Hola amigos: A VUELO DE UN QUINDE EL BLOG., la Agencia Espacial NASA, nos alcanza la siguiente información: ..."La Administración Oceánica y Atmosférica Nacional (NOAA) y la NASA están financiando tres proyectos de demostración que sentarán las bases para la primera red nacional de vigilancia de la biodiversidad marina en escalas que van desde los microbios a las ballenas. El Departamento de la Oficina del Interior de Océano Gestión de la Energía (BOEM) de Estados Unidos también planea contribuir...........
"Los proyectos, financiados en aproximadamente $ 17 millones durante los próximos cinco años, con sujeción a la disponibilidad de fondos, demostrarán cómo se podría desarrollar una red nacional de observación operacional de la biodiversidad marina. Dicha red podría servir como una herramienta de gestión de los recursos marinos para conservar la biodiversidad existente y mejorar la bioseguridad de Estados Unidos contra amenazas tales como las especies invasoras y agentes infecciosos.......
""La biodiversidad marina es un indicador clave de la salud de los océanos y la crítica para mantener los recursos naturales como la pesca. Los tres proyectos seleccionados entre 19 propuestas, se establecerán en diferentes ambientes marinos en aguas de Estados Unidos para integrar las observaciones existentes que van desde las observaciones por satélite de muestras de ADN y llenar los vacíos de datos con nuevas observaciones...."
NASA satellite data of the marine environment will
be used in prototype marine biodiversity observation networks to be established
in four U.S. locations, including the Florida Keys, pictured
here.
Image Credit:
USF/WHOI/MBARI/NASA
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA are
funding three demonstration projects that will lay the foundation for the first
national network to monitor marine biodiversity at scales ranging from microbes
to whales. The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) also plans to contribute.
The three demonstration marine biological observation networks will be
established in four locations: the Florida Keys; Monterey Bay and the Santa
Barbara Channel in California; and on the continental shelf in the Chukchi Sea
in Alaska.
Marine biodiversity is a key indicator of ocean health and critical to
sustaining natural resources such as fisheries. The three projects, selected
from 19 proposals, will be established in different marine environments in U.S.
waters to integrate existing observations ranging from satellite observations to
DNA sampling and fill data gaps with new observations.
This joint effort supports the U.S. National Ocean Policy to "protect,
maintain, and restore the health and biological diversity of ocean, coastal, and
Great Lakes ecosystems and resources." An integrated picture of what is
happening to marine biodiversity enhances the ability of policymakers and
natural resource managers to devise effective strategies to address ecosystem
threats from pollution and climate change.
The pilot research program is sponsored under the National Oceanographic
Partnership Program, which facilitates joint funding of projects of mutual
interest to different institutions in an effort to avoid duplication of research
efforts.
"We now have large amounts of biologically relevant information on marine
ecosystems, including global observations of ocean color and sea surface
temperature from space," said Woody Turner, manager of NASA's Biodiversity
Research Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "But we need a more
effective way of combining different types of information to get a better
picture of how marine ecosystems are changing if we are to sustain these
important ecosystem resources."
The networks will integrate data on large-scale sea surface conditions
observed by NASA, NOAA, and U.S. Geological Survey satellites with observations
made in the ocean and the laboratory. They will build partnerships with existing
long-term biodiversity monitoring efforts, explore innovative uses of new in
situ observations and genomic techniques, and improve access to integrated
biodiversity data.
“BOEM is pleased to continue its long history of monitoring offshore areas as
part of its mission to assess environmental risk and develop mitigation measures
to protect coastal and marine ecosystems,” said BOEM acting director Walter
Cruickshank in Washington. BOEM plans to contribute financially to the Santa
Barbara Channel and Alaska projects.
Biodiversity within two NOAA national marine sanctuaries in Florida and
California is the focus of the project led by Frank Muller-Karger of the
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg and Francisco Chavez of the Monterey
Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California. The Florida Keys and Monterey Bay
national marine sanctuaries encompass a wide range of marine environments,
including deep sea, continental shelves, estuaries, and coral reefs.
The third sanctuary in the project, Channel Islands National Marine
Sanctuary, which surrounds California's Channel Islands off the Santa Barbara
coast, is the focus of the project led by Robert Miller of the University of
California, Santa Barbara. The Channel Islands are one of the most monitored
marine areas in the world.
“NOAA’s marine sanctuaries are an ideal setting to test and evaluate a
biodiversity network prototype,” said NOAA’s Zdenka Willis, director of the U.S.
Integrated Ocean Observing System, Silver Spring, Md. “These areas encompass a
wide range of marine environments as well as nearby coastal communities that
depend on the ocean for business and recreation. By linking federal and
non-federal partners, we hope this network will help us better understand these
ecosystems and serve to inform emergency response systems for environmental
threats such as invasive species.”
The U.S. Arctic continental shelf off the northwest coast of Alaska is the
focus of the project lead by Katrin Iken, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. The
Arctic is experiencing the most dramatic temperature increases taking place in
the ocean, leading to significant changes in marine ecosystem structure and
function. This Arctic marine biodiversity observing network will continue recent
efforts to extend much-needed long-term monitoring data and fill gaps in
coverage. The partnership also includes funding from the Shell Oil Company for
some of the Alaska research.
NASA monitors Earth's vital signs from land, air and space with a fleet of
satellites and ambitious airborne and ground-based observation campaigns. NASA
develops new ways to observe and study Earth's interconnected natural systems
with long-term data records and computer analysis tools to better see how our
planet is changing. The agency shares this unique knowledge with the global
community and works with institutions in the United States and around the world
that contribute to understanding and protecting our home planet.
NASA's Biodiversity Research Program utilizes satellite observations and
computer models to improve our understanding of biodiversity -- the variety of
life at all levels ranging from genes to species and ecosystems -- and the role
of life in the Earth system.
For more information about NASA's Earth science activities, visit:
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Guillermo Gonzalo Sánchez Achutegui
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