Title

CoastNet - Portuguese Coastal Monitoring Network

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Abstract

The Portuguese Coastal Monitoring Network (CoastNet) is a Research Infrastructure (RI) included in the Portuguese Roadmap of Research Infrastructures, designed to improve the understanding of Portuguese coastal ecosystems’ functioning through the development of a coastal monitoring system.

CoastNet provides data visualization capacity and free access to in-situ datasets. This RI also provides multiple services such as: on-demand environmental quality assessments, advanced training research, innovation, public and private consultancy, laboratory support and data collection.

The physical, chemical and biological attributes collected in three Portuguese estuaries (Mondego, Tagus and Mira) and adjacent coastal areas, will contribute to an integrated assessment of long-term trends in coastal communities.

The CoastNet RI is assessing and monitor environmental conditions from selected Portuguese coastal systems, ultimately contributing to the sustainable exploitation of resources and biodiversity conservation.

Project website

https://coastnet.pt/team/

Keywords

• CoastNet
• GOOS Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs)
  • Fish abundance and distribution
  • Phytoplankton biomass and diversity
• GOOS Physics, Biogeochemistry, and Cross-disciplinary EOVs
  • Oxygen
  • Sea surface salinity
  • Sea surface temperature
  • Subsurface salinity
  • Subsurface temperature

SOPs

Outputs

• http://geoportal.coastnet.pt/

Interested in publishing to OBIS

-

Data in OBIS

No; none of the biological data collected by the network is included in OBIS

Funding

The project CoastNet (PINFRA/22128/2016) is funded by: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT); Portugal 2020; Lisboa 2020; Alentejo 2020; and European Union.

Funding sector

• Governmental

Regions

Portugal

Responsible

luísdacosta

Point of Contact

luísdacosta

Maintenance Frequency

Daily

Temporal Extent

January 2018 -

Supplemental Information

No information provided

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