Mapped the monitoring programs of biological variables in European seas

The WP 1 of the EuroSea project mapped the current state of the sustained ocean observing networks that monitor biological Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs), such as phytoplankton, microbes, zooplankton, benthic invertebrates, fish, birds, marine mammals, turtles, seagrass, macroalgae, hard coral and mangroves across Europe. To date, 363 marine monitoring programs have been identified across 29 European countries. This initial inventory of the sustained biological ocean observing system across Europe, will be developed into an online tool and the networks strengthened through action in EuroSea.  The survey will be updated, and all information will feed the dataset OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System) of GOOS sustained by IOC-UNESCO. More detail is provided at the page focused on the EuroSea deliverables.