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Materials regarding Ransom Myers' travel to conferences, meetings and symposiums

File contains travel information, agendas, schedules and correspondence regarding Myers' travel to participate in Census of Marine life, Future of Marine Animal Populations, Great Lakes Indian
Fish & Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC), History of Marine Animal Populations, Lenfest, Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, Mote workshop, workshop in Sweden and more.

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.

Ransom Myers fonds

  • MS-2-179
  • Fonds
  • 1977-2007
Fonds consists of records pertaining primarily to the professional activities of Ransom Myers and the major organizations and projects with which he was affiliated during his career as Killam Oceans Chair at Dalhousie University; there are also records created during his doctoral studies and his tenure as a research scientist at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The collection includes correspondence, draft manuscripts, offprints, conference and association materials, presentations, course and teaching materials, litigation and consultancy records (including affidavits and invoices), photographs, annotated research materials, press collected about Myers’ work or pertaining to his research, student files, datasets and web content.

Myers, Ransom Aldrich Jr.

ArcOD: Arctic Ocean Diversity

Subseries contains correspondence, research data, and conference minutes and notes related to the Census of Marine Life subcommittee, Arctic Ocean Diversity (ArcOD). The Arctic Ocean Diversity project was designed to catalogue animal species and microbes found in the Arctic region—on, in and under the sea ice, in deep basins and along the continental shelves. The project was led by American scientists Bodil Bluhm, Rolf Gradinger and Russ Hopcroft, who sought to document the northward extensions of ranges of Arctic fish and invertebrates.

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.

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.

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.

Sub-Saharan African Subcommittee of CoML 2002-2007

File contains records related to the African Marine Biodiversity Workshop, and also Census of Marine Life research related to Africa, from 2002 through 2007. File includes a proposal for the founding of the Workshop in 2002 (along the lines of similar Asian and South American workshops), a proposal of a paper by Ron O'Dor and Hassan Moustahfid entitled "Migration Patterns of Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) Using Automated Acoustic Tracking Telemetry System in South Atlantic Moroccan Shelf," a proposal of a paper by Tony Ribbink entitled "Informing Marine Protected Area Development in Ecosystems that Include Coelacanths. Stage 1. Tanga, Tanzania". File also includes documentation for a conference of The South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity related to the study and protection of coelacanths. File also includes correspondence between Ron O'Dor, Jesse Ausubel, and Tony Ribbink.

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.

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.

Great Barrier Reef Region Seabed Biodiversity Project

File includes information related to the Great Barrier Reef Region (GBR) Seabed Biodiversity Project related to Census of Marine Life activities in Australia, undertaken by CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Laboratories. File includes a CoML Australia brochure, a CoML survey, and correspondence between C. Roland Pitcher and Ian Cresswell regarding seabed biodiversity off Australia.

MAR-ECO: Patterns and Processes of the Ecosystem of the Northern Mid-Atlantic

Subseries contains correspondence, research data, and conference minutes and notes related to the Census of Marine Life subcommittee Patterns and Processes of the Ecosystem of the Northern Mid-Atlantic (MAR-ECO). The Patterns and Processes of the Ecosystems of the Northern Mid-Atlantic project documented marine life along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The project, led by Norwegian scientist Odd Aksel Bergstad, documented about a thousand species, from the smallest invertebrates to various species of whales, in deep basins and along the slopes of the underwater mountains.

OBIS: Ocean Biogeographic Information System

Subseries contains correspondence, research data, and conference minutes and notes related to the Census of Marine Life affiliate program, the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS). The Ocean Biogeographic Information System project, compiled alongside the Census of Marine Life, serves as the world's largest online repository of spatially referenced marine life data, containing millions of records created from hundreds of CoML datasets. The project, led by American scientists Edward Vanden Berghe and J. Frederick Grassle (previously by New Zealander Mark J. Costello), locates all oceanic species in a permanent, evolving repository, identifying oceanic points of high diversity, tracking species dispersion, and integrating species locales with variables such as temperature, salinity, and depth.

Indian Ocean Subcommittee of CoML 2002-2003

File contains correspondence, proceedings, notes, and research related to the Indian Ocean subcommittee of the Census of Marine Life. File includes information and preparatory documentation related to the Conference on the Indian Ocean Observing System (IOGOOS), held in Mauritius in November 2002 and First Indian Ocean Workshop on Marine BIodiversity held in Goa in December 2003. File includes correspondence between Ron O'Dor and Cynthia Decker, Jesse Ausubel, Shubha Sathyendranath, Charles Griffiths, Edward Vanden Berghe, Michael DeLapa, Ian Poiner, Kristen Yarincik, and others.

Japanese Subcommittee of CoML 2002-2003

File contains records related to the Japanese regional subcommittee for the Census of Marine Life. File includes information related to a meeting of the Oceanographic Society of Japan in Tokyo in March 2002 (where O'Dor attended and presented), at which much discussion regarding the forming of a Japanese CoML committee was undertaken. File includes correspondence between Ron O'Dor, Philip Hicks, Robin Rigby, Satoquo Seino, and Yoshihsa Shirayama. File also includes information related to NaGISA.

South American Subcommittee of CoML 2001-2002

File contains records related to the founding of the South American regional subcommittee for the Census of Marine Life. File includes information the First South American Workshop on Marine Biodiversity held in Concepcion, Chile, in October 2002 (organized by CoML, the Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. File includes drafts of funding proposals, and much correspondence. File includes correspondence between Ron O'Dor, Odd Aksel Bergstad, Cynthia Decker, David Farmer, Yoshihisa Shirayama, Jesse Ausubel, Victor Ariel Gallardo, Shubha Sathyendranath, among others.

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.

International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans (IAPSO) 2001

File contains includes planning records for the IAPSO-IABO conference held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on 26 October 2001, which was important in establishing ties in South America with the Census of Marine Life. File includes annotated minutes, schedules, and Secretariat actions and resolutions, as well as correspondence between Ron O'Dor, Victor Airel Gallardo, Jesse Ausubel, Fred Grassle, Shubha Sathyendranath, Vivian Lutz, Jose Muelbert, Vivian Montecino Banderet, Gerardo Perillo, among others.

International Governmental Commission Western Pacific (IOC-WESTPAC)

File contains records related to two conferences held by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, SubCommission for the Western Pacific (IOC/WESTPAC). Records include a proposal and minutes for the Workshop on the Census of Marine Life in Southeast Asia held in Phuket in October 2001, and conference documentation and correspondence related to the sixth IOC/WESTPAC International Scientific Symposium held in Hangzhou in April 2004. File includes correspondence between Ron O'Dor, Jesse Ausubel, Fred Grassle, Cynthia Decker, and Yoshihisa Shirayama.

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) 2001 Annual Science Conference, Oslo

File includes records related to a session convened by Ron O'Dor — The Response of Cephalopod Populations and Fisheries to Changing Environment and Ecosystems — and his presentation, "Counting Cephalopods in the CoML." File also contains reports from the ICES Working Group on Biology and Assessment of Deep-Sea Fisheries Resources, the Steering Group on GOOS, the Planning Group for a Workshop on Ecosystem Models, and the Planning Group on Comparing the Structure of Marine Ecosystems in the ICES Area, held at ICES advisory committee meetings. There is also correspondence between Ron O'Dor and Cynthia Decker, Michael Reeve, Pamela Baker-Masson, Uwe Piatkowski, Görel kjeldsen, Teresa Borges, and others.

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.

Workshop on Canadian Marine Biodiversity 2002, held February 2002 at White Point, Nova Scotia

File includes Kees Zwanenburg's funding proposal; Centre for Marine Biodiversity meeting agendas and draft minutes; a draft statement regarding the formation of National/Regional Committees for the Census of Marine Life; and correspondence between Ron O'Dor and Ellen Kenchington, Kees Zwanenburg, Victoria Clayton, among others.

Three oceans of biodiversity : development of a science plan for marine biodiversity in Canada : proceedings of the Census of Marine Life and Department of Fisheries and Oceans Workshop 2002

File includes the papers and abstracts for sessions presented by Kees Zwanenburg, Pierre Brunel, Robert Rangeley, Alan Longhurst, John Roff, John Wares, Clyde Murray, Kathleen Martin, Richard Bailey, Lou van Guelpen and Gerald Pohle, Connie Lovejoy, Jake Rice, Kenneth Frank and Nancy Shackell, Paul Bentzen, Paul Hebert, Bob Branton and Jerry Black, Dale Kiefer and Vardis Tsontos, Mark Costello, Ken Minns, Howard Powles, and Jesse Ausubel.
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