Multiomics in the central Arctic Ocean for benchmarking biodiversity change

Thomas Mock; William Boulton; John-Paul Balmonte; Kevin Barry; Stefan Bertilsson; Jeff Bowman; Moritz Buck; Gunnar Bratbak; Emelia J Chamberlain; Michael Cunliffe; Jessie Creamean; Oliver Ebenhöh; Sarah Lena Eggers; Allison A Fong; Jessie Gardner; Rolf Gradinger; Mats A Granskog; Charlotte Havermans; Thomas Hill; Clara J M Hoppe; Kerstin Korte; Aud Larsen; Oliver Müller; Anja Nicolaus; Ellen Oldenburg; Ovidiu Popa; Swantje Rogge; Hendrik Schäfer; Katyanne Shoemaker; Pauline Snoeijs-Leijonmalm; Anders Torstensson; Klaus Valentin; Anna Vader; Kerrie Barry; I-M A Chen; Alicia Clum; Alex Copeland; Chris Daum; Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh; Brian Foster; Bryce Foster; Igor V Grigoriev; Marcel Huntemann; Natalia Ivanova; Alan Kuo; Nikos C Kyrpides; Supratim Mukherjee; Krishnaveni Palaniappan; T B K Reddy; Asaf Salamov; Simon Roux; Neha Varghese; Tanja Woyke; Dongying Wu; Richard M Leggett; Vincent Moulton; Katja Metfies

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001835

Multiomics in the central Arctic Ocean for benchmarking biodiversity change

PLoS Biol. 2022 Oct 17;20(10):e3001835. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001835. eCollection 2022 Oct.

Authors

Thomas Mock¹, William Boulton², John-Paul Balmonte^{3

4}, Kevin Barry⁵, Stefan Bertilsson⁴, Jeff Bowman⁶, Moritz Buck⁴, Gunnar Bratbak⁷, Emelia J Chamberlain⁶, Michael Cunliffe⁸, Jessie Creamean⁵, Oliver Ebenhöh⁹, Sarah Lena Eggers¹⁰, Allison A Fong¹⁰, Jessie Gardner¹¹, Rolf Gradinger¹¹, Mats A Granskog¹², Charlotte Havermans¹⁰, Thomas Hill⁵, Clara J M Hoppe¹⁰, Kerstin Korte¹⁰, Aud Larsen¹³, Oliver Müller⁹, Anja Nicolaus¹⁰, Ellen Oldenburg⁹, Ovidiu Popa¹¹, Swantje Rogge¹⁰, Hendrik Schäfer¹⁴, Katyanne Shoemaker¹⁵, Pauline Snoeijs-Leijonmalm³, Anders Torstensson^{3

4}, Klaus Valentin¹⁰, Anna Vader¹⁶, Kerrie Barry¹⁷, I-M A Chen¹⁷, Alicia Clum¹⁷, Alex Copeland¹⁷, Chris Daum¹⁷, Emiley Eloe-Fadrosh¹⁷, Brian Foster¹⁷, Bryce Foster¹⁷, Igor V Grigoriev¹⁷, Marcel Huntemann¹⁷, Natalia Ivanova¹⁷, Alan Kuo¹⁷, Nikos C Kyrpides¹⁷, Supratim Mukherjee¹⁷, Krishnaveni Palaniappan¹⁷, T B K Reddy¹⁷, Asaf Salamov¹⁷, Simon Roux¹⁷, Neha Varghese¹⁷, Tanja Woyke¹⁷, Dongying Wu¹⁷, Richard M Leggett¹⁸, Vincent Moulton², Katja Metfies^{10

19}

Affiliations

¹ School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom.
² School of Computing Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom.
³ Stockholm University, Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Uppsala, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America.
⁶ Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America.
⁷ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
⁸ Marine Biological Association, Plymouth, United Kingdom.
⁹ Institute of Quantitative and Theoretical Biology, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
¹⁰ Alfred-Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.
¹¹ Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway.
¹² Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway.
¹³ NORCE Climate and Environment NORCE, Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, Norway.
¹⁴ School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.
¹⁵ University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, Rhode Island, United States of America.
¹⁶ University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Forskningsparken, Longyearbyen, Norway.
¹⁷ DOE Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America.
¹⁸ Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom.
¹⁹ Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.

Abstract

Multiomics approaches need to be applied in the central Arctic Ocean to benchmark biodiversity change and to identify novel species and their genes. As part of MOSAiC, EcoOmics will therefore be essential for conservation and sustainable bioprospecting in one of the least explored ecosystems on Earth.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Arctic Regions
Benchmarking*
Biodiversity
Ecosystem*
Oceans and Seas

Grants and funding

Additional funding was received from: The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (IP82100024, VH-NG-1400); German Research Foundation (EB 418/6-1, EXC-2048/1 - ID 390686111); USA Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (10.46936/10.25585/60001271, DE-AC02-05CH11231); National Science Foundation USA (NSF-OPP 1821911, NSF-GRFP, NSF-OPP 1824414); USA Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement and Atmospheric System Research (DE-SC0019745, DE-AC05-76RL01830); Natural Environment Research Council UK (NE/S002596/1, NE/S007334/1, NE/K004530/1, NE/R000883/1, NE/R012644/1); Research Council of Norway (280292); European Commission (EASME/EMFF/2018/003, EASME/EMFF/2018/1.3.2.2/03/SI2.805469); Swedish Polar Research Secretariat (2019-153); Swedish Research Council (ÄR-NT 2018-04685); Swedish Scientific Council FORMAS (FR-2018/0010); The Leverhulme Trust (RPG-2017-364). These funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.