Elevating Ocean Acidification Research in the Gulf of Guinea: Lessons from the BIOTTA Project and the Regional Training Center on Ocean Acidification

Edem Mahu1, Alexis Valauri-Orton2, Kaitlyn Lowder2, Benjamin O. Botwe3, Francis Asuquo4, Ulrich Joel Bilounga5, Zacharie Sohou6, Fatawo Abdul Abubakar3, Maurice Oti Oti Edusei1, Brice Mobio7, Sophie Seeyave8 and Samuel Tawiah9, (1)University of Ghana, Marine and Fisheries Sciences, Accra, Ghana, (2)The Ocean Foundation, Ocean Science Equity (EquiSea) Initiative, Washington, United States, (3)University of Ghana, Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences, Accra, Ghana, (4)University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria., Department of Physical Oceanography, Calabar, Nigeria, (5)University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon, (6)IRHOB, Cotonou, Benin, (7)Centre Universitaire de Recherche et d'Application en Télédétection (CURAT), Abidjan, Côte D'ivoire, (8)Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO), Plymouth, United Kingdom, (9)University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana