Census of Marine Life (CoML)Census of Marine Life (CoML)Census of Marine Life (CoML)Census of Marine Life (CoML)

A 10-year effort to increase our knowledge and understanding of the

Diversity, Distribution & Abundance of Marine Life – Past, Present & Future

(1st Major Report 2010)

CoML is a Global ProgramCoML is a Global ProgramCoML is a Global ProgramCoML is a Global Program

Over 2000 Participants from 80 Countries all over the World!!

CoML consists of:

• 14 Field Projects

• OBIS (database)

• HMAP (History)

• FMAP (Modeling)

• 12 NRICs

Mission: To assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of marine life in the oceans -- past, present, and future.

Promote CoML and its biodiversity research valuePromote CoML and its biodiversity research value

Sustain US CoML program beyond 2010Sustain US CoML program beyond 2010

OBIS to support US science, management and OBIS to support US science, management and education needseducation needs

CoML in the United StatesCoML in the United StatesCoML in the United StatesCoML in the United States

Approaches for Researching the Roles of Approaches for Researching the Roles of Marine and Coastal Biodiversity in Marine and Coastal Biodiversity in Maintaining Ecosystem ServicesMaintaining Ecosystem Services

September 11-13, 2006 •September 11-13, 2006 • Washington, DCWashington, DC

Objective:Objective:To improve understanding of marine and coastal To improve understanding of marine and coastal biodiversity and the application of this knowledge biodiversity and the application of this knowledge to support sustainable and adaptive ecosystem-to support sustainable and adaptive ecosystem-based management of living and nonliving based management of living and nonliving resources.resources.

CoML 2006 Biodiversity CoML 2006 Biodiversity WorkshopWorkshop

CoML 2006 Biodiversity CoML 2006 Biodiversity WorkshopWorkshop

Sponsored By:Sponsored By:

Results and ConclusionsResults and ConclusionsResults and ConclusionsResults and Conclusions

What Do We Measure, Why, and What Do We Measure, Why, and How?How?

• Biodiversity really matters to people’s way Biodiversity really matters to people’s way of life --- it makes a difference to real of life --- it makes a difference to real people people

• If we manage for biodiversity, we’ll in effect If we manage for biodiversity, we’ll in effect manage for sustainable ecosystems and manage for sustainable ecosystems and ecosystem servicesecosystem services

• .We need to apply new technologies, but .We need to apply new technologies, but need some old ones too – esp. taxonomy need some old ones too – esp. taxonomy and comprehensive observations of life and comprehensive observations of life historyhistory

• We need to connect to observatoriesWe need to connect to observatories

Full Report and interactive CD

NOW available!!

Census of Marine Life:Census of Marine Life: Incorporating Biological Data in Ocean

Observatories

Sponsored By:Sponsored By: andand

Today’s SessionToday’s SessionToday’s SessionToday’s Session

Incorporating Biological Data in Ocean Observatories

June 6, 2007 •• 12:30pm - 2:15pm •• Cannon Caucus Room

Churchill Grimes, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center Steven Bograd, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center

Mark Luther, University of South Florida

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