Biological Observation Working Group kick-off meeting (22-23 June, Pisa)
EMB’s newest expert working group on ‘Strengthening Europe's Capability in Biological Ocean Observation’ (
WG BIO OBS) held its kick-off meeting on 22 and 23 June in Pisa (Italy) at the Rectorate of the University of Pisa, home institution of the Chair Prof. Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi. This working group has been convened to recommend gaps and priorities for enhancing the current biological ocean observing capacity as a component of the wider European Ocean Observing System (
EOOS) that is fit-for-purpose in the context of user needs and societal benefits. Comprising 12 expert on marine biological observations, the group foresees the publication of a Future Science Brief in Spring 2018.
Picture features Working Group BIO OBS members. Back row, left to right: Jacco Kromkamp (NIOZ), Antoine Grémare (University of Bordeaux), Asbjørn Christensen (DTU Aqua), Isabel Sousa Pinto (CIIMAR), Adriana Zingone (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn), Francisco Hernandez (VLIZ), Niall McDonough (EMB secretariat). Bottom row, left to right: Elena Maggi (University of Pisa), Tasman Crowe (University College Dublin), Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi (University of Pisa), Ángel Muñiz Piniella (EMB secretariat).
