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GOMA: Gulf of Maine Area

Subseries contains correspondence, research data, and conference minutes and notes related to the Census of Marine Life subcommittee Gulf of Maine Area (GOMA). The GOMA project involved creating a species register of the diverse Gulf of Maine, examining tidal pools, slopes, seamounts, and other underwater landforms. The project, headed by Canadian and American scientists Sara Ellis, Lewis Incze and Peter Lawton, assembled more than 4000 species and microbes native to the area (more than twice the amount previously determined to live in the Gulf). The project used sonar as a means of examining the overall marine ecosystem and species’ interactions, rather than focusing on individual species.

Fourth US National Committee Meeting for the Census of Marine Life held 24 June 2004 in Long Beach, CA

File includes excerpts from the draft proposal to make CMarZ a new CoML field project; Mitchell Sogin and J.W. de Leeuw's ICoMM Science Plan; FMAP White Paper related to US CoML activities; OBIS White Paper update; and correspondence between Ron O'Dor and Fred Grassle, Jesse Ausubel, Mirtha Lewis, Daphne Fautin, among others.

FMAP: Future of Marine Animal Populations

Subseries contains correspondence, research data, and conference minutes and notes related to the Census of Marine Life subcommittee Future of Marine Animal Populations (FMAP). The Future of Marine Animal Populations project analyzed fishing data and scientific surveys to determine changes in diversity and distribution of marine life. The project, headed by Canadian scientists Ian Jonsen, Heike Lotze, and Boris Worm (and previously by Ransom Myers), identified hot spots of diversity drawn from the Census of Marine Life database and changes in water temperature as one of the most integral determinants in the shaping of marine diversity patterns, while confirming that marine conservation helps to correct the rapid population declines associated with over-exploitation of marine stocks.

First and second meetings of the US National Committee for the Census of Marine Life, held December 2002 in La Jolla, CA, and 2 April 2003 in Washington, DC

File includes slides from Ron O'Dor's introductory presentation; presentations by Penny Dalton and Daphne Fautin; a draft of the OBIS five-year plan, dated December 2002; and correspondence between Ron O'Dor and Fred Grassle, Peter Jumars, Stephen K. Brown, Margot Bohan, Yoshihisa Shirayama, Penny Dalton, among others.

European Subcommittee of CoML 2002-2003

File contains correspondence, proceedings, notes, and research related to the founding and funding of the European subcommittee of the Census of Marine Life. File includes Ron O'Dor and Penelope Dalton's funding proposal submitted to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, "Strengthening Europe's Participation in the Census of Marine Life." File also includes notes, papers, and preparatory information related to the IASON meeting in Thessaloniki on May 31, 2003 and the Euro-CoML meeting in Amsterdam on September 20, 2003. File includes correspondence between Ron O'Dor and Rainer Froese, Alasdair McIntyre, Tasso Eleftheriou, Carlo Heip, Eva Ramirez-Llodra, Elly de Bruijn, Jill Aitken, and others. File contains information related to EUROCORES, OBIS, ICES, FMAP, and HMAP.

Early schedules and timetables for the Census of Marine Life

File also includes a draft science plan — Pilot Census of Marine Life in the Gulf of Maine, by Kenneth G. Foote. File includes information related to MAR-ECO, NaGISA, GOMA and other projects, and correspondence between Ron O'Dor and Jesse Ausubel, Cynthia Decker, Fred Grassle, Alasdair McIntyre, and others.

CReefs: Census of Coral Reef Ecosystems

Subseries contains correspondence, research data, and conference minutes and notes related to the Census of Marine Life subcommittee Census of Coral Reef Ecosystems (CReefs). The Census of Coral Reef Ecosystems project conducted a thorough examination of the sorts of life found in the world’s coral reefs, discovering thousands of new species in the process while placing known species in new locales. The project, headed up by Americans Nancy Knowlton and Russell Brainard and Australian scientist Julian Caley, developed a tool called the Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structure to provided standardized examination of species distribution, warming temperatures and oceanic acidification at reef locations throughout the world.

Correspondence regarding Ransom Myers' research

File contains correspondence between Myers and Sean Cox and Jennifer Cox regarding lobster research, involvement in Census of Marine Life and Future of Marine Populations. Datasets and manuscripts are also included as attachments.

Correspondence regarding Ransom Myers' research

File contains correspondence between Myers and Gunnar Stefansson regarding Marine Animal Population project, meeting and Census of Marine Life modelling. File also contains correspondence between Myers and Violeta Calian regarding Future of Marine Animal Populations (FMAP).

Correspondence and papers for Launching an Education and Science Communications Agenda for the Census of Marine Life conference

File also includes Penny Dalton, Ron O'Dor and Cynthia Decker's 2002 proposal to the Sloan Foundation — A Secretariat in Support of the Development of a Research Program, the Census of Marine Life — and correspondence between Ron O'Dor, Jesse Ausubel, Sara Hickox, Penny Dalton, Sue Morra, Sarah Schoedinger, Ted Anderson, T. Philip Hicks, among others.

COMARGE: Continental Margin Ecosystems on a Worldwide Scale

Subseries contains correspondence, research data, and conference minutes and notes related to the Census of Marine Life subcommittee Continental Margin Ecosystems on a Worldwide Scale (COMARGE). The Continental Margin Ecosystem on a Worldwide Scale project examined life on the continental slopes, over the course of 60 expeditions. The project, led by French scientists Myrian Sibuet and Lenaick Menot and American scientist Robert Carney, discovered stretches of life flourishing on these marginal spaces (including heretofore unknown coral reefs off Africa). The project also examined the threat posed by oil and gas drilling on these sensitive stretches of seafloor.

CMarZ: Census of Marine Zooplankton

Subseries contains correspondence, research data, and conference minutes and notes related to the Census of Marine Life subcommittee Census of Marine Zooplankton (CMarZ). The Census of Marine Zooplankton project examined the diversity and distribution of ocean current-residing invertebrates. The project, led by American scientist Ann Bucklin, Japanese scientist Shuhei Nishida and German scientist Sigrid Schiels, collected more than 10,000 samples from locations around the world’s oceans, discovering nearly 100 new species.

Chinese Subcommittee 2002-2004

File contains records related to the Chinese regional subcommittee for the Census of Marine Life. File includes information related to meetings in Qingdao in 2003 (the 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Algal Biotechnology) and 2004 (First China Workshop on Census of Marine Life). File also includes proposals submitted to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in support of a Chinese National Implementation Committee for the Census of Marine Life submitted by Yunqing Zhang and Song Sun. File also includes correspondence related to the conferences, and developing Chinese CoML activities. File includes correspondence from between Ron O'Dor, Qisheng Tang, Phoebe Zhang, Shuhei Nishida, Ximing Guo, Fred Grassle, Jesse Ausubel, Kristen Yarincik, and others.

ChESS: Biogeography of Deep Water Chemosynthetic Ecosystems

Subseries contains correspondence, research data, and conference minutes and notes related to the Census of Marine Life subcommittee Biogeography of Deep Water Chemosynthetic Ecosystems (ChESS). The Biogeography of Deep Water Chemosynthetic Ecosystems project explored life in the hostile, acidic, oftentimes hot and corrosive deep-sea seeps and hydrothermal vents, where life thrives away from any sunlight. The project, led by British scientists Paul Tyler and Maria Baker, American scientist Chris German, and Spanish scientist Eva Ramirez-Llodr, examined more than 1000 species and expanded ranges further north, south, and deeper than had previously been explored.

Centre for Marine Biodiversity Workshop, Spring 2001, Halifax, Nova Scotia

File also includes materials and correspondence related to a 2000 meeting, as well as the draft proceedings from the 2002 meeting and correspondence between Ron O'Dor and Jesse Ausubel, Kees Zwanenburg, Kirsten Querbach, Yvan Simard, Serge Labonte, Kenneth G. Foote, Ellen Kenchington, among others.

Census of Marine Life publications

Subseries contains textual records related to the publications created by the Census of Marine Life. Subseries includes papers, books, and reports.

Census of Marine Life (CoML)

Series contains research files, correspondence, conference meeting minutes and notes compiled by Ron O'Dor and other members of the Census of Marine Life steering committee and subcommittees.

Census of Marine Life charter and correspondence

File contains several drafts of the Census of Marine Life Charter, as well as correspondence between Ron O'Dor, Fred Grassle, Jesse Ausubel, Christina Chiu, Victor Ariel Gallardo, among others. File also includes information related to PICES and CoML grants through the Sloan Foundation.

CenSeam: Global Census of Marine Life on Seamounts

Subseries contains correspondence, research data, and conference minutes and notes related to the Census of Marine Life subcommittee Global Census of Marine Life on Seamounts (CenSeam). The Global Census of Marine Life on Seamounts project examined life on more than 100,000 seamounts that rose more than 1000 metres from the ocean floor, discovering new species and ecosystems similar to those on neighbouring slopes. The project, led by New Zealanders Malcolm Clark, Mireille Consalvey and Ashley Rowden, and American Karen Stocks, examined the perilous nature of these isolated communities when subject to changes such as damage caused by nearby fishing.

CeDAMar: Census of the Diversity of Abyssal Marine Life

Subseries contains correspondence, research data, and conference minutes and notes related to the Census of Marine Life subcommittee, Census of the Diversity of Abyssal Marine Life (CeDAMar). The Census of the Diversity of Abyssal Marine Life examined the feeding patterns and distribution ranges of life in the abyssal plains and larger oceanic basins in the Southern Atlantic and Southern Pacific oceans, ranging from single-celled organisms to larger cephalopods. The project, led by scientists Pedro Martinez Arbizu and Craig Smith, catalogued more than 500 new species and examined the causes of change to abyssal life far removed from the ocean floor (in the form of climate change, pollution and mining efforts).

Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem project 2007

File contains draft manuscripts of projects and papers as well as correspondence related to the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME) project, managed under the auspices of the Census of Marine Life. File includes a draft manuscript of the paper "The Conceptual Basis for and Structure of the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME) Project", and slides for the presentation "The Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME) Project: Engaging Partners for Effective Transboundary Living Marine Resource Governance". File also includes information related to the MAR-ECO project, as well as the relationship between the Ocean Tracking Network and the Census of Marine Life. File includes correspondence between Ron O'Dor and Jesse Ausubel, Kirsten Martin, Kristen Yarincik, Lucia M. Fanning, and Patricia Miloslavich.

Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico Subcommittee 2002-2004

File contains correspondence and draft funding proposals related to the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico subcommittee of the Census of Marine Life, from 2002 to 2004.

File includes drafts of Fred Grassle's paper "The Development and Management of the Ocean Biogeographic Information System into a Self-sustaining Global Network: A Proposal to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation", Eduardo Klein's draft proposal to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to convene a workshop entitled "Caribbean Marine Biodiversity: the Known and the Unknown", Patricia Miloslavich's proposal to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to support a Caribbean Regional Implementation Committee (CRIC) entitled "To Strengthen the Caribbean Implementation Committee for the Census of Marine Life", and a letter of intent regarding a "South American Scientific Steering Committee for the Census of Marine Life" by Mirian Fernandez.

File includes information related to the OBIS, NaGISA, HMAP, CReefs projects. File also includes information related to the Coral Reef USNC-CoML Workshop (August 2004, Oahu, Hawaii), the First Caribbean Workshop of the Census of Marine Life (June 2004, Isla Margarita, Venezuela), and the CARICOMP (Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity) network.

File includes correspondence between Ron O'Dor and Jesse Ausubel, Giselle Firme, Matthew S. Edwards, Michel Boudrias, Eduardo Klein, Cynthia Decker, among others.

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