A blueprint for integrating scientific approaches and international communities to assess basin-wide ocean ecosystem status.
Creators
- Roberts, J. Murray1
- Devey, Colin W.2
- Biastoch, Arne2
- Carreiro-Silva, Marina3
- Dohna, Tina4
- Dorschel, Boris5
- Gunn, Vikki6
- Huvenne, Veerle A. I.7
- Johnson, David6
- Jollivet, Didier8
- Kenchington, Ellen9
- Larkin, Kate10
- Matabos, Marjolaine11
- Morato, Telmo3
- Naumann, Malik S.4
- Orejas, Covadonga12
- Perez, J. Angel A.13
- Ragnarsson, Stefán Á.14
- Smit, Albertus J.15
- Sweetman, Andrew16
- Unger, Sebastian17
- Boteler, Benjamin17
- Henry, Lea-Anne1
- 1. Changing Oceans Group, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, James Hutton Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FE, UK
- 2. GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel and Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany
- 3. OKEANOS, Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar, Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Portugal
- 4. PANGAEA, MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Mary-Somerville-Straße 2-4, D-28359, Bremen, Germany
- 5. Alfred Wegener Institute, Van Ronzelen Str. 2, 27568, Bremerhaven, Germany
- 6. Seascape Consultants Ltd, The Old Stable, Church Lane, Romsey, UK
- 7. Ocean Biogeosciences, National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK
- 8. CNRS/Sorbonne Université, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Place Georges Teissier, 29680, Roscoff, France
- 9. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 1 Challenger Drive, Dartmouth, NS, B2Y 4A2, Canada
- 10. Seascape Belgium bvba, Kindermansstraat 14 bus 19, 1000, Brussels, Belgium; European Marine Observation and Data network (EMODnet) Secretariat, Jacobsenstraat 1, 8400, Oostende, Belgium
- 11. Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Ifremer, CNRS, Unité BEEP, F-29280, Plouzané, France
- 12. Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón (IEO, CSIC), Avenida Príncipe de Asturias 70 bis, 33212, Gijón, Spain; Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg - Institute for Advanced Study (HWK), Lehmkuhlenbusch 4, Delmenhorst, Germany
- 13. Centro de Ciências Tecnológicas da Terra e do Mar, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, Rua Uruguai, 458, Itajaí, 88302-901, SC, Brazil
- 14. Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Fornubúðum 5, 220, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
- 15. Department of Biodiversity & Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville, 7535, South Africa
- 16. Deep-Sea Ecology and Biogeochemistry Group, The Lyell Centre for Earth and Marine Science and Technology, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP, UK
- 17. Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Berliner Strasse 130, D-14467, Potsdam, Germany
Description
Ocean ecosystems are at the forefront of the climate and biodiversity crises, yet we lack a unified approach to assess their state and inform sustainable policies. This blueprint is designed around research capabilities and cross-sectoral partnerships. We highlight priorities including integrating basin-scale observation, modelling and genomic approaches to understand Atlantic oceanography and ecosystem connectivity; improving ecosystem mapping; identifying potential tipping points in deep and open ocean ecosystems; understanding compound impacts of multiple stressors including warming, acidification and deoxygenation; enhancing spatial and temporal management and protection. We argue that these goals are best achieved through partnerships with policy-makers and community stakeholders, and promoting research groups from the South Atlantic through investment and engagement. Given the high costs of such research (€800k to €1.7M per expedition and €30–40M for a basin-scale programme), international cooperation and funding are integral to supporting science-led policies to conserve ocean ecosystems that transcend jurisdictional borders.
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