A decade to study deep-sea life

• Published in: Nature Ecology & Evolution
• Main Authors: Howell, Kerry L, Hilário, Ana, Allcock, A.Louise, Bailey, David, Baker, Maria, Clark, Malcolm R, Colaço, Ana, Copley, Jon, Cordes, Erik E, Danovaro, Roberto, Dissanayake, Awantha, Escobar, Elva, Esquete, Patricia, Gallagher, Austin J, Gates, Andrew R, Gaudron, Sylvie M, German, Christopher R, Gjerde, Kristina M, Higgs, Nicholas D, Le Bris, Nadine, Levin, Lisa A, Manea, Elisabetta, McClain, Craig, Menot, Lenaick, Mestre, Nelia C, Metaxas, Anna, Milligan, Rosanna, Muthumbi, Agnes WN, Narayanaswamy, Bhavani E, Ramalho, Sofia P, Ramirez-Llodra, Eva, Robson, Laura M, Rogers, Alex D, Sellanes, Javier, Sigwart, Julia D, Sink, Kerry, Snelgrove, Paul VR, Stefanoudis, Paris V, Sumida, Paulo Y, Taylor, Michelle L, Thurber, Andrew R, Vieira, Rui, Watanabe, Hiromi K, Woodall, Lucy C, Xavier, Joana R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: Capacity development; ocean data; Deep-sea; ocean knowledge; Ocean Decade; ocean understanding; European Union (EU); Horizon 2020; Grant Agreement No 679849; Deep-sea Sponge Grounds Ecosystems of the North Atlantic: an integrated approach towards their preservation and sustainable exploitation; SponGES; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01352-5

ABSTRACT The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development presents an exceptional opportunity to effect positive change in ocean use. We outline what is required of the deep-sea research community to achieve these ambitious objectives.