Journal article
CenSeam, an international program on seamounts within the Census of Marine Life: Achievements and lessons learned
PLoS One, Vol.7(2), e32031
2012
Abstract
In 2005 the Census of Marine Life launched ''A Global Census of Marine Life on Seamounts'' (CenSeam), an international science project to increase our knowledge of the ecology of seamounts. Specifically, the mission of CenSeam was to determine the role of seamounts in the biogeography, biodiversity, productivity, and evolution of marine organisms, and to evaluate the effects of human impacts on seamounts. Here we overview the history, goals, activities and programmatic outcomes of CenSeam, with recommendations for improving similar programs in the future. Effective components of the project included mini-grants of generally less than US$10,000 to fund proposal development or difficult-to-fund research, or to expand the scope of an expedition; travel funds for data analysis working groups to meet, several times if needed, to address a targeted research question; advanced training workshops for both young researchers and established scientists; staff support for organizing books, special issues in journals, and review papers; and advising conservation and management initiatives on seamount science. From a programmatic perspective, the lessons learned include the importance of: having the science community develop and endorse the key programmatic and scientific goals; in-person meetings and workshops to foster new collaborations; promoting open data sharing; funding salary time for critical work; and establishing and actively managing open communication mechanisms to allow scientists to develop a consensus opinion on science topics, which could then be conveyed to conservation and management organizations.
Details
- Title
- CenSeam, an international program on seamounts within the Census of Marine Life: Achievements and lessons learned
- Authors
- K I Stocks (Author) - University of California San Diego, United StatesM R Clark (Author) - National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, New ZealandA A Rowden (Author) - National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, New ZealandM Consalvey (Author) - National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, New ZealandThomas Schlacher (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
- Publication details
- PLoS One, Vol.7(2), e32031
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science
- Date published
- 2012
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0032031
- ISSN
- 1932-6203
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2012 Stocks et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. This published version is reproduced in accordance with this policy.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449710802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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