US MBON
The U.S. partnership integrating biology and ecosystem surveys with remote sensing and molecular (eDNA) methods across regional MBONs.
The U.S. MBON projects are integrating independent historical and current biology and ecosystem surveys with new observations, and expanding application of remote sensing methods, novel molecular (eDNA) technologies, traditional environmental research tools, and coordinated experiments.
Benefits of MBON
MBON projects, partners and data play an important role in enabling the scientific community to describe the relationships between biodiversity, organism abundance, system productivity, ecosystem health and ecosystem services. Visit the Join MBON section for more information about the benefits of MBON.
U.S. MBON projects
- Arctic
- Central California
- Southern California
- Gulf of Maine
- Pacific Northwest
- Southeast
- Coastal New England
- Mid-Atlantic
Sponsors
U.S. MBON projects have been funded since 2013 under the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (FY14 RFP NOAA-NOS-IOOS-2014-2003803 and FY19 ONR Announcement # N00014-18-S-B007). U.S. MBON represents a partnership among NOAA, NASA, BOEM, and ONR, with coordination provided by the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (U.S. IOOS) Program Office.
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Marine zooplankton community structure through environmental DNA metabarcoding in the Florida Keys, collected by the South Florida Program (NOAA/AOML) and the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON)
This data consists of counts of putative zooplankton OTUs, revealed through metabarcoding of the cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene extracted from filtered water samples in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary during 2016.
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MBON Data Portal
Search, download, visualize, and analyze real-time, delayed-mode, and historical MBON biological observations alongside physical and chemical data.
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Genomics & eDNA
Environmental DNA extracted from water and sediment samples reveals the full community of organisms present — from bacteria to whales — with a speed and breadth impossible through visual surveys alone.
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MBON Pole to Pole Data Atlas
Harmonized rocky-shore and sandy-beach biodiversity observations from Canada to Patagonia, standardized for cross-regional comparison and open access via OBIS.
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eDNA Visualization
Interactive visualization of environmental DNA (eDNA) detections across taxa and sites.
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User Story: Bringing Steinbeck & Ricketts into the MBON Era
Over 85 years after Steinbeck and Ricketts documented life in the Sea of Cortez tidepools, a binational team retraces their expedition using MBON Pole-to-Pole protocols and eDNA to measure decades of biodiversity change.
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