Team

Workplan

Meetings

Duration

Outcomes

Objectives

1. To improve assessment method e.g. to include cultural response (for instance opportunistic seaweeds are considered beneficial in China as a food resource);
2. Re-evaluate indicators used for assessment of different types of systems;
3. Use SPEAR sites (Sanggou and Huangdun Bays) as study sites and SPEAR results as stepping stones to develop models of response of waterbodies with multiple and different uses;
4. To broaden the method, research and screening models to be applicable in many types of waterbodies and ensure that they have predictive capability;
5. Use results to guide appropriate and successful management in different types of systems with different sources of nutrients and different uses.

Team (draft)

The agencies which make the project team are' SOA, FIO, SIO, TIO, Ningbo University, NOAA IMAR and PML. Support is additionally provided by the EU through the SPEAR project and Erasmus Mundus.

Workplan

The proposed workplan is divided into four sections. Firstly, an overall listing of Chinese coastal systems will be carried out, providing basic descriptive data and a typological division. This will be followed by a site selection procedure aimed at identifying test locations for coastal eutrophication assessment: this procedure will select both large and medium-sized systems, and consider coastal bayments and estuaries. A detailed assessment of the eutrophication status of the selected systems will be performed, including a comparison of different indices, typology adjustment and management outcomes. Finally, a proposal is developed for comprehensive Chinese coastal eutrophication assessment at the national scale.

Meetings

Preparatory meeting 

Preparatory discussions on this project were held in the Azores, Portugal, in November 2005. These were attended by FIO, Ningbo University, NOAA and IMAR.

TAICHI Meeting 1

The first meeting to prepare the TAICHI project was held in Xiamen, China, March 23rd-24th 2006

Duration

September 2006-September 2009

Expected outcomes

1. Comparative analysis of legislation and guidelines in China, and comparison with the US and EU;
2. Classification (size-based) of Chinese coastal systems and indicative typology;
3. Database for the studied systems (web-enabled);
4. Recommendation of appropriate eutrophication assessment methods for application to Chinese (and other) coastal systems, including a proposal for appropriate type-specific indicator variables, ranges and thresholds;
5. Improved assessment techniques through the combination of research and screening models for scenario analysis minimizing social costs and providing better metrics for eutrophication management;
6. Proposal for wider application.

Site developed by: IMAR-GEM - Institute for Marine Research - November 2005