Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man's Impact On European Seas (HERMIONE) is an international multidisciplinary project, started in April 2009, that studies deep-sea ecosystems.[1][2] HERMIONE scientists study the distribution of hotspot ecosystems, how they function and how they interconnect, partially in the context of how these ecosystems are being affected by climate change[3] and impacted by humans through overfishing, resource extraction, seabed installations (oil platforms, etc.) and pollution. Major aims of the project are to understand how humans are affecting the deep-sea environment and to provide policy makers with accurate scientific information, enabling effective management strategies to protect deep sea ecosystems. The HERMIONE project is funded by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme, and is the successor to the HERMES project, which concluded in March 2009.[4]
- ^ HERMIONE website, Archived 2017-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Weaver et al. (2009). "The future of integrated deep-sea research in Europe: The HERMIONE project". Archived 2011-05-13 at the Wayback Machine Oceanography 22 (1), March 2009.
- ^ Schloesser, Manfred (2009). European deep-sea research: Climate changes and deep-sea ecosystems in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Innovations Report (website).
- ^ "HERMES website". Archived from the original on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2009-12-09.