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EMECO brings these resources together to create a cost effective observatory that has the potential to operate at the pan European scale. As a starting point the North-west Europe provides a number of opportunities for synergy between on-going monitoring and research programmes operated by EMECO partners. For example, a Cefas SmartBuoy is deployed on the Dutch Oyster Grounds in collaboration with the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat and Deltares. This region is also in the vicinity of a joint Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR: route HE) and a GKSS FerryBox route between Immingham and Cuxhaven as well as overflights by satellites that provide maps of water quality parameters derived from ocean colour. In addition, many EMECO partners run complex coupled hydrodynamic models within North Sea and Celtic Sea domains that benefit from these observations and in return provide tools for improving understanding and predicting changes in the ecosystem in this region.