A Multidisciplinary approach for generating globally consistent data on Mesophotic, Deep-Pelagic, and Bathyal Biological Communities

Woodall, Lucy C.; Andradi-Brown, Dominic A.; Brierley, Andrew S.; Clark, Malcolm R.; Connelly, Douglas; Hall, Rob A.; Howell, Kerry L.; Huvenne, Veerle A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7135-6360; Linse, Katrin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3477-3047; Ross, Rebecca E.; Snelgrove, Paul; Stefanoudis, Paris V.; Sutton, Tracey T.; Taylor, Michelle; Thornton, Thomas F.; Rogers, Alex D.. 2018 A Multidisciplinary approach for generating globally consistent data on Mesophotic, Deep-Pelagic, and Bathyal Biological Communities. Oceanography, 31 (3). 76-89. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2018.301

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2018.301

Abstract/Summary

Approaches to measuring marine biological parameters remain almost as diverse as the researchers who measure them. However, understanding the patterns of diversity in ocean life over different temporal and geographic scales requires consistent data and information on the potential environmental drivers. As a group of marine scientists from different disciplines, we suggest a formalized, consistent framework of 20 biological, chemical, physical, and socioeconomic parameters that we consider the most important for describing environmental and biological variability. We call our proposed framework the General Ocean Survey and Sampling Iterative Protocol (GOSSIP). We hope that this framework will establish a consistent approach to data collection, enabling further collaboration between marine scientists from different disciplines to advance knowledge of the ocean (deep-sea and mesophotic coral ecosystems).

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2018.301
ISSN:	10428275
Additional Keywords:	biodiversity, zooplanktin
Date made live:	08 May 2018 10:20 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/519982

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2018.301

ISSN:

10428275

Additional Keywords:

biodiversity, zooplanktin

Date made live:

08 May 2018 10:20 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/519982