Census of Marine Life Census of Marine Life A decade-long program (2000- A decade-long program (2000- 2010) 2010) to assess and explain marine to assess and explain marine life’s life’s diversity, distribution & diversity, distribution & abundance abundance - past, present & future - past, present & future The Known, the Unknown, the Unknowable The Known, the Unknown, the Unknowable The Census of Marine Life: Making ocean life count
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Census of Marine LifeCensus of Marine LifeCensus of Marine LifeCensus of Marine Life
A decade-long program (2000-2010) A decade-long program (2000-2010)
to assess and explain marine life’sto assess and explain marine life’s
diversity, distribution & abundancediversity, distribution & abundance
- past, present & future - past, present & future
The Known, the Unknown, the UnknowableThe Known, the Unknown, the Unknowable
The Census of Marine Life: Making ocean life count
CNN InternationalCNN International
Public Service AnnouncementPublic Service AnnouncementCOML’s strong outreach programCOML’s strong outreach program
CNN InternationalCNN International
Public Service AnnouncementPublic Service AnnouncementCOML’s strong outreach programCOML’s strong outreach program
Global CollaborationGlobal CollaborationGlobal CollaborationGlobal Collaboration
Arabian Sea(Oman, 2007)
Stars indicate National or Regional Activity Headquarters
• NaGISA - Natural Geography In Shore Areas• CReefs - Coral Reef Ecosystems• GOMA - Gulf of Maine Area Census (Regional Ecosystem)• POST - Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking
Central Waters• TOPP - Tagging of Pacific Pelagics (Top Predators)• CMarZ - Census of Marine Zooplankton• MAR-ECO - Mid-Atlantic Ridge Ecosystems
Hidden Boundaries• CoMargE - Continental Margins Ecosystems• CeDAMar - Census of Diversity of Abyssal Marine Life• CenSeam - Census of Seamounts• ChEss - Chemosynthetic Ecosystems (Vents)
Ice Oceans• ArcOD - Arctic Ocean Diversity• CAML - Census of Antarctic Marine Life
Microscopic Ocean• ICOMM - International Census of Marine Microbes
Ocean Realms
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Human Edges-Nearshore
Human Edges-Coastal
Hidden Boundaries-Margins
Hidden Boundaries-Abyssal
Central Light-Drifters
Central Light-Swimmers
Central Dark-Mid-water
Active Geology
Ice Oceans
Microscopic
Realms & Zones - Percentage of Ocean
Area
Volume
Ocean Realms
Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) A Sloan Foundation ‘sister project’ A Sloan Foundation ‘sister project’
- Works on land species, works at sea- Works on land species, works at sea
Global Paracalanus copepods
SynthesisMicrobes
Seamounts, Vents
454 DNA sequencing - 100 times expected diversity in ‘Rare Biosphere’
Biuw et al. PNAS 2007
Animal Oceanography
Depth (m) Change in drift rate (cm·s-1·d-1)
Existing
1st Wave
2nd Wave
3rd Wave
Global Ocean Tracking Network$160M IOC-GOOS Pilot Project
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