Project ABIOMMED

PROGRAM:

Support coherent and coordinated assessment of the biodiversity and measures across Mediterranean for the next 6-year cycle of MSFD implementation

Project title:

ABIOMMED- ASSESSMENT OF BIODIVERSITY AND MEASURES ACROSS
MEDITERRANEAN

TOTAL BUDGET:

1.245.731 €

ACRONYM:

ABIOMMED

DURATION:

1. srpnja 2021.- 2023.

The project is designed to support the Mediterranean Member States in the implementation of a coherent and coordinated biodiversity assessment and measures for the next 6-year implementation cycle of the MSFD.

The project is financed by the DG Environment, it started on 1st July, 2021 and will last for 2 years. Total value of the project is €1,245,731.

Project coordinator:

• Popi Pagkou, PhD, HCMR-a, Greece

Coordinator of the Croatian project team:

• Sanda Skejić, PhD, IOF

Scientists of the Laboratory for Plankton and Shellfish Toxicity participate in the work of Activity 2, in which the pelagic habitat is investigated as part of descriptor 1.

ACTIVITY 2: Pelagic habitat: using the plankton communities to address properly the status of pelagic habitat and relevant spatio-temporal scales and pressures