Project

Integrated Sentinel Monitoring Network (ISMN)

Taking a deeper, more integrated look at ocean biodiversity and ecosystem health.

We are developing an Integrated Sentinel Monitoring Network (ISMN) in partnership with NERACOOS, the Northeast Regional Ocean Council (NROC), and other partners in the region. This network will enable us to extend observations into the Gulf of Maine with a focus on filling gaps in understanding regarding pelagic habitat biodiversity and ecosystem health. This work will establish the ISMN as a regional coordinating network serving the distribution of multiple planktonic and ecosystem datasets and derived products. This project is part of the global Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON), extending the reach of the program to include one of the regions in US waters most susceptible to climate change.

Project Goals:

  • Create and sustain an adaptive sentinel monitoring network and data management program that collects ecosystem status information.
  • Develop existing regional capacity for data management and distribution, quality control, and integrated analysis.
  • Enhance and expand current monitoring efforts by supporting needed supplemental measurements.
  • Support an integrated, ecosystem-based management framework for adaptive responses to drivers of change and ecosystem pressures.

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