Acronimo: DIAPHONIA

Titolo: DIAPHONIA - Quadro diagnostico per la valutazione e la previsione dell'impatto del rumore sottomarino sulle specie marine

Bando: JPI Oceans 2022/MUR

Durata: 36 mesi

Coordinatore: Università degli Studi di Padova (UNIPD)

Budget BCA: 249.200,00 €

Responsabile scientifico: Prof. Sandro Mazzariol

Research Team: Bertotto Daniela, Cavicchioli Laura, Centelleghe Cinzia, Marinelli Lieta, Mazzariol Sandro, Radaelli Giuseppe

Abstract: It is demonstrated that the marine environment is affected by noise pollution from human activity. The difficulty of conducting clinical and pathological analyses on living organisms in the marine environment and the wide diversity of sources of noise pollution determine a great uncertainty in the nature and extent of effects noise pollution has on marine fauna. Despite the growing literature on these themes, there are still relevant gaps, and a lack of multidisciplinarity in investigations of acute and long-term exposures, considering both single animals and populations. DIAPHONIA will bring together scientists from diverse backgrounds, to assess the various impacts of underwater noise on marine organisms of the food web, including invertebrates and commercial species, and focusing on European basins. WP1 will develop a possible diagnostic fingerprinting composed of several tissue markers incorporating molecular, metabolomic and microscopic techniques to identify functional and morphological changes in the acoustic pathways of invertebrates, fishes and marine mammals. WP2 will explore the relationship between behavioural and cellular/molecular/organ effects of both short and long-term noise exposure in fish from different European ocean basins. WP3 will gain insight into the morpho-functionality of the peripheral hearing apparatus in marine mammals and its role in defining the animal's acoustic sensitivity, by developing a standardised workflow for wave propagation in the associated tissues. All Information and data obtained will be discussed with relevant stakeholders and policy makers, to adapt to a multidisciplinary and evidenced-based approach to the existing guidance. They will also be summarised in guidelines harmonising future research efforts towards novel approaches as predictive models and organoids.

Sito Web: https://www.diaphonia.eu/