WORK PACKAGE 2
Assessing existing and new data sources for pelagic habitats
Here is a summary of the activities being developed in work package 2. All activities are linked to work package tasks (T) and deliverables (D).
2023
| Q1 – December to February | Held discussion between OBAMA-NEXT and MARCO-BOLO (Task T2.3) |
| Began organizing workshops with experts outside the consortium (with support from coordination) and from other projects (MARCO-BOLO) (Task T2.3) | |
| Q2 – March to May | Conducted literature review for Deliverable D2.1 “Review existing and emerging technology” (Task T2.1) |
| Discussed the status of some techniques following the JERICO S3 meeting (Task T2.1) | |
| Began developing algorithm development for differentiating phytoplankton functional types (Task T2.2) | |
| Discussed formats for metadata and in situ data to create the OBAMA-NEXT database (Task T2.2) | |
| Met with other WPs to engage with policy makers (Task T2.4) | |
| Submitted proposal for Euromarine foresight workshop to prepare a co-joint workshop between JERICO-S3 and OBAMA-NEXT “Tips and Tricks towards flow cytometry data FAIRness” in 2024 (Task T2.4) | |
| Q3 – June to August | JERICO-S3 Low-cost sensors and citizen science workshop |
| Improved the data flow for flow cytometry data from acquisition to data handling (Task T2.4) | |
| Q4 – September to November | Completed the first draft of D2.1 and sent it to all collaborators for review (Task T2.1) |
| Established best practices for acquiring flow cytometry data, defining and labelling phytoplankton communities, and building training sets for AI processes (Task T2.4) |
2024
| Q5 – December to February | Submitted the pre-final version of D2.1 to the OBAMA-NEXT steering committee (Task T2.1) |
| Made final corrections and submitted D2.1 (Task T2.1) | |
| Began writing a scientific paper on How eDNA (-omics and qPCR) can be used to answer stakeholder and policy maker questions (Task T2.3) | |
| Planned a workshop to present the best practices manual and automatic clustering to the flow cytometry community (in person and online) (Task T2.4) | |
| Q6 – March to May | Successfully delivered a catalogue of emerging technologies for mapping biodiversity in pelagic habitat (being considered for scientific publication) (Task T2.1) |
| Conducted a scopus review showing the camera as the most used tool for citizen science studies, followed by surveys. Prepared a questionnaire for WP2 and WP3 partners to be sent in summer (Task T2.4) |
