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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | Marine Ecological Tools for Reference, Intercalibration and Classification (METRIC) |
| Research Area | Water |
| Project Acronym | METRIC |
| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Francis O'Beirn |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | Marine Institute |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 53.25697, -8.94315 |
| Lead Funding Entity | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 23/01/2006 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 23/03/2007 |
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| Project Keywords | Water Framework Directive; Coastal and Transitional waters; Assessment; Water quality |
| Project Abstract | The METRIC project has been designed specifically to meet a key WFD deliverable for Irish Coastal and Transitional waters. This project is being proposed by two scientific agencies which have a wealth of experience in scientific research and data collection directly relevant to the project. The main objective of this project is to support EU Intercalibration exercise in order to set harmonised ecological quality criteria for the assessment of transitional and coastal waters in Ireland. The aim is to acquire a harmonised classification throughout Europe based on Ecological Quality Ratios (EQR). This project will enable Ireland to participate in the exercise which requires Ireland to have supporting quantitative EQRs derived and validated using classification tools developed by UK-Ireland WFD task teams. Intercalibrated and harmonised ecological marine water quality assessment systems will involve: 1. Networking of national and international research activities; 2. Provide guidance for competent authority regarding implementation and compliance with WFD; 3. Development of ecological water quality indicators. |