Grant Agreement no: 614002

SCHeMA

INTEGRATED IN SITU CHeMICAL MAPPING PROBE

Collaborative project

OCEAN.2013-2: Innovative multifunctional sensors for in situ monitoring of marine environment

and related maritime activities

D9.1 – Report on demonstration activities and feedback

Due M46 (31 July 2017)

Actual submission date: 10 August 2017

Start date of project: October 1st, 2013 Duration: 48 months

Organisation name of lead contractor for this deliverable: UNIGe-IT

Revision 1.0

Project co-funded by the European Commission within the

Seventh Framework Programme (2007-2013)

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Deliverable D9.1

Report on demonstration

activities and feedback

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Project Title : SCHeMA

Deliverable Type : PU

Deliverable Number : D9.1

Title of Deliverable : Report on demonstration activities and feedback

Nature of Deliverable : Report

Contractual Delivery Date : 31 July 2017

Actual Delivery Date : 10 August 2017

Contributing WPs : WP9, WP2, WP3, WP4, WP6, WP7, WP8 Author(s) : Francesco Massa, Michela Castellano, Paolo Povero, Emanuele

Magi, Marina Di Carro, Cristiana Mirasole (UNIGe-It);

Paolo D’Angelo (ETT)

Mélina Abdou, Jörg Schäfer (Ubx)

Mary-Lou Tercier-Waeber (UNIGE)

Abstract

This Deliverable describes the demonstration activities to local research groups; stakeholders,

and other potential end-users; early stage researchers and students held during the last two

years regarding the SCHeMA individual sensor probes (from laboratory prototypes to

submersible devices), the integrated chemical mapping system, and the web based observation

data information system.

Main feedbacks received from the participants to these events are presented. The collected

feedbacks were on the whole positive, underlining the innovative aspects of the project, the

efforts for the creation of tools for field deployments as handy and reliable as possible, the good

collaboration among the partners. Although the potential end-users were cautious in expressing

themselves, most of them were interested in at least one sensor/sensing module and/or in

potential future collaboration.

The participants made very useful suggestions about future improvements or needs prior

industrialization step. The developments of new chemical sensors, to extend the capability of

SCHeMA integrated systems to the detections of other parameters they would need to monitor,

were also discussed.

Keyword list

Demonstration; stakeholders; potential end-users; end-user comments and suggestions

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Table of Content

1. Introduction ................................................................................................................. 5

Task 9.1: Demonstration of SCHeMA sensor data flow and web based discovery,

access and interoperability features ............................................................................... 5

Task 9.2: Demonstration of SCHeMA sensor probes and integrated systems ............... 6

2 Demonstration of SCHeMA components and prototypes ........................................... 9

2.1 Demonstration at SCHeMA Summer School, commercial exhibitions, meetings

and workshops ..............................................................................................................10

2.1.1 Demonstration at the SCHeMA Summer School. ...........................................11

2.1.2 Demonstration at the 2016 Oceanology International (OI 2016). ....................12

2.1.3 Demonstration at Oceans 2017 ......................................................................13

2.1.4 OoT collaborative meetings. ...........................................................................13

2.2 Field demonstrations to invited stakeholders and potential end-users ...............14

3 Hands-on tools for demonstrating activities ..............................................................19

3.1 Web Site and data-portal ...................................................................................19

3.2 Presentations on tablet ......................................................................................20

3.3 Photos and Videos .............................................................................................21

3.4 Video Brochure ..................................................................................................21

3.5 WebAPP ............................................................................................................23

4 Participants feedbacks and draft of future required development prior

industrialization...............................................................................................................25

5 Conclusion and Outlook ............................................................................................28

6 List of symbols and acronyms ...................................................................................30

7 References ...............................................................................................................31

8 Annexes ....................................................................................................................32

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1. Introduction

WP9 focuses on the demonstration of the SCHeMA individual sensor probes, the

SCHeMA integrated system and the SCHeMA web based observation data information

system to local research groups, students, stakeholders and other potential end-users

(Figure 1).

Data Assembly Center

Figure 1: Demonstration of the SCHeMA components and real-time integrated chemical mapping system.

It developed through two major tasks: Task 9.1 - Demonstration of SCHeMA sensor

data flow and web based discovery, access and interoperability features; and Task 9.2 -

Demonstration of SCHeMA individual sensor probes and integrated chemical mapping

systems - following the principle that the SCHeMA project sensing devices can work as

individual tools or be integrated providing a chemical mapping system for real-time,

simultaneous measurements of all targeted analytes.

Task 9.1: Demonstration of SCHeMA sensor data flow and web based discovery,

access and interoperability features

This activity was focused on the demonstration of the system data flow and

interoperability features according OGC standards and in compliance to INSPIRE

directive. This system collects, stamps and store automatically the data acquired by the

various sensing probes during their field deployments (WP8) and enable the users to

discover, access and download those data, together with information on the deployed

probes, from the web-based Data Portal (WP7). The web-based infrastructure was

particularly important for demonstrating the potential of the SCHeMA system to

stakeholders and end-users such as water management field and environmental

protection policy makers, advisory board, officers from other running UE actions and

projects (e.g. FP7 OCEAN, EMODnet, SeaDataNet, Jerico etc).

Demonstrations were also performed during:

workshops and summer school organized as part of SCHeMA (all partners);

commercial exhibitions where Idronaut, ETT and UNIGE participated;

international meetings and OoT organized collaborative meetings on request of

the EU Commission

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Task 9.2: Demonstration of SCHeMA sensor probes and integrated systems

The main objective of this task were to: i) demonstrate the capability and potentiality of

the individual sensor probes and SCHeMA integrated systems which were successfully

evaluated and validated during the short-term field applications; ii) create and

consolidate interaction with end-users so that information exchanges last in time to

support the project outcome exploitation phase.

Demonstration activities involved the design and implementation of testbeds of

SCHeMA demonstrators. The demonstrators were based on a network of SCHeMA’

interoperable probes able to monitor simultaneously and in real-time a range of targeted

chemicals that may adversely affect marine ecosystems, living resources and ultimately

human health. Data collected or computed from in-situ monitoring and complementary

laboratory analysis and covering the same area / time / analytes were cross-compared

for consistency. This helped in identifying potential erroneous or inaccurate results and

therefore allow, if required, further optimization/improvement of the submersible sensing

tools. Spatial and temporal data, collected at various locations, were also used to

demonstrate the capability and potentiality of the SCHeMA monitoring solution to go

deeper inside into processes occurring in dynamic aquatic systems.

A list with the contact information of potential end-users to be invited for the planned

demonstration activities was compiled and updated sharing information among the

partners (MS50, Annex1). The potential end-users were selected on the basis of their

involvement in National or European environmental monitoring and marine

environmental protection programs to fulfil requirements of EU Directives and Strategies

(Water Framework Directive - WFD-2000/60/EC, Marine Strategy Framework Directive -

MSFD 2008, the Marine Thematic Strategy [1] and the Marine Policy Green Paper [2] ).

The choice of the SCHeMA components and prototypes for demonstration (MS51)

required coordination among the SCHeMA partners and therefore the use of a common

standard. The “Technology Readiness Level” concept was chosen. Technology

Readiness Levels (TRL) are a type of measurement system used to assess the maturity

level of a particular technology. Each technology project is evaluated against the

parameters for each technology level and is then assigned a TRL rating based on the

projects progress. There are nine TRL; TRL 1 is the lowest and TRL 9 is the highest

(Table 1).

Demonstrations to invited stakeholders in the water management field, environment

protection policy makers and collaborating local marine research groups (including

Master and PhD students) were organized during short and long-term field applications

in the coastal Atlantic Ocean and the Ligurian Sea.

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Table 1: Technology Readiness Levels ( from Annex G – Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2014/2015 –

extract from Part 19 – Commission Decision C(2014)4995).

TRL 1.

Basic principles observed: Lowest level of technology readiness. Scientific research

begins to be translated into applied research and development (R&D). Examples might

include paper studies of a technology’s basic properties.

TRL 2.

Technology concept formulated: Once basic physical principles are observed, then

at the next level of maturation, practical applications of those characteristics can be

invented or identified. At this level, the application is still speculative- there is not

experimental proof or detailed analysis to support the conjecture. Examples are limited

to analytic studies.

TRL 3.

Experimental proof of concept: At this step in the maturation process, active

research and development (R&D) is initiated. This must include both analytical studies

to set the technology into an appropriate context and laboratory-based studies to

physically validate that the analytical predictions are correct. These studies and

experiments should constitute proof-of-concept validation of the applications/concepts

formulated at TRL 2.

TRL 4.

Technology validated in lab: At this level the design, development and lab testing of

technological components are performed. Following successful proof-of-concept work,

basic technological elements must be integrated to establish that the pieces will work

together. The validation must be devised to support the concept that was formulated

earlier, and should also be consistent with the requirements of potential system

applications. It is "low-fidelity" validation compared to the eventual system.

TRL 5.

Technology validated in relevant environment (industrially relevant environment

in the case of key enabling technologies): The basic technological components are

integrated with reasonably realistic supporting elements so they can be tested in a

simulated environment. Examples include “high-fidelity” laboratory integration of

components.

TRL 6.

Technology demonstrated in relevant environment (industrially relevant

environment in the case of key enabling technologies): Representative model or

prototype system, which is well beyond that of TRL 5, is tested in a relevant

environment. Represents a major step up in a technology’s demonstrated readiness.

Examples include testing a prototype in a high-fidelity laboratory environment or in a

simulated operational environment

TRL 7.

System prototype demonstration in operational environment: TRL 7 is a

significant step beyond TRL 6, requiring an actual system prototype demonstration in a

real relevant environment. The prototype should be near or at the scale of the planned

operational system and the demonstration must take place in real environment. The

goal of this stage is to remove engineering and manufacturing risk.

TRL 8.

System complete and qualified: Technology has been proven to work in its final form

under the expected conditions. Examples include developmental test and evaluation of

the system in its intended system to determine if it meets design specifications. In

almost all cases, this level is the end of true system development.

TRL 9.

Actual system proven in operational environment (competitive manufacturing in

the case of key enabling technologies): Actual application of the technology in its

final form and under target conditions, such as those encountered in operational test

and evaluation. At this point, the technology is ready for commercial deployment.

Some of the field applications in the Arcachon Bay, on-board R/V Planula - Observatory

of Earth and Universe Science of Bordeaux OASU, were carried out in the presence of

potential end-users. The presence on board of people from the local and national

Institutions in charge of coastal environment monitoring constituted the first link for inter-

calibration and/or complementary data acquisition purpose. In Genoa Harbour, the field

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tests were performed in parallel to the framework of other research institution projects,

namely: using the ISMAR-CNR research platform for long-term field tests; planning the

SCHeMA cruise in the Genoa Harbour and its coastal area following the monthly

monitoring carried out for Port Authority and the monitoring coupled with the dredging

activities conducted by ARPAL (Regional Agency for Environmental Protection in

Liguria), DISTAV (University of Genoa) and ISPRA (Institute for Environmental

Protection and Research).

These activities provided opportunity to:

perform joint observations;

discuss future experiments/collaboration with local research or monitoring

institutions, in the framework of national and international programs;

promote the use of the SCHeMA novel chemical sensors and submersible probes

instead or in complement to the classical laboratory techniques.

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2 Demonstration of SCHeMA components and prototypes

The demonstration of the tools developed as part of SCHeMA started after 18 months

from the beginning of the project. These demonstration activities were first performed as

part of dedicated meetings, commercial exhibitions and the SCHeMA summer school,

and finally in the field.

Field demonstration activities were carried out on the basis of the improvements of each

sensor and individual submersible sensing module and their step by step integration in a

fully integrated chemical mapping system. For this purpose, TRL ratings were attributed

to the SCHeMA components and prototypes to define their maturity (Table 2). Those

with TRL6 and above at month 36 have been selected for the long-term field tests

(January to April 2017) and they were shown on the demonstration day (5th April 2017)

held in the Genoa Harbour.

Table 2: TRL ratings of the SCHeMA components and prototypes at month 36 and selected sensors and

probes for long-term field test and demonstration.

WP SCHeMA unit Parameter

Technology Readiness Level

36M

Ready for Long field test (Y/N)

Sin

gle

sen

so

rs

WP3 (Functionalized) Gel Integrated Microelectrode arrays

Cadmium dynamic fraction TRL8 Y

Lead dynamic fraction TRL8 Y

Copper dynamic fraction TRL8 Y

Zinc dynamic fraction TRL8 Y

Inorganic arsenic (III) dynamic fraction TRL3/TRL4 N

Inorganic arsenic (V) dynamic fraction TRL1 N

Inorganic mercury (II) dynamic fraction TRL3/TRL4 N

WP2 Solid-state ion selective electrodes

Sea water pH TRL6 Y

Carbonate activity in water TRL6 Y

Calcium activity in water TRL6 Y

Nitrate concentration TRL5 N

Nitrite concentration TRL5 N

Phosphate concentration TRL1 N

WP4 Algae species/STX Algae / Cyanobacteria TRL6 Y

STX TRL3 N

Inte

gra

ted

Syste

m WP4

VOCs Dissolved volatile organic constituents TRL4 N

WP6 TMSM Trace metal submersible probe TRL8 Y

WP6 NCSM Nutrient & carbon species submersible probe

TRL7 N

WP6 FACM Single/double submersible peristaltic pump

TRL8 Y

WP6 NC Network controller TRL8 Y

WP7 Data information system Data information system TRL8 Y

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On this occasion, some devices with lower TRL were also shown in their basic

principles. Following their further improvements/optimization, these devices were

applied and demonstrated in situ during two field campaigns (Arcachon Bay - May 2017;

Gironde estuary - June 2017) and the last demonstration event (Arcachon Bay - May

2017). A re-evaluation of the TRL ratings of all SCHeMA sensors and sensing modules

will be performed at the end of the project (48M) based on in particular the inter-

comparison of experimental data collected in situ, on-board and in laboratory; and,

where possible, inter-comparison of experimental data with model predicted theoretical

values.

2.1 Demonstration at SCHeMA Summer School, commercial exhibitions, meetings

and workshops

As mentioned before, demonstration of the SCHeMA sensors, individual sensing

modules, integrated mapping system and/or web based observation data information

system were carried out at first taking advantage of the SCHeMA Summer School,

commercial exhibitions, workshop and meetings (Table 3). A brief summary of these

demonstration activities is given in the sub-sections 2.1.1 to 2.1.4 below.

Table 3: List of the participation at meetings, exhibitions and conference used for Demonstration

Meeting/Exhibition Title Date Location

Workshop OCEAN 2013.2 – Interproject Workshop 26/02/2015 Granada

Meeting From Sensors to Users: Applying the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Sensor Web-Enablement Framework to Marine Observing Systems

20/10/2015 Webinar

Meeting EMODnet OPEN Conference “Consolidating the foundations, building the future” - cross thematic sessions

20-23/10/2015

Oostende

Exhibition OCEANOLOGY 2016 - Ocean of Tomorrow and Idronaut stands 15/03/2016 London

Workshop Ocean of Tomorrow Interproject Workshop and round-Table: What OoT projects can do for you?

15/03/2016 London

Workshop OI2016 - Sensor Web Enablement (SWE) Workshop 15/03/2106 London

Meeting Ocean of Tomorrow Data and metadata working group 02/05/2016 webcall

Meeting GEPW10 - Towards an Integrated Ocean Observing System – Optimizing Ocean Monitoring and Data Sharing Capabilities

01/06/2016 Berlin

Meeting Ocean of Tomorrow Data and metadata working group 25/07/2016 Webcall

Meeting Ocean of Tomorrow Data and metadata working group 10/05/2017 Webcall

Meeting Ocean of Tomorrow Data and metadata working group 21/06/2017 Aberdeen

Conference MTS/IEEE Ocean 2017 - Oceans Conference 22/06/2017 Aberdeen

Meeting Ocean of tomorrow Data and metadata working group 10/07/2017 Webcall

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2.1.1 Demonstration at the SCHeMA Summer School.

During the SCHeMA Summer School at the Plentzia Marine Station in June 2016,

demonstration of the SCHeMA sensors and individual probes (Figure 2) and of a whole

integrated system deployed in a mesocosm (Figure 3) were performed as part of the

afternoon practical workshops (task 9.2). One practical workshop was also dedicated to

the demonstration of the web based information system (task 9.1). The Participants had

access in real time to data flow collected by a SCHeMA integrated mapping system

deployed in a mesocosm of the PIE Marine Station.

The oral morning sessions included an introduction lecture and 7 sessions covering the

main topics addressed as part of SCHeMA, namely: monitoring of 1) organic

compounds, 2) trace metals, 3) nutrient and species related to the carbon cycle, 4)

algae and biotoxin; 5) miniaturization; 6) environmental monitoring and regulation; and

7) data management. The oral session were animated by invited speakers and

SCHeMA partners. Each invited speaker has an international recognized expertise in

one of the topics proposed, and may be potential end-users and/or interested for in

future collaborative projects. The invited speaker of the session dedicated to web-based

information system was Patrick Gorringe, Senior Operations Officer at EuroGOOS and

responsible for, among others, the coordination of the five EuroGOOS Regional

Operational Oceanographic Systems (ROOSs) and involved in a number of European

and international projects related to marine data management and dissemination of

data. Patrick Gorringe is also a member of the SCHeMA External Advisory Board (EAB).

More details about the SCHeMA summer school demonstration can be found in the

public area of the SCHeMA web site (www.schema-ocean.eu/summer-school;

www.schema-ocean.eu/Dissemination/Public-deliverables: Deliverable D10.5).

Figure 2: Demonstration of the individual probes to Master, PhD students and Postdoc at the Summer

School

Figure 3: Demonstration of a SCHeMA integrated mapping system to the participants of the summer

school

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2.1.2 Demonstration at the 2016 Oceanology International (OI 2016).

SCHeMA and several other Ocean of Tomorrow (OoT) projects: SenseOcean, NeXOS,

COMMON SENSE, BRAVOO, EnviGuard, MariaBox, SEA-on-a-CHIP and SMS, were

present at the Oceanology International 2016 Exhibition and Conference with a stand

showcasing the sensor and probe developments achieved in the various projects

(Figure 4). Along with demonstration of Web-based data flow and interoperability

features and many of the novel sensors and probes, the stand also had a water tank in

which sensing modules in operating mode were demonstrated throughout the three

days of the exhibition.

(See also: http://www.oceanologyinternational.com/en/Exhibitors/1588889/Ocean-of-

Tomorrow-Projects; and http://www.oceanologyinternational.com/2016-Exhibitor-

Directory/Company-Content/?coId=130196).

Figure 4: OoT stand at OI 2016 (top); SCHeMA partners and OoT stand visitors (middle); SCHeMA and

other OoT sensors and probes presentation and demonstrations (bottom)

A workshop and a Round Table “What OoT projects can do for you?” were also

organized by the Coordinators of the OoT projects at OI2016 to meet environmental

scientists and potential end-users.

In addition to the OoT stand and workshop, SCHeMA partners participated at other

OI2016 initiatives:

Idronaut Srl had its own stand in S101

(http://www.oceanologyinternational.com/en/Exhibitors/1557897/Idronaut-SRL)

Mary-Lou Tercier-Waeber - UNIGE, SCHeMA coordinator, was Speaker & Member

of the Panel Session “Instrumentation for Ocean Observing” as part of the Workshop

“Marine Technology and Services Sector Role in the Blue Economy Conference” of

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15 March 2016 (10:00 - 17:00 - South Gallery, Room 11 & 12)

“http://www.oceanologyinternational.com/en/Sessions/16316/Marine-Technology-

and-Services-Sector-Role-in-the-Blue-Economy

ETT S.p.A. participated to the SWE Workshop which took place on Tuesday 15

March 2016 from 13:30 to 17:00. http://www.oceanologyinternational.com/Whats-

On/Associated-Events/Workshop-Sensor-Web-Enablement-SWE/.

2.1.3 Demonstration at Oceans 2017

ETT S.p.A. participated to the Oceans Conference MTS/IEEE Ocean 2017

(http://www.oceans17mtsieeeaberdeen.org) which took place in Aberdeen (Scotland)

the 22nd June 2017. The most recent outcomes of the SCHeMA project were presented

in the session “Sensor & System Innovations for the Oceans of Tomorrow – I”.

In addition, a specific panel meeting of the “OoT Data and metadata working group” has

been organized to focus on different themes with the aim of identifying specific

recommendations for web-based data information infrastructure standardization

exploitation and/or improvements, which are reported in specific actions that are in the

purview of the EC, for the near term (1-2 years) and for the mid-term (3-5 years) in the

field of marine data interoperability. Web-based data information system based on up-to

date standards is important for end-users and by the way for the improvement and

commercial exploitation of the SCHeMA web-based information system. The topics

discussed were: Linking to IoT Technologies; Enable Push-based Communication

Flows; SensorML; Sensor Plug and Play; Marine SWE Profiles; Security (data security);

Data Processing (connection to tool base); Linked data implementations.

In addition, a specific panel meeting of the “OoT Data and metadata working group” has

been organized with the aim of identifying specific recommendations for web-based data

information infrastructure exploitation and/or improvements based on specific actions

that are in the purview of the EC, for the near term (1-2 years) and mid-term (3-5 years)

in the field of marine data interoperability.

2.1.4 OoT collaborative meetings.

Presentation and demonstration of the SCHeMA web data portal were also performed

as part of collaborative meetings with the other projects funded under the topic 2 of the

Call FP7-OCEAN-2013 (NeXOS Project: http://www.nexosproject.eu COMMON SENSE:

http://www.commonsenseproject.eu/ Sense OCEAN: http://www.senseocean.eu/).

These collaborative meetings aim at establishing common methodologies and standards

for data archiving, discovery and access within the GEOSS framework (SOS and OGC

standard definition). From October 2015 to July 2017, ETT, on behalf of the SCHeMA

consortium, attended nine of these meetings.

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2.2 Field demonstrations to invited stakeholders and potential end-users

During the second half of the project, 5 official demonstration events have been

organized, involving more than 60 persons from different institution or SMEs working in

various sectors (Table 4). Part of the stakeholders and potential end-users have been

invited formally on the basis of the list prepared by the partners (MS50, Annex 1), who

have actively exchanged contacts and information about them, accordingly with the

location of the events. Other have been informed through the SCHeMA dissemination

activities (oral presentations at conferences, meeting and workshops; commercial

exhibitions, project web site) or other institutional activities (national and European

academic courses; national, European and international scientific collaborations) and

then invited to the events.

Table 4: Lists of the demonstration events, institutions involved and SCHeMA devices presented.

Demonstration events

Stakeholders/ End-User

Field activities Description

Part

icip

an

ts

SCHeMA sensors & integrated

system components

demonstrated (*Laboratory prototypes)

Arcachon bay on-board the Planula IV, April 2015 France

SOARC - Service d'Observation du Bassin d'Arcachon (part of the SOMLIT French National Observatory Service for Coastal Environments)

The SOARC network is part of a national observatory platform named SOMLIT (Service d'Observation en Milieu Littoral; coordination: UMR CNRS 5805 EPOC). This observation aims at understanding the long-term functioning and evolution of coastal systems and more particularly the Arcachon Bay for the SOARC.

2 TMSM

Genoa Harbor, April 2016 Italy

First informal contact: Aqua s.r.l., Port Authority of Genoa -APGE and Port Authority of La Spezia -APSP, Servizi Ecologici del Porto di Genova -SEPG s.r.l., Italian National Reseach Council -CNR ISMAR

All end-users involved are concerned with the environmental control and protection, monitoring and scientific research.

5

TMSM NC

*CSM *ASM

Plentzia Marine Station, June 2016 Spain

Master students, PhD students, Post-Doc Researchers, local staff involved in marine observation tasks for the Basque Country (E. Oribe) and three colleagues from Ifremer, France

Marine observation and research The centre is devoted to scientific and technological research; it also carries out teaching activities of specialised education (e.g., postgraduate studies and doctorates), science dissemination; and it might provide technical advice in the field of its expertise in order to transfer to industry and administration those scientific and technological outcomes developed in the areas of interaction between the Ocean and ecosystem and human health and in related disciplines.

40

TMSM *As(V) CSM *NSM ASM

*VOCs NC

Genoa Harbour, April 2017 Italy

MPA Portofino and REMARE (network of Ligurian MPA); Servizi Ecologici Porto di Genova (SEPG) srl (SME, Italy); ARPAL - Regional Agency for the Protection of the Environment in Liguria, IREN group (SME, Italy); INGV - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia; University of Genoa Post-Doc, Researchers and Master studends

Environmental control and protection; monitoring activities; Water and Environmental services for the local authorities All end-users involved are concerned with the environmental control and protection, monitoring and scientific research.

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TMSM *As(III) *As(V) CSM ASM NC

Arcachon bay on-board the Planula IV, May 2017 France

SOARC - Service d'Observation du Bassin d'Arcachon (part of the SOMLIT French National Observatory Service for Coastal Environments) Geo-transfert (SME/University of Bordeaux) Agence de l'eau Adour Garonne (National Water Agency)

Field sampling, O2, suspension matter, carbon and nitrogen measurements. Isotopic analysis, Gironde data qualification (+scientific responsible of Arcachon/Gironde, national scientific animation). Air and water quality monitoring and assessment, development and technological monitoring of monitoring methods and instruments dedicated to environment, databases, dissemination and exploitation of scientific information. Water quality, aquatic environments and biodiversity, State of resources, Water and economic activities

4

TMSM (including As(III) and

Hg(II) sensors)

ASM CSM NSM NC

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The last day of the Arcachon Bay short field tests performed in April 2015 was dedicated

to the demonstration of sensors and probes for in situ monitoring of the dynamic fraction

of trace metals (Cd(II), Pb(II), Cu(II), Zn(II)) to the SOARC (Service d'Observation du

Bassin d'Arcachon) team (Figure 5).

Figure 5: Demonstration of the SCHeMA TMSM sensors by the PC to the SOARC team

Following the short field tests in Genoa Harbour (April 2016), some SMEs and Italian

Institutions (Aqua s.r.l., Port Authority of Genoa -APGE and Port Authority of La Spezia -

APSP, Servizi Ecologici del Porto di Genova -SEPG s.r.l., Italian National Research

Council -CNR ISMAR) of the list of SCHeMA probes' potential end-users (Annex 1) have

been contacted to have them informed on the SCHeMA project.

They were further invited, together with other institutions, to the Demonstration Day held

on 5th April 2017 at Genoa Harbour at the conclusion of the long-term field tests

performed at the ISMAR-CNR research platform (January to March 2017) and the

spatial monitoring campaign in the Genoa Harbour and its coastal area on board R/V

MASO (3-4 April 2017). Some of them could not be present but other SMEs and

institutions joined the demonstration (MPA Portofino and REMARE network, ARPAL -

Regional Agency for the Protection of the Environment in Liguria, IREN group, INGV –

national Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology, Annex 2).

After welcoming of the participants, the project coordinator and the WP9 leader

presented an overview on the SCHeMA project objectives and of the developments and

activities successfully achieved. The participants were then invited on-board the R/V

MASO to have a closer look to the sensing probes and associated analytical devices,

learn on their functioning, and to discover the advantages that these submersible

sensing tools can provide to end-users compared to the classical approach based on

field sample collection followed by analyses in laboratory (Figure 6). Specifically, they

could see the submersible integrated three channel Trace Metal Sensing Module

(TMSM), the submersible Carbonate sensing module (CSM) as well as laboratory

prototypes for voltammetric detection of As(III) and As(V), potentiometric detection of

nutrients after on-line desalination and acidification using innovative analytical devices.

The SWE standard implementation for communication data used by the SCHeMA

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integrated system was also demonstrated. These demonstration activities were held by

UNIGE, ETT, UBX, UNIGe-IT researchers. More details on this event can be found at:

http://www.schema-ocean.eu/Dissemination/Demonstration-day.

As mentioned before, the Genoa Harbour field tests and application were performed in

parallel to the framework of other research projects involving Port Authority, ARPAL

(Regional Agency for Environmental Protection in Liguria), DISTAV (University of

Genoa) and ISPRA (Institute for Environmental Protection and Research). The

interactions during the field tests and the demonstration event with these institutions and

SMEs involved in the water quality monitoring of the Harbour provided opportunity to

discuss plan of future monitoring activities and potential collaborations.

Figure 6: Demonstration of the SCHeMA individual sensor probes and integrated system in Genoa, 5th

April 2017.

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During the year 2017 Arcachon Bay field campaign, potential end-users were invited, in

two different days, to participate to the SCHeMA field in situ monitoring activities on-

board the R/V Planula IV in order to see the SCHeMA sensing probes operating in real

field conditions (Figure 7). The TMSM, NSM, CSM and ASM coupled to an Idronaut

multiparameter probe were monitoring in situ and simultaneously a range of trace

metals, nutrients, species related to the carbon cycles and alga coupled to bio-

physicochemical master variables. The Network Controller was active providing real-

time data visualisation of integrated modules via the connection to the Web data

information system.

Figure 7: Demonstration of the SCHeMA integrated system and individual components in Arcachon, 18-

19th May 2017

Two representative of the SOARC - Service d'Observation du Bassin d’Arcachon, that is

part of the SOMLIT- French National Observatory Service for Coastal Environments,

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were present on the first demonstration day; one representative of Geo-transfert

(transfer of technology of Bordeaux University) and one from the Agence de l'eau Adour

Garonne (French National Water Agency) were present on the second day.

The SOMLIT is in charge of mid- to long- term monitoring of coastal environment

influenced by increasing human pressure and associated pollution. They quantify inter-

annual and inter-seasonal variations of a range of parameters including physical-

chemical parameters, phytoplankton characterisation, chlorophyll, and nutrients. Those

parameters are key targeted parameters of the SCHeMA Project. Therefore joint

observation together with the SOMLIT is relevant and is therefore foreseen with

collaborators for inter-calibration and/or complementary results purposes. It is especially

the case for nutrients and chlorophyll data. It is therefore planned to communicate on

the data obtained particularly from the last field campaign in Arcachon. The French

Water Agency (AEAG), represented by the presence of a technician in the 2017

Arcachon field campaign, is in charge of studying and protecting aquatic environments,

to monitor particularly its quality according to Water Framework Directive. After

discussion with the Water Agency responsible, it has been suggested the possible joint

observation with this national entity especially in the Gironde Estuary where it has a

long-term monitoring sampling site. Joint sampling and in situ measurements could be

planned for complementary results purposes. The SME/University of Bordeaux

Geotransfert team is specialized in the study of aquatic fluvial, estuarine, coastal

environments by the monitoring of water/sediment quality and the hydrodynamics,

hydrogeomorphology, and sedimentary dynamics. During the Arcachon 2017 field

campaign, the representative of this team suggested a collaboration to produce

complementary in situ data especially in coastal environments. The responsible from the

Geotransfert team was very enthusiastic and interested and future joint observation

could be planned.

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3 Hands-on tools for demonstrating activities

Efforts were made to support the demonstration using different kind of instruments.

3.1 Web Site and data-portal

The web site was particularly important for demonstrating the potential of the SCHeMA

individual and integrated mapping systems to stakeholders and end-users such as water

management field and environmental protection policy makers, advisory board, officers

from other running UE actions and projects (e.g. FP7 OCEAN, EMODnet, SeaDataNet,

Jerico etc.). The development and constantly improvement and customization of the

web site (Figure 8 and Figure 9) during the project have permitted i) to inform the

scientific community, potential end-users and the public of the aims and main

achievements and outcomes of the SCHeMA project; ii) keep them tracks all events

organized (workshops, summer school, demonstration events), and of the partners’

participation to meetings, commercial exhibitions and conferences to present the

advances and recent outcomes of the project; iii) to have a useful tool to store, manage

and process data collected during all the field campaigns (WP8) as well as to share the

data between all partners.

Moreover all metadata and data are OGC standards and INSPIRE directive compliant

and the data are published and shared through OGC-SOS geoservices: so the web

based infrastructure lets information and data to be discoverable, accessible and

downloadable from other systems, achieving a real interoperability goal.

Figure 8: News and Events and Field test information on SCHeMA website.

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Figure 9: Examples of real tiem data reporting on the SCHeMA Data Portal.

3.2 Presentations on tablet

Presentations on tablet were very useful to introduce the scientific approaches behind

each individual sensing module developed as well as their analytical and technological

principles to end-users present on-board the boats (Figure 10), where the lack of space

and facilities make presentations thought for a conference room quite difficult to

conduct. Moreover, this solution offered the possibility to show to small groups of end-

users the slides while they were seeing the systems in operating mode (Figure 10).

Figure 10: Demonstration using tablet on-board R/V Planula IV - Arcachon Bay field campaign.

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3.3 Photos and Videos

Photos and videos were shot by the partners to document the different phases of the

analytical and technical developments as well as to focus the attention on the SCHeMA

products (sensors, prototypes, integrated systems…) all along their development,

improvements and optimisation stages. Professional video materials were shot during

the Summer School and the year 2017 SCHeMA Arcachon Bay field campaign in order

to produce high quality demonstration video clips focusing on a general overview of the

project, the presentation of the key components of the SCHeMA sensing probes and

also their deployment and application in contrasting field conditions.

3.4 Video Brochure

The WP9 designed and developed a Video Brochure (Figure 11) to provide an original

and clear way to inform the end-users about the project, the theoretical scientific

principles of each sensor and coupled analytical devices, the improvement of

technologies, and also give them a foretaste of the performances of the novel SCHeMA

mapping tools for in situ, real-time simultaneous monitoring of a range of chemicals

coupled to master bio-physicochemical parameters. The video-brochure project

realization includes the hardware with 8 buttons and the concept and realization of

graphical customized. Inside back of the first opening page, a pocket has been foreseen

for the SCHeMA short leaflets. All videos and information inside are provided in English

language, but the short leaflets may be easily translated in other languages if required to

make the information clear to targeted recipients. We put on the front page the SCHeMA

logo and on the back page the partners' logos with the European project reference.

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Figure 11: Project concept of the video-brochure

Following the common and widespread video publishing rules, and using the

professional materials (photos and videos – see 4.3) produced during the project, 8

short videos (for a total of 10 to 12 minutes), that can be can be viewed by pushing one

of the 8 available buttons, have been uploaded, namely:

video 1 about the project (introduction - aims – etc.)

video 2 - TMSM

video 3 - CSM and NSM

video 4 - ASM

video 5 - VOCs Module

video 6 - Integrated system and NC

video 7 - web-based system and data portal

video 8 - (the longest) of a field campaign.

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3.5 WebAPP

To give access to the collected data from mobile devices such as smartphones and

tablet a specific app has been developed.

Exploiting the responsiveness of the SCHeMA data portal, The SCHeMA APP for

Android devices provides a direct way to discover and download the collected data in an

easy way and it also allows keeping in touch with them after the end of the SCHeMA

project in case of future developing, commercialization of the SCHeMA products and/or

proposal for field applications.

The mobile application is composed of two main sections:

The informative section: a static section with information on the SCHeMA project

and the Consortium partners

The data and metadata discovery section: the app shows directly the pages of

the data portal using a web view component

The logical architecture of this hybrid app is illustrated in the following picture (Figure

12):

Figure 12: Mobile app logical architecture

The data and metadata discovery section shows the pages of the SCHeMA data portal

that has been made responsive using Admin LTE (https://adminlte.io/). AdminLTE is a

popular open source WebApp template based on the CSS framework Boostrap 3 that

provides many responsive, reusable standard web components.

Using a specific web view, the native app is able to show correctly the web portal pages

displaying data and metadata on SCHeMA field tests (Figure 13).

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Figure 13: Mobile app - SCHeMA data portal

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4 Participants’ feedbacks and draft of future required development prior

industrialization

To collect the feedbacks from the different end-users in an efficient way, a brief

questionnaire was prepared and submitted to the demonstration participants. These few

questions addressed more particularly their needs for in field measurements to fulfil the

missions of their institution; in which SCHeMA mapping sensors and probes they are

mainly interested, in order to keep them informed of any further optimization as well as

progress toward commercialization; which kind of improvement they would expect in the

next future (see Table 5).

In parallel during the formal and informal parts of the demonstration events, we collected

all the suggestions or questions about the project, the system and the sensors, the

possible improvements, in addition to other environmental issues the potential end-

users were concerned with.

All feedbacks have been useful to understand if all features and usage of the systems

have been explained clearly during the demonstration. They will also be very useful for

defining plans for improvement before industrialization as well as planning near future

developments of other sensors and sensing modules.

The key outcome coming out from these feedbacks are summarized in the Table 5 and

discussed below.

Table 5: Questionnaire submitted to the demonstration participants and main topics covered in their

answers.

Questions Key concepts

What do you think about this

event and the project SCHeMA?

Interesting, useful, innovative, collaborative, reliable, usable,

complementary

Which parameters would you like

to be able to measure with a novel

sensor or novel probe?

Pesticides, particulate metal concentration, real-time

dimensional analysis of suspended particles, hydrocarbons,

European Water Framework recommendations

Which kind of improvements do

you expect to find in a next

SCHeMA prototype and sensors?

Reduced analysis time, long-term reliability, operational

capabilities

Why do you think measuring

parameters with a probe will be

better?

Lack of laboratory (chemical and/or biological), quickness in

data collection and exploitation, to face problems and events

changing very rapidly or evolving in few hours

What advantages do you expect

compared to the traditional

laboratory analysis?

Reduced costs, reduced analysis time (real-time results), on

field and in-situ measurements, high frequency measurements,

minimization of sample perturbation and contamination, efficient

alarm system, direct detection of the bioavailable (more toxic)

fraction of trace metals

Do you prefer to use the probe on

boat, on a mooring or on both? Both

Demonstration activities were valued for clarity. The project and its outcomes stimulated

interest in its innovative aspects, interdisciplinary developments, and its applications

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showing that the use of sensors and integrated mapping systems is in line with on-going

scientific environmental programs and water quality monitoring activities.

The attention of potential end-users is addressed to the new chemical targets set out in

the European Directives such as Marine Strategy, many of which require the use of

expensive and time consuming laboratory analyses at now. The SCHeMA sensors and

integrated system have demonstrated to be in the right direction. The end-users

especially appreciated the capability of simultaneous in situ measurement of the

targeted chemicals and the combination of qualitative (especially for algae mapping)

and quantitative measurements.

In addition to the parameters taken into account in SCHeMA, they have shown interest

in finding sensors for quantitative measures of, among others, pesticides and particulate

metal concentration, both in transitional estuarine and sea waters. Another suggestion

was about developing a fully automated integrated flow-through system for real-time

dimensional analysis of the suspended particulate material present in the water column.

Other requests regard detection of hydrocarbons: in particular the SMEs working on

preventing, containing and recovering the environment after an accident causing an oil

spill are looking for a reliable sensor capable of detecting hydrocarbons (quantitatively

and possibly qualitatively) that would help them to operate and take appropriate actions

until the system comes back to its natural state. The SCHeMA laboratory prototype

developed for Mid-Infrared detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) may be

promising tool for such a purpose. However significant improvements are still required

especially concerning sensitivity and instrumentation robustness and miniaturization.

Some of the end-users do not have a proper laboratory (or competences, or budget) to

perform traditional laboratory analyses. They are thus particularly interested to

availability in a near future of novel, low cost, easy handling and reliable, submersible

probes. Many of them are currently using the multi-parametric CTD probes, so they are

confident with this approach. Moreover, they are well aware that the use of probes

allowing direct in situ measurements (of especially trace metals, algae, VOCs)

minimizes analytical artefacts due to contamination and/or perturbation of the samples

that may occur during sampling (interferences with the sampling material; release of the

volatile compounds) as well as sample transport, storage and handling.

Other questions they addressed to us concerned energy consumption, long-term

stability, sensor response drift, maintenance costs, weight and handling issue. They

would like to have a system which permits rapid analyses of a wide range of chemical/

biological compounds that can be deployed from moored facilities or boats. For these

reasons, the easiness of transport and installation of the SCHeMA sensing modules and

integrated should be further addressed. The deployment facilities used by the end-users

are indeed not always oceanographic vessels with dedicated facilities, but also small

boats or mooring facilities (moored buoys, platforms) where, especially for long term

deployments, maintenance, cleaning and calibration activities should be carried out.

Several end-users mentioned that, due to the complex nature of most of the SCHeMA

target compounds, the need of low volume of reagents as well as calibration phases that

are fundamental to have reliable results (an aspect underlined many times in the

collected feedbacks), are acceptable. They are therefore open to receive a proper

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training but of course, the easier the procedures, the better for them, especially for those

who lack laboratories structures (and safety standards) and/ or lack in laboratory skills.

They were favourable to the remote transmission of the data in order to have a real time

overview of the results of each SCHeMA sensing modules coupled with the classic CTD

measurements, and by the fact that all data and information about the sensor probe

deployed can be uploaded automatically using SOS standards. Both the scientific

institutions and the Governmental monitoring agencies are interested in this kind of web

based infrastructures that allows a quick but punctual and complete data management,

giving to them more time for the exploitation of the results.

The Network Controller that permits to manage different modules is a versatile and

adaptable tool for their needs.

Numerous potential end-users pointed out that the SCHeMA integrated system may well

respond to their need to deal with accidents and events changing very rapidly or

evolving in few hours, thanks to the almost real time data acquisition and the higher data

acquisition frequency compared to classical samplings, and its capability to operate

even when the weather conditions are not favourable.

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5 Conclusion and Outlook

Demonstration of SCHeMA sensor data flow and web based discovery, access and

interoperability features (Task 9.1) were carried out taking advantage of the SCHeMA

Summer School (Plentzia-Bilbao Spain, June 2016), commercial exhibitions where

Idronaut and ETT participated. ETT also demonstrated and shared information about

the SCHeMA web sensor portal infrastructure at the occasion of 13 interproject

meetings organized in collaboration with especially other Ocean of Tomorrow projects

on the request of the EU Commission. In parallel, the functioning of the Network

Controller and the web based data flow were shown during the demonstration activities

coupled with the field tests in Genoa Harbour (January to April 2017) and in Arcachon

(May 2017), as well as during the Summer School. Moreover, the data portal on the

SCHeMA web site was active since April 2016, letting the raw data acquired during the

field tests to be immediately available to the public: all metadata and data are OGC

standards and INSPIRE directive compliant, and the data have been published and

shared through OGC-SOS services. The SCHeMA web based infrastructure was thus a

key part of the SCHeMA project demonstration, helping the users to have access to

information and data and to download them from other systems, achieving a real

interoperability goal.

The demonstrations of the SCHeMA individual sensing probes and the integrated

system (Task 9.2) were organized several times as part of short and long-term field

tests and applications in the coastal Atlantic Ocean and the Ligurian Sea. The invited

participants were stakeholders in the water management field, environment protection

policy makers and collaborating local marine research groups (including Master and

PhD students), selected on the basis of their involvement in National or European

environmental monitoring and marine environmental protection programs to fulfil

requirements of EU Directives and Strategies. The choice of the SCHeMA components

and prototypes to be demonstrated each time was made taking into account the

“Technology Readiness Level” concept and the suggestions of the partners involved in

the various sensor and sensing module developments.

The demonstration days coupled with the field applications were addressed to 1)

demonstrate the capability and potentiality, under real condition, of the SCHeMA

individual sensor probes and integrated systems that were successfully evaluated and

validated during the short-term field applications; and 2) create and consolidate long-

term interactions with the potential end-users by informing them regularly about the near

future improvements/optimization and post-industrialization activities. This last action will

be supported with the dissemination of the Video- Brochure and the web site up-date.

Maintaining contacts with end-users even after the end of the project would be very

useful, especially for those sensors and modules that are still not fully optimized, but

may fulfil end-users requirements in a next future.

The collected feedbacks were on the whole positive. Demonstration activities were

valued for clarity. The project and its outcomes stimulated interest in its innovative

aspect, interdisciplinary developments, and field applications showing that the use of

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sensors and integrated mapping systems is in line with on-going scientific environmental

programs and water quality monitoring activities.

The SCHeMA partners are invited to simplify the procedures of setting and calibrating

the probes and to control the overall weight of the integrated system to facilitate the

deployment and the maintenance operation especially in view of deployment from

moored facilities.

Most of the participants were interested in at least one of the sensors/sensing modules;

the Network Controller and the web data portal infrastructure. Moreover, the interactions

during the field tests and the demonstration events with end-users, research institutions

and SMEs involved in the water quality monitoring and studies of environmental

processes provided opportunity to discuss plan of future joint observation activities.

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6 List of symbols and acronyms

ASM Algae Sensing Module

CSM Carbon species Sensing Module

CTD probe Conductivity, Temperature, Depth probe

EMODnet European Marine Observation and Data Network

EUROGOOS European Marine Observation and Data Network

FACM Fluidic actuator control module

GEOSS Global Earth Observing System of System

GIS Geographic Information System

NC Network Controller

NSM Nutrient Sensing Module

OGC Open Geospatial Consortium

R/V Research Vessel

SMEs Small and medium-sized Enterprises

SOS Sensor Observation Service

STX SaxiToXin

SWE Sensor Web Enablement

TMSM Trace Metal Sensing Module

TRL Technology Readiness Levels

VOCs Volatile Organic Compounds

WFD Water Framework Directive

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7 References

1. Thematic strategy on the protection and conservation of the marine environment.

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament.

(COM(2005) 504 final, Brussels 24.10.2005).

2. Green paper. Towards a future marine policy for the union: a European vision for the

oceans and seas. Vol. II Annex. COM(2006) 275 final, Brussels 7.6.2006).

8 Annexes

Annex 1: List of potential end-users updated at 36M (MS50)

End-User Point of

contact Description Website

SCHEMA

reference

contact

Agence de l’Eau

Adour-Garonne

(AEAG)

Government Water Agency in charge of

water quality surveillance and

implementation of the Water Framework

Directive and the Marine Strategy

Framework Directive in coastal and

transition water bodies (e.g. estuaries and

bays). AEAG is part of a consortium

having implemented non-profit, operational

surveillance platforms at strategic sites of

the Gironde Estuary (MAGEST). The

MAGEST platforms will be available to test

SCHeMA probes and serve as

demonstration platforms to potential end-

users.

http://www.eau-adour-garonne.fr

UBX -

University of

Bordeaux

UNIGE -

Univerity of

Geneve

IFREMER

French Government Organization in

charge of the surveillance of sustainable

management and quality of marine living

resources (fishery, aquaculture).

IFREMER is part of the MAGEST

consortium and involved in many French

national surveillance programs.

https://www.ifremer.fr

UBX -

University of

Bordeaux

UNIGE -

Univerity of

Geneve

SIBA-Syndicat

Inter-Communal

du Bassin

A Mixed Union in the legal sense of the

Code of Local Authorities, called Syndicat

Intercommunal du Bassin d’Arcachon,

http://www.siba-bassin-arcachon.fr

UBX -

University of

Bordeaux

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d’Arcachon under the acronym SIBA. It carries out the

activities related to its statutory powers on

the territory of 10 waterside municipalities

of the Bay of Arcachon. The SIBA also

exercises its statutory powers within the

Maritime Public Domain, consisting of the

water of the Bay of Arcachon, its shores

and some of its ports. It therefore has a

land and maritime vocation.

UNIGE -

Univerity of

Geneve

CURUMA-

aquaculture

association of

the Gironde

Estuary

Curuma is an association Law 1901, born

in 1993 from the will of few enthusiasts

wishing to restore in the marshes of the

Pointe du Médoc their pre-industrial

functions. It was founded in the wake of

another association responsible for testing

opportunities of prawn farming in the

marshes of the Pointe du Médoc. Curuma

derives also its name from the Japanese

Kuruma ebi, name of the shrimp species

(Penaeus japonicus) common since the

early 1990s in the Medoc tidal marshes.

http://www.curuma.org

UBX -

University of

Bordeaux

UNIGE -

University of

Geneve

GEO-Transfert

French small enterprise associated to

EPOC laboratory (University of Bordeaux).

Monitoring of water/sediment quality and

the hydrodynamics, hydrogeomorphology,

and sedimentary dynamics of aquatic

systems.

http://www.adera.fr/cellules/geo-transfert

UBX -

University of

Bordeaux

AZTI Technalia

(Experts in

marine and food

innovation)

Spanish private non-profit organization,

whose objective is the social development

and the improvement of competitiveness in

its area of influence by means of

technological Research and Innovation.

Member of the European Association of

Food Safety. Since 1981, AZTI-Technalia

has had a large number of clients in

companies, institutions, and public

http://www.azti.es

UBX -

University of

Bordeaux

UNIGE -

Univerity of

Geneve

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administrations for which they carry out

research oriented projects geared towards

the knowledge generation, and high-added

value technological products and services

focused on solving specific problems.

Toulon-

Provence-

Méditerranée

(TPM)

Community of the Toulon agglomeration, a

major actor in the sustainable development

of the Toulon Bay, hosting the French

main military harbor, naval industry,

marinas, public and private harbors. The

Toulon Bay is one of the most heavily

polluted (metals, hydrocarbons, etc.)

coastal areas in France and has been

selected as a SCHeMA testing and

demonstration site.

http://www.tpm-agglo.fr

UBX -

University of

Bordeaux

UNIGE -

Univerity of

Geneve

AQUA s.r.l

(Aquaculture

SME, Italy):

R.Co

Aqua has been producing seabass and

seabream in open sea since 2000. It is an

offshore cage farm, located in the Ligurian

Sea (Lavagna, Genoa). The site has been

subject to environmental monitoring

programs since 2000. Aqua is partner of

IDREEM project (Increasing Industrial

Resource Efficiency in European

Mariculture): a new European research

project (funded by the European Union's

FP7Programme) to protect the long-term

sustainability of European aquaculture by

developing and demonstrating a new

innovative production technology,

Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture or

IMTA.

http://www.aqualavagna.it

UNIGE-IT

University of

Genoa

UNIGE -

Univerity of

Geneve

ARPAL -

Regional

Agency for the

Protection of

the

R.Bertolotto

ARPAL -Regional Agency for the

Protection of the Environment in Liguria:

An ARPAL role is the environmental

control and protection of marine area with

different monitoring activities (in the

http://www.arpal.gov.it

UNIGE-IT

University of

Genoa

UNIGE -

Univerity of

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Environment in

Liguria

framework of national D.Lgs. 152/06,

directive 2000/60/CE, directive Marine

Strategy, monitoring project of toxic algae

Ostreopsis ovata)

Geneve

CONISMA -

Consorzio

Interuniversitario

delle Scienze

del Mare, Italy

A. Cutrona

The CoNISMa Consortium promotes and

coordinates research and scientific

activities and their applications in the field

of Marine Sciences among the 32

associated Italian Universities, has legal

personality (MIUR DM 15.03.1996 and

05.16.1996), is placed under the

supervision of the Ministry of University

and Scientific and Technological

Research. Joins the Marine Board of the

European Science Foundation. CONISMA

are involved in many national and

international projects of monitoring in the

Italian marine coastal area.

http://www.conisma.it

UNIGE-IT

University of

Genoa

UNIGE -

Univerity of

Geneve

CNR -

Consorzio

Nazionale delle

Ricerche (Italian

national

research

council).

M. Faimali

The National Research Council (Cnr) is the

largest public research institution in Italy,

the only one under the Research Ministry

performing multidisciplinary activities. In

the Cnr's research world, the main

resource is the available knowledge which

means people, with their skills,

commitment and ideas. This capital

comprises more than 8.000 employees, of

whom more than half are researchers and

technologists. Some 4.000 young

researchers are engaged in postgraduate

studies and research training at Cnr within

the organization’s top-priority areas of

interest. A significant contribution also

comes from research associates:

researchers, from Universities or private

firms, who take part in Cnr’s research

https://www.cnr.it

UNIGE-IT

University of

Genoa

UNIGE -

Univerity of

Geneve

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activities.

ISPRA - The

Italian National

Institute for

Environmental

Protection and

Research

(Istituto

Superiore per la

Protezione e la

Ricerca

Ambientale)

L. Tunesi

ISPRA is part of a network known as

National System for Environmental

Protection, which is made up of 21

Territorial Environmental Protection

Agencies (ARPA / APPA), established by

Regional Laws. It's an example of

consolidated federal system, which

combines the direct knowledge of the

territory and its issues with the national

policies for environmental protection, so as

to become an institutional and technical-

scientific reference point for the whole

country. The establishment of ISPRA

fosters the cohesion of the system, while

respecting the territorial differences, and

promotes the collaboration and the

consistent addressing of environmental

themes.

http://www.isprambiente.gov.it

UNIGE-IT

University of

Genoa

UNIGE -

Univerity of

Geneve

DLTM - Distretto

Ligure delle

Tecnologie

Marine/

TECNOMAR

Liguria

L.Grossi

The Ligurian District of Marine

Technologies was founded in 2009 as a

Consortium to promote the growth of

enterprises of the Liguria Region,

developing research activities, advanced

training and experimentation, in marine

technology, and those activities connected

to them or complementary, integrating the

Research System, Large Enterprises and

SMEs. The District of themes are: naval

systems for shipbuilding and recreational

boating; naval systems for defense and

security; environmental monitoring,

remediation and marine safety.

TECNOMAR Liguria is a consortium of 115

SMEs in the framework of DTLM, to

provide support to the consortium

http://dltm.it

UNIGE-IT

University of

Genoa

UNIGE -

Univerity of

Geneve

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members through the participation to the

governance of the Ligurian District of

Marine Technologies (DLTM) and the

promotion of strategic research projects,

innovation and training.

MPA Portofino

and REMARE

(network of

Ligurian MPA)

G.Fanciulli

MPA Portofino is a SPAMI (Specially

Protected Area of Mediterranean Interest,

RAC/SPA Office UNEP, Tunis) (UNEP,

2005) and since 2007 the area is part of

LTER-Italia of International Long Term

Ecological Research, a network of sites

where ecological processes are

investigated over long temporal scale.

Many monitoring activities are involved to

control the potential anthropogenic impacts

in the protected area.

http://www.portofinoamp.it

UNIGE-IT

University of

Genoa

UNIGE -

Univerity of

Geneve

Port Authority of

Genoa G.Canepa

The Port Authorities, in line with

Community and domestic regulations that

govern environmental matters, organise

through the Environment Service the

protection of the environment around the

port, using instruments that permit the area

to be safeguarded in full compliance with

environmental laws and norms and the

environmental planning for the recovery

and restoration of the sites concerned from

pollutants.

http://www.porto.genova.it

UNIGE-IT

University of

Genoa

UNIGE -

Univerity of

Geneve

Port Authority of

La Spezia I.Roncarolo

The Port Authorities, in line with

Community and domestic regulations that

govern environmental matters, organise

through the Environment Service the

protection of the environment around the

port, using instruments that permit the area

to be safeguarded in full compliance with

environmental laws and norms and the

environmental planning for the recovery

http://www.porto.laspezia.it

UNIGE-IT

University of

Genoa

UNIGE -

Univerity of

Geneve

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and restoration of the sites concerned from

pollutants.

Servizi Ecologici

Porto di Genova

(SEPG) srl

(SME, Italy)

G.

Venzano

SEPG, in line with Community and

domestic regulations that govern

environmental matters, organises through

the Environment Service the protection of

the environment around the port, using

instruments that permit the area to be

safeguarded in full compliance with

environmental laws and norms and the

environmental planning for the recovery

and restoration of the sites concerned from

pollutants.

http://www.sepg.it

UNIGE-IT

University of

Genoa

UNIGE -

Univerity of

Geneve

LabAqua

(Spain)

LABAQUA is a Spanish leading company

in the field of analytical laboratories as well

as Environmental Solutions. The company

provides a service/solution that supports

the integral management of ports, such as

the design and implementation of remote

control systems (Enviro LIMs).

http://www.labaqua.com

nanoMyP-

Nanomateriales

y Polimeros SL

IMA SL-

Ingeniería

Medioambiental

(Spain)

Benjamín

Plaza

Lorente

IMA SL-Ingeniería makes its presentation

in the market in 1995, like company of

services in the field of the energy and the

environment with four defined bussiness

lines: Consultant, technical assistance

service, control laboratories and

engineering. Throughout this time, they

have consolidated in diverse fields related

to the protection of the environment and

the industrial designs. In the field of

seawater treatment, they have extensive

experience in environmental monitoring

systems.

http://imasl.net/empresa

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Nanomateriales

y Polimeros SL

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Port Authority of

Motril (Spain)

Francisco

J. Álvarez

de la

Chica

The newest Port of Spain has one hundred

years of experience. Port Authority

promotes quality in its services by getting

all customers and suppliers involved and

the respect towards the environment

complying with the applicable legislation

and intending to improve the thresholds

required. Moreover, this Port Authority has

subscribed two contracts with the

University of Granada, one of them

concerning air pollution analysis and

control and another one regarding control

and monitoring of sea waters and mud,

both in the Port of Motril.

http://www.apmotril.com

nanoMyP-

Nanomateriales

y Polimeros SL

Annex 2: Details on the participants at the demonstration days coupled with the SCHeMA field tests and application in

Arcachon 2015, Genoa 2017 and Arcachon 2017

Institution or affiliation

Field activities SCHEMA reference contact

SCHeMA sensors or prototypes demonstrated (* laboratory prototype)

Demonstration event

Service d'Observation en Milieu Littoral (Environmental observation service)

Field sampling, O2 , suspension matter, carbon, chlorophyll, and nitrogen measurements

Jörg Schäfer

TMSM Arcachon, April 2015; April 2017

Former SOMLIT technician

Field sampling, O2 , suspension matter, carbon, chlorophyll, and nitrogen measurements

Jörg Schäfer

TMSM Arcachon, April 2015

GRUPPO-IREN (society in energy field - electricity, gas and services)

hydrocarbons, ongoing improvements, health and safety, environmental protection and rational use of energy

Emanuele Magi

TMSM + *As(III)/*As(V) + CSM + +*NSM + NC

Genoa, April 2017

INGV (National Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology)

research in physical oceanography and geophysics, field sampling mainly using probes

Paolo Povero

TMSM + *As(III)/*As(V) + CSM + +*NSM + NC

Genoa, April 2017

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DISTAV-University of Genoa

research in physical oceanography, development and application of monitoring methods and instruments dedicated to environment, exploitation of scientific information, harbour dredging, field sampling

Paolo Povero

TMSM + *As(III)/*As(V) + CSM + +*NSM + NC

Genoa, April 2017

SEPG (Ecological Services in the Genoa Harbour)

harbour quality monitoring and assessment, waste in harbour, field sampling

Paolo Povero

TMSM + *As(III)/*As(V) + CSM + +*NSM + NC

Genoa, April 2017

SEPG (Ecological Services in the Genoa Harbour)

harbour quality monitoring strategies, harbour quality assessment after oil spill accidents

Paolo Povero

TMSM + *As(III)/*As(V) + CSM + +*NSM + NC

Genoa, April 2017

MPA Portofino- REMARE network (network of Ligurian MPA)

director of marine protected area

Paolo Povero

TMSM + *As(III)/*As(V) + CSM + +*NSM + NC

Genoa, April 2017

MPA Portofino

evaluation of the anthropic impacts on the protected area (recreational boating, recreational and professional fishery)

Paolo Povero

TMSM + *As(III)/*As(V) + CSM + +*NSM + NC

Genoa, April 2017

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ARPAL (Regional Agency for the Protection of the Environment in Liguria)

marine monitoring - Marine Strategy application, field samplings, databases and dissemination and exploitation of scientific information

Paolo Povero

TMSM + *As(III)/*As(V) + CSM + +*NSM + NC

Genoa, April 2017

University of Genoa, Degree in Environmental Science/Sea Science

Marine monitoring: methods and techniques, Italian and European regulations

Paolo Povero

TMSM + *As(III)/*As(V) + CSM + +*NSM + NC

Genoa, April 2017

Service d'Observation en Milieu (Environmental observation service, Bordeaux university)

Isotopic analysis, Gironde data qualification (+scientific responsible of Arcachon/Gironde, national scientific animation)

Jörg Schäfer

TMSM (including As(III) and Hg(II) sensors) + ASM + *NSM

Arcachon, May 2017

Geo-transfert (transfer of technology of Bordeaux university)

Air and water quality monitoring and assessment, development and technological monitoring of monitoring methods and instruments dedicated to environment, databases, dissemination and exploitation of scientific information

Jörg Schäfer

TMSM (including As(III) and Hg(II) sensors) + ASM + *NSM + CSM Network Controller

Arcachon, May 2017

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Agence de l'eau Adour Garonne (Water Agency)

Water quality, aquatic environments and biodiversity, State of ressources, Water and economic activities

Jörg Schäfer

TMSM (including As(III) and Hg(II) sensors) + ASM + *NSM + CSM Network Controller

Arcachon, May 2017