DS003
From high seas to EEZs: The role of deep-sea science in shaping knowledge-based ocean policy decisions
Session ID#: 259352
Session Description:
Over fifty-nine percent of marine ecosystems worldwide now experience significant, cumulative effects resulting from various human activities. Once regarded as remote and largely untouched, deep-sea environments are increasingly recognized as being impacted by a range of anthropogenic pressures as well as climate change. To safeguard marine biodiversity, we need robust, science-driven policy that protects ocean ecosystems and habitats, especially with continued attention on the creation of large scale MPAs. This session welcomes contributions that examine the extent, underlying mechanisms, and impacts of human-induced changes on deep-sea ecosystems, both pelagic and benthic as well as how scientific research can translate into impactful conservation. Participations in this session may be from a wide range of multidisciplinary perspectives from biological or ecological studies investigating habitat disturbances or biodiversity losses, to policy and social science research addressing governance frameworks or stakeholder engagement. Our goal is to present work that bridges the gap between scientific discovery to policy implementation in the deep sea.
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Index Terms:
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4815 Ecosystems, structure, dynamics, and modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL]
4858 Population dynamics and ecology [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL]
6620 Science policy [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]
Student/Early Career Chair: Dominique Anderson, Heriot-Watt University, Centre for Marine Biodiversity & Biotechnology, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Primary Chair: Johanne Vad, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Co-chairs: Brian Kennedy, Ocean Discovery League, Saunderstown, United States and Randi Rotjan, Boston University, Boston, United States
The Economic Value of Deep-Sea Ecosystem Services: Insights from a Bayesian Meta-Analysis (2018179)
Benjamin Blanc1, Alexandre Mathieu1, Vincent Geronimi1, Laurence Goury2 and Stéphane Goutte1, (1)University of Paris-Saclay, UMI SOURCE, Guyancourt, France, (2)Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), Aubervilliers, France
Exploration before exploitation: Translating deep-ocean discovery to knowledge-based policy (2022042)
Erik E Cordes, Temple University, Biology, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Randi Rotjan, Tufts University, Medford, United States, Amanda W Demopoulos, US Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Gainesville, United States and Jorge Cortés, PhD, Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), San José, Costa Rica
Developing ecotoxicological baseline biomarkers of oxidative stress in deep-sea fish (2025296)
Mark G. J. Hartl1, T-Jay Acres2, Dominique Anderson1 and Andrew Sweetman3, (1)Heriot-Watt University, Centre for Marine Biodiversity & Biotechnology, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, (2)Heriot-Watt Univeristy, Centre for Marine Biodiversity & Biotechnology, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, (3)Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, United Kingdom
Navigating a Transformative Policy Route for Conservation in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: a Case Study of the North Atlantic Current and Evlanov Sea Basin Marine Protected Area (2026976)
Lea-Anne Henry1,2, Jason Cleland2, Anna Gebruk2, Richard Emmerson3, Janos Hennicke4, Tammy Davies5 and Murray Roberts2, (1)Mara Consultants Ltd, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, (2)University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, (3)Havsmiljöenheten, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, Goteberg, Sweden, (4)Bundesamt für Naturschutz, German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Vilm, Germany, (5)BirdLife International, David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Submarine Phreatomagmatic Volcanism and Landslides in American Samoa (2031249)
Aisha Rashid, UNITED STATES, Zachary Levitan, University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island, United States, Andrea Ogston, University of Washington, Oceanography, Seattle, United States and Sophie Scott Goddard, University of Washington, Seatte, United States
Unmasking the Mountain: Visualizing Deepwater Seamounts Through Art, Science, and Technology to Inform Conservation Efforts in the Equatorial Pacific (2039538)
Randi Rotjan, Tufts University, Department of Biology, Medford, United States, Steve Auscavitch, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, United States, Constance Sartor, Schmidt Ocean Institute, Boston, United States, Timothy M Shank, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, United States, Anameere Tennaba, Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development, Tarawa, Kiribati, Alexis Weinnig, USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center, Kearneysville, United States and Brian Kennedy, Ocean Discovery League, Saunderstown, United States
The role of boundary organisations to bridge the gap between science and policy for ocean governance. (2040861)
Danielle de Jonge, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Marine Management, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, Laura Grady, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Marine Evidence, Peterborough, United Kingdom and Karema Randall, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Marine Management, Peterborough, United Kingdom
Ocean Exploration benefits for seabed mineral decision-making in the Pacific (2042831)
Adam A Soule, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States, Aurora Elmore, NOAA Ocean Exploration, Silver Spring, United States, Allison Fundis, Ocean Exploration Trust, New London, United States, Anna Michel, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Larry A Mayer, University of New Hampshire, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, Durham, United States, Leila Hamdan, University of Southern Mississippi, Gulfport, United States and William Mowitt, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Silver Spring, United States
