was held at CNR Headquarters(Aula Bisogno),located in Piazzale Aldo Moro, Rome.It started at 9.30 on Thursday 10th April and was over at about 16:30 of Friday 11th April. The meeting included a project overview concerning its objectives and the expected achievements reached during the first 3 months of the projects. As well as the meeting agenda and logistics. The meeting attendees were Project partners, partner’s applicant, associate partners, and the EAB members.

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The project was coordinated by CONISMA administrative Council (National Interuniversity Consortium for MarineSciences).

M3-HABs Final Meeting

M3-HABs project is coming to an end… Project and Associate partners will meet in Rome, next 30 November/1st December, to present and discuss all the very relevant activities about monitoring, modelling and mitigate Ostreopsis risk performed during the last two years. On 1st December the discussion will be open to all stakeholders: anyone interested in taking part to the discussion about the Ostreopsis issue is kindly invited to join us!!!

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Scientific Day-M3 HABs

This journey was held at the conference room of the nursery companies (INSTM-APIA) at INSTM center of Monastir, Tunisia.It started at 9:00 o’clock on Wednesday 30th September and was over at 16:30 pm of the same day. The journey was conducted by the National Institute of Science and Technology in collaboration with the Tunisian Association of Marine science, to monitor the risk modeling and mitigation of algal blooms harmful benthic along the Mediterranean coast (M3-HABs).

Tunisia Summer school “Ostreopsis bloom modeling”

In the framework of M3-HABs project, the second school entitled “Ostreopsis bloom modeling” took place in Mouradi Gammarth Hotel, Tunisia, where the historical data obtained from different partners are presented and discussed to setup the most effective modeling approaches.

An update of the sampling protocols was suggested and a new method for quantifying benthic dinoflagellates abundances was introduced. This Summer School ended up with a round table discussion concerning the human health, the ecological risk assessment of the harmful algal blooms and the implementation of common management strategies.

First annual meeting of M3-­HABs project

On 2 and 3 December 2014, at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, the first annual conference of the project was held, focused on the intercalibration methods for monitoring toxic benthic microalgae. Participation is free and open to all institutions interested in these phenomena. A round table is scheduled on this, as shown in the attached provisional program.

The project, coordinated by CoNISMa (National Interuniversity Consortium for MarineSciences, Italy), has 9 partners and 15 associated partners French, Italian, Lebanese, Tunisians, Montenegro and Monaco.

Batroun summer school

The summer school program consists of a series of lectures on Sampling techniques & strategies, Taxonomy of Dinoflagellate with special attention to Ostreopsis, Ecology of Ostreopsis: biotic and abiotic factors affecting bloom dynamics, Phylogeny of Ostreopsis spp by molecular studies , and field and lab works. A field trip was also organized to the northern coast to show the different sites and features of the Lebanese coast.

All Partners and Associate Partners and relevant stakeholders from all Mediterranean Countries were involved in the training activities (as teachers and trainers), in order to spread the know-how achieved through the project and to train students or early-career scientists to Ostreopsis sampling and monitoring strategies.

Extension date until July 31 for Sub-Grant of a Junior Research Fellowship provided by DHI, ONAIR to candidates from Lebanon

In the phase of implementation of the M3-HABs project “Risk Monitoring, Modelling and Mitigation of Harmful Algal Blooms Benthic along Mediterranean coasts” funded by the ENPI, two Mobility sub-grants are provided by Italian Partners to Lebanese Candidates:

WP6 activities, summer monitoring activity at the CONISMA – University of Urbino- ITALY

Counting by molecular methods during this summer monitoring activity managed at the CONISMA – University of Urbino- ITALY.
Field samples of seawater and macroalgae are obtained from Genoa, Italy. Also, amplification Plot for Ostreopsis cf. ovata identification and counting by molecular quantitative PCR assay are made in the laboratory.

“Ecology at the Interface” conference

M3-HABs took part to the “Ecology at the Interface” conference organised by the Italian Ecological Society and European Ecological Federation in Rome, 21-25 September 2015, with one oral presentation about the predictive tool and its validation entitled “Modeling Ostreopsis cf. ovata bloom events from meteo-marine data” presented by Valentina Asnaghi.
M3-HABs project was also present with a project poster and brochures at the CoNISMa stand.

JOIN US

Establishing a solid network along the Mediterranean coast with a deeper knowledge of Ostreopsis ecology, to cope with the Ostreopsis spp emergencies and developing effective monitoring programs.

As a member in the Ostreopsis Network, you will gain access to the project results and updates and candidature to participate in the project events.