Intertidal monitoring solution (INTERM)

The decline in the productivity of Galician shellfish harvesting sandbanks threatens the local economy and livelihoods, its causes remain unknown yet. While water monitoring is well established, sediment data is collected at low spatiotemporal resolution and lacks a standardized methodology. INTERM provides an accessible approach for substrate monitoring to support the generation of long-term databases, helping improve the management and sustainability of shellfish sandbanks. 

The development of a simple, low-cost methodology for obtaining substrate parameters from sandbanks.  This methodology, proposed in cooperation with stakeholders, will allow for the acquisition of long data series, improving knowledge for decision-making.