The EMSO Generic Instrument Module (EGIM): Standardized and Interoperable Instrumentation for Ocean Observation

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Lantéri, Nadine, Ruhl, Henry A., Gates, Andrew R., Martínez, Enoc, Río, Joaquín del, Aguzzi, Jacopo, Cannat, Mathilde, Delory, Eric, Embriaco, Davide, Huber, Robert, Matabos, Marjolaine, Petihakis, George, Reilly, Kieran, Rolin, Jean-François, Van der Schaar, Mike, André, Michel, Blandin, Jérôme, Cianca, Andrés, Francescangeli, Marco, Garcia, O., Hartman, Susan E., Lagadec, Jean-Romain, Legrand, Julien, Pagonis, Paris, Piera, Jaume, Remirez, Xabier, Toma, Daniel M., Marinaro, Giuditta, Moreau, Bertrand, Santana, Raul, Wright, Hannah, Dañobeitia, Juan José, Favali, Paolo
• Other Authors: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), European Commission, Natural Environment Research Council (UK)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media 2022
• Subjects: Fixed-point observatories; Multi-parametric monitoring; Seafloor; Water column; EMSO; EGIM; EOV; Arctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/268143; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.801033; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000270

17 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables.-- Data Availability Statement: The datasets presented in this study can be found in online repositories. The names of the repository/repositories and accession number(s) can be found below: Data from the EGIM, EMSO-Canarias (ESTOC), 2020. SEANOE. https://doi.org/10.17882/83639, https://doi.org/10.17882/83643, https://doi.org/10.17882/83646, https://doi.org/10.17882/83642, and https://doi.org/10.17882/83645. Data from the EGIM, EMSO-Azores observatory, 2017-2018. SEANOE. https://doi.org/10.17882/56665, https://doi.org/10.17882/56528, https://doi.org/10.17882/56501, https://doi.org/10.17882/56525, https://doi.org/10.17882/56626, https://doi.org/10.17882/57005, https://doi.org/10.17882/69867, and https://doi.org/10.17882/69976. Annotated images capturing fish abundances during the first deployment of the EMSO Generic Instrument Module (EGIM) at the OBSEA cabled observatory from December 2016 to April 2017. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.936693. Data collected during the first deployment of the EMSO Generic Instrument Module (EGIM) at the OBSEA cabled observatory from December, 2016 to April, 2017. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.883072 The oceans are a fundamental source for climate balance, sustainability of resources and life on Earth, therefore society has a strong and pressing interest in maintaining and, where possible, restoring the health of the marine ecosystems. Effective, integrated ocean observation is key to suggesting actions to reduce anthropogenic impact from coastal to deep-sea environments and address the main challenges of the 21st century, which are summarized in the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Blue Growth strategies. The European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory (EMSO), is a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC), with the aim of providing long-term observations via fixed-point ocean observatories in key environmental locations across European seas from the Arctic to the Black Sea. These may be ...