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Project Title: AQUACOSM: Network of Leading European AQUAtic MesoCOSM Facilities

Connecting Mountains to Oceans from the Arctic to the Mediterranean

Project number: 731065

Project Acronym: AQUACOSM

Proposal full title: Network of Leading European AQUAtic MesoCOSM Facilities

Connecting Mountains to Oceans from the Arctic to the Mediterranean

Type: Research and innovation actions

Work program topics addressed:

H2020-INFRAIA-2016-2017: Integrating and opening research infrastructures of European interest

Deliverable No 5.7: Second Report on Dissemination Activities

(social networking, press releases, brochures, blog, etc.)

Due date of deliverable: 31 December 2019

Actual submission date: 31 December 2019

Version: v1

Main Authors: Iordanis Magiopoulos (HCMR), Paraskevi Pitta (HCMR), Tatiana Tsagaraki (UiB)

Ref. Ares(2019)7933920 - 31/12/2019



Project ref. number 731065

Project title AQUACOSM: NETWORK OF LEADING EUROPEAN AQUATIC MESOCOSM FACILITIES

Deliverable title Second Report on Dissemination Activities (social networking, press releases, brochures, blog, etc.)

Deliverable number D5.7

Deliverable version 1

Contractual date of delivery 31 December 2019

Actual date of delivery 31 December 2019

Document status Final

Document version 1

Online access YES

Diffusion Public

Nature of deliverable DEC

Workpackage WP5

Partner responsible UiB

Author(s) Iordanis Magiopoulos (HCMR), Paraskevi Pitta (HCMR), Tatiana Tsagaraki (UiB)

Editor Katharina Makower (FVB-IGB)

Approved by Jens Nejstgaard (FVB-IGB)

EC Project Officer Agnès Robin



Abstract In this deliverable, the dissemination actions between July 2018 and November 2019 are reported. These actions include: participation of AQUACOSM partners in scientific meetings, seminars, conferences, courses and public events; the use of internet and social networking platforms and the publication of scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Keywords Outreach, Dissemination, Public engagement, Press, Social Media

Co-funded by the European Union

D5.7 Second Report on Dissemination Activities

AQUACOSM – H2020 INFRAIA-2016-2017- No. 731065 of 15

Table of Contents

1. Executive summary ...............................................................................................................................................5

2. Main Report ..........................................................................................................................................................6

2.1. Social Media and Website ........................................................................................................................... 6

2.2. Conferences, Seminars and Courses ............................................................................................................ 7

2.3. Scientific Publications .................................................................................................................................. 8

2.4. Web publications, press, interviews, direct communication, public events etc .......................................... 8

3. Appendix ...............................................................................................................................................................9

Co-funded by the European Union D5.7 Second Report on Dissemination Activities

1. Executive summary

The outreach activities of the AQUACOSM project are focused both on the academic and industrial sectors as well as the general public. The main goals are to inform the scientific and industrial community about the TA opportunities and the project’s activities and also to promote aquatic research to the general public.

The website of the project is the main communication portal with more than 24,000 unique visitors between July 2018 and November 2019. Also, the social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter and ResearchGate were used for the distribution of the project’s news and activities and had a significant increase in their impact and audience since the previous reporting period (January 2017 - June 2018).

Project partners have given oral and poster presentations to major international scientific meetings focused on marine as well as freshwater research also including industry interests, in Europe and globally. In addition, mesocosm-focused sessions and workshops were organised at major aquatic conferences (ASLO 2019 and SEFS 2019). Mesocosms, as research tool, as well as the project and the opportunities for students to participate as trainees in the TA experiments, were presented in various courses and seminars.

Finally, AQUACOSM partners have participated in 3 public events in Netherlands and Greece.


2. Main Report

The following dissemination activities cover the period from July 2019 to November 2019.

2.1. Social Media and Website

In order to reach as many people as possible from various disciplines, backgrounds and geographical areas, accounts in all major and relevant social media (Facebook, Twitter and ResearchGate) were created (Fig 21). These social platforms were used to post news, events and comments relevant to the project’s activities. Also, most posts include links to the project’s website where visitors can find more information.

Since the first reporting period (January 2017 to June 2018) the audience of the AQUACOSM social accounts has increased substantially. On Facebook, the page likes and followers have doubled while on Twitter and ResearchGate the followers have increased by 55% and 49% respectively.

As of the 20th of December 2019, the statistics of the social accounts are (numbers in parenthesis are from the previous reporting period - January 2017 to June 2018):

• Facebook: 199 (101) page likes, 215 (106) followers with more than 5,000 post “clicks” by Facebook users.

• Twitter: More than 100 tweets have been posted and 1205 (780) twitter users are following the AQUACOSM account.

• ResearchGate: AQUACOSM account in ResearchGate is being followed by 204 (137) users and has been read by 1633 (809) users.

Fig2-1. Screenshots from the social media accounts on Twitter (top left), Facebook (top right) and ResearchGate (bottom) social platforms.


In addition, AQUACOSM project is coordinating two web portals, the www.aquacosm.eu and the www.mesocosm.eu in which the visitor can find information regarding the project and the mesocosm facilities around the world. During the here covered reporting period, the aquacosm.eu had 24,316 unique visitors, while the mesocosm.eu had 11,089.

2.2. Conferences, Seminars and Courses

To achieve a broad communication with the scientific community, the AQUACOSM project, as well as the scientific results from the mesocosm experiments, were presented in various international scientific meetings (conferences, workshops, etc.). Common poster and oral presentations have been produced (Fig 22). From July 2018 to November 2019 the project and its results were presented in 5 major international conferences (including ASLO, SEFS, SAME), and numerous national and academic meetings (Table 31).

Fig. 2-2: Photos of AQUACOSM scientists promoting AQUACOSM project at various scientific meetings (Photo credits upper left to lower right: J Nejstgaard, S. Berger, J Nejstgaard, S Berger.

http://www.aquacosm.eu/

http://www.mesocosm.eu/

http://aquacosm.eu/

http://mesocosm.eu/


Complementary to conventional oral and poster presentations, in order to enhance the dissemination of the project during major scientific meetings, AQUACOSM partners organised specialised mesocosm-focused workshops and sessions at the major aquatic conferences of ASLO 2019 and SEFS 2019.

Special attention was paid to approach a wide geographic coverage and multidisciplinary audience. In fact, AQUACOSM was presented in scientific meetings for both marine and freshwater sciences (e.g. ASLO, iLTER, EGU, SEFS, ENVRIplus etc.) and with participating scientists from all over the world.

Furthermore, in order to promote the mesocosms, as a research tool to the next generation of scientists, as well as to present the AQUACOSM project and the opportunities that it offers to students to participate on mesocosm experiments, partners gave talks in the frame of various university courses and seminars. The audience was mainly PhD and MSc students from various postgraduate projects and courses such as the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Aquaculture, Environment and Society Plus (EMJMD ACES\ACES+) and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions funded ITN-ETN MixITiN project. A detailed list of the scientific meetings, seminars and courses in which AQUACOSM project was presented can be found in Appendix (Table 31).

2.3. Scientific Publications

The results from the experiments conducted in the frame of the project, as well as opinion and review articles, have been published in peer-reviewed journals. In total 12 articles have been produced during the reporting period, with 10 of them having an open-access status. A detailed list of the scientific publications produced by the project can be found in Appendix (Table 32).

2.4. Web publications, press, interviews, direct communication, public events etc

The AQUACOSM newsletters as well as the announcements regarding the 2019 and 2020 TA calls were directly forwarded, via emails, to a group of more than 500 aquatic scientists and representatives of public bodies and companies around the globe. In addition, the announcement of the 2019 TA call was distributed via several major scientific web portals such as ENVRIplus, EuroMarine Network, EurOceans, SIL, GLEON, etc.

Furthermore, in order to inform the scientific community and the general public about the AQUACOSM research activities and the progress of TA experiments, media articles describing individual 2018 and 2019 TA experiments are published on the project’s website (http://www.aquacosm.eu/news/) and social media accounts. Further web publications were posted on other websites and blogs (Table 3-3).

In order to engage directly with the general public, AQUACOSM partners are participating in public events related to science. At these events, partners presented aquatic research and especially mesocosms as research tool as well as the scope and the goals of the project. Also, the AQUACOSM App (developed in the framework of Task 5.4) is being demonstrated to the younger audience. In total the partners participated in 3 public events in Netherlands and Greece during the second reporting period.

http://www.aquacosm.eu/news/


3. Appendix

TABLE 3-1: LIST OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS IN WHICH THE AQUACOSM PROJECT WAS PRESENTED

Main Author (Partner) Type Title Date Event;

Place Type of Audience Size of

Audience (est)

Geographical Coverage

Maria Stockenreiter, Patrick Fink, Jens

Neistgaard (LMU, IGB)

special session at ASLO 2019 Puerto Rico

plus distributing flyers and

several talks related to

AQUACOSM

Session title: SS38 Real world ecology landscapes – Up-

scaling community ecology experiments

in aquatic systems

Feb-March 2019

ASLO 2019 Puerto Rico

researchers, students 250 World

Boris Jovanovic (METU)

Poster Presentation

COMPARATIVE INDOOR AND

OUTDOOR STUDY OF MICROPLASTIC

EFFECTS ON NON-BITING MIDGES

(DIPTERA: CHIRONOMIDAE)

Feb-March 2019

ASLO 2019 PLANET WATER -

CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES

researchers, students 2,000 World

Jelena Stanković (Nis)

Oral Presentation

Influence of mixture of microplastic

particles (MP) on non-biting midges of Chironomus riparius in laboratory setup

Jun-Jul 2019

11th Symposium for European Freshwater

Sciences, Croatia


Dilvin Yıldız (METU)

Oral Presentation

Mesocosm experiment on

effects of microplastic on

freshwater zooplankton community

Jul 2019

Ecology and Evolutionary

Biology Symposium, Turkey

researchers, students 100 National

Gülce Yalçın (METU)

Oral Presentation

In-situ Mesocosms Experiment for

Investigating Impacts of Microplastics on

Food Web of Shallow Lakes

Feb-March 2019

ASLO 2019 PLANET WATER -

CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES

researchers, students 2,000 World

Dilvin YILDIZ (METU)

Oral Presentation

First in-situ mesocosms

experiment for investigating impacts of microplastics on littoral food web

Jun-Jul 2019


Sciences, Croatia


Randall, Kate (NIVA) Oral Presentation

The ecological impacts of warming and urbanisation on freshwater microbial

communities

Jun-Jul 2019


Sciences, Croatia


Kyle Mayers (NORCE)

Poster Presentation

Interactions between filter-

feeding mesozooplankton and natural viral

communities

Jun 2019

IMBeR Future Oceans 2 Open

Science Conference



Thorsten Hüffer Invited Talk

Microplastic aging and its impact on

leaching of polymer additives

Oct 2018

Nano and microplastics in technical and freshwaters

systems - Microplastics2018

Switzerland

Scientific, Industry, Regulatory 120 Europe

Thorsten Hüffer Oral Presentation

Verwitterung von PVC und Freisetzung

von V14 Phthalatadditiven in der Umwelt – Eine Mesokosmosstudie

May 2019

Wasser 2019 - Jahrestagung der

Wasserchemischen Gesellschaft

Germany

Scientific, Industry, Regulatory N/A National

Stella Berger (IGB)

Special Session plus distributing flyers and several talks

SS12_Mesocosm approaches to

ecosystem-scale questions in freshwaters

Jun-Jul 2019


Sciences, Croatia


Stella Berger (IGB) Open

Workshop on Conference

WS5. Open workshop to

promote international

collaboration in aquatic mesocosm sciences – including

funding opportunities for

transnational access to AQUACOSM-

research facilities in 2020.

Jun-Jul 2019


Sciences, Croatia


Stella Berger (IGB) Poster Presentation

AQUACOSM Research

Infrastructure Network offers

Transnational Access opportunities to

European Aquatic Mesocosm Facilities

Jun-Jul 2019


Sciences, Croatia


Katharina Makower (IGB)

Poster Presentation

and flyer distribution

AQUACOSM Research

Infrastructure Network offers

Transnational Access opportunities to

European Aquatic Mesocosm Facilities

Nov 2019

Symposium of Aquatic Microbial Ecology (SAME) 16

Germany


Jens Nejstgaard (IGB)

Oral Presentation

and flyers distribution

AQUACOSM & MESOCOSM.EU: opportunity for

collaborative experimental aquatic

ecosystem process studies with LTER

Sept 2019

LTER CONFERENCE, Germany

Researchers, Policy makers, Media 90 World

Stella Berger (IGB)

Oral and Poster Presentation


CONNECTIVTY of lake systems -

AQUACOSM TA opportunities

Sept 2018

ICEI meeting, Germany Researchers 200 World


Jens Nejstgaard (IGB)

Oral Presentation

AQUACOSM aquatic mesocosm platforms

in EU

Nov 2019

AnaEE Platform workshop Dennmark

Researchers 37 Europe

Heidrun Feuchtmayr (NIVA)

Oral Presentation

Uptake and transfer of microplastics in

freshwater organisms: a mesocosm experiment

Feb 2019

Plastics in the environment

workshop UK

Researchers 20 Europe

Heidrun Feuchtmayr (NIVA)

Oral Presentation

Uptake and transfer of microplastics in

freshwater organisms: a mesocosm experiment

Jun 2019

Science Area meeting,

UK Researchers 60 National

De Senerpont Domis, Lisette N (NIOO-KNAW)

Poster Presentation

AQUACOSM Project Presentation

Nov 2019

GLEON All hands meeting Canada

Researchers 210 World


Poster Presentation

AQUACOSM: OFFERS WORLD

- WIDE ACCESS TO

MARINE AND FRESHWATER

MESOCOSM FACILITIES IN

EUROPE

May 2019

Final Dissemination Event of ENVRI,

Belgium Researchers 50 Europe

Kyle Mayers (NORCE)

Oral Presentation

Predators, prey and viruses: multitrophic interactions during an E. huxleyi bloom

Oct 2019

Anatomy of a Bloom - Mesocosm

workshop, Israel Researchers 20 World

Andrea Portmann Poster Presentation

Hyporheic Zone Biochar

Amendments in BEST Engineered Streambeds

Oct 2018

Re-Inventing the Nation’s Urban

Water Infrastructure

(ReNUWIt) USA

Researchers N/A National

Boris Jovanovic Oral Presentation

Adverse effects of microplastics in the

aquatic environment - Part 2 - Freshwater

Oct 2019

Academic Seminar, USA PhD Students 15 National

Jens Nejstgaard, Stella Berger

(IGB)

Oral and Poster Presentation


AQUACOSM Research

Infrastructure Network of Aquatic Mesocosm Facilities

invites YOU to International Collaborative

Projects

Oct 2018

50 years Skidaway Institute of

Oceanography USA

Scientific, Civil Society, Public, 60 World


Jens Nejstgaard (IGB) Invited talk

Opportunities for International

Collaboration in European Aquatic

Mesocosm Facilities

Nov 2018

Lake Tahoe Seminar Series USA

Researchers 20 World

Vivi Pitta (HCMR) Oral Presentation

AQUACOSM project: opportunities for

students and scientists

Oct 2019

MixITiN project workshop

Greece

researchers, students 20 Europe

Vivi Pitta (HCMR) Oral Presentation

How to perform a mesocosm experiment

Oct 2018

to Nov 2019

PhD and MSc students from

H2020 MixITiN and ACES projects and the University of

Crete

Postgraduate students

more than 50 Europe

Stella Berger (IGB)

Oral presentation

and Flyers distribution

AQUACOSM Project Mar 2019

ETEE (Experimental and Theoretical

Evolutionary Ecology) student

course in Neiglobsow

Denmark

Students 20 Europe


Oral Presentation

Praxis Hydrobiologie und angewandte

Limnologie of Technical University Dresden, Germany

Jul 2019

Student Course in IGB, Germany Students 20 National

TABLE 3 -2: LIST OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED IN THE FRAME OF AQUACOSM PROJECT

First Author Journal Year Title Link DOI Per Reviewed (y/n) Open Access

He, H. Water 2019

Crucian Carp (Carassius

carassius) Strongly Affect C/N/P

Stoichiometry of Suspended

Particulate Matter in Shallow Warm Water Eutrophic

https://www.mdpi.com/20

73-4441/11/3/524?type=check_update&vers

ion=2

doi:10.3390/w11030524 Y Yes - Available in

Gold Open Access

Cao, Y. Water 2019

Species-Specific Responses of Submerged

Macrophytes to Simulated Extreme

Precipitation: A Mesocosm Study

https://www.mdpi.com/20

73-4441/11/6/11

60

doi:10.3390/w11061160 Y Yes - Available in

Gold Open Access


Al-Janabi. B Scientific Reports 2019

Sensitivities to global change drivers may

correlate positively or

negatively in a foundational

marine macroalga.

http://oceanrep.geomar.de

/

10.1038/s41598-019-51099-8

Y Yes - Available in Gold Open Access

Mahasweta, S. Journal of Ecology 2019

Microbial “gardening” by a

seaweed holobiont: Surface

metabolites attract protective

and deter pathogenic epibacterial settlement.


/

10.1111/1365-2745.13193 Y Not specified

Guan, C. Applied Sciences 2019

Chemical Defence of a Seagrass

against Microfoulers and

Its Seasonal Dynamics.


/

10.3390/app9061258 Y Yes - Available in

Green Open Access

Pansch, C. Global change biology 2018

Heat waves and their significance for a temperate

benthic community: A near‐natural experimental

approach.


/

10.1111/gcb.14282 Y Yes - Available in

Green Open Access

Bates, A Nature 2018 Biologists ignore ocean weather at

their peril.

https://www.nature.com/m

agazine-assets/d41586

-018-05869-5/d41586-018-05869-

5.pdf

N/A Y Yes - Available in Green Open Access

Thomsen, J Biogeosciences 2018

Calcification in a marginal sea-influence of

seawater [Ca2+] and carbonate chemistry on bivalve shell formation


/

10.5194/bg-15-1469-2018 Y Yes - Available in

Green Open Access

Wahl, M Limnology and Oceanography 2018

Macroalgae may mitigate ocean

acidification effects on mussel

calcification by increasing pH and

its fluctuations


/

10.1002/lno.10608 Y Yes - Available in

Green Open Access


Esposito, M. Frontiers in Marine Science 2019

Application of stable carbon isotope in a

subtropical North Atlantic

mesocosm study: A new approach

to assess CO2 effects on the marine carbon

cycle


/

10.3389/fmars.2019.00616 Y Yes - Available in

Green Open Access

Bach, L.T. Global

Biogeochemical Cycles

2019

The influence of plankton

community structure on

sinking velocity and

remineralization rate of marine

aggregates


/

10.3389/fmars.2019.00075 Y Yes - Available in

Green Open Access

Stibor, H Current Opinion

in Systems Biology

2019 Trophic switches in pelagic systems

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S245231001830060X?via%3Dihub

10.1016/j.coisb.2018.11.00

6 Y Yes - Available in

Green Open Access

TABLE 3-3: LIST OF PUBLIC EVENTS AND WEB PUBLICATIONS (EXCEPT AQUACOSM WEBSITE) IN WHICH AQUACOSM PROJECT HAS BEEN PRESENTED

Main contributor (Partner) Type of Event Date Event;

Place / Link Type of Audience Size of Audience (est) Geographical Coverage

Lisette de SenerpontDomis

(NIOO-KNAW) Exhibition May 2019

NIOO Open Day, Wageningen, Netherlands

General Public, 2000 National

Lisette de SenerpontDomis

(NIOO-KNAW)

Pitch Event/Exhibition Oct 2019 Wageningen,

Netherlands Policy makers.

Investors 200 National

Timo Tamminen, Joanna Norkko

(SYKE) TV interview May 2019

Tutkimuslautta täynnä koesäkkejä ja

mittalaitteita – Itämeren roolia

ilmastonmuutoksessa selvitetään Hangossa

General public N/A National


Timo Tamminen, Joanna Norkko

(SYKE) Web publication May 2019

https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/tutkim

uslautta-taynna-koesakkeja-ja-mittalaitteita-

itameren-roolia-ilmastonmuutoksessa

-selvitetaan-hangossa/7468660#g

s.okt5fp

General Puiblic N/A World

Roope Nykänen, Joanna Norkko

(SYKE) Blog post Jul 2019

https://blogs.helsinki.fi/storiesfromthesea/so-what-is-jomex/

General public N/A World

Mikkel Andersen, Maria Caldero and Meryem Bekioglu (METU mesocosm

system + Centre for freshwater and environmental studies (DkIT) + Marine Institute

(Beyond2020 project))

Web publication Jul 2019

https://www.dkit.ie/beyond-

2020/burrishoole-catchment/blog/aquacosm-international-

collaborations-strengthen-irish-

projects

General public N/A World

Iordanis Magiopoulos

(HCMR)

Public Event, HCMR Open Day Sept 2019

European Researchers Night, Heraklion, Greece

General public 3000 National

https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/tutkimuslautta-taynna-koesakkeja-ja-mittalaitteita-itameren-roolia-ilmastonmuutoksessa-selvitetaan-hangossa/7468660#gs.okt5fp










https://www.dkit.ie/beyond-2020/burrishoole-catchment/blog/aquacosm-international-collaborations-strengthen-irish-projects








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