U.S. CoML Scientific Goals
Research and Exploration
Assess biodiversity and better understand its functional roles in maintaining ecosystems.
Foster the development, adaptation, and application of biosensor technologies that identify the abundance, distribution, movement, and diversity of marine species.
Improve public understanding of ocean exploration as a driver of discovery, technology, and scientific collaboration.
Tools and Technologies for Monitoring and Projecting Ecosystem Change
Establish and maintain a marine biodiversity data management system that is geo- and time-referenced and interoperable with ocean observing systems.
Develop improved tools to apply marine species data to marine biodiversity research.
Use historical records, baseline information, and predictive models to explain long-term and future changes in marine ecosystems through retrospective analyses.
Educational Information
Increase public awareness about the oceans by incorporating marine biodiversity information into formal and informal education.
Engage the scientific community to advance ocean literacy.
Disseminate information on marine species to support resource management and policy development.
