The Panel is made up of biology and ecosystem experts from around the world who provide guidance to the GOOS community. It aims to provide a better understanding of marine life to meet universal goals in sustainable development and conservation.
Activities include facilitating the global and regional integration of existing biological observing networks to increase value and reach, and improving the communication of results.
| Member | Role | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raphael Kudela
	                 University of California, Institute of Marine Sciences, Santa Cruz  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel member (Phytoplankton) | United States of America | |
| Peter Tyack
	                 University of St Andrews, Scottish Oceans Institute  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel member (Ocean sound) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | |
| Samantha Simmons | GOOS BioEco Panel member (marine mammals) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | |
| Clive  McMahon
	                 Integrated Marine Observing System  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel Co-Chair | Australia | |
| Pier Luigi Buttigieg
	                 Alfred-Wegener-Institut (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung)  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel member (Data) | Germany | |
| Tammy Davies
	                 BirdLife International  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel member (Seabirds) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | |
| Anthony Bernard
	                 South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel member (Fish) | South Africa | |
| Henry Ruhl
	                 Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel member (Benthic invertebrates) | United States of America | |
| Kim Bernard
	                 Oregon State University  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel member (Zooplankton) | United States of America | |
| Virni Arifanti
	                 Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional  | 
                GOOS BioEco panel member (mangroves) | Indonesia | |
| Alejandra Prieto-Davó
	                 National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)  | 
                GOOS BioEco panel member (microbes) | Mexico | |
| Patricia Serafini
	                 Instituto Chico Mendes da Conservação da Biodiversidade  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel member (seabirds) | Brazil | |
| Svenja Halfter
	                 National Institute for Water & Atmospheric Research  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel member (Zooplankton) | New Zealand | |
| Audrey Darnaude
	                 CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel Co-chair | France | |
| Ward Appeltans
	                 UNESCO / IOC Project Office for IODE  | 
                GOOS & IODE/OBIS Secretariat (Data) | Belgium | |
| Dimitris Poursanidis
	                 Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas - Institute of Applied & Computational Mathematics  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel member (Seagrass) | Greece | |
| Claire Davies
	                 CSIRO Environment  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel member (Phytoplankton) | Australia | |
| Anthony Koslow
	                 University of California San Diego  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel member (Fish) | United States of America | |
| Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi
	                 Università di Pisa  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel member (Macroalgae) | Italy | |
| Ana Lara-Lopez
	                 University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies  | 
                GOOS BioEco IPO officer | Australia | |
| Jarrett Byrnes
	                 University of Massachusetts Boston  | 
                GOOS BioEco panel member (Macroalgae) | United States of America | |
| Rachel Przeslawski
	                 Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel member (benthic invertebrates) | Australia | |
| Narissa  Bax
	                 Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel member (Corals) | Australia | |
| Lina Mtwana Nordlund
	                 Uppsala University, Department of Earth Science  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel member (Seagrass) | Sweden | |
| Erica Towle
	                 National Coral Reef Monitoring Program  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel member (corals) | United States of America | |
| Lucille Chapuis
	                 La Trobe University  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel member (Ocean Sound) | Australia | |
| Eduardo Cuevas
	                 Universidad Autónoma de Baja California  | 
                GOOS BioEco panel member (sea turtles) | Mexico | |
| Dipani Sutaria
	                 Dakshin Foundation  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel Member (marine mammals) | India | |
| Julie Robidart
	                 National Oceanography Centre, Southampton  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel member (microbes) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | |
| Steven Canty
	                 Smithsonian Environmental Research Center  | 
                GOOS BioEco Panel member (Mangroves) | United States of America |