NEREA FIXED
(Future plans, coming soon)
Deep-sea ecological monitoring is increasing recognized as indispensable for the comprehension of the largest biome on Earth, but at the same time it is subjected to growing human impacts for the exploitation of biotic and abiotic resources. NEREA fixed comply with the stand-alone observatory concept, an integrated observatory with a modular, adaptive structure, characterized by a multiparametric video-platform to be deployed in the Dohrn canyon (Gulf of Naples, Tyrrhenian Sea) at ca. 650 m depth. The observatory integrates a seabed platform with optoacoustic and oceanographic/geochemical sensors connected to a surface transmission buoy, plus a mooring line (also equipped with depth-staged environmental sensors).
Figure: Map of the study area (top) with the Gulf of Naples and the LTER-MC station in front of Naples along with the Multibeam sonar image of the canyon Dohrn (bottom) where NEREA-fix platform will be deployed.
Equipment
Coordinators
NEREA fixed
Associate professor
Dipartimento Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente
Università Politecnica delle Marche
Research engineer
Department of research Infrastructures for marine biological resources
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Senior Researcher
Department of Renewable Marine Resources
Institut de Ciències del Mar
Research engineer
Department of research Infrastructures for marine biological resources
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Researcher
Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn