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Census of Marine Life. A decade-long program (2000-2010) to assess and explain marine life’s diversity, distribution & abundance - past, present & future The Known, the Unknown, the Unknowable. The Census of Marine Life: Making ocean life count. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Census of Marine LifeCensus of Marine LifeCensus of Marine LifeCensus of Marine Life
A decade-long program (2000-2010) A decade-long program (2000-2010)
to assess and explain marine life’sto assess and explain marine life’s
diversity, distribution & abundancediversity, distribution & abundance
- past, present & future - past, present & future
The Known, the Unknown, the UnknowableThe Known, the Unknown, the Unknowable
The Census of Marine Life: Making ocean life count
CNN InternationalCNN International
Public Service AnnouncementPublic Service AnnouncementCOML’s strong outreach programCOML’s strong outreach program
CNN InternationalCNN International
Public Service AnnouncementPublic Service AnnouncementCOML’s strong outreach programCOML’s strong outreach program
Global CollaborationGlobal CollaborationGlobal CollaborationGlobal Collaboration
Arabian Sea(Oman, 2007)
Stars indicate National or Regional Activity Headquarters
80 countries
Over 2000 scientists
CoML ComponentsCoML ComponentsGrand Challenge QuestionsGrand Challenge QuestionsCoML ComponentsCoML Components
Grand Challenge QuestionsGrand Challenge Questions
Oceans PastWhat did live in the
oceans?
History of Marine Animal
Populations (HMAP)
Oceans PresentWhat does live in the
oceans?
Ocean Realm Field Projects
Oceans FutureWhat will live in the
oceans?
Future of Marine Animal
Populations (FMAP)
Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
Web-based provider of global geo-referenced information on marine species
Salem Beverly Ship LogsSalem Beverly Ship Logs150 Year Old Cod Fishery150 Year Old Cod Fishery
Rosenberg, Bolster, Alexander,Rosenberg, Bolster, Alexander, Leavenworth, Cooper, Leavenworth, Cooper, McKenzieMcKenzie et al. 2005 et al. 2005
Cod BiomassScotian Shelf
Now <1%
Chapman-DeLury Catch Per Unit Effort
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Big Fish Diversity
Worm et al., Science 2005
Shannon Biodiversity 13M OBIS Records
13.2 million records of 81000 species from 210 databases
< 100 meters< 100 meters< 100 meters< 100 meters
100-1000 meters100-1000 meters100-1000 meters100-1000 meters
1000-3000 meters1000-3000 meters1000-3000 meters1000-3000 meters
> 3000 meters> 3000 meters> 3000 meters> 3000 meters
Ocean Realm ProjectsOcean Realm ProjectsHuman Edges
• NaGISA - Natural Geography In Shore Areas• CReefs - Coral Reef Ecosystems• GOMA - Gulf of Maine Area Census (Regional Ecosystem)• POST - Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking
Central Waters• TOPP - Tagging of Pacific Pelagics (Top Predators)• CMarZ - Census of Marine Zooplankton• MAR-ECO - Mid-Atlantic Ridge Ecosystems
Hidden Boundaries• CoMargE - Continental Margins Ecosystems• CeDAMar - Census of Diversity of Abyssal Marine Life• CenSeam - Census of Seamounts• ChEss - Chemosynthetic Ecosystems (Vents)
Ice Oceans• ArcOD - Arctic Ocean Diversity• CAML - Census of Antarctic Marine Life
Microscopic Ocean• ICOMM - International Census of Marine Microbes
Ocean Realms
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Human Edges-Nearshore
Human Edges-Coastal
Hidden Boundaries-Margins
Hidden Boundaries-Abyssal
Central Light-Drifters
Central Light-Swimmers
Central Dark-Mid-water
Active Geology
Ice Oceans
Microscopic
Realms & Zones - Percentage of Ocean
Area
Volume
Ocean Realms
Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) A Sloan Foundation ‘sister project’ A Sloan Foundation ‘sister project’
- Works on land species, works at sea- Works on land species, works at sea
Global Paracalanus copepods
SynthesisMicrobes
Seamounts, Vents
454 DNA sequencing - 100 times expected diversity in ‘Rare Biosphere’
Biuw et al. PNAS 2007
Animal Oceanography
Depth (m) Change in drift rate (cm·s-1·d-1)
Existing
1st Wave
2nd Wave
3rd Wave
Global Ocean Tracking Network$160M IOC-GOOS Pilot Project
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Stephanie Stephanie placed 2nd placed 2nd
Published: 2007/08/05 16:49:29 GMT
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