Thank you for your interest in being part of this co-creative process by taking our survey:
Towards a Blueprint for Integrated Ocean Science. This is feedback form, version 1.
This feedback form is part of the BioEcoOcean project: Co-Creating Transformative Pathways to Biological and Ecosystem Ocean Observations funded by Horizon Europe (Grant Agreement Number: 101136748).
We are co-creating a Blueprint for Integrated Ocean Science with a focus on biology and ecosystems in the ocean. The vision for the Blueprint is to create a question-based support tool to enable and encourage collaboration to increase our understanding of the ocean and especially its marine life. The Blueprint aims to include all aspects of ocean observing; from reviewing, planning, data collection, data management, analysis, modelling, data products to application in society and beyond.
This survey takes about 5-10 minutes and it is the first feedback form in the Blueprint development. Your input is therefore very important. The Blueprint development process will be accessible on www.BioEcoOcean.org. The ready product will be launched as a resource platform in autumn 2027.
Yours sincerely,
Associate Professor Lina Mtwana Nordlund & Dr. Artur Palacz
And the rest of the BioEcoOcean consortium:
Uppsala University (UU), Institut Oceanologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk (IO PAN), United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS), European Global Ocean Observing System (EUROGOOS), Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU), University of Pisa (UINPI), Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigacao Marinha E Ambiental (CIIMAR), Mercator Ocean International (MOi), Atlantic International Research Centre (Air Center) and Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON).
Ethics and privacy statement
It is possible to respond to the feedback form anonymously, but in addition to your opinions, we would like to collect your name and email address to be able to contact you for follow-up (if needed), and invite you to participate in this co-creative process again.
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Do you agree to participate in this study?
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Which category(-ies) best describes you and/or your activities:
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How many years of professional experience (work experience) do you have?
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Which “domain/-s” do you have most professional experience of?
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Which Ocean basin(s) do you have the most professional experience with? Select all that apply.
Developing the Blueprint with focus on marine life
In this section, we will introduce the skeleton of Blueprint. It is a co-creative process and this is just the beginning so many changes might be made over the coming years. You are crucial to this process, of making the Blueprint a a helpful resource for you and other stakeholders.
The idea with the Blueprint is to build on the Ocean Observing value chain and develop it further. The Blueprint itself will be a question based tool, to spark interest and facilitate collaboration across all the different components.
The components are described below, and we are asking for your input on what else each of these components should contain, and if there are more components that are needed to make the ocean observing value chain work better.
The components of the Blueprint
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Review to learn – Suggestions to be included in this component include e.g. identifying knowledge gaps, review the state of the art, get up to date with ongoing work, investigate best practices, research new strategies and approaches. Do you have any concerns about the things listed? What would you like to know more about in this component of the Blueprint?
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Planning - Suggestions to be included in this component include e.g. purpose of the observations, the needs, looking into other actors involved in relevant observations, the scale and context of the work, potential use of new technology, etc. Do you have any concerns about the things listed? What would you like to know more about in this component of the Blueprint?
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Planning - What should be included in this component? Tick all that you think apply and please add more suggestions or comments
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Data collection - Suggestions to be included in this component include e.g. what data mining should be conducted, existing useful sources to leverage, field surveys & ground truthing, and satellite imagery needs. Do you have any concerns about the things listed? What would you like to know more about in this component of the Blueprint?
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Data management - Suggestions to be included in this component include e.g. data management plan, management of data & metadata, reporting, sharing, publishing open data, ensuring controlled vocabulary for each variable, etc. Do you have any concerns about the things listed? What would you like to know more about in this component of the Blueprint?
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Analysis & Modeling - Suggestions to be included in this component include e.g. data analysis and modelling, time-series, uncertainty estimations, etc. Do you have any concerns about the things listed? What would you like to know more about in this component of the Blueprint?
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Data products - Suggestions to be included in this component include e.g. indicators, biological/ecosystem change, predictions, early warning, forecasts, maps, etc. Do you have any concerns about the things listed? What would you like to know more about in this component of the Blueprint?
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Application in Society - Suggestions to be included in this component include e.g. societal needs, research needs, management needs, policy needs, integration of results into decision-making and policy, etc. Do you have any concerns about the things listed? What would you like to know more about in this component of the Blueprint?
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Evaluation - Suggestions to be included in this component include e.g. evaluate the operation, assess the interconnectedness across components in the Blueprint, review the work that has been done, assess the stakeholders involved and engagement, redefine goals and priorities for the future, etc. Do you have any concerns about the things listed? What would you like to know more about in this component of the Blueprint?
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An additional suggestion is Outreach, do you have any comments about that component?
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Is there any Other component that you think we should include in the Blueprint that we have not yet mentioned in this feedback form?
Connecting the components
The connections across all components in the Blueprint will be in focus in the coming feedback forms.
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Are you aware of any good examples of collaborations among ocean observers, service providers and users of ocean information connected to marine life, that you would like to share with us?
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Is there anything else you would like to share with us?