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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.

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.

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.

Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) Executive Committee meeting held 15 Sept 2003 in Moscow, Russia

File contains records regarding the Census of Marine Life Special Symposium held on the final day of the conference and moderated by Ron O'Dor. Records includes correspondence between Ron O'Dor and Ed Urban, Slava Bizikov, Odd Aksel Bergstad, Jesse Ausubel, Ulf Lie, Andrey Gebruk, Sergei Lappo, Vera Alexander, Mark Costello, Karen Stocks, and others.

Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation meeting held in June 2001

File includes slides of Ron O'Dor's and Cynthia Decker's presentation, a photograph of the attendees, information related to nominations for Pew Fellowships submitted by Ron O'Dor, and correspondence between Ron O'Dor and Cynthia Robinson, Frederika Moser, Stephen Hall, Debie Meck, and others.

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.

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Annual Science Conference, held October 2002 in Copenhagen

File includes records regarding O'Dor's presentation with Kristen Yarincik and C.J. Decker, "The Census of Marine Life: Linking the Oceans' Past, Present and Future." File also includes a report of the Planning Group on Comparing the Structure of Marine Ecosystems in the ICES Area, as well as Euro CoML updates and correspondence between Ron O'Dor and David Griffith, Harry Dooley, Ann Buclin, Fred Grassle, Rainer Froese, Odd Aksel Bergstad, among others.

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.

Records from the Canadian Census of Marine Life: Three Oceans of Biodiversity Workshop 2004

File includes the workshop report; a five-year Canadian National Plan; Paul Snelgrove's grant funding application, and related Centre for Marine Biodiversity meeting agendas and minutes. File also includes correspondence between Ron O'Dor and Paul Snelgrove, Jesse Ausubel, Kees Zwanenburg, Michale Sinclair, Ellen Kenchington, among others.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Australia and New Zealand Subcommittee 2001-2002

File includes conference materials and correspondence related to the establishment of an Australia and New Zealand regional subcommittee for the Census of Marine Life. File includes the slides of Ron O'Dor and Cynthia Decker's CoML presentation at the 2001 AMSA NZMSS Conference, CoML poster reproductions by Ron O'Dor, Cynthia Decker and Fred Grassle, and a proposal to the meeting of the CoML Scientific Steering Committee for an Australian Census of Marine Life National Program (written by Ian Poiner and Kim Finney). File includes correspondence between Ron O'Dor and Russ Babcock, Robin Rigby, George Jackson, Micehlle Waycott, Jesse Ausubel, Teresa Lush, Ian Poiner, Bryony Bennett, among others.

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.

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.

Pelagic Fisheries Research Program (PFRP) Pacific tagging projects proposals, manuscripts and correspondence

File contains draft articles and correspondence related to the Pelagic Fisheries Research Program, a subcommittee of the Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Project, under the auspices of the Census of Marine Life. File includes draft articles and conference presentation proposals by Laurent Dagorn and Kim Holland, John Sibert, Michael Musyl and Richard Brill. File includes correspondence between Ron O'Dor and Dodie Lau, Laurent Dagorn, Cynthia Decker, N. Coineau, and Kim Holland.

Abstracts and presentation drafts from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2002 Annual Meeting and Science Innovation Exposition, held February 2002 in Boston, MS

File largely includes records from the Challenges in Biodiversity afternoon symposium, "The Census of Marine Life: Progress and Prospects," which featured presentations by O'Dor and others. File also includes correspondence between Ron O'Dor, Cynthia Decker, Fred Grassle, Jesse Ausubel and many others.
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