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A blueprint for integrating scientific approaches and international communities to assess basin-wide ocean ecosystem status

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A blueprint for integrating scientific approaches and international communities to assess basin-wide ocean ecosystem status

DOI: 10.1038/s43247-022-00645-w

Type: Publication

Year: 2023

Citations: 16

AZORES DEEP-SEA RESEARCH
Publication Open access January 2023

A blueprint for integrating scientific approaches and international communities to assess basin-wide ocean ecosystem status

Communications Earth & Environment

10.1038/s43247-022-00645-w
Open DOI
Total authors
23
Involved team members
2
Citations
16
References
91

Citations by year

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2026
1
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6
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5
2023
4

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Abstract

Abstract 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.

Authors

2 involved team members
J
J. Murray Roberts
0000-0003-1688-5133

Changing Oceans Group, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, James Hutton Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FE, UK

C
Colin W. Devey
0000-0002-0930-7274

GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel and Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany

A
Arne Biastoch
0000-0003-3946-4390

GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel and Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany

T
Tina Dohna

PANGAEA, MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Mary-Somerville-Straße 2-4, D-28359, Bremen, Germany

B
Boris Dorschel
0000-0002-3495-5927

Alfred Wegener Institute, Van Ronzelen Str. 2, 27568, Bremerhaven, Germany

V
Vikki Gunn

Seascape Consultants Ltd, The Old Stable, Church Lane, Romsey, UK

V
Veerle A. I. Huvenne
0000-0001-7135-6360

Ocean Biogeosciences, National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK

D
Didier Jollivet
0000-0001-8042-1857

CNRS/Sorbonne Université, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Place Georges Teissier, 29680, Roscoff, France

E
Ellen Kenchington
0000-0003-3784-4533

Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 1 Challenger Drive, Dartmouth, NS, B2Y 4A2, Canada

K
Kate Larkin

Seascape Belgium bvba, Kindermansstraat 14 bus 19, 1000, Brussels, Belgium

+1 more

M
Marjolaine Matabos
0000-0003-1983-9896

Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Ifremer, CNRS, Unité BEEP, F-29280, Plouzané, France

M
Malik S. Naumann
0000-0002-6870-291X

PANGAEA, MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Mary-Somerville-Straße 2-4, D-28359, Bremen, Germany

C
Covadonga Orejas
0000-0002-2580-1002

Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón (IEO, CSIC), Avenida Príncipe de Asturias 70 bis, 33212, Gijón, Spain

+1 more

J
J. Angel A. Perez
0000-0001-6431-5237

Centro de Ciências Tecnológicas da Terra e do Mar, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, Rua Uruguai, 458, Itajaí, 88302-901, SC, Brazil

S
Stefán Á. Ragnarsson

Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Fornubúðum 5, 220, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland

A
Albertus J. Smit
0000-0002-3799-6126

Department of Biodiversity & Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville, 7535, South Africa

A
Andrew Sweetman
0000-0002-9547-9493

Deep-Sea Ecology and Biogeochemistry Group, The Lyell Centre for Earth and Marine Science and Technology, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP, UK

S
Sebastian Unger

Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Berliner Strasse 130, D-14467, Potsdam, Germany

B
Benjamin Boteler

Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Berliner Strasse 130, D-14467, Potsdam, Germany

L
Lea-Anne Henry
0000-0001-5134-1102

Changing Oceans Group, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, James Hutton Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FE, UK

Record details

Type
article
Language
EN
Volume
4
Issue
1
ISSN
2662-4435

Keywords

Blueprint Ecosystem services Environmental resource management Ecosystem Marine ecosystem Scale (ratio) Marine spatial planning Ecosystem-based management Best practice Environmental planning Business Environmental science Geography Political science Ecology Engineering Biology Mechanical engineering Law Cartography

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