Reference: META_FA_06_2017_017
Call: Open call n.º 6/2017
Program: Fundo Azul
Typology: C) Monitoring and protection of Marine Environment
Sub-typology: i) Ensuring the good environmental status of the maritime public domain
Strategic priority: a) Contribution to the national marine waters knowledge at the level of any of the descriptors of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Promoter: Município de Machico
Partners: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian; Instituto do Mar; Mar Ilimitado, LDA
Total Elegible Costs: 172.079,00 € | Financed Costs: 150.000,00 €
Total Elegible Costs (FCG): 23.119,00 € | Financed Costs (FCG): 20.153,00 €
Start Date: 2019/12/07 | End Date: 2022/12/06
Objectives
The goal of META is to study how cumulative anthropogenic threats affect population dynamics of cetaceans which are used as environmental status indicators considering their top predator position, reflecting lower trophic levels. Specific objectives will characterize and define the distribution of maritime traffic, whale watching activity, ambient noise and marine litter as potential spatio-temporal stressors to cetaceans.
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