The CoML Pilot Project MAR-ECO: Goals, Status, and significance for ICES ...

• Main Authors: Bergstad, Odd Aksel, Falkenhaug, Tone
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: ASC 2002 - L - Theme session 2024
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Technologies and data; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.25442947.v1; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/The_CoML_Pilot_Project_MAR-ECO_Goals_Status_and_significance_for_ICES/25442947/1

No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.The Mid-Atlantic ridge and adjacent waters are targeted in an international ecosystem study under the Census of Marine Life programme. This pilot project shall gather new knowledge on biodiversity, distribution patterns, and ecological processes, and the overriding aim is to describe and understand the patterns of distribution, abundance and trophic relationships of the organisms inhabiting the mid-oceanic North Atlantic, and identify and model ecological processes that cause variability in these patterns. Fish, crustaceans, cephalopods, and gelatinous plankton and nekton have the highest priority in the study, but there will also be some focus on epibenthos and top predators such as seabirds and cetaceans. A major challenge of the project is to overcome observation difficulties at large depths and in rugged terrain. A central aim is thus to utilise modern remote sensing technology (acoustics, optics) using advanced instrument carriers (e.g., ...