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SIBER Science Plan and Implementation Strategy ecosystems, as well as the uncertainty in our understanding of their functioning should be reflected in the preparation and delivery of management advice. Additionally, the principles are required to utilize data from ecosystem monitoring programs as part of developing management strategies should be articulated. 4. A key aspect for SIBER will be addressing the appropriate scales at which biological populations/metapopulations need to be managed. This will be an ongoing and iterative process involving explicit consideration of the implications of model uncertainty within the context of delivering management advice. 88
SIBER Science Plan and Implementation Strategy Ap p e n d i x IV. Sc i e n c e a n d i m p l e m e n t a t i o n p l a n f o r b i o g e o c h e m i c a l s e n s o r d e v e l o p m e n t a n d d e p l o y m e n t o n r a m a m o o r i n gs Deployment of biogeochemical sensors on autonomous vehicles and moored physical sensor arrays is the next logical and essential step toward developing a global ocean physicalbiogeochemical observing system. The ongoing deployment of the Indian Ocean Observing system (IndOOS) and the Research Moored Array for African-Asian-Australian Monsoon Analysis and Prediction (RAMA) mooring array (McPhaden et al., 2009) presents a unique opportunity to combine physical and biological sensor deployment through the collaborative efforts of IndOOS, RAMA, IOGOOS and the emerging SIBER program. This unique collaboration has been facilitated by CLIVAR’s Indian Ocean Panel (IOP), which recognizes the importance of fostering physical, biogeochemical and ecological research in the IO. This appendix provides specific guidance for developing and deploying biogeochemical sensors on RAMA moorings in the IO. It is hoped that the realization of this plan will benefit from the momentum of the IndOOS, RAMA, IOGOOS and SIBER programs. Obj e c t i v e s The overarching objectives that provide the motivation for deployment of biogeochemical sensors on RAMA moorings in the IO are as follows: 1. To provide data for defining biogeochemical variability in key regions of the IO and for understanding the physical, biological and chemical processes that govern it. 2. To provide data for developing and validating models of ocean-atmosphere-biosphere interactions. 3. To provide baseline data for assessing the impacts of climate change on oceanic primary productivity and air-sea CO 2 exchange. Sit e se l e c t i o n Biogeochemical measurements should be made where they make the most scientific sense. The RAMA mooring array design/deployment team has identified eight sites for air-sea observatories (Flux Reference Sites, Fig. A4.1). Because of the comprehensive suite of co-located complementary measurements they would provide, these sites would also be logical places for biogeochemical sensors. 89
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