HEADS OF PROGRAMS

    [see also Task Force Coordinators]
   Hydrochanges  

Coordinators : Dr Patrick Raimbault
COM (Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille), France
fax: +33 (0)4 91 82 65 48

Patrick Raimbault, Directeur de Recherche at CNRS, leader of numerous oceanographic projects in the field of biogeochemistry in coastal and open ocean waters with twenty years of professional activity on oceanic cycle of biogenic elements and marine productivity. Recent works have been centered on new chemical and isotopic procedures offering a complete investigation of carbon and nitrogen pools and fluxes in marine environments. Field works are conducted in the framework of national and international programmes (PNEC, PROOF, JGOFS) directed towards a better knowledge of biogeochemical cycle in marine environments, and especially in the Mediterranean Sea.
and Eng. Jean-Luc Fuda
COM (Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille), France
fax: +33 (0)4 91 82 65 48
Jean-Luc Fuda, engineer specialized in oceanographic instrumentation and data processing. 10 years of experience in working at sea, mainly in the Mediterranean. Currently in charge of technical support for the Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille research teams.
and Dr Gilles Rougier
LOB (Lab. d'Océanographie et de Biogéochimie, Antenne de Toulon, La Seyne-sur-mer, France
fax: +33 (0)4 94 87 93 47

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       MedGLOSS  

    Coordinator :     Eng. Dov Rosen
    IOLR, Haifa, Israel
    fax: + 972 485 11 911

    Dov Rosen, coastal and marine scientist, thirty years of professional activity in laboratory physical and numerical modeling and in field studies of sediment transport processes, ICZM, meta oceanographic parameters monitoring, statistics and forecasting, interactions of waves and currents vs fixed and floating structures, sea level monitoring, analysis and forecasting.

    Member of IAHR, PIANC, ASCE, ASBPA professional associations. Head, Department of Marine Geology & Coastal Processes, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research, Haifa, Israel.
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       Mediterranean Mussel Watch  

    Coordinator :     Dr Hervé Thébault
    IPSN, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France
    fax: + 33 (0)4 94 87 83 07
    Hervé Thébault, marine biologist, ten years of field experience in the design and operation of coastal bio-monitoring network.

    Currently in charge of the Mediterranean part of the French permanent observatory of radioactivity (OPERA).
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       EXOTIC SPECIES  

    Coordinator:     Prof. Bella Galil
    Senior scientist, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
    Haifa, Israel
    fax: +972 48 51 59 11
    Bella Galil, numerous research campaigns and papers on dynamics/ conservation of marine biodiversity, macrobenthic and fish ecology in coastal and deep waters, and on invasive species. Lead author of CIESM Atlas on Exotic Crustaceans.
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       Transmed  

    Coordinator :     Dr Isabelle Taupier-Letage
    Lab. d'Océanographie et de Biogéochimie (LOB)
    CNRS, Antenne de Toulon, La Seyne/mer, France
    fax: + 33 (0)4 94 87 83 07
    Isabelle Taupier-Letage, Chargée de Recherche at CNRS. Initially a biologist, she became increasingly involved in studying the general circulation of the Mediterranean and the associated mesoscale dynamics  -- of which many features are still a matter of debate today -- in relation to biological phenomena. About twenty years of experience working at sea, analysing both in situ data and satellite observations.
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       Zooplankton Indicators  

    Coordinator :     Dr Gabriel Gorsky
    CNRS, Villefranche-sur-mer, France
    fax: +33 (0)4 93 76 38 34
    Gabriel Gorsky, Directeur de Recherche at CNRS, leader of numerous oceanographic projects in the field of zooplankton biology and aphotic biological production in coastal and open ocean waters, member of the SCOR Working Group on New Technologies for Observing Marine Life.
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       Deep Sea Research  

    Task Force Coordinators :     Dr Roberto Danovaro
    Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
    fax: +39 071 220 4650

    Roberto Danovaro was born in Genoa, where he completed studies in Biology in 1988 at the Institute of Marine Sciences, and obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Pisa. Currently Professor at the University of Ancona, where he teaches Ecosystems analysis, Marine biology, Marine Ecology and Applied ecology.

    Member since 2004 of the Steering Committee of the Census of Marine Life. President since 2003 of the European Federation of Marine Science and Technology Societies (EFMS). Editor in Chief of the international journal Chemistry and Ecology.
    and Dr Jean Mascle
    Géosciences Azur, Observatoire Océanologique
    Villefranche-sur-mer, France
    fax: +33 (0)4 93 76 37 66
     

    Jean Mascle, leader of numerous oceanographic campaigns (ODP, PRISMED, etc.); author of over 100 publications of international rank; currenty Director of CNRS Geodynamic Laboratory, Villefranche-sur-Mer.

    • Download CIESM Workshop Series n°17 - (pdf file 1.4 Mb):
      Turbidite systems and deep sea fans      .
    and Dr Christian Tamburini
    Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Géochimie et Ecologie Marines
    Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille, France
    fax: +33 (0)4 91 82 90 51
    Christian Tamburini, microbial ecologist with expertise on mesopelagic and bathypelagic marine environments, has taken part in many oceanographic campaigns in the Mediterranean Sea. His main research targets are the biogeochemical implications of deep-sea prokaryotes, and the effects of hydrostatic pressure on microbial activities. Has designed and developed specific equipments to maintain in situ pressure conditions of deep-sea samples and to simulate fall of particles through the water column.


       Marine Mammals  

    Task Force Coordinator :     Dr Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara
    Tethys Research Institute, Milano, Italy
    fax: + 39 02 700 518 468

    Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, marine biologist, with over 25 years of research on the ecology and conservation of large marine vertebrates.

    Currently involved in Mediterranean marine protected areas science and management and in the protection of threatened marine species (as chair of the Scientific Committee of the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area, and coordinator of the Mediterranean Group of IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas).

    • Download latest report - (pdf file 114 Kb);
    • Download Executive Summary of CIESM Workshop Monographs n°25 - (pdf file 1 Mb):
      Studying cetaceans in the marine ecosystems      .