The NEREA Augmented Observatory: an integrative approach to marine coastal ecology

The NEREA (Naples Ecological REsearch for Augmented observatories) initiative aims to establish an augmented observatory in the Gulf of Naples (GoN), designed to advance the understanding of marine ecosystems through a holistic approach. Inspired by the Tara Oceans expedition and building on the scientific legacy of the MareChiara Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER-MC) site, NEREA integrates traditional physical, chemical, and biological measurements with state-of-the-art methodologies such as metabarcoding and metagenomics. Here we present the first 10 months of NEREA data, collected from April 2019 to January 2020, encompassing physico-chemical parameters, plankton biodiversity (e.g., microscopy and flow cytometry), prokaryotic and eukaryotic metabarcoding, a prokaryotic gene catalogue, and a collection of 3818 prokaryotic Metagenome-Assembled Genomes (MAGs). NEREA's efforts produce a significant volume of multifaceted data, which enhances our understanding of marine ecosystems and promotes the development of scientific hypotheses and ideas.

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Scientific Data
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2024-09-10
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03787-y
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Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
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The NEREA (Naples Ecological REsearch for Augmented observatories) initiative aims to establish an augmented observatory in the Gulf of Naples (GoN), designed to advance the understanding of marine ecosystems through a holistic approach. Inspired by the Tara Oceans expedition and building on the scientific legacy of the MareChiara Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER-MC) site, NEREA integrates traditional physical, chemical, and biological measurements with state-of-the-art methodologies such as metabarcoding and metagenomics. Here we present the first 10 months of NEREA data, collected from April 2019 to January 2020, encompassing physico-chemical parameters, plankton biodiversity (e.g., microscopy and flow cytometry), prokaryotic and eukaryotic metabarcoding, a prokaryotic gene catalogue, and a collection of 3818 prokaryotic Metagenome-Assembled Genomes (MAGs). NEREA's efforts produce a significant volume of multifaceted data, which enhances our understanding of marine ecosystems and promotes the development of scientific hypotheses and ideas.

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Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "Alessandro Faedo" (IT), SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (CH), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR), University of Cagliari (IT), Aix-Marseille Université (FR), Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (FR), Université Paris-Saclay (FR), Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (IT), Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (FR), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli (IT), Genoscope (FR), Federico II University Hospital (IT), National Biodiversity Institute (CR), CEA Paris-Saclay (FR), National Research Council (IT), Centre Camille Jullian (FR), National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (IT), Department of Agricultural Sciences (RU), University of Naples Federico II (IT), University of Genoa (IT), University of Palermo (IT)
National Science Foundation, European Commission, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, European Regional Development Fund
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