A Global Plankton Diversity Monitoring Program
Plankton are the base of marine food webs, essential to sustaining fisheries and other marine life. Continuous Plankton Recorders (CPRs) have sampled plankton for decades in both hemispheres and several regional seas. CPR research has been integral to advancing understanding of plankton dynamics and...
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Sonia D. Batten Rana Abu-Alhaija Sanae Chiba Sanae Chiba Martin Edwards George Graham R. Jyothibabu John A. Kitchener Philippe Koubbi Abigail McQuatters-Gollop Erik Muxagata Clare Ostle Anthony J. Richardson Anthony J. Richardson Karen V. Robinson Kunio T. Takahashi Hans M. Verheye Hans M. Verheye Willie Wilson A Global Plankton Diversity Monitoring Program Frontiers in Marine Science Continuous Plankton Recorder zooplankton phytoplankton global monitoring biodiversity ocean observing |
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Sonia D. Batten Rana Abu-Alhaija Sanae Chiba Sanae Chiba Martin Edwards George Graham R. Jyothibabu John A. Kitchener Philippe Koubbi Abigail McQuatters-Gollop Erik Muxagata Clare Ostle Anthony J. Richardson Anthony J. Richardson Karen V. Robinson Kunio T. Takahashi Hans M. Verheye Hans M. Verheye Willie Wilson |
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A Global Plankton Diversity Monitoring Program |
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A Global Plankton Diversity Monitoring Program |
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A Global Plankton Diversity Monitoring Program |
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Plankton are the base of marine food webs, essential to sustaining fisheries and other marine life. Continuous Plankton Recorders (CPRs) have sampled plankton for decades in both hemispheres and several regional seas. CPR research has been integral to advancing understanding of plankton dynamics and informing policy and management decisions. We describe how the CPR can contribute to global plankton diversity monitoring, being cost-effective over large scales and providing taxonomically resolved data. At OceanObs09 an integrated network of regional CPR surveys was envisaged and in 2011 the existing surveys formed the Global Alliance of CPR Surveys (GACS). GACS first focused on strengthening the dataset by identifying and documenting CPR best practices, delivering training workshops, and developing an integrated database. This resulted in the initiation of new surveys and manuals that enable regional surveys to be standardized and integrated. GACS is not yet global, but it could be expanded into the remaining oceans; tropical and Arctic regions are a priority for survey expansion. The capacity building groundwork is done, but funding is required to implement the GACS vision of a global plankton sampling program that supports decision-making for the scientific and policy communities. A key step is an analysis to optimize the global sampling design. Further developments include expanding the CPR for multidisciplinary measurements via additional sensors, thus maximizing the ship-of-opportunity platform. For example, defining pelagic ecoregions based on plankton and ancillary data could support high seas Marine Protected Area design. Fulfillment of Aichi Target 15, the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, and delivering the Essential Ocean Variables and Essential Biodiversity Variables that the Global Ocean Observing System and Group on Earth Observation’s Biodiversity Observation Network have, respectively, defined requires the taxonomic resolution, spatial scale and time-series data that the CPR approach provides. Synergies with global networks exploiting satellite data and other plankton sensors could be explored, realizing the Survey’s capacity to validate earth observation data and to ground-truth emerging plankton observing platforms. This is required for a fully integrated ocean observing system that can understand global ocean dynamics to inform sustainable marine decision-making. |
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Continuous Plankton Recorder zooplankton phytoplankton global monitoring biodiversity ocean observing |
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doaj-931e85d98a194d12bf1fb6ec478ad8522020-11-25T00:28:50ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452019-06-01610.3389/fmars.2019.00321433084A Global Plankton Diversity Monitoring ProgramSonia D. Batten0Rana Abu-Alhaija1Sanae Chiba2Sanae Chiba3Martin Edwards4George Graham5R. Jyothibabu6John A. Kitchener7Philippe Koubbi8Abigail McQuatters-Gollop9Erik Muxagata10Clare Ostle11Anthony J. Richardson12Anthony J. Richardson13Karen V. Robinson14Kunio T. Takahashi15Hans M. Verheye16Hans M. Verheye17Willie Wilson18CPR Survey, Marine Biological Association, Nanaimo, BC, CanadaThe Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, CyprusJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokohama, JapanUNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United KingdomCPR Survey, Marine Biological Association, Plymouth, United KingdomCPR Survey, Marine Biological Association, Plymouth, United KingdomRegional Centre, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi, IndiaDepartment of the Environment and Energy, Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, TAS, AustraliaBOREA Research Unit Biology of Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems, Sorbonne University, Paris, FranceCentre for Marine and Conservation Policy Research, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom0Laboratório de Zooplâncton, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Rio Grande, BrazilCPR Survey, Marine Biological Association, Plymouth, United Kingdom1CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Brisbane, QLD, Australia2Faculty of Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia3National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Christchurch, New Zealand4National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan5Department of Biological Sciences, Marine Research Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa6Oceans and Coasts Research, Department of Environmental Affairs, Cape Town, South AfricaCPR Survey, Marine Biological Association, Plymouth, United KingdomPlankton are the base of marine food webs, essential to sustaining fisheries and other marine life. Continuous Plankton Recorders (CPRs) have sampled plankton for decades in both hemispheres and several regional seas. CPR research has been integral to advancing understanding of plankton dynamics and informing policy and management decisions. We describe how the CPR can contribute to global plankton diversity monitoring, being cost-effective over large scales and providing taxonomically resolved data. At OceanObs09 an integrated network of regional CPR surveys was envisaged and in 2011 the existing surveys formed the Global Alliance of CPR Surveys (GACS). GACS first focused on strengthening the dataset by identifying and documenting CPR best practices, delivering training workshops, and developing an integrated database. This resulted in the initiation of new surveys and manuals that enable regional surveys to be standardized and integrated. GACS is not yet global, but it could be expanded into the remaining oceans; tropical and Arctic regions are a priority for survey expansion. The capacity building groundwork is done, but funding is required to implement the GACS vision of a global plankton sampling program that supports decision-making for the scientific and policy communities. A key step is an analysis to optimize the global sampling design. Further developments include expanding the CPR for multidisciplinary measurements via additional sensors, thus maximizing the ship-of-opportunity platform. For example, defining pelagic ecoregions based on plankton and ancillary data could support high seas Marine Protected Area design. Fulfillment of Aichi Target 15, the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, and delivering the Essential Ocean Variables and Essential Biodiversity Variables that the Global Ocean Observing System and Group on Earth Observation’s Biodiversity Observation Network have, respectively, defined requires the taxonomic resolution, spatial scale and time-series data that the CPR approach provides. Synergies with global networks exploiting satellite data and other plankton sensors could be explored, realizing the Survey’s capacity to validate earth observation data and to ground-truth emerging plankton observing platforms. This is required for a fully integrated ocean observing system that can understand global ocean dynamics to inform sustainable marine decision-making.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00321/fullContinuous Plankton Recorderzooplanktonphytoplanktonglobal monitoringbiodiversityocean observing |