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Ocean(s) and Human Health: Risks and Opportunities

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The authors would like to acknowledge the author contributions of: Melanie C. Austen, School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK, melanie.austen@plymouth.ac.uk; Timothy A. Bouley, BioFeyn Paris, France, timmybouley@gmail.com; Victoria V. Cheung, School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK, vikki.cheung@plymouth.ac.uk; Lota A. Creencia, College of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Western Philippines University, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines, lotacreencia@gmail.com; Michael Depledge, European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Cornwall, UK, M.Depledge@exeter.ac.uk; Claire Eatock, European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Cornwall, UK, C.E.Eatock@exeter.ac.uk; Henrik Oksfeldt Enevoldsen, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Copenhagen, Denmark, h.enevoldsen@unesco.org; Samantha Fisher, Global Pollution Observatory, Boston College, Boston, MA, USA, fishersn@bc.edu; Sheila J. J. Heymans, European Marine Board, Oostende, Belgium, sheymans@marineboard.eu; Richard Hixson, County Durham and Darlington, NHS, UK, richardhixson@nhs.net; Paula Kellett, European Marine Board, Oostende, Belgium, PKellett@marineboard.eu; Philip Landrigan, Global Pollution Observatory, Boston College, Boston, MA, USA, landrigp@bc.edu; Josep Lloret Romanach, Ocean and Human Health Chair, University of Girona, Roses Catalunya, josep.lloret@udg.edu; Bruce Maycock, European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Cornwall, UK, bmaycock@iinet.net.au; John Stegeman, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA, jstegeman@whoi.edu; Georgie Sowman, NHS General Practitioner, PHE Physical Activity Clinical Champion, North East England, UK; Mathew White, European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Cornwall, UK and the University of Vienna, Austria, Mathew.White@exeter.ac.uk; and Susanne Wuijts, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), The Netherlands, susanne.wuijts@rivm.nl.

We also acknowledge the essential contributions of all our expert and stakeholder networks and study participants. The research was supported in part by: the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 774567 (H2020 SOPHIE Project) and No 666773 (H2020 BlueHealth Project); the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the UK Research and Innovation’s Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) for the Blue Communities Project; and the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and National institute of Health Sciences (NIEHS) Oceans and Human Health Programme.

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Fleming, L.E., Praptiwi, R.A., Goh, H.C., Raps, H. (2021). Ocean(s) and Human Health: Risks and Opportunities. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Life Below Water. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71064-8_146-1

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