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    • Protocol for Spectrophotometric Total pH Measurement. [Training Video] 

      Lesbats, Stéphane; Lemandé, Nolwenn; Salvetat, Florence (Metrology for Integrated Marine Management and Knowledge-Transfer Network (MINKE), 2025)
      This 6-minute instructional video demonstrates the laboratory protocol for spectrophotometric measurement of total pH (pH<sub>T</sub>) in seawater. The procedure is carried out at the IFREMER metrology laboratory and follows ...

    • Best practices sharing between networks. MINKE Deliverable 4.6. 

      Hartman, Susan; Craft, Rob; Pabortsava, Katsia; Favali, Paola; Schroeder, Katrin; Del Rio, Joaquin; Thiel, Martin; Morvan, Gaël; LeMann, Marc; Lochet, Corine; Petihakis, George; LeFevre, Dominique; Chirugien, Laure; Salvetat, Florence; Seppälä, Jukka; Delory, Eric; Barrera, Carlos; Gomez, Isabel; Fisicaro, Paola; Merlone, Andrea (Metrology for Integrated Marine Management and Knowledge-Transfer Network (MINKE), 2023)
      MINKE is the first effort to bring together different actors in the metrology laboratories and the diverse marine metrology community. Best Practices are being developed throughout the project and are being shared between ...

    • A strategy forward document describing the way forward towards an integrated EU Research Infrastructure. MINKE Deliverable D1.3. 

      Van Ganse, Sophie; Salvetat, Florence; Seitz, Steffen; Nair, Rajesh; Petihakis, George; Christodoulaki, S; Hartman, Susan; Seppälä, Jukka; King, Andrew; Salvo, Vanessa-Sarah; Del Rio, Joaquin; Piera, Jaume (Metrology for Integrated Marine Management and Knowledge-Transfer Network (MINKE), 2025)
      This document is the deliverable D1.3 “A strategy forward document describing the way forward towards an integrated EU Research Infrastructure”. It first establishes the ins and outs of marine data and information quality ...

    • American Academy of Underwater Sciences Standards for Scientific Diving Manual. 

      American Academy of Underwater Sciences (American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS), Mobile, AL, 2024)
      The purpose of these Scientific Diving Standards is to ensure scientific diving is conducted in a manner that will maximize the protection of scientific divers from accidental injury and/or illness, and to set forth standards ...

    • White paper on advances in Absolute Salinity measurements.Version 4.0. MINKE Deliverable 9.1. 

      Le Menn, Marc; Seitz, Steffen; Nair, Rajesh; Ntoumas, Manolis (Metrology for Integrated Marine Management and Knowledge-Transfer Network (MINKE), 2022)
      This document is MINKE’s Deliverable 9.1: “White paper on advances in Absolute Salinity measurements”. It describes the state-of-the-art in the measurement of Absolute Salinity in seawater.

    • Towards a best practice in acoustic telemetry mooring design. 

      Hartery, Cassandra; Bowen, Emma; Bate, Caitlin; McDowall, Phil; van den Broek, James; Whoriskey, Frederick; Jaine, Fabrice (Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) and Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS), Dalhouse, Canada, 2025)
      This document presents trialled and tested, best practice methods for the subsea deployment of acoustic telemetry equipment developed by two of the world’s longest operating animal telemetry networks, the Ocean Tracking ...

    • BIOPOLE Cookbook: parameters and analysis, Version 8. 

      Hendry, Katharine R.; Manno, Clara; Arrowsmith, Carol; Bowes, Mike; Callaghan, Nathan; Grant, Alanna; Lofts, Stephen; McKenzie, Rebecca; O'Brien, Alexandra; Olszewska, Justyna; Pickard, Amy; Spears, Bryan; Tye, Andrew; Woodward, E. Malcolm S. (BIOPOLE Programme, UKRI NERC, Swindon, UK, 2025)
      The aim of this document is to detail the key determinands, sampling preparation, methodology and analyses required for the NERC programme BIOPOLE, with the overall objective of maintaining consistency in different sampling ...

    • IODE Quality Management Framework for National Oceanographic Data Centres and Associate Data Units (3rd revised edition). 

      Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (UNESCO for IODE, Paris, France, 2025)
      The International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) Programme of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO2 maintains a global network of National Oceanographic Data Centres (NODC) and ...

    • Chemical Reference Materials for Oceanography: History, Production, and Certification. 

      Aoyama, Michio; Cheong, Chikako; Murata, Akihiko (Springer, Singapore, 2025)
      Concentrations of inorganic macro-nutrients, carbonate system parameters (total alkalinity, pH, the concentration of dissolved inorganic carbon, and the partial pres- sure of CO2 ), salinity, and the concentration of ...

    • Guidelines for the active restoration of Posidonia oceanica. 

      Pergent-Martini, Christine; Serena, André; Castejon, Ines; Deter, Julie; Frau, Francesca; Gerakaris, Vasilis; Mancini, Gianluca; Molenaar, Heike; Montefalcone, Monica; Oprandi, Alice; Pergent, Gerard; Poursanidis, Dimitris; Royo, Laura; Terrados, Jorge; Tomasello, Agostino; Ventura, Daniele; Villers, Frederic (University of Corsica Pascal Paoli, Corsica, France, 2024)
      As initiated by other international or regional agreements (e.g. OSPAR, UNEP-MAP), seagrass restoration operations require an analysis of existing practices in order to identify what is “working” (operational techniques) ...

    • Life and Science at Sea: Advice for your First Scientific Research Cruise from Experienced Oceanographers. 

      Yoder, Meg (Meg Yoder, Boston, MA, 2025)
      This guide contains information about what to expect when going to sea as a scientist, with a particular focus for graduate students on their first sea-going experience. It synthesizes input from over 160 scientists worldwide ...

    • Low-cost Marine Robotic Vehicles for Rapid Assessment of Submesoscale Ocean Processes. 

      Chua, Allison; MacNeill, Aaron; Wallace, Douglas (2023)
      In this paper, we describe our experience with readily deployable, low-cost (c. Can$30k) underwater platforms and, in particular, with our application of this emerging class of platform to address the need to characterize ...

    • Ocean Data Management 2025 (self-paced course) 

      Ocean Teacher Global Academy (OTGA) (2025)
      This online, fully self-paced training course provides a comprehensive introduction to the management of marine data, including the guiding principles of data management and typical responsibilities for data managers, data ...

    • Vessel Recruiting Best Practices. Version 2.0 [GOOS ENDORSED PRACTICE] 

      Parks, Justine; Hanstein, Craig; Kramp, Martin; Strom, Kerry; Cabrié, Joel; Rodriguez, Julian J.; de Villiers, Mardené C. (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Climate, Atmospheric Sciences, and Physical Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA, 2025)
      Ships of opportunity, such as commercial transport, fishing, recreational, and research vessels, are excellent resources to reduce the costs and environmental impacts of sea-going data collection. Because they already ...

    • Guía para la restauración de los bosques de Cystoseira s.l. de poca profundidad en las Islas Baleares. 

      Benjumea, Tatí; Royo, Laura; Escaño, Jose; Tomás, Fiona (Fundación Cleanwave, Mallorca, Spain, 2023)
      This guide outlines a strategic approach to restoring the shallow-water Cystoseira forests in the Balearic Islands, a critical yet highly threatened marine ecosystem in the Mediterranean. These underwater forests provide ...

    • Surface water CO2 measurements from ships of opportunity, A report for Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System. 

      Tilbrook, Bronte; Neill, Craig; Akl Uhri, John (CSIRO, Hobart, Australia, 2024)
      Underway measurements of the fugacity of carbon dioxide (fCO2) in surface waters and the atmosphere are made using General Oceanics Incorporated Model 8050 or 8060 systems (GO) equipped with LI-COR gas analysers.

    • The Common Procedure for the Identification of the Eutrophication Status of the OSPAR Maritime Area. OSPAR Agreement 2022-07 (Replaces Agreement 2013-08). [ENDORSED PRACTICE] 

      OSPAR Commission; Intersessional Correspondence Group on Eutrophication; Intersessional Correspondence Group on Eutrophication Modelling (OSPAR Commission, London, UK, 2022)
      The Common Procedure is the harmonised methodology developed and agreed by OSPAR Contracting Parties for assessing eutrophication in the North-East Atlantic, incorporating the best available scientific knowledge to interpret ...

    • The Guidelines for Harmonizing Marine Litter Monitoring Methods Using Remote Sensing Technologies, Version 1.0. 

      Isobe, Atsuhiko; Aliani, Stefano; Andriolo, Umberto; Dierssen, Heidi; Game Monteiro, João; Goncalves, Gil; Hidaka, Mitsuko; Kako, Shin’ichiro; Kataoka, Tomoya; Martinez-Vincente, Victor; Matsuoka, Daisuke; Mishra, Pravakar; Streett, Davida; Takahashi, Yukihiro; Topouzelis, Konstantinos; Van Emmerik, Tim (Ministry of the Environment, Japan Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo , Japan, Tokyo, Japan, 2024)
      This document presents the “Guidelines for Harmonizing Marine Litter Monitoring Methods Using Remote Sensing Technologies” (herein after referred to as the Guidelines). It aims to further improve the comprehensiveness ...

    • Hydromast Best Practices Document, Version 1.0. 

      Ristolainen, Asko; Egerer, Margit (Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Tallinn, Estonia, 2024)
      This best practice outlines standardized procedures for deploying and maintaining Hydromast flow meter to ensure accurate, consistent, and reliable flow measurements across various marine and freshwater environments. Key ...

    • A field manual for marine protected area recreational user knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) surveys. 

      Hamre, Nicole; Langlois, Tim; Phillips, Genevieve; Reynolds, Doc; Beach, Donna; Lavers, Jennifer L.; Webb, Wayne; Webb, Zac; Watson, Sharnae; Guilfoyle, Dave; Adams, Vanessa; Aston, Charlotte; Bryars, Simon; De Valck, Jeremy; Gelves-Gomez, Francisco; Gibbons, Brooke; Martin, Carol; McPhee, Daryl; Mitchell, Jonathan; Ogier, Emily; Przeslawski, Rachel; Rose, Michelle; Shields, Brooke; Smith, Amanda; Spencer-Cotton, Alaya; Navarro, Matthew (NESP Marine and Coastal Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2024)
      Marine Protected Area (MPA) recreational Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice (KAP) surveys are a research approach to elicit basic quantitative information about marine recreational users’ Knowledge about, Attitudes Towards ...