The Challenges of Modern Society Ecosystem Modelling of Coastal Lagoons for Sustainable Management

Publications Papers of the first Workshop in Istanbul, November 1995 were already published by International Journal of Salt Lake Research, Special Issue, Vol.6 No.2 1997, Kluwer Academic Publisher Other Past Workshop Papers will also be printed by the same journal publisher and they may be available from the corresponding address. Calendar of Events Current and Upcoming Events 01-08 May 1999 Sixth Workshop in Bucharest, Romania Participating Countries Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Fed., Spain, Turkey, Turkmenistan, USA 11-16 July 1999 Seventh Workshop in Murcia, Spain Participating Countries Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Fed., Spain, Turkmenistan, USA 17-22 October 1999 Eighth Workshop in Venice, Italy Termination of the first phase of the pilot study Participating Countries Canada, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Fed., Spain, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, USA 18-30 June 2000 ASI in Istanbul, Turkey (proposal step) Participating Countries NATO and CP Countries For participation requests please contact the pilot study director iegonenc@srv.ins.itu.edu.tr Past Events 21-23 November 1995 First Workshop in Istanbul, Turkey Participating Countries Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine, USA 27-30 October 1996 Second Workshop in Annapolis, USA Participating Countries Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Turkey, USA 20-24 October 1997 Third Workshop in Koycegiz, Turkey Participating Countries Germany, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Turkey, USA 19-22 April 1998 Fourth Workshop in Gdynia, Poland Participating Countries Canada, Denmark, Poland, Portugal, Russian Fed., Spain, Turkey, USA 25-30 October 1998 Fifth Workshop in Faro, Portugal Participating Countries Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania Russian Federation, Spain, Turkey,USA Charter LEMSUM GROUP APPROACH on LAGOON ECOSYSTEM modelling for SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT GOAL: "to develop an ecosystem  model to be used as a decision support system" OBJECTIVE: "to evaluate systematically all relevant factors and parameters for sustainable management of lagoons as far as land and water uses are concerned" Launched on 26.04.1995 Planned Termination for the 1st phase 26.12.1999 Corresponding Address Prof. Dr. I.Ethem Gonenc Pilot Study Director Istanbul Technical University Environmental Engineering Department Ayazaga, 80626 Istanbul TURKEY email : iegonenc@srv.ins.itu.edu.tr phone : 90 212 2853786 fax : 90 212 2853786 Membership Representative Institutions of Pilot Study University of Adelaide Department of Zoology, Adelaide AUSTRALIA INRS Oceanologie Rimouski, QC CANADA ISDGM-CNR Oceanography Venice ITALY Marine Research Centre Klaipeda Ministry of Environment, Vilnius LITHUANIA Sea Fisheries Institute Gdynia POLAND UCTRA University of Algarve Faro Instituto Superior Tecnico, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lisboa PORTUGAL University of Bucharest Department of Ecology and Environmental Management Bucharest ROMANIA P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology Laborotory for Coastal Systems Study Kaliningrad RUSSIAN FEDERATION University of MURCIA Department of Ecology and Hydrology Murcia SPAIN Istanbul Technical University Department of Environmental Engineering Istanbul Middle East Technical University MEDCOAST Secretariate Ankara TURKEY Turkmenistan Academy of Sciences Ashkhabad TURKMENISTAN Marine Hydrophysics Department Sevastapol UKRAINE EPA National Exposure Research Lab Ecosystems Research Division, Athens US Fish and Wildlife Service, Chesaapeake Bay Field Office, Annapolis Resource Management Associates, Locustville USA Points of Contact (order due to country name) Name Address Telephone/Fax/E-mail Prof. Dr. Williams Department of Zoology University of Adelaide South Australia 5005 AUSTRALIA Fax: +61 88 303 43 64 Dr. Deniz Beten NATO-CCMS Programme Director, B-1110 Brussels BELGIUM Tel : 32 2 707 48 46 Fax : 32 2 707 42 32 Prof. Dr. Vladimir G. Koutitonsky Directeur INRS-Oceanologie 310 Allee des Ursulines Rimouski, QC, G5L-3A1/CANADA Tel : +1 418 724 16 51 Fax : +1 418 723 72 34 E-mail: VGK@uqar.uquebec.ca Dr. Georg Umgiesser ISDGM-CNR Oceanography S. Polo 1364 30125 Venezia ITALY Tel : +39 41 521 68 75 Fax : +39 41 260 23 40 E-mail: georg@lagoon.isdgm.ve.cnr.it Dr.Eugeniusz Andrulewicz Marine Environment Quality Unit, Department of Oceanography Sea Fisheries Institute Kollataja 1, 81-332 Gdynia POLAND Tel : +48 58 620 17 28 Fax : +48 58 621 28 31 E-mail: eugene@mir.gdynia.pl Dr. Sofia Gamito UCTRA University of Algarve Campus de Gambelas 8000 Faro/PORTUGAL Tel : 351 89 80 09 76 (Direct) 351 89 80 09 00 (main number) Fax : 351 89 81 83 53 E-mail : sgamito@mozart.si.ualg.pt Prof. Dr. Ramiro Neves Instituto Superior Tecnico Department of Mechanical Engineering Avenida Rovisco Pais 10049 - 001 Lisboa Codex PORTUGAL Tel : +351 184 173 97 Fax : +351 184 173 98 E-mail: ramiro.neves@ist.utl.pt Prof. Dr. Angheluta Vadineanu Department of Ecology and Environmental Management University of Bucharest SPL Independentei 91-95 76201 Bucharest ROMANIA Tel : +40 1 411 23 10 Fax : +40 1 411 23 10 E-mail: anvadi@bio.bio.unibuc.ro Dr. Boris Chubarenko Head of Laboratory for Coastal Systems Study P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Atlantic Branch Prospect Mira, 1, 236000, Kaliningrad, RUSSIAN FEDERATION Tel : 7 011 2 451574 Fax : 7 011 2 272945 E-mail : Chuboris@ioran.kern.ru Dr. Javier Gilabert Department of Ecology and Hydrology Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo 30100 Murcia SPAIN Tel : 34 968 364998 Fax : 34 968 363963 E-mail : jgilab@fcu.um.es Prof. Dr. I. Ethem. Gonenc Istanbul Technical University Environmental Engineering Department 80626 Ayazaga, Istanbul TURKEY Tel : 90 212 285 37 86 Fax : 90 212 285 37 86 E-mail : iegonenc@srv.ins.itu.edu.tr Prof. Dr. Erdal Ozhan MEDCOAST Secretariat Middle East Technical Universiy 06531 Ankara/TURKEY Tel :90 312 210 54 29/30/35 Fax :90 312 210 14 12 E-mail : medcoast@rorqual.cc.metu.edu.tr Dr. Rosemarie Russo Director, Ecosystems Research Division National Exposure Research Laboratory U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 960 Collage Station Road Athens, Georgia 30605-2700 USA Tel : +1 706 355 80 01 Fax : +1 706 355 80 07 E-mail : russo.rosemarie@epa.gov Karen Terwilliger Resource Management Associates Marsh Pointe farm 28295 Burton Shore Road, Box 119 Locustville Virginia 23404 USA Tel : +1 757 787 26 37 Fax : +1 757 787 24 11 E-mail: natural@visi.net Mr. John Wolflin U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Chesapeake Bay Field Office 177 Admiral Cochrane Drive Annapolis, MD 21401 USA Tel : +1 410 573 45 73 Fax : +1 410 269 08 32 E-mail: john_wolflin@fws.gov Responsibilities Pilot Country Turkey Co-Pilot Country USA Participants Canada Italy Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Spain Observers Lithuania Turkmenistan Ukraine Non-Nato Countries Australia Pilot Study Director Prof. Dr. I. Ethem Gonenc iegonenc@srv.ins.itu.edu.tr Co-Pilot Study Director John Wolflin john_wolflin@fws.gov Study/Analysis Plans Scope Investigation and research on following topics Interaction andtransport between sea and lagoon water (Portugal-Turkey-Italy-Russian Federation) Interaction and transport between river and lagoon water (Portugal-Turkey-Italy) Interaction and transport between air and lagoon water (Canada) Interaction and transport between sediment and lagoon water (Portugal) Effects of land based point and nonpoint sources (Turkey-USA) Lagoon hydrodynamics, exchange mechanisms and processes (Italy-Turkey-Portugal) System Identification Applied to Lagoon Ecosystem (Romania-Spain) Lagoons as Dissipative and Production Units, Renewable Resources and Services (Spain-Romania-Portugal-Turkey) Hydrodynamic Modelling (Italy-Portugal-Turkey-Russian Fed.) Eutrophication Modelling (Romania-Portugal-Turkey-Spain) Organic Chemicals-Toxic Modelling (USA-Turkey) Decision-Support System for policy makers (USA-Turkey-Poland) GIS and Data Management (all countries) Monitoring and Inspection (Poland-USA-Italy-Russian Federation) Evaluation of Cooperative Mechanisms (Turkey-USA-Poland-Russian Federation) Case Studies (all countries) Representative Lagoons of the Pilot Study COUNTRY LAGOON CANADA Magdelan Islands Grande-Entree ITALY Venice Orbetello LITHUANIA* Curonion POLAND+ Odra Szczecin Puck PORTUGAL Ria Formosa ROMANIA* Razelm-Sinoe Danube Delta RUSSIAN FEDERATION* Vistula SPAIN Mar Menor TURKEY Dalyan K. Cekmece Goksu UKRAINE* Kerc Sea USA Chesapeake Bay Patuxent Bay TURKMENISTAN* Kara Bogaz Gol + NATO Prospective Member Countries * NATO Partner Countries Other Pertinent Sources of Information United States Environmental Protection Agency - http://www.epa.gov Chesapeake Bay Program - http://www.epa.gov/r3chespk/ Oceanography, ISDGM-CNR - http://www.isdgm.ve.cnr.it/~georg/ Kluwer Academic Publishers Online - http://www.wkap.nl INRS-Oceanologie - http://www.inrs-ocean.uquebec.ca