A forgotten element of the blue economy: marine biomimetics and inspiration from the deep sea.

Autor: Blasiak R; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.; Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan., Jouffray JB; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden., Amon DJ; SpeSeas, D'Abadie, Trinidad and Tobago.; Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA., Moberg F; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden., Claudet J; National Center for Scientific Research, PSL Université Paris, CRIOBE, CNRS-EPHE-UPVD, Maison de l'Océan, 195 rue Saint-Jacques, 75005 Paris, France., Søgaard Jørgensen P; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.; The Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere Academy Program, Royal Swedish Academy of Science, 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden., Pranindita A; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden., Wabnitz CCC; Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University, 473 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.; Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, The University of British Columbia, 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T1Z4, Canada., Österblom H; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.; Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan.; South American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies, CP 20200 Maldonado, Uruguay.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PNAS nexus [PNAS Nexus] 2022 Sep 17; Vol. 1 (4), pp. pgac196. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 17 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac196
Abstrakt: The morphology, physiology, and behavior of marine organisms have been a valuable source of inspiration for solving conceptual and design problems. Here, we introduce this rich and rapidly expanding field of marine biomimetics, and identify it as a poorly articulated and often overlooked element of the ocean economy associated with substantial monetary benefits. We showcase innovations across seven broad categories of marine biomimetic design (adhesion, antifouling, armor, buoyancy, movement, sensory, stealth), and use this framing as context for a closer consideration of the increasingly frequent focus on deep-sea life as an inspiration for biomimetic design. We contend that marine biomimetics is not only a "forgotten" sector of the ocean economy, but has the potential to drive appreciation of nonmonetary values, conservation, and stewardship, making it well-aligned with notions of a sustainable blue economy. We note, however, that the highest ambitions for a blue economy are that it not only drives sustainability, but also greater equity and inclusivity, and conclude by articulating challenges and considerations for bringing marine biomimetics onto this trajectory.
(© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the National Academy of Sciences.)
Databáze: MEDLINE