Acronym REMOLIÇO
Category
Fisheries
Title Rehabilitation of contaminated areas of the ria de aveiro through recolonization with moliço Programme Nat. Programme (supported by ESIF)
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National-European Coordinator João Pedro Martins Coelho Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (Portugal)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2019 End year 2021 Funding (€) € 92,122 Website https://www.cesam-la.pt/projetos/remolico-reabilitacao-de-zonas-contaminadas-da-ria-de-aveiro-atraves-da-recolonizacao-com-molico/ Summary "The implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) imposes limits on discharges of contaminants into the aquatic environment. Thus, currently the problems of contamination of transitional aquatic systems are due to geochemical processes involving contaminants stored in sediments. These processes result in the loss of ecosystem services, such as loss of recreational value, reduction of biodiversity, contamination of biological communities and consequent risks to human health. The WFD provides for rehabilitation measures for water bodies that do not achieve good chemical and environmental quality, so strategies are needed to restore these historically contaminated ecosystems.
The perception of the worldwide decline of seagrass communities (moliço) has led to the development of programs for the recovery of these ecosystems. Seagrasses stabilize the sediments where they settle, reducing sediment re-suspension processes. Biodiversity in seagrass plains is also higher than that found in uncolonized sediments. These primary producers are moderately tolerant to anthropogenic contamination, making them ideal candidates for the remediation of contaminated estuarine areas.
The main objective of this project will be to test the effectiveness in the rehabilitation of contaminated areas in estuarine and lagoon systems through recolonization with seagrass meadows. The work will be carried out in areas of the Ria de Aveiro contaminated by mercury and arsenic, where historically there has been a sediment cover with Zostera noltii (moliço"
Keywords
Restoration;
Biodiversity;
Seagrass;
Marine Region
38
Portuguese Waters (27.IXa,27.IXb)
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Marine Region Map
