TY - JOUR T1 - A blueprint for integrating scientific approaches and international communities to assess basin-wide ocean ecosystem status A1 - Roberts,J. Murray A1 - Devey,Colin W. A1 - Biastoch,Arne A1 - Carreiro-Silva,Marina A1 - Dohna,Tina A1 - Dorschel,Boris A1 - Gunn,Vikki A1 - Huvenne,Veerle A. I. A1 - Johnson,David A1 - Jollivet,Didier A1 - Kenchington,Ellen A1 - Larkin,Kate A1 - Matabos,Marjolaine A1 - Morato,Telmo A1 - Naumann,Malik S. A1 - Orejas,Covadonga A1 - Perez,J. Angel A. A1 - Ragnarsson,Stefán Á. A1 - Smit,Albertus J. A1 - Sweetman,Andrew A1 - Unger,Sebastian A1 - Boteler,Benjamin A1 - Henry,Lea-Anne AD - Changing Oceans Group, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, James Hutton Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FE, UK AD - GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel and Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany AD - OKEANOS, Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar, Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Portugal AD - PANGAEA, MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Mary-Somerville-Straße 2-4, D-28359, Bremen, Germany AD - Alfred Wegener Institute, Van Ronzelen Str. 2, 27568, Bremerhaven, Germany AD - Seascape Consultants Ltd, The Old Stable, Church Lane, Romsey, UK AD - Ocean Biogeosciences, National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK AD - CNRS/Sorbonne Université, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Place Georges Teissier, 29680, Roscoff, France AD - Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 1 Challenger Drive, Dartmouth, NS, B2Y 4A2, Canada AD - Seascape Belgium bvba, Kindermansstraat 14 bus 19, 1000, Brussels, Belgium AD - European Marine Observation and Data network (EMODnet) Secretariat, Jacobsenstraat 1, 8400, Oostende, Belgium AD - Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Ifremer, CNRS, Unité BEEP, F-29280, Plouzané, France AD - Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón (IEO, CSIC), Avenida Príncipe de Asturias 70 bis, 33212, Gijón, Spain AD - Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg - Institute for Advanced Study (HWK), Lehmkuhlenbusch 4, Delmenhorst, Germany AD - Centro de Ciências Tecnológicas da Terra e do Mar, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, Rua Uruguai, 458, Itajaí, 88302-901, SC, Brazil AD - Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Fornubúðum 5, 220, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland AD - Department of Biodiversity & Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville, 7535, South Africa AD - Deep-Sea Ecology and Biogeochemistry Group, The Lyell Centre for Earth and Marine Science and Technology, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AP, UK AD - Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Berliner Strasse 130, D-14467, Potsdam, Germany UR - https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00817/92907/ DO - 10.1038/s43247-022-00645-w N2 - Ocean ecosystems are at the forefront of the climate and biodiversity crises, yet we lack a unified approach to assess their state and inform sustainable policies. This blueprint is designed around research capabilities and cross-sectoral partnerships. We highlight priorities including integrating basin-scale observation, modelling and genomic approaches to understand Atlantic oceanography and ecosystem connectivity; improving ecosystem mapping; identifying potential tipping points in deep and open ocean ecosystems; understanding compound impacts of multiple stressors including warming, acidification and deoxygenation; enhancing spatial and temporal management and protection. We argue that these goals are best achieved through partnerships with policy-makers and community stakeholders, and promoting research groups from the South Atlantic through investment and engagement. Given the high costs of such research (€800k to €1.7M per expedition and €30–40M for a basin-scale programme), international cooperation and funding are integral to supporting science-led policies to conserve ocean ecosystems that transcend jurisdictional borders. Y1 - 2023/01 PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC JF - Communications Earth & Environment SN - 2662-4435 VL - 4 IS - 1 ID - 92907 ER -