Towards Naples Ecological REsearch for Augmented Observatories (NEREA): The NEREA-Fix module, a stand-alone platform for long-term deep-sea ecosystem monitoring
Deep-sea ecological monitoring is increasingly recognized as indispensable for the comprehension of the largest biome on Earth, but at the same time it is subjected to growing human impacts for the exploitation of biotic and abiotic resources. Here, we present the Naples Ecological REsearch (NEREA)...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/188814 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/188814 https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s20102911 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Ocean bottom -- Research Signal detection Underwater acoustics Image converters Oceanographic research stations Stand-Alone observatory Optoacoustic imaging Ecological monitoring Remote data transmission Artificial Intelligence Fons marins -- Investigació Detecció del senyal Acústica submarina Imatges -- Convertidors Estacions d'investigació oceanogràfica imatges adquisi Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Processament del senyal Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica::Instrumentació i mesura |
| Resumo: | Deep-sea ecological monitoring is increasingly recognized as indispensable for the comprehension of the largest biome on Earth, but at the same time it is subjected to growing human impacts for the exploitation of biotic and abiotic resources. Here, we present the Naples Ecological REsearch (NEREA) stand-alone observatory concept (NEREA-fix), an integrated observatory with a modular, adaptive structure, characterized by a multiparametric video-platform to be deployed in the Dohrn canyon (Gulf of Naples, Tyrrhenian Sea) at ca. 650 m depth. The observatory integrates a seabed platform with optoacoustic and oceanographic/geochemical sensors connected to a surface transmission buoy, plus a mooring line (also equipped with depth-staged environmental sensors). This reinforced high-frequency and long-lasting ecological monitoring will integrate the historical data conducted over 40 years for the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) at the station “Mare Chiara”, and ongoing vessel-assisted plankton (and future environmental DNA-eDNA) sampling. NEREA aims at expanding the observational capacity in a key area of the Mediterranean Sea, representing a first step towards the establishment of a bentho-pelagic network to enforce an end-to-end transdisciplinary approach for the monitoring of marine ecosystems across a wide range of animal sizes (from bacteria to megafauna). |
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