A Policy-Driven Design of Energy-Autonomous Intelligent Observatories for Marine Biodiversity Monitoring

Jacopo Aguzzi; Elias Chatzidouros; Giuseppa Buscaino; Damianos Chatzievangelou; Giacomo Picardi; Christine Seonock Woo; Fausto P. García Márquez; Paula Espina; Marco Francescangeli; Michele Ferrari; Daniele D’Agostino; Simone Marini; Nixon Bahamon; Daniel Mihai Toma; Matias Carandell; Frederik Veger; Joaquin del Rio; Joan B. Company; Enoc Martinez; Marzia Cianflone; Luca Cicala; Simonetta Fraschetti; Silvia Gallegati; Fabiola M. Cecchini; Roberto Danovaro; Sanaz Roshanmanesh; Vincenzo Brachetta; Matthew Gee; Farzad Hayati; Dimitris Liarokapis; Georgios Katsaounis; Gregory Grigoropoulos; Mayorkinos Papaelias

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A Policy-Driven Design of Energy-Autonomous Intelligent Observatories for Marine Biodiversity Monitoring

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^aInstituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM—CSIC), Barcelona 08003, Spain

^b ENGITEC Systems International (ESI) , Limassol 3083, Cyprus

^c BioacousticsLab, National Research Council of Italy (CNR) , Torretta Granitola 91021, Italy

^d Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) , Busan 49111, the Republic of Korea

^e Ingenium Research Group , Universidad de Castilla—La Mancha, Ciudad Real 13071, Spain

^f Marine Institute, Ocean Science and Information Services , Rinville, Co. Galway H91 R673, Ireland

^g DIBRIS, Università degli Studi di Genova , Genova 16126, Italy

^h National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute of Marine Sciences , La Spezia 19032, Italy

ⁱ National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC) , Palermo 90133, Italy

^jSARTI—MAR Research Group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona Tech , Vilanova i la Geltrú 08800, Spain

^k Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II , Napoli 80126, Italy

^l Centro Italiano di Ricerca Aerospaziale (CIRA) , Capua 81043, Italy

^m Università Politecnica delle Marche, Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente (DISVA) , Ancona 60131, Italy

ⁿ School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham (UOB) , Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK

^o National Technical University of Athens, School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering , Athens 15772, Greece

^*E-mail addresses:jaguzzi@icm.csic.es (J. Aguzzi),

m.papaelias@bham.ac.uk (M. Papaelias).

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Jacopo Aguzzi, Elias Chatzidouros, Giuseppa Buscaino, Damianos Chatzievangelou, Giacomo Picardi, Christine Seonock Woo, Fausto P. García Márquez, Paula Espina, Marco Francescangeli, Michele Ferrari, Daniele D’Agostino, Simone Marini, Nixon Bahamon, Daniel Mihai Toma, Matias Carandell, Frederik Veger, Joaquin del Rio, Joan B. Company, Enoc Martinez, Marzia Cianflone, Luca Cicala, Simonetta Fraschetti, Silvia Gallegati, Fabiola M. Cecchini, Roberto Danovaro, Sanaz Roshanmanesh, Vincenzo Brachetta, Matthew Gee, Farzad Hayati, Dimitris Liarokapis, Georgios Katsaounis, Gregory Grigoropoulos, Mayorkinos Papaelias. A Policy-Driven Design of Energy-Autonomous Intelligent Observatories for Marine Biodiversity Monitoring. Engineering 202607007 DOI:10.1016/j.eng.2026.07.007

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