Bio-Bridge Benin
Bio-Bridge
Development of a Methodology to Acquire a Spatiotemporal Series of Physicochemical Parameters of the Coastal Marine Environment of Benin (2019-2020, Bio-Bridge)
Development of a Methodology to Acquire a Spatiotemporal Series of Physicochemical Parameters of the Coastal Marine Environment of Benin (2019-2020, Bio-Bridge)
Objectives
The objective of this project was to foster cooperation between the Institut de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin (IRHOB), the University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC) in Benin, and the RBINS on the development of a methodology to obtain reliable scientific data for the management and conservation of aquatic resources in Benin.
The project consisted in manufacturing Arduino sensors capable of measuring key physicochemical parameters for water quality, such as temperature, salinity, acidity and dissolved oxygen levels. The sensors were tested in the marine and lacustrine environment around Cotonou in Benin, as a first step towards constructing habitat suitability maps for different species of interest.
Bio-Bridge Initiative
The Bio-Bridge Initiative aims at promoting technical and scientific cooperation among Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Protocols to support the implementation of the 2020 Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.
