SIBER, Sustained Indian Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research, Science Plan And Implementation Strategy

Abstract

The Sustained Indian Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (SIBER) Science Plan and Implementation Strategy described in this document are motivated by the need to understand the role of the Indian Ocean in global biogeochemical cycles and the interaction between these cycles and marine ecosystem dynamics. This understanding is required to predict the impacts of climate change, eutrophication and harvesting on the global oceans and the Earth System and is fundamental to policy makers for the development of management strategies for the globally important Indian Ocean. The improved understanding that SIBER will bring to the characterization and prediction of fundamental biogeochemical and ecological processes also has strong relevance to the ecology and people of the islands and continental rim communities of the region