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Jun She
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Angel Muniz Piniella
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Published: 02 July 2019
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She J, Muniz Piniella A,
Benedetti-Cecchi L, Boehme L,
Boero F, Christensen A, Crowe T,
Darecki M, Nogueira F GremareA,
Hernandez F, Kouts T, Kromkamp J,
Petihakis G, Sousa Pinto I,
Reissmann JH, Tuomi L and
Zingone A (2019) An Integrated
Approach to Coastal and Biological
Observations. Front. Mar. Soi. 6:314.
doi: 10.3389/fmars,2019.00314
An Integrated Approach to Coastal
and Biological Observations
Jun She 1 *, Ángel Muñiz Piniella 2 *, Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi 3 , Lars Boehme 4 ,
Ferdinando Boero 5 , Asbjorn Christensen 6 , Tasman Crowe 7 , Miroslaw Darecki 3 ,
Enrique Nogueira 9 , Antoine Gremare 10 , Francisco Hernandez", Tarmo Kouts 12 ,
Jacco Kromkamp 13 , George Petihakis 14 , Isabel Sousa Pinto 15 , Jan Hinrich Reissmann 16 ,
Laura Tuomi 17 and Adriana Zingone 13
1 Department of Research and Development, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, 3 European Marine
Board, Ostend, Belgium, 3 Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, 4 School of Biology, University of St Andrews,
St Andrews, United Kingdom, 5 Università di Napoli Federico II, CoNISMa, CNR-IAS, Naples, Italy, 6 National Institute
for Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua), Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark, 7 School of Biology
and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 3 Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences
(IO PAN), Sopot, Poland, 9 Centro Oceranográfico de Vigo, Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Vigo, Spain, 70 EPOC, CNRS,
University of Bordeaux, Arcachon, France, 11 Flanders Marine Institute (/LIZ), Ostend, Belgium, 13 Marine Systems Institute,
Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia, 13 Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Utrecht University,
Utrecht, Netherlands, 14 Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Heraklion, Greece, 15 Ciimar and
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 19 Marine Sciences, Federal Maritime
and Hydrographic Agency, Hamburg, Germany, 17 Marine Research Unit, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland,
,s Integrative Marine Ecology Department, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
Maritime economy, ecosystem-based management and climate change adaptation
and mitigation raise emerging needs on coastal ocean and biological observations.
Integrated ocean observing aims at optimizing sampling strategies and cost-efficiency,
sharing data and best practices, and maximizing the value of the observations for
multiple purposes. Recently developed cost-effective, near real time technology such
as gliders, radars, ferrybox, and shallow water Argo floats, should be used operationally
to generate operational coastal sea observations and analysis. Furthermore, value
of disparate coastal ocean observations can be unlocked with multi-dimensional
Integration on fitness-for-the-purpose, parameter and Instrumental. Integration of
operational monitoring with offline monitoring programs, such as those for research,
ecosystem-based management and commercial purposes, Is necessary to fill the gaps.
Such integration should lead to a system of networks which can deliver data for all
kinds of purposes. Detailed integration activities are identified which should enhance
the coastal ocean and biological observing capacity. Ultimately a program is required
which integrates physical, blogeochemical and biological observation of the ocean,
from coastal to deep-sea environments, bringing together global, regional, and local
observation efforts.
Keywords: integrated observing, fit-for-purpose integration, parameter integration, instrumental integration,
coastal observation, biological observation, ocean observation, coordinated observation
