AquaPLAN Team

Consortium

The AquaPLAN consortium is led by University of Pisa (UNIPI) in Italy and comprises of a multi-actor, transdisciplinary team of 13 organisations from 9 countries.

The coverage of all key aquatic habitats for the study of light and noise pollution (LNP)’s combined impacts is ensured by the diverse expertise within the consortium, covering freshwater (FVB-IGB, ULEI), estuarine (ULEI, UOA), offshore (IMR, ULEI, SZN, UiT) and coastal marine systems (UNIPI, UOP, SZN, CSIC, UOA for temperate and BIU for tropical systems). The multidisciplinarity between physical/natural and social sciences that pervades all AquaPLAN WPs is ensured by the strong expertise of PML, CEFAS and SZN.

These competences, in addition to all partners’ participation (and/or coordination) in multiple national and international projects (see Related Links), will foster all communication, dissemination, exploitation and outreach activities under the mentorship of ERINN, which boasts the supervision of a long list of projects in this field.
AquaPLAN consortium

AquaPLAN Consortium

University of Pisa
Ban Ilan University
Havforskningsinstituttet Institute of Marine Research (IMR) Norway
CSIC Spain
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (SZN)
ERINN Ireland
Forschungsverbund Berlin EV (FVB-IGB) Germany
The Arctic University of Norway (UiT) Norway
Leiden University (ULEI) the Netherlands
Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) United Kingdom
University of Plymouth
CEFAS UK
The University of Adelaide (UOA) Australia

Havforskningsinstituttet – Institute of Marine Research (IMR) Norway

IMR is one of the biggest marine research institutes in Europe, with about 1,100 employees. Their main activities are research, advisory work and monitoring. Their head office is in Bergen, with another office in Tromsø and research stations in Matre, Austevoll and Flødevigen. Their Research Vessel Department has ownership responsibility for the research vessels, which are their most important tools for collecting marine data. Through its research and advice, the IMR seeks to help society to continue exploiting the valuable assets in the sea sustainably. The IMR is affiliated to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, which provides around 40% of their funding. IMR scientists use various techniques to work out how fish and sea mammals use and produce sounds. Scientists often record sounds using hydrophones, which are microphones designed to be used underwater, and the sounds are then linked to underwater cameras.

Contact: Lise Doksæter Sivle | lisedo@hi.no

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