Lead institution:
The Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO) and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – United States of America (USA)
Ocean life – from viruses to whales – is built from “biomolecules”. Biomolecules such as DNA infuse each drop of ocean water, grain of sediment, and breath of ocean air.
The Biomolecular Ocean Observing Network (OBON) will develop a global system that will allow science and society to understand ocean life like never before. The programme will transform how we sense, harvest, protect, and manage ocean life, which faces multiple stresses including pollution, habitat loss, and climate change. It will also help communities detect biological hazards like harmful algal blooms and pathogens and be a key component of next-generation ocean observing systems
Start Date: 15/01/2021
End Date: 31/12/2030
This Programme hosts the following Ocean Decade Projects:
WCO Biomolecular Observing Network
Naples Ecological REsearch Augmented observatory
Hakai Institute Biomolecular Observing Network
Better Biomolecular Ocean Practices
Pacific Islands Marine Bioinvasions Alert Network (PacMAN)
E-DNA expeditions in marine World Heritage sites
Pacific eDNA Coastal Observatory
Scripps Ecological Observatory
European Marine Omics Biodiversity Observation Net
Observing and Promoting Atlantic Microbiomes
DNA-based approaches for fisheries monitoring
National Biodiversity DNA Library (NBDL)
OceanOmics: Monitoring & Protecting Ocean Life
Lead Contacts: Margaret Leinen (mleinen@ucsd.edu) and Fiona Beckman (fbe@pml.ac.uk)