A Conceptual Framework for Developing the Next Generation of Marine OBservatories (MOBs) for Science and Society

Crise, A.; d’Alcalà, Maurizio Ribera; Mariani, Patrizio; Petihakis, George; Robidart, Julie; Iudicone, Daniele; Bachmayer, Ralf; Malfatti, Francesca

doi:10.3389/fmars.2018.00318

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“…Miloslavich et al (2018a) use a Drivers-Pressures-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) model to capture important global ocean trends and identify EOVs that should be monitored over time. This is part of a young but growing literature setting the stage for monitoring demands, and therefore investment priorities, over the coming decade (Pereira et al, 2013;Bax et al, 2018;Chiba et al, 2018;Crise et al, 2018;Miloslavich et al, 2018a,b;Moore and Reeves, 2018;Muller-Karger et al, 2018). Bax et al (2018) reference an older literature that stressed how sustained observing "requires a coordinated, collaborative and culturally appropriate process, incorporating Indigenous and local knowledge, with long-term resourcing that meets identified local, national, and regional needs."…”

Section: Setting the Stage: Local And Indigenous Communities In Oceanmentioning

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The Importance of Connected Ocean Monitoring Knowledge Systems and Communities

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Ocean monitoring will improve outcomes if ways of knowing and priorities from a range of interest groups are successfully integrated. Coastal Indigenous communities hold unique knowledge of the ocean gathered through many generations of inter-dependent living with marine ecosystems. Experiences and observations from living within that system have generated ongoing local and traditional ecological knowledge (LEK and TEK) and Indigenous knowledge (IK) upon which localized sustainable management strategies have been based. Consequently, a comprehensive approach to ocean monitoring should connect academic practices ("science") and local community and Indigenous practices, encompassing "TEK, LEK, and IK." This paper recommends research approaches and methods for connecting scientists, local communities, and IK holders and their respective knowledge systems, and priorities, to help improve marine ecosystem management. Case studies from Canada and New Zealand (NZ) highlight the emerging recognition of IK systems in natural resource management, policy and economic development. The in-depth case studies from Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) and the new Moana Project, NZ highlight real-world experiences connecting IK with scientific monitoring programs. Trial-tested recommendations for successful collaboration include practices for two-way knowledge sharing between scientists and communities, co-development of funding proposals, project plans and educational resources, mutually agreed installation of monitoring equipment, and ongoing sharing of data and research results. We recommend that future ocean monitoring research be conducted using cross-cultural and/or transdisciplinary approaches. Vast oceans and relatively limited monitoring data coupled with the urgency of a changing climate emphasize the need for all eyes possible providing new data and insights. Community members and ocean monitoring scientists in joint research teams are essential for increasing ocean information using diverse methods compared with previous scientific research. Research partnerships can also ensure impactful outcomes through improved understanding of community needs and priorities.

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Section: Setting the Stage: Local And Indigenous Communities In Oceanmentioning

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“…Three expert panels are working to standardize EOV metrics in the fields of physics, biogeochemistry, and biology and ecosystems (https://goosocean.org/eov). Although the development of biology and ecosystem indicators is in its infancy, the routine inclusion of marine mammals as EOVs in next-generation ocean observatories will promote a multicultural approach towards a shared understanding of marine ecosystems (Crise et al 2018). At the community level, the Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge Hub (AAOKH; https://arctic-aok.…”

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Marine mammal ecology and health: finding common ground between conventional science and indigenous knowledge to track arctic ecosystem variability

Moore

Hauser

2019

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Marine mammals respond to, and thereby reflect, changes in Arctic ecosystems that are important both to practitioners of conventional science (CS) and to holders of indigenous knowledge (IK). Although often seen as contrasting approaches to tracking ecosystem variability, when CS and IK are combined they can provide complementary and synergistic information. Despite exceptions, ecosystem-focused CS is often spatially broad and time shallow (1000 s km, decades) while IK is comparatively narrow spatially and time deep (10 s km, centuries). In addition, differences in how information is gathered, stored, applied and communicated can confound information integration from these two knowledge systems. Over the past four decades, research partnerships between CS practitioners and IK holders have provided novel insights to an Alaskan Arctic marine ecosystem in rapid transition. We identify insights from some of those projects, as they relate to changes in sea ice, oceanography, and more broadly to marine mammal ecology and health. From those insights and the protocols of existing community-based programs, we suggest that the strong seasonal cycle of Arctic environmental events should be leveraged as a shared framework to provide common ground for communication when developing projects related to marine mammal health and ecology. Adopting a shared temporal framework would foster joint CS-IK thinking and support the development of novel and nonlinear approaches to shared questions and concerns regarding marine mammals. The overarching goal is to extend the range and depth of a common understanding of marine mammal health and ecology during a period of rapid ecosystem alteration. The current focus on CS-IK coproduction of knowledge and recent inclusion of marine mammals as essential variables in global ocean observatories makes this an opportune time to find common ground for understanding and adapting to the rapid changes now underway in Arctic marine ecosystems.

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“…The importance of biota feedback can be generalised to many more processes and is the key challenge that the scientific community will face in the near future. This can only be obtained via a holistic approach that should merge classical observational methods with the recently developed new tools, such as bio-optics, bioacoustics and -omics (Karsenti et al 2011, Coles et al 2017, Crise et al 2018. It should consider in more detail the multiple interactions occurring within communities which are differently modulated in the marine and terrestrial environments and display plasticity and complex outcomes (Tylianakis et al 2008, D'Alelio et al 2016.…”

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Similarities, differences and mechanisms of climate impact on terrestrial vs. marine ecosystems

d’Alcalà¹

2019

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Comparisons between terrestrial and marine ecosystems are generally not in the main stream of scientific literature even though Webb (2012) listed several points for which the transfer of knowledge and concepts related to one or to the other system would benefit our understanding of both. Even sharing this view, the leading hypothesis behind this contribution is that the pelagic system, where the dominant biotic component by number and biomass is microscopic, has specific features which strongly differentiate it from the above-the-surface terrestrial systems. Due to this, climate change, i.e. changes in temperature, precipitation and most importantly in the dynamics of the two fluid media, atmosphere and ocean, act with different mechanisms which prevents proceeding with analogies in many cases. In addition, the non-linearity of most of the processes and responses to perturbations requires, in order to obtain reliable forecasts or hindcasts, a detailed analysis of the path followed by the system which is normally overlooked in the step-change simulations or projections.

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A Conceptual Framework for Developing the Next Generation of Marine OBservatories (MOBs) for Science and Society

Cited by 25 publications

References 35 publications

The Importance of Connected Ocean Monitoring Knowledge Systems and Communities

The Importance of Connected Ocean Monitoring Knowledge Systems and Communities

Marine mammal ecology and health: finding common ground between conventional science and indigenous knowledge to track arctic ecosystem variability

Similarities, differences and mechanisms of climate impact on terrestrial vs. marine ecosystems

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