The Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) invites you to join the next webinar of the GOOS BioEco Essential Ocean Variable (EOV) webinar series which will be held on October 10th, 2025, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM UTC. Join to discover how coral and microbe data can play a crucial role in protecting marine ecosystems.
The webinar series brings together experts to share knowledge and discuss innovative approaches for biodiversity monitoring and the importance of having coordinated and standardised data collection and management. The sessions will provide an introduction to each BioEco EOV and their importance for monitoring biodiversity, enabling ecological forecasting, and supporting science, management and decision making.
This special session will focus on the coral cover and composition and the microbe biomass and diversity, BioEco EOVs. GOOS considers coral cover and composition an Essential Ocean Variable (EOV). This webinar will discuss the Coral EOV, its scientific and social value, and how coordinated monitoring can focus global observing. Coral assemblages require custom technology and management, and research is bridging methodological gaps to integrate data across depth ranges. The webinar will also present exemplars to underscore the impacts of large-scale microbial observations, and what can be achieved with coordinated taxonomic, genomic and functional annotations and analyses of marine microbes.
Photo by Julia Elliot on Unsplash
