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The Census of Marine Life pilot project PATTERNS AND PROCESSES OF THE ECOSYSTEMS OF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC. www.mar-eco.no. International Steering Group. Norwegian Core Group. Public Outreach Group. Component themes:. Support projects:. Data mining. Pelagic nekton, PN.
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The Census of Marine Life pilot project PATTERNS AND PROCESSES OF THE ECOSYSTEMS OF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC www.mar-eco.no
International Steering Group Norwegian Core Group Public Outreach Group Component themes: Support projects: Data mining Pelagic nekton, PN Demersal nekton, DN Technology Methods • Environment • bathymetry, substrate • oceanography Epibenthos Zooplankton, Z
PN1 Z1 DN1 DN4 Z4 DN2 PN2 Z2 Seabird & mammal study DN3 International Steering Group and Secretariat Public Outreach Group Component projects: Support projects: Data mining Technology Methods • Environment • bathymetry, substrate • oceanography National Consortia (UK, Norway, Germany, USA?)
Organisation and priority of components PN1 Z1 1 DN1 DN2 DN4 PN2 Z4 Z2 2 Seabird & mammal study 3 DN3
Component projects Zooplankton studies: Co-ordinators: Olafur Asthorsson, Ulf Båmstedt Z1:Distribution, abundance, and species composition of zooplankton in cross-frontal and cross-ridge transects of the mid-Atlantic Ridge. PIs: Tone Falkenhaug, Webjørn Melle (Norway) Z2:Feeding behaviour and swimming mode of gelatinous zooplankton and nekton. PIs: Ulf Båmstedt (Sweden), Marsh Youngbluth (USA) Z4: Trophic structure of major copepods, euphausids and fish larvae across the mid-Atlantic Ridge. PI: Asthor Gislasson (Iceland)
Pelagic nekton studies: Co-ordinators: Uwe Piatkowski, Olav Rune Godø PN1:Longitudinal and latitudinal changes in mesopelagic/ bathypelagic nektonic fauna (fish, cephalopods and crustaceans) along MAR. PIs: Uwe Piatkowski (Germany), Tracey Sutton (USA) PN2:Interactions of mesopelagic and bathypelagic fauna with the benthopelagic community associated with MAR seamounts/ slopes. PI: Åge Høines (Norway), Bernd Christiansen (Germany). Associated study (PN3): Cetacean and seabird distribution, migration and behaviour (Skov, Nøttestad, Waring)
Demersal nekton studies: Co-ordinator: Franz Uiblein DN1:Distribution patterns and species composition of demersal fishes in relation to habitat variability on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. PIs: Franz Uiblein (Austria), Ingvar Huse (Norway). DN2:Spatial genetic structure of deep-sea fish from the North Atlantic. PI: A. Rus Hoelzel (UK) DN3:Epibenthic and Benthopelagic (Demersal) Invertebrate communities, distribution and ecology. PI: David Billett (UK). DN4: Life history studies of demersal fishes. PI: Maurice Clarke (Irel.)