From Unexplored Depths to Regional Leadership: Advancing Deep-Sea Knowledge in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

Beatriz Naranjo1, Jorge Cortés, PhD1, Odalisca Breddy1, Stuart Banks2, David Alejandro Alonso Carvajal3, Martha Vides3, Vanessa Yepes Narvaez3, Hector M. Guzman4, Rocio M. Estevez4, Ximena Boza4, Alejandra Villalobos5 and Gabriel Rodriguez5, (1)Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), San José, Costa Rica, (2)Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands (CDF), Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, (3)Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR), Santa Marta, Colombia, (4)Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Panama, Panama, (5)Friends of Cocos Island Foundation (FAICO), San Jose, Costa Rica