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Under-sampled Regions. Total distribution data holding in OBIS: 5,253,721 records, 50,932 scientific names, 38,012 species. Under-Sampled Deep Realms. Ocean Realm Field Projects. BOUNDARIES Nearshore - Natural Geography In Shore Areas (NaGISA)
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Under-sampled Regions Total distribution data holding in OBIS: 5,253,721 records, 50,932 scientific names, 38,012 species
Ocean Realm Field Projects BOUNDARIES • Nearshore - Natural Geography In Shore Areas (NaGISA) - Coral Reef Ecosystems (GCCRE) • Coastal- Gulf of Maine Area Census (GOMA) - Gulf of Mexico: Past, Present, Future (GOMx) - Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) • Continental Margins – Continental Margins Ecosystems (CoMargE) • Abyssal Plain – Census of Diversity of Abyssal Marine Life (CeDAMar) • Ice Oceans - Arctic Ocean Diversity (ArcOD) - Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML) • Active Geology - Chemosynthetic Ecosystems (ChEss) - Census of Seamounts (CenSeam) CENTRAL • Drifters – Census of Marine Zooplankton (CMarZ) • Swimmers - Tagging of Pacific Pelagics (TOPP) • Deep Oceanic - Mid-Atlantic Ridge Ecosystems (MAR-ECO) • Microbes – International Census of Marine Microbes (ICOMM)
Global Census of Seamounts CenSeam
Taxonomically Diversified Global Census of Coral Reef Ecosystems
Continental Margin Ecosystems CoMargE
FY2005 NOPP-funded Projects Continuous shelf-scale fish populations from ocean-waveguide acoustics: Makris (MIT) Novel acoustic techniques measure schooling in pelagic fish: Benoit-Bird (Oregon State University) Mid-frequency sonar for fisheries applications: Horne (University of Washington) LIDAR habitat mapping and epipelagic fish detection: Churnside (NOAA)
Continuous shelf-scale fish populations from ocean-waveguide acoustics Makris et al. MIT GOMA
MAR-ECO pictures of new Enteropneust family Gage Holland et al. Nature, March 2005
Distribution Endangered Green Sturgeon
Adding biology to GOOS fishing boat auv
POST scale-up Ocean Migration and Physics Array (OMAPA)
Data from TOPP/SMRU Elephant Seal Tracks 2004
Data from TOPP/SMRU Elephant Seal Tracks 2004
Thermal & Chlorophyll Profiles from a California Current Tuna oC Depth Chlorophyll
TOPP + CAML Southern Ocean Elephant Seals
Leatherback Tracking TOPPBathymetry vs. SST 0 10 20 30 90 80
Data from TOPP/SMRU Leatherback Sea Turtle Tracks
High-use habitat and threats to leatherback sea turtles in northern waters Spatial use 38 turtles James, Ottensmeyer & Myers Ecology Letters, 2005
All species > 18 kg decline by a factor of 10 FMAP Ward and Myers Ecology in press
Salem Beverly Fishing Journals 150 Year Old Cod Fishery Rosenberg et al. Frontiers in Ecology 2005 Chapman-DeLury Catch Per Unit Effort CodBiomass Scotian Shelf HMAP
C O M L & A r t C O M L & C B O L
COML Research Plan Yarincik, K. and O'Dor, R.K. (2005 in press) The Census of Marine Life: goals, scope and strategy. O'Dor, R.K. and Gallardo, V.A. (2005 in press) How to census marine life: ocean realm field projects. Scientia Marina - 50th Anniversary Volume