The BIOMETORE project aims to acquire knowledge about the biodiversity in seamounts from the complexes Great Meteor and Madeira-Tore, and to understand the human pressures that ecosystems are subjected to. These areas are unique ecosystems, and are exceptional marine life hotspots. To achieve the goal, a team built by all the main portuguese marine research institutions, together with a Norway partner, was gathered to collect and analyse data from several oceanographic surveys, conducted in both areas. On the 28th of April 2017, the BIOMETORE Open Day will take place at IPMA - Algés, in which will be presented and discussed the project main results.
Agenda
9h30 Opening session
Prof. Dr. Miguel Miranda (IPMA's President) and guests
The BIOMETORE project (Antonina dos Santos, IPMA)
9h50 Coffee break
10h10 WP1 - "Surveys and Data Management"
BIOMETORE surveys in the Great Meteor and Madeira-Tore seamounts complexes (Eva Giacomello, IMAR)
Natural history collections - why are they important? (Alexandra Cartaxana, MUHNAC)
Discussion / Questions
10h40 WP2 - "Benthic Habitats characterization"
Benthic habitats of the Madeira-Tore and Great-Meteor seamount complexes (Miriam Tuaty Guerra, IPMA)
Marine habitats and biodiversity in the Gorringe bank (Jorge Gonçalves, CCMAR)
Quantitative and qualitative studies of meiobenthos at Irving Seamount (Marcos García, CIIMAR)
Autonomous submarine vehicles to map and collect data from the water column (João Tasso, FEUP)
Discussion / Question
11h40 WP3 - "Pelagic habitats characterization" (Part I)
Metagenomic assessment of the BIOMETORE samples (José Pereira - Leal, IGC)
Zooplankton as an indicator of good environmental health (Sérgio Leandro, IPL)
12h10 Lunch break
14h00 WP3 - "Pelagic habitats characterization" (Part II)
Discussion / Questions
14:30 WP4 - "Identification and characterization of Anthropogenic pressures"
Fishing pressures in critical areas of the Madeira - Tore and Great Meteor (Aida Campos, IPMA)
Discussion / Questions
15h10 WP5 - "Sustainability Plan"
Protected Marine Areas, Azores case (Filipe Porteiro, DRAM)
Protected Marine Areas, Madeira case (Ara Oliveira, DROTA)
Sustainability plan - the way forward (António Teixeira, DGRM)
Discussion / Questions
15h50 Coffee break
16h10 WP6 - "Outreach"
Didactic tools about seamounts (Carla Dâmaso, OMA)
The movie - "On board the Noruega" (Aurora Ribeiro, OMA)
Discussion / Questions
16h50 Closing session