ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION PROPOSAL COVER SHEET Project Information Principal Investigators Amount Requested: $899,995 Requested Start Date: October 1, 2010 Melbourne G. Briscoe, Research Director Kristen Yarincik, Senior Program Manager Consortium for Ocean Leadership 1201 New York Ave. NW, 4 th Floor Washington, D.C. 20005 USA Phone: 202‐787‐1616 / 202‐448‐1237 Fax: 202‐332‐8887 E‐mail: [email protected] / [email protected]Requested End Date: November 30, 2011 Project Goal To capitalize on the success of the Census of Marine Life Decade of Discovery events that will take place in London in October 2010. Objectives To meet our obligations to the public in terms of an increased desire for information about marine life; to meet the needs of user community with respect to information, data and applications; to provide evaluations of the Census model for guiding future complex international programs; and to make scientific recommendations for the future. Proposed Activities Respond to requests for information and briefings; support and participate in workshops and briefing events of the Census National and Regional Committees; facilitate internal and external evaluations of the Census program; maintain the global network of Census scientists; organize a workshop on Census community recommendations for future research; and maintain a web presence and databases; and finally archive the program. Expected Products Online, accessible library of Census program documentation; internal (SSC) and external evaluations of the program; national and regional workshops; community workshop at the 2 nd World Conference on Marine Biodiversity and a workshop report; and archived Census websites. Expected Outcomes Greater and more focused conveyance of Census findings and applications after the Decade of Discovery Events in London; Better informed and more interested policy makers, conservation organizations, governments, and public; Lessons, models and documentation for the planning and implementation that can be used for future international science programs; Science community agreement on directions for a follow on marine biodiversity program.
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ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION PROPOSAL COVER SHEET Project Information Principal Investigators Amount Requested: $899,995
Requested Start Date:
October 1, 2010 Melbourne G. Briscoe, Research Director Kristen Yarincik, Senior Program Manager
Consortium for Ocean Leadership 1201 New York Ave. NW, 4th Floor Washington, D.C. 20005 USA Phone: 202‐787‐1616 / 202‐448‐1237 Fax: 202‐332‐8887 E‐mail: [email protected] / [email protected]
Requested End Date:
November 30, 2011
Project Goal To capitalize on the success of the Census of Marine Life Decade of Discovery events that will take place in London in October 2010. Objectives To meet our obligations to the public in terms of an increased desire for information about marine life; to meet the needs of user community with respect to information, data and applications; to provide evaluations of the Census model for guiding future complex international programs; and to make scientific recommendations for the future. Proposed Activities Respond to requests for information and briefings; support and participate in workshops and briefing events of the Census National and Regional Committees; facilitate internal and external evaluations of the Census program; maintain the global network of Census scientists; organize a workshop on Census community recommendations for future research; and maintain a web presence and databases; and finally archive the program. Expected Products
Online, accessible library of Census program documentation; internal (SSC) and external evaluations of the program; national and regional workshops; community workshop at the 2nd World Conference on Marine Biodiversity and a workshop report; and archived Census websites. Expected Outcomes Greater and more focused conveyance of Census findings and applications after the Decade of Discovery Events in London; Better informed and more interested policy makers, conservation organizations, governments, and public; Lessons, models and documentation for the planning and implementation that can be used for future international science programs; Science community agreement on directions for a follow on marine biodiversity program.
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Mr. Jesse Ausubel, Vice President of Programs Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 630 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2550 New York, NY 10111-0242 Dear Jesse, On behalf of the Census of Marine Life International Scientific Steering Committee, I write in support of the final Census of the Marine Life proposal, ‘Following up on the Decade of Discovery.’ This proposal will support Census activities in 2011. After ten years of exciting discovery and global synthesis, the Census community has demonstrated a global survey of ocean life was possible and, in doing so, significantly enhanced understanding of the diversity, distribution, and abundance of marine life – past, present, and future. The Census is a truly innovative program that is addressing one of the most important questions for the globe – understanding ocean life. It is a successful, complex program focused on a difficult task and will have both immediate impact and many enduring legacies. It is the first global marine biodiversity program, representing an enormous and challenging endeavour that required new innovative approaches. In implementing the program, the Census took a different approach to management and operations. The management structure and the selection of projects, planning, and coordination were done in a way that departed from the normal procedures used in analogous international programs. The benefits were the rapid development of a suite of truly international projects, and flexibility to allow the addition of more as the program developed. The 2,700 scientists from 80 countries making up the Census community recognize and thank the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for providing the opportunity to undertake this important and exciting task. It was a challenging task for all, but also an enjoyable one. It stimulated us intellectually, and we have all learned a lot. As well as having important science, policy, and management impacts, the Program has changed, in a positive way, the approach many marine scientists take to doing their science and, importantly, has created global scientific networks that put us in a much improved position to address the ongoing challenges of our oceans. The October 2010 ‘Decade of Discovery’ events and the many Census 2010 products will generate significant interest in the Census of Marine Life from the scientific and user communities, as well as the public. After ten years, it is also the time to reflect on our work to document what we did well and opportunities for improvement. This information will be of great value to others trying to answer questions that require global cooperation. The 2011 Proposal will value add to the success of the London events and the 2,600+ peer reviewed publications, 34+ books, and 44+ special collections and volumes of the Census by communicating results, encouraging application and uptake of Census information, documenting what we did well and improvement opportunities, and facilitating a workshop for the Census community to plan the second Census of Marine Life. Thank you for this opportunity, and please let me know if you have any questions about the proposal. Yours sincerely, Ian Poiner, PhD FTSE CEO, Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) Chair, International Scientific Steering Committee, Census of Marine Life Census of Marine Life 2010: A Decade of Discovery to be released October 2010
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Following up on the Decade of Discovery A Proposal to Wind-down Census 2010 and Wind-up Census Legacy Activities
WHERE THINGS STAND FOR THE 2010 CENSUS In 2000, the Census of Marine Life, an international research program encompassing more than
2,700 participants from 80+ nations, set out to demonstrate that a global survey of ocean life was
possible and, in doing so, significantly enhance understanding of the diversity, distribution, and
abundance of marine life – past, present, and future. Ten years later, the Census has achieved this
goal and is in the final stages of aggregating and synthesizing data into a variety of products to
convey its findings to the world on October 4, 2010 during the Census’ Decade of Discovery
events in London (Appendix 1). The reports of Census research constitute a baseline of
information, covering all major habitats and taxa in the ocean, which is accessible and usable by
governments, academic institutions, industry, and the public.
With less than three months until the London events, the full scope of Census products that are
available or will be available by October 2010, as well as others to be published in the months
following, is becoming clear. They are too numerous (Appendix 2) to present in detail here, but
discussion of a few key products shows their breadth in terms of formats and audiences.
A summary report of the Census will serve as the most accessible, distributable, and easily read
and digested product describing the entirety of the Census, covering the major findings in
diversity, distribution, and abundance, the participation, organizational structures and
approaches, and the legacies. The report is in draft form currently and will be reviewed by the
Census community during a workshop on 21-23 July at the University of Rhode Island (URI). It
is on track for release on October 4, when it will be: distributed to all participants of the Decade
of Discovery events; accessible in electronic format on the Census Portal (www.coml.org and
www.coml2010.org); shipped to each Census Project and National and Regional Committee
BUDGET JUSTIFICATION There are some risks and contingencies associated with this proposal and budget, which are
outlined in Appendix 5.
Personnel
We believe there is a need, as expressed in the plan of work described in this proposal, to
maintain a full staff from January through June 2011 (funds for staff time from October through
December 2010 are covered by Sloan grant 2008-3-8). Less support will be required once the
majority of tasks are completed, though requests may continue and organization of the WCMB II
Community Workshop will be needed. Two full time employees at Ocean Leadership have been
budgeted from June through November 2011.
Ocean Leadership personnel included in this proposal are listed in the budget along with their
level of effort (in hours) for each fiscal year. Melbourne Briscoe, Ocean Leadership’s Director of
Research and Education, provides high level guidance to the team. Kristen Yarincik, the co-
Principal Investigator of this proposal and Senior Program Manager, will have responsibility for
the budget and oversight of all tasks included under this proposal. Michael Feldman, Program
Manager, will share responsibility with Ms. Yarincik for implementing tasks, and funds are
included in the budget to cover their time for the duration of the period of this proposal. They
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will be supported by two Program Associates (Melissa Brodeur and Heather Mannix) and a
Program Assistant (Brett VanLandingham), and funds are included to cover six months of each
of their time (50% FTE each). These five individuals comprise the core Secretariat and U.S.
Program Office staffs that have worked full-time on the Census of Marine Life throughout the
previous grant period (and in some cases much longer). A modest amount of time (0.06 FTE) for
the Meeting & Travel Planner (Maureen Crane), whose assistance is essential in organizing
travel and processing travel reimbursement, is also supported in the budget. In total, the budget
provides support for 3.4 FTEs.
Sub-Contracts
In addition to the staff at Ocean Leadership, the budget supports sub-contracts to the University
of Rhode Island Foundation and Ms. Darlene Crist. URI has hosted the Census Education &
Outreach Team since 2002, and that Team maintains responsibility for critical communications
tools, namely the Census web portal, bibliographic and community databases, and a library of
image and video assets, that must remain accessible, up-to-date, and functional into 2011. The
sub-contract ($50K) will provide salary support to ensure one full-time staff member is in place
to manage these assets from January through June 2011 (6 months or 0.5 FTE), as well as
modest contingency funds to fix equipment and server problems. The sub-contract will be
implemented through the URI Foundation, which will not require indirect costs on the funds.
Darlene Crist has been the primary point of contact for media and public inquiries to the Census.
Following the October 2010 “Decade of Discovery” events, we expect a number of requests for
imagery and information from the media, including journalists, authors, filmmakers, and others,
for which Ms. Crist’s experience and expertise is critical. The sub-contract ($50K) will keep her
involved from January through June 2011.
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As indicated in Appendix 3, many of the Census NRICs will organize National and Regional
Workshops in the months following the London events to communicate the Census findings and
to explore topics for future marine research in the regions. Ocean Leadership will provide
financial support to these workshops through this proposal, as well as facilitate access to Census
materials and presentations and coordination of Leadership Committee participation. Of the 13
NRICs, ten have already begun planning activities, though three of these (Canada, Chile, and the
U.S.) do not need funding from Ocean Leadership. To support local travel for organizers and
logistical support, international travel for Census leadership, venue hire, catering, and other
direct costs, it is estimated that $20K will be needed for each workshop. The six NRICs requiring
funds for their planned events (Australia, Caribbean, Europe, India, Indonesia, and Japan) have
already provided proposals for their events (Appendix 6), and cases where the requested amount
differed from $20K are reflected in the budget. Contingency support of $20K each is included
for two additional National and Regional Workshops, bringing the total number of workshops
supported through this proposal to eight. As appropriate, these will be supported as sub-awards
to the NRIC host organizations, though there may be some instances where only travel support is
needed and is most easily handled by Ocean Leadership directly.
Meeting Travel and Support
We have used a combination of historic figures from past Census-related travel and the U.S.
Government per diem rates to calculate average travel costs per person for each Legacy Briefing.
The budget for travel is divided between staff and non-staff travel support (about $2400 per
person per trip, covering flights, ground transportation, hotel, and per diem) and provides funds
for three people to travel to each Legacy Briefing, based on 17 trips.
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The same travel estimates were used in budget to organize the Community Workshop, to be held
during the 2nd World Conference on Marine Biodiversity (WCMB II). We anticipate a workshop
of about 50 participants, primarily drawn from WCMB II registrants so that travel for the
majority of participation is not required. We have included travel support for four people to
ensure essential representation from the Leadership Committee and logistical support. We have
also included funds for venue hire and catering (totaling $2500) for this side meeting. The
meeting will take place in Aberdeen, UK, and we note the current exchange rate is 1.51 USD to
1.00 GBP (June 30, 2010).
Program Manager Michael Feldman has been located in Chicago, IL, with an office at the John
G. Shedd Aquarium, since 2008. His management of U.S. Census activities has been critical over
the past few years and he will continue to play a key role in the 2011 scope of work. As a result,
an additional request of travel support is included in the budget to ensure that he can return to
Washington, DC at least every other month (5 trips at $500 each).
Other Direct Costs
Funds are requested for Materials, Supplies, Printing, Conference Calls, and Shipping and are in-
line with both historic expenditures and anticipated needs for this grant period. We also request
support for Office Rental and Support Service for maintaining the Census office at Ocean
Leadership.
Indirect Costs
Indirect costs at the rate of 15% are requested on all direct costs, excluding Office Rental and
Support Service and Subcontract Costs in excess of $100K each year.
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APPENDIX 1: OUTLINE OF DECADE OF DISCOVERY OF DISCOVERY EVENTS
Dates: 3-7 October 2010
Location: London, UK
General Notes: In this document, “Census London Events Team” refers to logistical and key staff from the Secretariat and E&O.
Smooth Events is the London-based Event Management Company hired by the Census to fully oversee event logistics.
While most information in this document is considered final, some details are still evolving.
Sunday, October 3rd
Venue: The Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BS 8:00-11:00 AM Technical, Film Production, and AV Set-up (actual time to be confirmed) 11:00 AM-3:00 PM Rehearsal for News Conference at Royal Institution (actual time to be
confirmed) Goal: To perform a technical and content rehearsal of the News Conference to ensure all participants understand their respective roles and know what to expect to help the program run as smoothly as possible; to explain the proceedings of the news conference, review potentially controversial questions and appropriate responses, and address any concerns of the presenters. An ancillary goal is to set-up the space (including stage, audio visual and film production equipment, tables, displays, banners, signage, etc.), which can be kept in place over night. Participants: Census London Events Team, National Geographic production crew, News Conference Moderator and Panel members, Project & NRIC spokespersons, and Smooth Events (~70 people) 3:00-4:00PM Event Logistical Meeting (actual time TBD) Goal: To perform a final check on program logistics, to update the Census London Events Team and Event Management Company staff on their roles/responsibilities, to stuff and organize the “goody bags” of giveaway items, and to set up tables, displays, etc. for news conference the next day (if items can be left in the space overnight). Participants: Smooth Events, Census London Events Team, and other event-related staff as necessary (~20-30 people). Volunteers welcome for goody bag stuffing. Monday, October 4th
Venue: The Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BS 8-10 AM Final Physical Set-up of Stage, Reception Area, etc. (actual time to be
confirmed)
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Note: This can most likely be done (or mostly done) on Sunday, October 3rd for rehearsal and left securely overnight, but time is allocated on Monday as contingency. Necessary participation for this includes Census London Events Team, National Geographic production crew, Smooth Events, and other staff as necessary, including Royal Institution staff 10:00 AM-12:00 PM Technical Run-through of News Conference
Census London Events Team, National Geographic production crew, News Conference Moderator and Panel members, Project & NRIC spokespersons, and Smooth Events. (~80 people)
12:00-1:00 PM Lunch & Presenters Meeting Census London Events Team, National Geographic production crew, News
Conference Moderator and Panel members, and Smooth Events (~40 people) 12:30-1:30 PM Guests arriving for News Conference 1:30-5:00 PM News Conference on the Census of Marine Life 2010 Logistical information:
• No laptops will be allowed in the auditorium during the News Conference. • The News Conference will be filmed for webcast and potentially other uses, so we ask everyone to please
dress in professional attire. • There will be giveaways at the events, including copies of at least two of the forthcoming Census of Marine
Life books – Please plan to need some extra space in your suitcase going home! Goal: To brief the media and the global public about the Census, announce its scientific advances and findings and explain their importance for society. Special invitations coordinated by the Census Program Office will be extended to chief scientists from key Census participant countries, government resource managers and policy makers and international and intergovernmental bodies overseeing marine biological resources and related issues with the goal that they would utilize Census information in their work and lead a call for additional research and monitoring in the field of marine biodiversity – remarks from national government representatives to this effect. Audience/Participants: Members of the international news media, 300 members of the Census “community,” and special guests by invitation (minimum 300 people up to capacity—440 people) Format: News conference and questions from the media. This is followed by a “Town Hall” style public seminar incorporating video elements. A brief video will introduce each themed segment of the presentation, each followed by a moderated discussion by a panel of Census representatives. The program will conclude with remarks from 3-5 dignitaries representing the stakeholder or user community (Wendy Watson-Wright of IOC and others to be confirmed). 5:00-7:00 PM Reception Goal: To answer questions and engage in more intimate and specific discussion with invited guests from world governments who can use and continue to fund similar research to that conducted by the Census. Audience/Participants: Members of the international news media (though many likely will not stay), Census community, and guests by invitation (minimum 300 people up to capacity—440 people). Note: Some press may be conducting individual interviews with Census scientists after the News Conference. These interviews will be conducted in small rooms at the Royal Institution and coordinated by the Census London Events Team who will be handling all interactions with the press during the News Conference. Format: Light hors d’oeuvres & drinks. Invited toasts.
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Tuesday, October 5th
8:30 AM-6:00 PM Symposium Venue: The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG Goals: To summarize what was learned, advanced, inspired, achieved and not achieved, and what could have been done differently or better during this ten-year initiative. Designed to be an interactive and thought-provoking look at the past ten years’ accomplishments and outcomes, this two-day science symposium will incorporate the major achievements of each project/element of the Census, challenge the Census community to address controversial issues in its current and future research and provide a look forward to the next steps for marine biodiversity research. Presentations will incorporate visualizations, graphics, and images. Side room reserved for media interview purposes. Audience/Participants: A more internal audience – Census community & partners. Open to science media and invited guests of the October 4th New Conference. (~300-400 people: capacity in main hall—300 people, 100 extra in “overflow room”) Format: Conference plenary style. Morning and afternoon breaks during sessions, as well as a lunch break. Poster session. Evening (TENTATIVE) Book Signing Event Venue: To be determined. We are still trying to identify a venue with the space, appropriateness, and capability for this event. Goals: To attract public attention and sales to the Knowlton and Snelgrove books (possibly others as well) Audience: The public and patrons of the store where the signing is held. The Census community will be encouraged to attend. Capacity: Unlimited (?), assuming constant traffic flow Wednesday, October 6th
8:30 AM-4:30 PM Symposium Venue: The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG Goals: To summarize what was learned, advanced, inspired, achieved and not achieved, and what could have been done differently or better during this ten-year initiative. Designed to be an interactive and thought-provoking look at the past ten years’ accomplishments and outcomes, this two-day science symposium will incorporate the major achievements of each project/element of the Census, challenge the Census community to address controversial issues in its current and future research and provide a look forward to the next steps for marine biodiversity research. Presentations will incorporate visualizations, graphics, and images. Audience/Participants: A more internal audience – Census community & partners. Open to science media and invited guests of the October 4th New Conference. (~300-400 people: capacity in main hall—300 people, 100 extra in “overflow room”) Format: Conference plenary style. Morning and afternoon breaks during sessions, as well as a lunch break. Poster session. 4:30-5:00 PM Participants can hold individual discussions at their hotels, explore London and
prepare for the evening’s festivities.
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7:30 PM-12:00 AM Celebration Venue: Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD Goals: To celebrate and honor ten years of dedication and hard work by the more than 2,700 Census scientists who made the Census possible and those who provided the funding and supported the infrastructure and research to bring the Census Program together. Audience: Census community, guests by invitation, spouses welcome (Up to 500 people) Format: Buffet dinner, beer, wine & toasting beverages. No formal presentations, but some toasts, recognition of SSC and sponsors, Galatée footage viewing. Premier of Census of Marine Life song. Thursday, October 7th 9:30 AM-1:00 PM Census Leadership meeting with Project Leaders Venue: The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG Goals: To address science questions and goals for the future, what are the biggest achievable gaps, reassessment of KUU. Group photo. Audience: The SSC, Synthesis Group, Project Leaders (approximately 60 people) Format (both morning and afternoon): Usual SSC meeting style with lunch catered (all catering at Royal Society will be handled by their in-house catering staff and menu will be selected by Census Program Office and Smooth Events). “U” or circular table set up arranged by Royal Society staff and Smooth Events (Note: May need to be theater style seating to accommodate this number). 2:00 PM-5:30 PM Census Leadership meeting with NRIC Chairs Venue: The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG Goals: To strategize and plan for national and regional follow-up from London. Group photo. Audience: The SSC, Synthesis Group, NRIC Chairs (approximately 60 people)
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APPENDIX 2: CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE 2010 MAJOR PRODUCTS
This document lists the full suite of major, program-wide products produced through synthesis efforts. While it does list books and special journal issues of the individual Projects or NRICs, it does not tackle products of the invididual Projects and NRICs at the level of individual papers. Current products throughout the duration of the Census currently total more than 2,600 (refer to the bibliographic database). Status indicated on each product in this document is up to date as of July 20, 2010, but note that it changes on a daily basis. Status Key:
• Published • Likely by October 2010
• Possible by October 2010 • Not likely by or after October 2010
Scientific Products
Status Product Point Person(s) Publication Target & Date
• NRIC Synthesis Collection in PLoS-ONE – Marine Biodiversity and Biogeography: Regional Comparisons of Global Issues
Patricia Miloslavich, Charles Griffiths, Michele DuRand
2 August 2010
• Census Digest Book – Discoveries of the Census of Marine Life: Making Ocean Life Count: (Cambridge University Press)
Paul Snelgrove October 2010
• Project Synthesis Contributed Chapter Book – Life in the World’s Oceans: Diversity, Distribution, and Abundance (Edited by Alasdair D. McIntyre, 2010, Blackwell Publishing Ltd. (Oxford) 384 pages)
Alasdair McIntyre, Michele DuRand
September 2010
• Final report of the of the 2010 Census of Marine Life, consisting of 2 parts (print and web-based): 1) The “Book of Records” report summarizing the Census findings by DDA and how we did it; 2) A PowerPoint presentation of images and figures in the Book of Records with a running narrative that anyone asked to present the Census findings can use
Jesse Ausubel, Darlene Crist, Sara Hickox
October 2010
• Papers from Cross-Project efforts (see below for details) Cross-Project Leaders, Michele DuRand
Throughout 2010
• PLoS collections (see below for details) and other input to PLoS Biodiversity Hub
Jesse Ausubel, Collection Organizers and Authors
Throughout 2010 (Hub to be officially launched Oct 4th)
• SSC (individual or collaborative) essays, synthesis papers, personal reflections (see below for details)
SSC Members, Kristen Yarincik
Throughout 2010
• Synthesis papers and products of individual projects (see below for details on major products)
Project Principal Investigators
2009-2010
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• Memo or paper on internal evaluation of the Census program Ian Poiner, SSC December 2010
• Paper(s) on Lessons Learned (external evaluation) of Census program
David Penman April 2011
Cross-Project Efforts in Diversity, Distribution, and Abundance
Status Product Point Person(s) Publication Target & Date
• Global patterns and predictors of marine biodiversity across taxa
Derek Tittensor et al.
Nature – to be published 28 July 2010
• Tagging of Pacific Pelagics: Tracking Apex Marine Predator Movements in a Dynamic Ocean
Barb Block et al. Nature (Submitted 1 June, awaiting decision)
• Human footprint on the linkage between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in reef fishes
Camilo Mora et al. To be submitted to PLoS Biology (update 13 July)
• The global ecology of rarity in the oceans Aaron MacNeil, Julian Caley et al.
To be submitted to Science
• Fast versus slow environmental fluctuations as drivers of biodiversity change
Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi, Camilo Mora et al.
To be submitted to PLoS Biology or Ecology Letters
• From past to future – opportunities for recovery of marine populations and ecosystems
Brian MacKenzie et al.
Will become 2 manuscripts: one on Baltic cod for PLoS ONE, one on swordfish for TBD
• Bipolarity in marine invertebrates: myth or marvel Louise Allcock et al.
To be submitted to PLoS ONE
• Biodiversity of Deep-Sea Macrofauna as a Function of Food Supply
Gil Rowe, Chih-Lin Wei
To be submitted to PLoS Biology
• Untangling the roles of physical environment variables in shaping biodiversity patterns within seabed assemblages from contrasting marine ecosystems
Roland Pitcher, Peter Lawton et al.
Submitted to Ecology (Reports)
• New estimates of the known and unknown species richness in the global ocean
Geoff Boxshall, Philippe Bouchet, Derek Tittensor
Authors in discussion, also considering Mark Costello is working on expert taxonomist approach
• HNS synthesis (formerly Tom Trott): Wide-spread loss of biodiversity in the marine near-shore parallels the terrestrial environment)
Nova Mieszkowska & Angela Mead
Manuscript in progress comparing two regions; anticipated submission by October 2010
• In situ measurement of coastal ocean movements and survival of juvenile salmon
David Welch Submitted to Science 2 July
• Four regional marine biodiversity studies: approaches and application to ecosystem-based management
Sara Ellis To be submitted to PLoS ONE (publication October 2010)
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• Barcodes for 50K species covering broad taxonomic range; An updated “leafy” evolutionary tree (in collaboration with CBOL)
Dirk Steinke PLoS ONE collection launched 28 June 2010 (see below)
• Range maps for a number of marine species Edward Vanden Berghe, Pat Halpin
Will be published online (AquaMaps) (ongoing)
• Marine biomes of the world: what primary data tell us about biogeography
Mark Costello Submitted to Science
• New estimates of biomass Elva Escobar, Gilbert Rowe
To be submitted to PLoS ONE (by mid-July)
• Estimate of changes in animal size distribution Boris Worm To be submitted by October (TBD)
• Deep, diverse and definitely different: unique attributes of the world’s largest ecosystem (SYNDEEP)
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Kristen Yarincik October 2010
• The Census of Marine Life and the Ecosystem Approach to Management of the Oceans
Mike Sinclair, Meryl Williams, Serge Garcia
Submitted to Fisheries Research – anticipate publication by October 2010
• The Next Census of Marine Life Ron O’Dor Submitted to Nature (Opinion), in review – anticipate publication by October 2010
• Making Marine Life Count: Policy Implications of the Census of Marine Life
Meryl Williams et al.
To be submitted by end July to Science (Policy Forum) – anticipate publication late 2010
• Impact of CoML on our perspectives of the Ocean Sun Song Completed, determine where to submit
• The impact of the Census on the way we do large-scale science – with a specific focus on the deep sea
Myriam Sibuet, Fred Grassle
In prep
• Census applications for identifying Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas
Pat Halpin, Edward Vanden Berghe
In Prep
• Life Sinks– an essay exploring distribution forces and biodiversity accumulation in the oceans compared with on land
David Farmer, Tim Shank, Ron O’Dor
In Prep
Major products of the Projects and NRICs: Books, Special Issues, and Collections
Status Product Point Person(s)
Publication Target & Date
• CeDAMar: 26 papers in a Special Issue of Deep Sea Research II on “ANDEEP (Antarctic benthic DEEP-sea) biodiversity: colonization history and recent community patterns: a tribute to Howard L. Sanders”
Angelika Brandt and Brigitte Hilbig (eds)
DSRII 51(14-16): 1457-1920 (July-August 2004)
• CeDAMar: 19 papers in a Special Volume of Organisms, Diversity & Evolution
Pedro Martínez Arbizu
Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 5(1): 1-238 (18 February 2005)
• OBIS: Theme section in Marine Ecology Progress Series, including 10 papers on ocean biodiversity informatics
Mark Costello, Edward Vanden Berghe, H.I. Browman
MEPS 316: 201-310 (3 July 2006) (open access online)
• CeDAMar: 17 papers in a Special Issue of Deep Sea Research II on “ANtarctic benthic DEEP-sea biodiversity: colonisation history and recent community patterns (ANDEEP-III)”
Angelika Brandt, Brigitte Ebbe (eds)
DSRII 54(16-17): 1645-1904 (August 2007)
• HMAP: Special issue of Fisheries Research on “History of Marine Animal Populations and their Exploitation in Northern Europe”
Henn Ojaveer, Brian MacKenzie (eds)
Fisheries Research 87(2-3): 101-262 (November 2007)
• EuroCoML invastions project: Assessment of biopollution in aquatic ecosystems
Sergej Olenin et al.
Marine Pollution Bulletin 55 (2007) 379–394
• EuroCoML invastions project: Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis in the Baltic Sea—a supply-side invader?
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• MAR-ECO: 22 papers in a Special issue of Deep Sea Research II on “Mid-Atlantic Ridge Habitats and Biodiversity”
JDM Gordon, Odd Aksel Bergstad, Tone Falkenhaug (eds)
DSRII 55(1-2): 1-268 (January 2008)
• MAR-ECO: 11 papers in a thematic issue of Marine Biology Research on “Benthic fauna of the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge: results of the MAR-ECO expedition”
Andrey Gebruk (ed)
Marine Biology Research 4(1-2): 1-163 (March 2008)
• CeDAMar: 24 papers in a Special Issue of Zootaxa on “Bringing light into deep-sea biodiversity” (new abyssal species published)
Pedro Martínez Arbizu, Saskia Brix
Zootaxa 1866: 1-574 (3 September 2008)
• HMAP: “Oceans Past: Management Insights from the History of Marine Animal Population” (papers from the first Oceans Past Conference)
David Starkey, Poul Holm, Michaela Barnard
Earthscan – published 2008
• HMAP: Book titled “Beyond the Catch: Fisheries of the North Atlantic, the North Sea and the Baltic, 900-1850”
Louis Sicking, Darlene Abreu-Ferreira
BRILL – Published 2008
• COMARGE: 21 papers in a Special Issue of Deep-Sea Research II on “The Deep Gulf of Mexico Benthos Program”
Gil Rowe, Chuck Kennicutt (eds)
DSRII 55(24-26): 2535-2712 (December 2008)
• COMARGE: 17 papers in a Special issue of Deep-Sea Research II on “Benthic Biological and Biogeochemical Patterns and Processes Across an Oxygen Minimum Zone (Pakistan Margin, NE Arabian Sea)”
Greg Cowie, Lisa Levin (eds)
DSRII 56(6-7): 261-502 (March 2009)
• CeDAMar: 29 papers in a Special Issue of Zootaxa on “Deep-sea taxonomy — a contribution to our knowledge of biodiversity” (new abyssal species published)
Wiebke Brökeland, Kai Horst George
Zootaxa 2096: 1-488 (11 May 2009)
• COMARGE: 17 papers in a Special Issue of Deep Sea Research II on “Deep-Sea Benthic Ecosystems of the Equatorial African Margin: The Multidisciplinary BIOZAIRE Program – A Contribution to Census of Marine Life”
Myriam Sibuet, Annick Vangriesheim (eds)
DSRII 56(23): 2155-2404 (1 November 2009)
• HMAP: Book titled “Un altro mare: a Different Sea,” describing the history of fisheries and marine animal populations in the Northern Adriatic Sea and in the Venetian Lagoon in the last two centuries. (The book is written in Italian)
T. Fortibuoni, O. Giovanardi & S. Raicevich
Ed. Associazione “Tegnue di Chioggia – onlus” – published 2009
• HMAP: Book titled “Taiwanese Distant-Water Fisheries in Southeast Asia 1936-1977”
Henry T. Chen Research in Maritime History No. 39 – Published in 2009
• TOPP: A Special Issue of Endangered Species Research covering the latest achievements in the field of biologging presented at the Biologging III symposium
Steven Bograd, Barb Block
Endang Species Res 10: 1-367 (Dec 2009) (open access)
• ArcOD: Assessment of the abundance and diversity of sea ice biota. (Sea ice biota diversity methods)
Rolf Gradinger, Bodil Bluhm
Gradinger R, Bluhm BA (2009) In: Eicken H, Gradinger R, Salganek M, Shirasawa K, Perovich D, Leppäranta M (eds) Handbook on field techniques in sea ice research (a sea ice system services approach). University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks, pp. 283-300
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• CenSeam: The ecology of seamounts: Structure, function, and human impacts
Clark, Rowden, Schlacher et al.
Clark M.R. et al. (2010) Annual Review of Marine Science, 2, 253-278
• ArcOD: 13 papers in a Special Issue of Deep Sea Research II on “Observations and Exploration of the Arctic's Canada Basin and the Chukchi Sea: the Hidden Ocean and RUSALCA Expeditions” (Note: Some CMarZ papers included)
Bodil Bluhm, Katrin Iken, Russ Hopcroft (eds)
DSRII 57(1-2): 1-158 (January 2010)
• CeDAMar (related): Book titled “Deep-sea biodiversity: pattern and scale”
Michael Rex, Ron Etter
Harvard University Press – Published February 2010
• COMARGE: 16 papers in a Special Issue of Marine Ecology on “The roles of habitat heterogeneity in generating and maintaining biodiversity on continental margins – A Contribution to the Census of Marine Life”
Lisa Levin, Myriam Sibuet, Andrew Gooday, Craig Smith, Ann Vanreusel (eds)
• CenSeam: Papers and other contributions to a Special Issue of Oceanography on “Mountains in the Sea”
Tim Shank Oceanography 23(1) (March 2010)
• CenSeam: A special issue of Marine Ecology providing a balanced view on past and current ‘seamount paradigms’, including challenges to existing premises, representing the ‘key’ scientific outputs CenSeam
Mireille Consalvey
Marine Ecology – First 5 papers available early view online (will be open access)
• CeDAMar: 14 papers in a Special Issue of Deep Sea Research II on “Water Column and Seabed Studies at the PAP Sustained Observatory in the Northeast Atlantic” (the results of the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP) Time Series)
R.S. Lampitt, D.S.M. Billett and A.P. Martin (eds)
DSRII 57(15): 1267-1428 (1 August 2010)
• Sea ice meio- and macrofauna (Sea ice biota diversity synthesis, cross-cutting with CAML researcher)
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(eds)
• CeDAMar: Collection of papers in Marine Biodiversity based on results of December 2008 workshop on “cosmopolitanism in the deep sea” (unclear whether these will be published in same issue)
Pedro Martinez Marine Biodiversity – 2010
• Caribbean NRIC: 3-6 papers on Caribbean marine biodiversity from individual countries
Patricia Miloslavich
Marine Biodiversity – late 2010
• ArcOD: A Special Issue on “Arctic Marine Biodiversity” in Marine Biodiversity containing 12 synthesis papers from microbes to mammals
Bodil Bluhm, Rolf Gradinger, Russ Hopcroft (eds)
Marine Biodiversity – Current status (30Jun): 10 of 12 in review, final 2 next month. By October: accepted versions as PDF files, possibly available as ‘online first’
• CAML-COMARGE: Special Issue of Oecologia Brasiliensis on the deep connections between Antarctica and South-America (based on workshop at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 3-6 November 2009)
Helena Lavrado, Lúcia de Siqueira Campos
Oecologia Brasiliensis – to be published 2010
• COMARGE: A book on the biology (identification, ecology, biogeography) of squat lobsters
Gary Poore To be published November 2010
• HMAP: Book titled “Ocean Yields. A history of Marine Animal Harvests,” a general overview with a particular focus on extractions, impacts on ecosystems and impacts on human societies
Poul Holm, David Starkey
To be published end 2010
• HMAP: Book titled Ahab's Legacies: the geography of whales as seen by 19th century whalers, describing the historical distribution of populations of sperm, right, humpback and gray whales
Tim Smith, Randall Reeves
Forthcoming 2011 Proposed to Oxford University Press
• HMAP: Book titled Removeable Feast. An Environmental History of the World's Fisheries
Poul Holm & David J Starkey
Forthcoming 2011 Wiley Blackwell
• HMAP: Book titled Clearing the coastline: the nineteenth-century ecological and cultural transformation of Cape Cod.
McKenzie, M.G. Forthcoming 2011 University of New Hampshire Press, Hanover NH and London
Also see above under Collections for PLoS ONE
Public Products
Status Product Point Person(s)
Publication Target & Date
• World Ocean Census Darlene Crist Firefly – Published September 2009
• Life in the Mid-Atlantic Peter Boyle Bergen University – Published October 2009
• Wall & Digital Map (in collaboration with National Geographic)
Pat Halpin National Geographic – to be published October 2010
• Photo Exhibition, National Geographic Flagship Store in London (tentative)
Sara Hickox, Darlene Crist
October 2010 (tentative)
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• Citizens of the Sea: Wondrous Creatures from the Census of Marine Life
Nancy Knowlton National Geographic – to be released September 2010
• Journey into the Deep: Discovering New Ocean Creatures
Rebecca Johnson Millbrook Press – to be released September 2010
• Article in the October subscriber and newsstand issues of National Geographic magazine
Darlene Crist, Patricia Miloslavich
National Geographic – to be published October 2010
• Videos and vox pops highlighting the Census’ big messages and scientific accomplishments (produced by National Geographic)
Sara Hickox, Darlene Crist, Mark Bauman
To be featured on 2010 Portal and in London
• A series of videos on technology, habitats, and forces of change
Randy Kochevar To be featured on 2010 Portal and in London
• Project produced videos produced 2009-2010 Project leaders & E&O liaisons
To be featured on 2010 Portal and in London
• Galatée Oceans book, brochure (in multiple languages), film
Jesse Ausubel, Galatée Team
To be featured on 2010 Portal throughout 2010
• Google Earth Layer Pat Halpin, Sara Hickox
Available at http://earth.google.com/
• Summary reports of national and regional highlights (tentative)
Individual NRIC Chairs
To be available by October 2010
• BBC, National Geographic, and CBC Television documentaries (tentative)
Sara Hickox, Darlene Crist
To be available by October 2010
• Deeper than Light exhibit Jo Hoyer Traveling throughout 2009-2010
• Census Web Portal and 2010 website Sara Hickox http://www.coml.org and http://www.coml2010.org
• “Investigating Marine Life” web component of the Census portal, a comprehensive review of all the technologies utilized by Census scientists
Ed Urban, Sara Hickox
To be featured on Census Portal – available by October 2010
• Species pages for 80,000+ marine species (EOL) Jen Hammock Available at http://www.eol.org
• Suite of Census websites (Projects, NRICs, etc.) Project & NRIC teams
To be featured on Census Portal – updated by October 2010
• Census exhibit at National Geographic HQ, DC (tentative)
Sara Hickox, Darlene Crist
Late 2010 (tentative)
• YouTube Channel Chris Knowlton, Kristen Yarincik
Available at: http://www.youtube.com/user/censusofmarinelife
• Twitter page Sara Hickox, Darlene Crist
http://twitter.com/oceancensus
• Facebook Fan Page Kristen Yarincik http://www.facebook.com/pages/Census-of-Marine-Life/53194832013
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• Input to Smithsonian Oceans Portal Sara Hickox, Darlene Crist
Throughout 2010
• Input to National Geographic Oceans Portal Sara Hickox, Darlene Crist
Throughout 2010
Other Products of Interest
Status Product Point Person(s)
Publication Target & Date
• A Global Assessment of Salmon Aquaculture Impacts on Wild Salmonids
Jennifer S Ford, Ransom A Myers
PLoS Biology Published 12 February 2008 (open access online: doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060033)
• Neutrality and the Response of Rare Species to Environmental Variance
Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi et al.
PLoS ONE Published 23 July 2008 (open access online: doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002777)
• Long-Term GPS Tracking of Ocean Sunfish Mola mola Offers a New Direction in Fish Monitoring
David W. Sims et al.
PLoS ONE Published 9 October 2009 (open access online: doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007351)
• Feeding Ecology of Coryphaenoides rupestris from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Odd Aksel Bergstad et al.
PLoS ONE Published 3 May 2010 (open access online: doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010453
• The History of Makassan Trepang Fishing and Trade (An Oceans Past II conference contribution)
Kathleen Schwerdtner Máñez, Sebastian C A Ferse
PLoS ONE Published 29 June 2010 (open access online: doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011346)
• Distinguishing marine habitat classification concepts for ecological data management
Mark J. Costello MEPS 397: 253-268 (2009) doi: 10.3354/meps08317 (open access)
• Marine fish diversity: history of knowledge and discovery (Pisces)
William N. Eschmeyer et al.
Zootaxa 2525: 19-50 (2010) (open access)
• Observation of Ocean Biology on a Global Scale : Is New Technology Required for Bio-GOOS?
Gunn, J., Rogers, A. & Urban, E. (2010)
Proceedings of OceanObs’09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society (Vol. 1), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, Hall, J., Harrison, D.E. & Stammer, D., Eds., ESA Publication WPP-306.
• Impact of natural iron fertilization and enhanced carbon export on a Southern Ocean deep-sea ecosystem
Wolff, G.A. et al Submitted to Science
• Global phytoplankton decline over the past century Daniel G. Boyce, Marlon R. Lewis & Boris Worm
Nature (accepted)
• Overestimating fish counts by non-instantaneous visual censuses: consequences for population and community descriptions
Christine Ward-Paige, Joanna Mills Flemming, Heike K. Lotze
PLoS ONE In Press – to be published by October 2010 (paper accepted)
• Large-Scale Absence of Sharks on Reefs in the Greater-Caribbean: A Footprint of Human Pressures
Christine Ward-Paige, Camilo Mora, Heike Lotze et al. (note a RAM posthumous publication)
PLoS ONE In Press – to be published by October 2010 (paper accepted)
• Global diversity hotspots and conservation priorities for sharks
Lucifora L, García V, Worm B
PLoS ONE In Review – possibly published by October 2010
• Dynamic habitat models: Using telemetry data to understand fisheries bycatch
R. Zydelis et al. Submitted to Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B (In Review)
• Microbiological and biogeochemical processes building a food web based on natural asphalt and oil leakage from the deep Gulf of Mexico (draft title)
Boetius, A. et al. In prep, to be submitted by October (TBD)
• A paper stating the statistical problems associated with estimating numbers of species (for Significance, a magazine produced by the Royal Statistical Society)
Andy Solow, Derek Tittensor
Tentative (December 2010 quarterly issue)
• A review paper on DNA Barcoding entitled DNA Barcoding Marine Metazoa
Ann Bucklin, Dirk Steinke, Leo Blanco-Bercial
In Press (2011) Annual Review of Marine Science (doi: 10.1146/annurev-marine-120308-080950)
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APPENDIX 3: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL WORKSHOPS AND BRIEFING EVENTS
1) NRIC Workshops and Briefing Events requiring funds through this Proposal AUSTRALIA Funds Requested: $20,000 Date: October – December timeframe (to be determined) Location: Canberra, Australia Lead: Nic Bax Summary of Events: National release of the Census results to government ministers, agency heads, senior government officials, and media through a news release, reception, and a breakfast with Parliament. CARIBBEAN Funds Requested: $20,000 Date: November 2010 (to be confirmed) Location: Caracas, Venezuela Lead: Patricia Miloslavich Summary of Events: A symposium will be held to introduce and explain the Census findings to resource managers in the Caribbean who may use it to make informed policy decisions. INDIA Funds Requested: $20,000 Dates: December 11-12, 2010 Location: Kochi, India Lead: Mohideen Wafar Summary of Events: A two day event, held prior to and in conjunction with the Indian National Symposium on Marine Living Resources, will include a full-day symposium to present the scientific findings of the Census and Indian Ocean NRIC to the scientific community and also hold a session to discuss the future of marine biodiversity research in India. JAPAN
Funds Requested: $16,900 Dates: October 17-30, 2010 Location: Nagoya, Japan Lead: Kats Fujikura Summary of Events: A NaGISA Western Pacific symposium (October 23-24) at the Conference of Parties 10 (COP10) meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to discuss the regional findings and a Census Japan booth in the exhibit area to disseminate materials and allow for interaction with Census scientists. Notes: The Census international leadership will hold a side event at the COP10 meeting as well.
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EUROPE (DEEP SEA PROJECTS) Funds Requested: $8,500 Date: November 9, 2010 Location: London, United Kingdom Lead: Odd Askel Bergstad Summary of Events: Communication of the Census results (MAR-ECO, ChEss, COMARGE, CenSeam, and EuroCoML specifically) to North Atlantic intergovernmental management organizations (e.g., NEAFC, OSPAR) through a side-event during the 2010 NEAFC meeting. Notes: EuroCoML also plans to organize three briefings with regional European bodies prior to the London events in conjunction with the publication of the European PLoS ONE papers. INDONESIA Funds Requested: $20,000 Date: December 2010 or January 2011 (to be determined) Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Lead: Tonny Wagey Summary of Events: A two-day regional workshop for the Coral Triangle countries to discuss Census 2010 findings and discuss the future of marine biodiversity research in the region. 2) NRIC Workshops and Briefing Events planned and to be organized with existing funds CANADA Funds Requested: $0 (funded by Census Canada / CHONe) Date: To be determined Location: To be determined Lead: Phillipe Archambault Summary of Events: A national briefing to policy makers on the Canadian Census and ongoing biodiversity work in the nation (e.g. the Canadian Healthy Oceans Network (CHONe)) KOREA Funds Requested: $0 (funded by Census Korea) Dates: May – August 2012 (event of long duration) Location: Yeosu, Korea Lead: Youn-Ho Lee Summary of Events: Census display during the 2012 Expo (http://www.expomuseum.com/2012/) with the theme “The Living Ocean and Coast: Diversity of Resources and Sustainable Activities.” UNITED STATES Funds Requested: $0 (funded through current U.S. Program Office grants) Lead: Andy Rosenberg, Wes Tunnell, Mike Feldman Location: (1) Portland, Oregon; (2) Washington, DC
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Dates: (1) October 27-29 2010; (2) January 19-21, 2011 Summary of Events: (1) A scientific session and reception to discuss the findings of the Census at the 2010 North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) meeting (http://www.pices.int/meetings/annual/PICES-2010/2010-background.aspx); (2) A Census representation at the 2011 Conference of the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) (http://ncseonline.org/conference/Oceans/) SOUTH AMERICA (CHILE) Funds Requested: $0 (funded through Sloan officer grant) Lead: Victor Gallardo Location: Santiago, Chile Date: December 1, 2010 Summary of Events: A one day seminar-workshop to discuss the Census findings to Chilean government and non-governmental organizations. 3) NRICS not currently planning events AFRICA Funds Requested: Contingency of $20,000 included in this proposal. Lead: Charles Griffiths Summary of Events: No event has been identified. CHINA Funds Requested: Contingency of $20,000 included in this proposal. Lead: Song Sun Location: Beijing (to be confirmed) Date: November 3-5, 2010 timeframe (to be confirmed) Summary of Events: No event has been identified; however, plans may emerge to hold an event in conjunction with the GEO VII meeting (http://www.earthobservations.org/meetings/geo7.html) in Beijing November 3-5, 2010. ARABIAN SEA Funds Requested: $0 (No contingency included) Lead: Michel Claereboudt Summary of Events: No event has been identified.
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APPENDIX 4: CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE LEADERSHIP & TASKS IN 2011 Leadership participation and guidance on Census of Marine Life activities will be essential in 2011. The following SSC members have expressed interest (as of July 20, 2010) in continuing some level of involvement in the Census in 2011, based on their experience and interests, according to the tasks and goals as outlined below. 1) General / executive guidance and leadership via a small "Leadership Committee” This group, like the current Executive Committee, will establish the criteria for decision-making and provide regular guidance and input to the Census program of work. Anticipated timeline: Through November 2011 Participants: Ian Poiner, Victor Gallardo, Patricia Miloslavich, Serge Garcia 2) Participation in "Legacy Briefings" This will be a small group to draw upon to attend briefings to various organizations or governmental bodies (largely by the organization’s request). Anticipated timeline: through June 2011 Participants: Ian Poiner, Vera Alexander, Pat Halpin, Jim Baker, Carlo Heip, Serge Garcia 3) Participation in National and Regional Workshops organized by the National and Regional Implementation Committees (NRICs) This group will participate in the national and regional workshops as needed. Anticipated timeline: through April 2011 Participants: Paul Snelgrove, Patricia Miloslavich, Ian Poiner, D. Chandramohan, Vera Alexander 4) Steering group for Community Workshop at the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity II (WCMB II) This group will lead the development of the agenda and goals for this workshop (side event), with the support of the Secretariat. The workshop will take place in conjunction with the WCMB II in Aberdeen, Scotland in September 2011. Anticipated timeline: through October 2011 Participants: Paul Snelgrove, Patricia Miloslavich, Ian Poiner, Carlo Heip, Serge Garcia, Ron O'Dor, Edward Vanden Berghe (Plus drawing from Project Leaders based on outcomes of October 7, 2010 leadership meeting) 5) External Program Evaluation with David Penman This group will work with David Penman to provide insight and corporate knowledge to the external evaluation process. Anticipated timeline: through April 2011 Participants: Vera Alexander, Poul Holm, Ian Poiner, Meryl Williams 6) Availability to assist on specific tasks as requested Anticipated timeline: through November 2011 Participants: Poul Holm, Paul Snelgrove, Vera Alexander, Pat Halpin, Jim Baker, Fred Grassle, Mike Sinclair, Edward Vanden Berghe
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APPENDIX 5: RISKS & CONTINGENCIES The October 2010 ‘A Decade of Discovery’ event and the many Census 2010 products are expected to generate significant interest in the Census of Marine Life from the scientific and user communities, as well as the public. To benefit from this opportunity the Census will shift its emphasis from synthesis and reporting to product delivery, program evaluation and facilitating a workshop in 2011 to discuss the second Census of Marine Life. The project’s foci will be on communicating results, encouraging application and uptake of Census information, reflection on the lessons learned from the program and organizing the workshop At this point there is uncertainty about the level of effort required to respond to the London events, particularly around the requests for information, images, briefings, and data. We need to maintain Secretariat capacity and operational flexibility to ensure the maximum impact of the Census and uptake of its findings. The known and expected tasks require five full-time Secretariat staff, plus the time of Darlene Crist and one staff member at URI, through June 2011. After June, we expect the number of requests and demands on staff time to decrease, so have budgeted reduced support consisting of two full-time staff from July through November 2011, when activities will end. There are two key program risks, demand exceeding our expectations and the retention of staff. To control for the demand risk, we have set priorities and established criteria, as noted in the proposal, to guide us with respect to which requests to take on and which to decline. We acknowledge that we will not be able to do everything. A few staff members departing early for other opportunities will not have a significant impact on the ability of the Secretariat to deliver on obligations and our control will be to hire temporary staff to do particular tasks. However, the departure of key staff e.g. Kristen Yarincik, Program Manager or all the Secretariat staff would have a detrimental impact on our abilities to deliver on obligations. This is unlikely up to June 2011 but an increasing risk leading up to the Aberdeen workshop. If this were to occur Ocean Leadership would allocate staff from other programs or hire temporary staff to complete outstanding tasks. As staff departures could result in under spending of resources, Sloan could make staged payments to Ocean Leadership to minimize the need to return unspent funds in November 2011.
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APPENDIX 6: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL BRIEFINGS SUB-PROPOSALS
Contents: 1. Australian request for funding 2. Caribbean request for funding 3. Europe & Deep Sea project collaboration request for funding 4. Indian Ocean request for funding 5. Indonesian request for funding 6. Japanese request for funding
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CoML Project or Committee: Australian NRIC Host Institution & Country: CSIRO, Australia Contact Person: Prof Nic Bax
Start Date: Late October Requested Amount: US$20,000 End Date: mid‐December 2010 Briefly describe the activities to be supported by these funds: Two events to communicate CoML outcomes to senior government officials and an associated national media release. National release of the Census results to politicians, and senior government officials by Nic Bax and Ian Poiner plus the involvement of CAML, HMAP and other major CoML projects. This will be a 24‐hour release of the Census results and their implications for Australia, the region and areas of the High Seas beyond national jurisdiction. The event will occur later this year – after the October release in London. There will be two components – the first component is a cocktail evening in Canberra to which government ministers, agency heads and senior government officials will be invited, together with senior marine scientists and scientists involved with Australian census activities including CAML, HMAP, CReefs, CenSeam, and CoMarge. Subject to final approvals, the cocktail evening will be hosted by Australia’s national marine research representative group (OPSAG, chaired by Ian Poiner), will include images from the recent successful public exhibition of marine biodiversity at Questacon in Canberra and, depending on availability, will include screening of shorts from the movie Oceans. The second component is breakfast with parliament to which politicians, their aides and senior government people are invited, and will include senior scientists involved with the Census in Australia. We have found this to be an effective way to reach busy politicians and their aides. The breakfast is a buffet either in Parliament House or at a local restaurant and there is typically time for three 9‐minute (or less) talks followed by discussions between guests and the scientists. This 24‐hour period will include release and national media coverage of the Census findings, news of new and ongoing initiatives (eg. GOBI) and will be formatted to provide an opportunity for marine scientists around Australia to highlight their biodiversity discovery and CoML involvement to local and national media. At the same time Ian Poiner and Nic Bax will arrange individual meetings with ministers and senior government officials to brief them on the Census results, their value to Australia and the opportunities for further international (and national) involvement. One of our goals will be to promote a new focus for biodiversity discovery in Australia and our regional neighbours – the Coral Sea. We are requesting 20k to support these activities. We anticipate 100 attendees at the cocktail evening and 75 at the breakfast. What are the goals / uses / applications of the activities described above? How do these contribute to the overall 2010 goals of the Census? These events are planned to raise awareness of the Census’ activities in Australia, and worldwide (especially in high sea areas beyond national jurisdiction for which Australia has had a significant role at the UN). The events will raise awareness of the value of marine biodiversity and the need for continuing research and discovery, especially through international collaboration.
Australia is a strong contributor to ongoing international activities in marine conservation and biodiversity research. Maintaining a strong, focused and collaborative research partnership in Australia will have benefits well beyond our own shores (or EEZ). We are, for example, currently developing opportunities to undertake a major biodiversity survey of the Coral Sea with regional partners. Please provide a detailed budget for how the funds will be spent: The requested 20k will be spent on hosting the evening cocktails and breakfast. In addition, the funds wil be used to develop high quality vision for media release. List project timeline and all deliverables (e.g., tool, publication, hosted event, etc.), including the mid‐term progress report: Component 1: Evening cocktails with ministers and senior agency officials Component 2. Breakfast with parliament Late‐October to mid‐December 2010, Canberra. Materials to be displayed or distributed
Materials needed from CoML Secretariat (short videos, images, posters) Oceans movie (via Australian distributor?) Posters ‐ Sharks and Rays of Australia, Biodiversity Western Australia Travelling exhibition of marine biodiversity, threats and the way that science is supporting its conservation (will extend beyond December 2010)
List any matching funds (if applicable): The Marine Biodiversity Hub has contributed 15k towards the travelling exhibition. (The exhibition spaces at selected venues will be provided free of charge.) Information for Electronic Funds Transfer: Bank: Westpac Banking Corporation Branch: Petrie Plaza, Canberra ACT Australia BSB: 032-719 Account: 226787 Name: CSIRO Swift #: WPACAU2S Signature:
Date of Request: June 30, 2010
Award No: For completion by CoML Secretariat: Program Manager Approval
- Tools for managers oriented towards the CBD National Strategy
- Data visualization
- Conservation planning
- Concluding remarks
Target
The seminar will be targeted at representatives of governmental and
non-governmental agencies in Venezuela and the Caribbean within the
following institutions:
In Venezuela:
•Ministry of the Environment: Vice-Minister of Conservation and
Planning, directors of the National Biodiversity Office, National Parks
Administration, Environmental Quality Office
•Ministry of Science and Technology: Vice-Ministry of Research and
Development
•Regional Government: Environment Directors from Venezuela's coastal
States (8)
• Local Government: Director of Municipal Environmental Offices
•Oil Industry: Environmental Managers from PDVSA and other Oil
Companies
•Selected NGOs working at the regional level in the Caribbean (e.g. The
Nature Conservancy)
From the Caribbean:
The paper Miloslavich et al. (2010) identified several areas and countries
in the Caribbean in which good databases of species diversity are
available, and therefore, the tools presented in this workshop would
make the best use. We are identifying conservation-policy makers in
Cuba, Colombia, Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago to be invited for the
workshop. One person would be invited from each country. Contact
persons in these countries are:
Cuba: Manuel Ortiz (Universidad de la Habana)
Colombia: Juan Manuel Díaz (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) and
Diana Gómez (INVEMAR)
Costa Rica: Jorge Cortés (Universidad de Costa Rica)
Trinidad & Tobago: Judith Gobin (University of West Indies)
Estimated number of participants: ~30
-25 non-CoML participants: 25
-4 CoML organizers and presenters
The Caribbean NRIC had requested a total of 50 Census 2010 reports
and National Geographic maps. To distribute these materials in the
workshop, we would request an extra 30 copies of each.
Budget
Expenses
Amount ($)
Seminar materials (including printing) 7,800
Air / ground transportation 3,800 (In Venezuela)
4,400 (From the Caribbean)
Hotel for Caribbean participants
Hotel for Venezuelan participants (not from
Caracas) 2-3 nights @ $80 each
2,000
Meals / coffee breaks 2,000
Conference room and services including internet Provided by USB
Assistant Provided by Caribbean NRIC
Mail and phone services Provided by USB
TOTAL 20,000.00
CoML extra funding PROPOSAL, January 2010.
Communication of CoML results to North Atlantic intergovernmental management organizations
With reference to the offer from CoML of extra funding to Census Projects communicated by Kristen Yarincik on 1 Dec 2009, we would like to submit this proposal co‐ordinated by MAR‐ECO but backed by EuroCoML, ChESS, COMARGE, and CenSeam.
Summary:
The aim of the proposal is to utilize an opportunity in the final year of CoML to provide two of the major intergovernmental management organizations in the North Atlantic, i.e. NEAFC and OSPAR, with updated information gathered during the CoML decade. This will happen during the annual meeting of NEAFC held in London 9 November 2010, where the projects will organize an evening side‐event with oral presentation and film shows. Funding is requested for preparatory efforts and travel to London for a group of speakers from deepwater projects.
Rationale:
Biodiversity of the North Atlantic Ocean has been studied by all the deepwater projects of CoML and extensive new information was gathered during the past decade. Dissemination efforts to the general public were extensive and raised the awareness of wide audiences. However, there have been few initiatives targeted directly at the intergovernmental management organizations that have legal authority to regulate human activities which have, or may have, significant impacts on the natural communities, habitats and ecosystems. The relevant organizations in this area are the Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Commission (www.neafc.org) and the Oslo‐Paris Commission (www.ospar.org), both with secretariats in London. This proposal aims to fill this gap by organizing a side‐event during the annual meeting of NEAFC to which OSPAR representatives would be invited. During this event all contracting parties to the Commission would be present, i.e. all fishing parties of the Northeast Atlantic, plus a number of observers from other coastal states, international organizations such as FAO, and a number of NGOs.
The project:
The project has these elements:
1) Preparatory efforts.
Preparation of a series of targeted well‐illustrated talks presenting new findings in a popular manner suited for managers and their advisors. Delegates have extensive managerial competence and obviously direct links to the political decision‐makers in the coastal states, but few members are scientists. The level of knowledge of deepwater biology and ecology is variable and often rather
theoretical, being derived from formal advisory documents presented to the commissions by national or international bodies. The challenge is to raise awareness in a more informal manner by illustrating often used, but poorly defined, popular terms such as ‘biodiversity’ and ‘vulnerable marine ecosystems and species’.
The presentations would consist of four 10 minute talks, and a HD film. The titles of the talks have not been decided, but they will include contributions from the target habitats of the main deepwater projects: a) the mid‐Atlantic Ridge, b) seamounts, c) ocean margins, and d) chemosynthetic environments.
MAR‐ECO will contribute a new HD movie from the June‐July 2010 ECOMAR cruise to the Charlie‐Gibbs Fracture zone. This is particularly relevant as both NEAFC and OSPAR have protection of this mid‐Atlantic feature high on their agendas. The production of this movie after the cruise requires extra effort, and funding is sought for supporting the editorial process to be led by Mr David Shale and the ECOMAR leadership at the University of Aberdeen. The movie will be used at the NEAFC event, but will also be available for shows elsewhere, e.g. during the CoML events in London in October.
2) The event.
On 9 November 2010 at 6 pm NEAFC hosts an evening reception where all delegations and observers are present. This happens in the foyer and auditorium of the International Coffee Association in Berner Street, Central London. Drinks and food are offered and paid for by NEAFC. Communication with the general secretary Dr Kjartan Hoydal and the president Mr Sergei Belikov (Russian Federation) has already clarified that CoML is welcome to invite delegations to a plenary auditorium presentation as indicated above. We are asked to get back with a more detailed programme. It is assumed the entire event should not last for more than 1.5 hours.
MAR‐ECO offers to co‐ordinate and lead the presentation. The PI Odd Aksel Bergstad is present at the NEAFC meeting anyway as a member of the Norwegian delegation. Funding is needed to ensure participation from the other deepwater field projects and EuroCoML.
Benefits to CoML:
The project constitutes an opportunity for direct communication of CoML results to a major regional management organization (contracting parties to NEAFC are the Russian Federation, EU, Norway, Iceland, Denmark in respect of Greenland and the Faroe Islands) and a number of other parties such as OSPAR, FAO, many NGOs and other coastal states coming as observers or non‐contracting parties.
Many delegations have members that play essential roles in world‐wide managerial processes run by the UN and its many subsidiary bodies, other regional fisheries management organizations, and conventions dealing with biodiversity issues. Furthermore, delegates are often top‐level people in national governments and agencies, hence there is potential for information to be channelled widely and to get reported back to individual states around the world.
Top‐level science advisors from ICES and other national institutes will be attending and the presentations are an opportunity to update such advisors on aspects that they may not be aware of in their day‐to‐day activities.
Funding request and budget:
We request in total US$ 8 500,‐ to support the project. Matching resources are the labour costs associated with the preparation of talks, the recording of raw underwater footage on the ECOMAR cruise partly funded by ECOMAR and MAR‐ECO, and the travel expenses already paid by the Institute of Marine Research to the PI of MAR‐ECO.
US$ Preparatory activity
Editing of HD movie from ECOMAR 5000
Travel expenses, 4 persons, (primarily European venues) to London. 3500 (airfare, allowance, one night)
Total 8500
Odd Aksel Bergstad
PI of MAR‐ECO,
On behalf of MAR‐ECO, ChESS, COMARGE, CenSeam and EuroCOML.
A proposal for organization of “Post-London CoML event in India”
1. Nature and goals of the event
The Indian Ocean Census of Marine Life (IO-CoML) has been involved in the last 6 years in advancing the causes of CoML and carrying out the Census activities in the Indian Ocean (IO) region. In the last one year, IO-CoML made strong efforts to secure a continuity for CoML-type activities in India on formal conclusion of Sloan Foundation’s support to this project. The IO-CoML has been successful in convincing the Ministry of Earth Sciences in India to include CoML in its research plans. Accordingly, CoML-India has been formed, with the responsibility of executing such projects resting with the Center for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (CMLRE) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences. CMLRE has already begun to host IndOBIS and is in the process of securing funding for a national project on DNA fingerprinting of marine organisms. Io-CoML has also made every effort to reach out to the scientific community and explain to them what CoML stands for and what its achievements were. Now that a comprehensive picture will emerge at the conclusion of CoML (in October 2010), it is also essential that all the achievements of CoML (via OBIS, Regional activities, field projects, E&O, linkages) are brought out to the public and scientists alike so that what COML stood for – knowing what lives in our oceans and protecting them – gats diffused at a wider level and forms the prompt for future activities in the region. The proposed event shall be a 2-day event and shall have 2 components. Day 1. Display of as much of the CoML material as possible to general public, including students. These material shall explain why a project was undertaken by CoML and how it enhanced our understanding of marine biodiversity. Along with this, leading Institutions in India (6-8 in number) dealing with marine biodiversity shall be requested to send exhibits and also send their scientists to interact with the public. The above day-long event shall be followed by screening of the CoML-sponsored film on the Oceans (pending consent from CoML) and then a public talk by a CoML representative, which shall be presided over by a key political personality (We haven’t decided on the personality yet but we shall try to get a personality most relevant to marine biodiversity) Day 2. This shall be a one-day workshop on “what next, after CoML” In this workshop, the initiatives proposed under CoML-India would be discussed and approved. The deliberations in the workshop, benefitting from the participation of senior policymakers and a host of scientists (who would be attending the national symposium on marine living resources immediately following the CoML event) is expected to set the pace for future activities of CoML-India.
2. Number of participants expected
Day 1 : About 1000 (public, scientists ands students) Day 2. : About 50 scientists. We plan to invite 3 marine biologists from the IO region countries so as to reach out to other countries as well as regional representatives of IOC and SACEP who implement international collaborative programs in the IO region.
3. Venue and date Venue: Kochi, S. India. Kochi has been chosen because it is the city where CMLRE is located. Kochi is also home to a host of Institutions dealing with marine biology, especially fisheries and also a faculty dealing with marine biology. On top of this, it is also the venue for the Indian national symposium on Marine Living Resources in Dec 2010 and having our event organized at Kochi will give us the best chance to reach out to a maximum number of Indian marine biologists Dates 11-12 Dec 2010 (or 12-13 Dec) 2010 (the two days preceding the symposium on marine living resources)
4. Material to be displayed (or given out) As this is the last opportunity to broadcast all achievements of CoML, we would require all material that CoML could spare (such as those brought to London event besides others) – results from field projects, technologies developed, new discoveries, global and regional activities…… . In fact, we would prefer if a CoML representative (ex. Sara Hickox) could come down to India to help us in layout of the exhibits (our choice of Sara is because of her past experience in E&O). We shall also request participating Institutions to display their material (like deep sea biodiversity samples from FORV Sagar Sampada trawl catches in the deep-seas of IO).
5. Budget Description Cost in INR (lakhs) Day 1 event: transport of exhibits, support for participating Institutions, floor space rent, miscellaneous
3.2
Day 2 event. Workshop hall rent, refreshments, dinner, workshop material, local transport
0.8
Travel support for participants from IO countries (max. 3) 2.0 Travel payable for senior Indian officials (if needed) 1.0 Hospitality for representatives from IOC and SACEP 0.6 Honorarium for students who assist in organization 0.6 Allowances for Wafar 1.0 Total 9.2
Notes: 1.At 1 US$ = ~45 INR, the INR 9.2 lakhs is equivalent to ~20,000 US$ 2. Dr. Wafar does not draw a salary now and has no access to any institutional budget for travel and other expenses. Hence he needs this modest allowance to compensate for the time spent and material expenses on his part. Justification for inclusion of 3 representatives from IO countries is given above. We expect that the IOC and SACEP representatives shall have their own travel support. 3. The sum indicated against each head is provisional and may undergo readjustments depending upon actual commitments (expect, understandably, Dr. Wafar’s allowances!).
6. Cost-sharing We plan to seek support from the Ministry of Earth Sciences and the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. As the processing time for these ministries is 2-3 months, we cannot commit at present as to the success of our applications. NIO shall be organizing Institution and provide infrastructural support. CMLRE shall be asked to provide ‘extended hospitality’ support to all scientists who participate in the national symposium so as to enable them to join the CoML event.
Census of Marine Life – Indonesia
Regional Meeting of CENSUS 2010 and the
Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI)
Hotel Borobudur, Jakarta December 2010 or January 2011
1. NATURE and GOALS The CENSUS 2010 Regional Meeting will discuss marine biodiversity in the Coral Triangle region, together with other related CoML activities. The outcomes of CoML Post-London Meeting (October, 2010) are to be discussed at this meeting together with government officials from the Coral Triangle countries, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor Leste. The suggested meeting will provide opportunity to involve CoML in the Coral Triangle region and its surrounding countries, with the following objectives:
1. Strategic planning discussions on CoML activities in the region; 2. Invite Coral Triangle countries to involve and implement CoML plans –
post London; 3. Improve CoML-Indonesia profile in relation to the collaboration with the
Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries and LIPI of Indonesia.
2. TARGET AUDIENCE Considering the high profile of Coral Triangle Initiative, this meeting is expected to involve participants from government institutions of Coral Triangle countries, CTI Regional secretariat, international scientists, officials, NGOs, and civil society.
3. NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
On the initial plan, the meeting will be attended and opened by the Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia, Dr. Fadel Muhammad, LIPI Chairman, with approximate participant of around 100 people.
4. VENUE AND DATE As this event is still on preparation phase, the meeting is tentatively scheduled to be held in Jakarta (suggested: the Borobudur Hotel) for two days, at either in December 2010 or January 2011.
5. MATERIALS to be DISPLAYED or DISTRIBUTED It is expected results from London meeting and other CoML activities could be presented at the event. Presentation will be formatted in various forms, such as Power point, short movies, posters, and brochures.
6. BUDGET (see attached) 7. CO-SHARING We attempt to obtain co-sharing from the Indonesian Government and CTI donor. But the most common form of co-sharing from donors is in-kind facilities such as staff time. The Arafura and Timor Seas Ecosystem Action (ATSEA), which funded by Global Environment Facility (GEF), would likely to be a co-sponsor for this event.
usd rate in USD 9,000
No Description Item Price Item Price Total Total TOTAL TOTALUSD IDR Day Person IDR USD
I MEETING PACKAGES 1.1 (2X coffee break dan 1 x lunch) for 2 days 302,500 2 100 60,500,000 6,722.22 1.2 room rental: usd 100/day 100 2 200.00
II TRANSPORTATION2.1 TICKETs - returned
1. participant from Philippines: Manila-Jkt-Manila 1,500.00 1 1,500.00 2. participant from Malaysia: Kualumpur-Jkt-Kualumpur 800.00 1 800.00 3. participant from Salomon Island: Salomon-Jkt-Salomon 2,000.00 1 2,000.00 4. participant from Timor Leste: Dili-Jkt-Dili 650.00 1 650.00 5. participant from Papua New Guinea: P.Moresby-Jkt-P.Moresby 1,700.00 1 1,700.00
2.2 Airport tax: in Jakarta 150,000 5 750,000
in Malaysia, Timor Leste, PNG, Salomon Island, Phillippines 10 5 50.002.3 Terminal allowance:
usd 38 x 4 = usd 152 152 5 760.00
PROPOSED BUDGET
Hotel Borobudur, Jakarta. December 2010/January 2011 (2 days)
CENSUS OF MARINE LIFEESTIMATE BUDGET
CoML Regional Meeting and CTI
III PERDIEM3 nights X usd 145 = usd 435 435 5 2175.00
IV PUBLICATIONSBrochure 75,000 150 11,250,000 1250.00Poster 2,000 150 300,000 33.33
VI MISCELLANEOUS6.1 Rental Car 750,000 2 1,500,000 166.676.2 Rental LCD 1,500,000 2 3,000,000 333.336.3 Banner 700,000 77.786.4 Communication 300,000 33.336.5 Photocopy 2,000,000 222.226.6 Office supplies 1,500,000 166.676.7 Certificates 1,000,000 111.11
TOTAL EXPENSES 20,051.67
Application for CoML Sub‐Project Support
CoML Project or Committee: Japan NRIC Host Institution & Country: Japan Agency for Marine‐Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) Contact Person: Katsunori Fujikura
Start Date: 1 August 2010 Requested Amount: $16900 End Date: 31 October 2010 Briefly describe the activities to be supported by these funds: 1) Nature and goals of the event ‐ A CoML booth at the COP10 event in Nagoya, Japan from Oct. 17 to Oct 30, 2010. ‐ To heighten awareness about Marine Biodiversity issues Target audience ‐ Global biodiversity scientists, policymakers, possible future funding sources and the public Number of participants expected ‐ A couple of thousand Venue and date ‐ COP10 event, Nagoya, Japan ‐ Oct. 17 to Oct. 30, 2010 Any cost‐shares or other support for the events ‐Event booth rental fee: 120,000 JPY (1,330 US$) will be paid by JAMSTEC. ‐Some staff including scientists from JAMSTEC and universities will explain about CoML activities. ‐ Materials to be displayed or distributed ‐ Poster presentation: 1) Japan NRIC activities including “Japan: a marine biodiversity hotspot!” 2) NaGISA, CMarZ, COMARGE, ChEss, FMAP, Database activities in Japan
‐ Movies, images and URL presentation: 1) General CoML introduction movies 2) Deep‐sea animals and others movies
‐ Brochure etc. distribution 1) Census 2010 Reports and National Geographic Maps (from the Census Secretariat or E&O) 2) “Oceans brochures” if possible (from the Census Secretariat or E&O) 3) Japan NRIC activities brochure
‐ Real marine animal samples and beautiful pictures presentation 1) deep‐sea animals etc
Detailed budget for how the funds will be spent: 1) CoML Internet Portal for Japan NRIC ‐ Travel Expenses for Japan NRIC members: 4 persons * $800 = $3200 ‐ Travel Expenses for invited guests (marine biologists, policy makers, possible funding sources for Census 2, etc): 5 persons * $800 = $4000 ‐ 5 small display Purchase: 5 * $500 = $2500 ‐ Japan NRIC activities brochure: 1000 * $4 = $4000 ‐ Posters: 7 * $100 = $700 ‐ Equipment transport including a large display: $1500 ‐ Electrical equipment (lights, cables and etc) : $1000 Total: $16900
MELBOURNE G. BRISCOE Consortium for Ocean Leadership, Washington DC 20005 Professional Preparation: Northwestern University mechanical engineering and applied mathematics B.S.M.E., 1963 Northwestern University fluid dynamics Ph.D., 1967 Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Rhode-St-Genese, Belgium optical and numerical methods in fluid dynamics 1967-68 NATO SACLANT ASW Research Centre, La Spezia, Italy air-sea interactions, surface waves, internal waves 1968-69 Appointments: April 2009 – present Vice-President and Director, Research and Education Consortium for Ocean Leadership April 2007 – present CEO, OceanGeeks LLC (consulting company) 1996 – March 2007 Director, Ocean, Atmosphere and Space Research Division, ONR 1995-1996 Director, U.S. GOOS Project Office, National Ocean Service, NOAA 1992-1995 Director, Office of Ocean and Earth Sciences, National Ocean Service, NOAA 1989-1992 Director, Applied Oceanography and Acoustics Division, ONR 1987-1989 Office of Naval Research and Office of Naval Technology (IPA assignment) 1972-1989 Physical Oceanography Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1969-1972 Oceanography Group, SACLANT ASW Research Centre, La Spezia, Italy Publications: Briscoe, M.G., D.L. Martin, and T.C. Malone (2008): Evolution of Regional Efforts in International GOOS and U.S. IOOS. Marine Technology Society Journal, 42(3), 4-9. Briscoe, M.G. (2008): Collaboration in the Ocean Sciences. Oceanography, 21(3), 58-65. Briscoe, M.G. (2005): The U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and the White House Ocean Action Plan, An Update. Oceanography, 18(3), 9-13. Briscoe, M., A. Clark, P. Jumars, M. McNutt, and J. Yoder (2004): The U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy: Why You Should Care, And What You Can Do. Oceanography, 17(3), 6-11. Briscoe, M.G. (2003): Science, Technology, and People. Oceanography, 16(1), 4-10. Briscoe, M.G. (2003): Transition: the Movement of Understanding from Process Studies to Ocean Forecast Models. In: Near-Boundary Processes and their Parameterization. Proceedings ‘Aha Huliko’a Hawaiian Winter Workshop, January 21-24, 2003. University of Hawaii, SOEST Special Publication, pp. 249-253. Nowlin, Worth D., Jr., Melbourne Briscoe, Neville Smith, Michael J. McPhaden, Dean Roemmich, piers Chapman, and J. Frederick Grassle (2001): Evolution of a Sustained Ocean Observing System. Bull. American Met. Soc., 82(7), 1369-1376.
Synergistic activities: NAS/NRC, Panel Member, Water Safety and Transportation Board (2002) McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Consulting Editor (1999-2001) Member, AIP Committee on Awards (Science Writing) (1995-2001) Editor, Journal of Physical Oceanography (1985-86) Editor, Oceanic Internal Waves, AGU (1985) Member, AGU Journals Board (1982-84) Associate Editor, J. Phys. Oceanography (1977-84, 1987-90) Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research (1974-77) PRINCIPAL CONSULTING ACTIVITIES
Department of Computer Sciences, University of Delaware (2010) Department of Homeland Security (2009) Florida Coastal Ocean Observing System (2008) Florida Atlantic University (2008) National Federation for Regional Associations (2008) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (2007-present) [thru 2020, LLC] Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution (2007-2008) NAS/NRC, Ocean Studies Board (1986-87) Science Applications International Corp. (1979-86) NASA (1979-80) Applied Physics Laboratory, JHU (1978-79) Naval Research Advisory Committee (1977) Physical Dynamics, Inc. (1978-79) EG&G (1976-77)
Collaborators and Co-Editors: Thomas Malone, University of Maryland (2008) David Martin, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington (2008) Graduate Advisors and Postdoctoral Sponsors: A.A. Kovitz, PhD advisor, retired Unknown, post-doc sponsor in Belgium, probably retired Riccardo Pesaresi, post-doc sponsor in Italy, retired Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor: None within last 5 years (2005-2010) Principal advisor of 0 graduate students. Sponsor of approximately 10 post-docs, during 1972-1987. Membership in professional organizations: American Geophysical Union, The Oceanography Society (founding Secretary), American Meteorological Society
KRISTEN M. YARINCIK Consortium for Ocean Leadership, Washington DC 20005 Professional Preparation: Boston College environmental geosciences B.S. 1997 Boston University marine geochemistry and paleoceanography M.S. 1999 USDA Grad School project management 2006 Appointments: April 2006 – present Project Manager, Consortium for Ocean Leadership July 2001 – April 2006 Program Coordinator, Consortium for Ocean Research and Education
(now Consortium for Ocean Leadership) 1999 – 2001 Associate Producer & Writer, Northern Light Productions 1997 – 1999 Teaching Fellow, Boston University Department of Earth Sciences 1996 – 1997 Research Assistant, Massachusetts Highway Department GIS
Database Project Publications: Alexander, V., P. Miloslavich, and K. Yarincik (in prep): The Census of Marine Life – evolution of worldwide marine biodiversity research. O’Dor, R.K., P. Miloslavich, and K. Yarincik (2010): Marine Biodiversity and Biogeography – Regional Comparisons of Global Issues, An Introduction. PLoS-ONE, in press. Baker, D.J., D. Farmer, and K. Yarincik (2007): The green ocean - observations of marine biodiversity. In: Group on Earth Observations: The Full Picture. Geneva: Tudor Rose. 267-270. Baker, D.J. and K. Yarincik (2007): Census of Marine Life: Contributions to GEO Societal Benefit Areas. In: Group on Earth Observations: The first 100 steps to GEOSS: Annex of early achievements to the GEO Report on Progress 2007. 178-179. Yarincik, K. and R. O’Dor (2005): The Census of Marine Life: Goals, scope and strategy. Scientia Marina, 69(Suppl.1): 201-208. O’Dor, R.K. and K. Yarincik (2003): The Census of Marine Life: Advancing Our Understanding of Marine Biodiversity. In: Iken, K. and B. Konar (eds.): Proceedings of the Arctic Biodiversity Workshop: New Census of Marine Life Initiative. Fairbanks: Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks, M-26. 15-24. O’Dor, R.K. and K. Yarincik (2003): The Census of Marine Life: Understanding marine biodiversity - past, present and future. Gayana, 67: 145-152.
Yarincik, K.M., R.W. Murray, and L.C. Peterson (2000): Climatically sensitive eolian and hemipelagic deposition in the Cariaco Basin, Venezuela, over the past 578,000 years: Results from Al/Ti and K/Al. Paleoceanography, 15: 210-228. Yarincik, K.M., R.W. Murray, and L.C. Peterson (2000): Oxygenation history of bottom waters in the Cariaco Basin, Venezuela, over the past 578,000 years: Results from redox-sensitive metals (Mo, V, Mn, and Fe). Paleoceanography, 15: 593-604. Peterson, L.C., G.H. Haug, R.W. Murray, K.M. Yarincik, J.W. King, T.J. Bralower, K. Kameo, and R.B. Pearce (1999): Late Quaternary stratigraphy and sedimentation at ODP Site 1002, Cariaco Basin (Venezuela). Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 165: 85-99. Collaborators and Co-Authors: Vera Alexander, University of Alaska Fairbanks (2010) Ron O’Dor, Consortium for Ocean Leadership and Dalhousie University, Canada (2001-2010) Patricia Miloslavich, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela (2004-2010) D. James Baker (2007) David Farmer, University of Rhode Island (2007) Graduate Advisor: Richard W. Murray, M.S. advisor Membership in professional organizations: American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Marine Technology Society