Multiomics in the central Arctic Ocean for benchmarking biodiversity change.

• Published in: PLOS Biology
• Main Authors: Thomas Mock, William Boulton, John-Paul Balmonte, Kevin Barry, Stefan Bertilsson, Jeff Bowman, Moritz Buck, Gunnar Bratbak, Emelia J Chamberlain, Michael Cunliffe, Jessie Creamean, Oliver Ebenhöh, Sarah Lena Eggers, Allison A Fong, Jessie Gardner, Rolf Gradinger, Mats A Granskog, Charlotte Havermans, Thomas Hill, Clara J M Hoppe, Kerstin Korte, Aud Larsen, Oliver Müller, Anja Nicolaus, Ellen Oldenburg, Ovidiu Popa, Swantje Rogge, Hendrik Schäfer, Katyanne Shoemaker, Pauline Snoeijs-Leijonmalm, Anders Torstensson, Klaus Valentin, Anna Vader, Kerrie Barry, I-M A Chen, Alicia Clum, Alex Copeland, Chris Daum, Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh, Brian Foster, Bryce Foster, Igor V Grigoriev, Marcel Huntemann, Natalia Ivanova, Alan Kuo, Nikos C Kyrpides, Supratim Mukherjee, Krishnaveni Palaniappan, T B K Reddy, Asaf Salamov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022
• Subjects: Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Arctic; Arctic Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001835; https://doaj.org/article/6c164b82d62645998848d52205746fe5

Multiomics approaches need to be applied in the central Arctic Ocean to benchmark biodiversity change and to identify novel species and their genes. As part of MOSAiC, EcoOmics will therefore be essential for conservation and sustainable bioprospecting in one of the least explored ecosystems on Earth.