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Ron O'Dor fonds

  • MS-2-778
  • Fonds
  • 1965-2019
Fonds contains records created and collected by Ronald O'Dor in the course of his work as a marine biologist based at Dalhousie University, predominantly materials generated by the two major research projects: Census of Marine Life (CoML) and Ocean Tracking Network (OTN). Record types include research data, teaching materials, publications, manuscripts, correspondence, and committee and meeting minutes.

O'Dor, Ronald

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.

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.

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.

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.

South Pacific Subcommittee of CoML 2002-2003

File contains records related to the potential forming of a South Pacific regional subcommittee for the Census of Marine Life. File includes information related to the 2003 DEEPSEA conference (including a proposal for major sponsorship by CoML), a presentation on the HUSAC (Humboldt Current/ Sub-Antarctic Convergence) Marine Biodiversity Project, CoML-related correspondence. File includes correspondence between Ron O'Dor, Dennis Gordon, Kristen Yarncik, Ross Shotton, Jesse Ausubel, Ian Poiner, John Annala, Cynthia Decker, Bob Gauldie, and others. File also includes some information related to OBIS and HMAP.

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.

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.

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.

Arctic Ocean Diversity (ArcOD) : synthesis phase renewal proposal : [draft proposal and correspondence]

File contains the June 2009 proposal entitled "Arctic Ocean Diversity : Synthesis Phase Renewal Proposal" submitted for consideration to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation by the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The proposal was written by Rolf Gradinger, Bodil Bluhm and Russell Hopcroft. File also includes proposal review notes and correspondence between the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Ron O'Dor.

Dimensions of Biodiversity grant proposal and correpsondence

File contains grant proposals and draft letters of intent regarding the Dimensions of Biodiversity project driven by Ann Bucklin, Ron O'Dor, and others. File also includes information related to ICoMM and OTN and correspondence between Ron O'Dor, Ann Bucklin, Kristen Yarincik, and others.
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