Welcome to EMECO
The
European Marine Ecosystem Observatory (EMECO) is a
consortium of European Marine Institutes that aim to integrate
marine environmental monitoring, ecosystem modelling and coastal
and ocean research.
The EMECO consortium consists of around 20 European marine institutes, representing around 10 countries. Each of the partners operate marine monitoring, modelling and / or research programmes and many have an advisory role in management and policy decisions relating to European marine ecosystems.
By building on this existing infrastructure, EMECO is able to improve knowledge and understanding of marine ecosystem structure and function, strengthen the evidence base for formal environmental assessments, increase uptake of marine data and information and highlight gaps in current marine monitoring, modelling and research programmes.
Products and Projects
- Oyster Grounds Tour
- Take a tour of the platforms monitoring the Dutch Oyster Grounds . View time series data collected by the monitoring systems and Daily measurements in this Prototype demonstration of visualising marine data using Google Earth.
- Watch the 2008 Spring Bloom
- Watch the 2008 North Sea Spring Bloom...
- GKSS ICON
- The Integrated Coastal Observation Network (ICON) aims to consolidate, expand, and integrate GKSS monitoring programmes operating in the Southern German Bight in order to document and describe environmental state and changes.
- Oyster Grounds SmartBuoy
- The Netherlands-UK SmartBuoy programme is a collaboration between the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat and Deltares laboratory (NL) and Cefas (UK) and is a prime example of what EMECO can achieve. A SmartBuoy is currently sited on the Dutch Oystergrounds in the central North Sea and is jointly supported by both partners.
- SEPRISE: Real Time Data
- SEPRISE (Sustained, Efficient Production of Required information Services) is a EuroGOOS project providing real time marine data, including sea temperature, salinity, and wave height.
RSS News & Events
- EMECO-NOOS Meeting, 2-3 June, Lowestoft
- EMECO-NOOS meeting to be held 2-3 June 2009, Lowestoft, UK
- FerryBox and EMECO Meeting
- Highlights from the FerryBox/EMECO meeting 29th September to 1st October 2008 at the National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton, UK.
- Lobsters flourish in first marine reserve
- Lundy Island lobsters are 7 times more abundant than they were 5 years ago
- More news & events »
EMECO Data Tools
