Publication Date:
2021-05-19
Description:
The Indian Ocean remains one of the most
poorly sampled and overlooked regions of the
world ocean. Today, more than 25% of the
world’s population lives in the Indian Ocean
region and the population of most Indian
Ocean rim nations is increasing rapidly. These
increases in population are giving rise to multiple
stressors in both coastal and open ocean
environments. Combined with warming and
acidification due to global climate change, these
regional stressors are resulting in loss of biodiversity
in the Indian Ocean and also changes in
the phenology and biogeography of many species.
These pressures have given rise to an urgent
need to understand and predict changes in the
Indian Ocean, but the measurements that are
needed to do this are still lacking. In response,
SCOR, IOC, and IOGOOS have stimulated a
second International Indian Ocean Expedition
(IIOE-2). An international Science Plan and
an Implementation Strategy for IIOE-2 have
been developed, the formulation of national
plans is well underway in several countries, and
new research initiatives are being motivated
Description:
Article pdf provided by authors via ResearchGate. Article published in Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin Volume 25 Number 4 pp.97–138, November 2016.
Description:
Published
Keywords:
IIOE-2
;
IIOE
;
Historical account
;
Indian Ocean Observing System (IndOOS)
;
Early career scientists
;
ASFA_2015::E::Expeditions (multiship)
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
Conference Material
,
Refereed
Format:
pp.117-124
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