IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific - UNESDOC
... WESTPAC-IX and Dr Jung-Keuk Kang, President of KORDI, Dr Weong-Seo Kim, VicePresident of KORDI, welcomed all delegates and representatives from the Member States, international organizations and programmes to the Session. Dr Kim confirmed KORDI’s commitment to WESTPAC with its efforts to be invested ...
... WESTPAC-IX and Dr Jung-Keuk Kang, President of KORDI, Dr Weong-Seo Kim, VicePresident of KORDI, welcomed all delegates and representatives from the Member States, international organizations and programmes to the Session. Dr Kim confirmed KORDI’s commitment to WESTPAC with its efforts to be invested ...
Ocean Trenches - The University of Texas at Dallas
... trenches were identified and sampled, and their greatest depths were sonically plumbed. The heroic phase of trench exploration culminated in the 1960 descent of the bathyscaphe Trieste, which set an unbeatable world record by diving to the bottom of the Challenger Deep. Following Dietz’ and Hess’ ar ...
... trenches were identified and sampled, and their greatest depths were sonically plumbed. The heroic phase of trench exploration culminated in the 1960 descent of the bathyscaphe Trieste, which set an unbeatable world record by diving to the bottom of the Challenger Deep. Following Dietz’ and Hess’ ar ...
Michael Scott McCartney Physical Oceanographer Senior Scientist
... Fellow, The Cooperative Institute for Climate and Ocean Research (CICOR—a Joint Institute of WHOI and NOAA), 1998−present Member, Institute Advisory Committee for the WHOI Climate Institute, 2001−2003 U.S. CLIVAR Atlantic Implementation Panel, 1999−2001 International CLIVAR Implementation Panel, 200 ...
... Fellow, The Cooperative Institute for Climate and Ocean Research (CICOR—a Joint Institute of WHOI and NOAA), 1998−present Member, Institute Advisory Committee for the WHOI Climate Institute, 2001−2003 U.S. CLIVAR Atlantic Implementation Panel, 1999−2001 International CLIVAR Implementation Panel, 200 ...
Michael Scott McCartney Physical Oceanographer Senior Scientist Department of Physical Oceanography
... Fellow, The Cooperative Institute for Climate and Ocean Research (CICOR—a Joint Institute of WHOI and NOAA), 1998−present Member, Institute Advisory Committee for the WHOI Climate Institute, 2001−2003 U.S. CLIVAR Atlantic Implementation Panel, 1999−2001 International CLIVAR Implementation Panel, 200 ...
... Fellow, The Cooperative Institute for Climate and Ocean Research (CICOR—a Joint Institute of WHOI and NOAA), 1998−present Member, Institute Advisory Committee for the WHOI Climate Institute, 2001−2003 U.S. CLIVAR Atlantic Implementation Panel, 1999−2001 International CLIVAR Implementation Panel, 200 ...
Coral Reefs and Changing Seawater Carbonate Chemistry
... Oceanic uptake of atmospheric CO2 is restricted to the ocean-atmosphere interface; about 50% of the anthropogenic CO2 in the oceans is still confined to waters shallower than 400 m and generally to waters above the thermocline [Sabine et al., 2004]. Transport of CO2 to the deep ocean increases the c ...
... Oceanic uptake of atmospheric CO2 is restricted to the ocean-atmosphere interface; about 50% of the anthropogenic CO2 in the oceans is still confined to waters shallower than 400 m and generally to waters above the thermocline [Sabine et al., 2004]. Transport of CO2 to the deep ocean increases the c ...
Cold-water coral reefs
... regions. Scientists have been able to explore a variety of coral ecosystems thriving in deep, dark and cold waters, currently most studied at high latitudes. Some of these cold-water corals construct banks or reefs as complex as their tropical cousins. Through radioactive dating techniques, it is no ...
... regions. Scientists have been able to explore a variety of coral ecosystems thriving in deep, dark and cold waters, currently most studied at high latitudes. Some of these cold-water corals construct banks or reefs as complex as their tropical cousins. Through radioactive dating techniques, it is no ...
Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems - UNEP Document Repository Home
... Although MCEs are widespread and diverse, they remain largely unexplored in most parts of the world, and there is Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) are characterized by light-dependent corals and associated communities typically found at depths ranging from 30–40 m and extending to over 150 m in tr ...
... Although MCEs are widespread and diverse, they remain largely unexplored in most parts of the world, and there is Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) are characterized by light-dependent corals and associated communities typically found at depths ranging from 30–40 m and extending to over 150 m in tr ...
the first us integrated ocean observing system (ioos) development plan
... The Integrated Ocean Observing System, the Global Ocean Observing System, and the Global Earth Observing System of Systems The U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy1 and the National Ocean Research Leadership Council (NORLC)2 identified the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) as a high priority and e ...
... The Integrated Ocean Observing System, the Global Ocean Observing System, and the Global Earth Observing System of Systems The U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy1 and the National Ocean Research Leadership Council (NORLC)2 identified the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) as a high priority and e ...
Historical records of coastal eutrophication
... Certain conditions are necessary for the preservation and recovery of sediment records of coastal hypoxia. In addition to the availability of datable sediment cores, requirements include a relatively sheltered, low-energy setting that permits the deposition of fine-grained sediments, a sedimentation ...
... Certain conditions are necessary for the preservation and recovery of sediment records of coastal hypoxia. In addition to the availability of datable sediment cores, requirements include a relatively sheltered, low-energy setting that permits the deposition of fine-grained sediments, a sedimentation ...
Access and Benefit Sharing in Relation to Marine Genetic
... 1. Introduction While the exploration and exploitation of marine natural resources was long limited to coastal waters, this is no longer the case today. New uses of the oceans and their resources have emerged, which was possible due to technological progress that has made all parts of the ocean gra ...
... 1. Introduction While the exploration and exploitation of marine natural resources was long limited to coastal waters, this is no longer the case today. New uses of the oceans and their resources have emerged, which was possible due to technological progress that has made all parts of the ocean gra ...
The Future of the World Heritage Convention for marine conservation
... While the ocean covers two-thirds of our planet, marine conservation has historically received less attention and resources than the protection of terrestrial sites. In the past twenty years, there has been a concerted international effort to change that, caused in part by a recognition that our oce ...
... While the ocean covers two-thirds of our planet, marine conservation has historically received less attention and resources than the protection of terrestrial sites. In the past twenty years, there has been a concerted international effort to change that, caused in part by a recognition that our oce ...
Physical Oceanographic Assessment of the Nautilus EIS for the
... testimony was that the oceanographic consultants had done the field work well, but their analysis of it was weak. For example, they presented plots which implied that the bottom currents at the shallow dumping site were onshore, and that upwelling currents would quickly sweep the dissolved fraction ...
... testimony was that the oceanographic consultants had done the field work well, but their analysis of it was weak. For example, they presented plots which implied that the bottom currents at the shallow dumping site were onshore, and that upwelling currents would quickly sweep the dissolved fraction ...
Dynamics of temperature and chlorophyll
... which water from below the summit depth flows above the topographic obstacle. Vortex lines above the seamount are compressed, and due to conservation of potential vorticity anticyclonic vorticity is induced. The resulting flow-field is a combination of the velocity induced by the anticyclonic vortic ...
... which water from below the summit depth flows above the topographic obstacle. Vortex lines above the seamount are compressed, and due to conservation of potential vorticity anticyclonic vorticity is induced. The resulting flow-field is a combination of the velocity induced by the anticyclonic vortic ...
VERTIGO (VERtical Transport In the Global Ocean): A study of
... are not mutually exclusive and may work in tandem to produce interesting feedback mechanisms. For example, mid-water zooplankton may not be generalist particle grazers, but have specific adaptations to feed on slow- or fast-sinking particles, or particles with a particular elemental composition. Chan ...
... are not mutually exclusive and may work in tandem to produce interesting feedback mechanisms. For example, mid-water zooplankton may not be generalist particle grazers, but have specific adaptations to feed on slow- or fast-sinking particles, or particles with a particular elemental composition. Chan ...
UNOLS Booth at 2014 Ocean Sciences Conference Program
... Limnology and Oceanography poster presenters to be available to talk about their is not allowed at the meeting. For more than 50 years, ASLO has been a leadposters have been scheduled between 16:00 and ing professional organization for researchers and Thank you for your cooperation. 18:00 on Monday ...
... Limnology and Oceanography poster presenters to be available to talk about their is not allowed at the meeting. For more than 50 years, ASLO has been a leadposters have been scheduled between 16:00 and ing professional organization for researchers and Thank you for your cooperation. 18:00 on Monday ...
6.19 The Oceanic CaCO3 Cycle - Earth and Environmental Sciences
... ions. Were PO4 content the only factor influencing the interocean difference in carbonate ion concentration, then it would be expected to be more like 90 mmol kg21 rather than the observed 30 mmol kg21. So, something else must be involved. This something is CO2 transfer through the atmosphere (Broec ...
... ions. Were PO4 content the only factor influencing the interocean difference in carbonate ion concentration, then it would be expected to be more like 90 mmol kg21 rather than the observed 30 mmol kg21. So, something else must be involved. This something is CO2 transfer through the atmosphere (Broec ...
Phosphorus Cycling in the Sargasso Sea: Investigation Using the
... the ocean are extremely low (<10 nM) and phosphorus (P) availability could limit primary productivity in these regions. We explore the use of oxygen isotopic signature of dissolved phosphate (d18OPO4) to investigate biogeochemical cycling of P in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Additional techniqu ...
... the ocean are extremely low (<10 nM) and phosphorus (P) availability could limit primary productivity in these regions. We explore the use of oxygen isotopic signature of dissolved phosphate (d18OPO4) to investigate biogeochemical cycling of P in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Additional techniqu ...
Maritime and Inland Waterborne Economy, it is a system of the
... is maritime and inland waterborne economy and its own scope of the public statistics in this field. We agree with The Swedish Royal Institute of Technology, which in 2006 stated that Baltic Sea Region includes the sea and also the vast land area with river basins and lakes, where also Maritime and I ...
... is maritime and inland waterborne economy and its own scope of the public statistics in this field. We agree with The Swedish Royal Institute of Technology, which in 2006 stated that Baltic Sea Region includes the sea and also the vast land area with river basins and lakes, where also Maritime and I ...
Literature Survey - EMODNet Atlantic Checkpoint
... The concept of sea-basin checkpoints was introduced within the "Marine Knowledge 2020" Communication and refined in the Roadmap. Although EU initiatives such as the European Marine Observation and Data Network, Copernicus and the Data Collection Framework for Fisheries have managed to deliver seamle ...
... The concept of sea-basin checkpoints was introduced within the "Marine Knowledge 2020" Communication and refined in the Roadmap. Although EU initiatives such as the European Marine Observation and Data Network, Copernicus and the Data Collection Framework for Fisheries have managed to deliver seamle ...
Illuminating Earth`s Past, Present and Future
... of paleoenvironmental data, revealing our planet’s dynamic climate system over a range of climate states and time periods. Biosphere Frontiers includes exploration of deep life within the subseafloor, where microbes isolated from the photosynthetic world live at the limits of habitability. Subseaflo ...
... of paleoenvironmental data, revealing our planet’s dynamic climate system over a range of climate states and time periods. Biosphere Frontiers includes exploration of deep life within the subseafloor, where microbes isolated from the photosynthetic world live at the limits of habitability. Subseaflo ...
Microbial Extracellular Enzymes in Marine Sediments: Methods
... The deep biosphere is defined as the subsurface ecosystem in which little energy is available to microorganisms and microorganisms can live for thousands of years. Heterotrophic microbes survive in the deep biosphere even though organic matter is limited and highly recalcitrant in nature. Measuring ...
... The deep biosphere is defined as the subsurface ecosystem in which little energy is available to microorganisms and microorganisms can live for thousands of years. Heterotrophic microbes survive in the deep biosphere even though organic matter is limited and highly recalcitrant in nature. Measuring ...
illuminating earth`s
... of paleoenvironmental data, revealing our planet’s dynamic climate system over a range of climate states and time periods. Biosphere Frontiers includes exploration of deep life within the subseafloor, where microbes isolated from the photosynthetic world live at the limits of habitability. Subseaflo ...
... of paleoenvironmental data, revealing our planet’s dynamic climate system over a range of climate states and time periods. Biosphere Frontiers includes exploration of deep life within the subseafloor, where microbes isolated from the photosynthetic world live at the limits of habitability. Subseaflo ...
Ocean Eddy Dynamics in a Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Model*
... maintain sea surface temperature anomalies feeding back on the atmosphere, is not fundamentally a viscous one. Although the role of oceanic mesoscale eddies in shaping the large-scale ocean circulation has been known for a long time (e.g., Holland 1978), accurate mathematical models (i.e., parameter ...
... maintain sea surface temperature anomalies feeding back on the atmosphere, is not fundamentally a viscous one. Although the role of oceanic mesoscale eddies in shaping the large-scale ocean circulation has been known for a long time (e.g., Holland 1978), accurate mathematical models (i.e., parameter ...
Marine biology
Marine biology is the scientific study of organisms in the ocean or other marine or brackish bodies of water. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies species based on the environment rather than on taxonomy. Marine biology differs from marine ecology as marine ecology is focused on how organisms interact with each other and the environment, while biology is the study of the organisms themselves.A large proportion of all life on Earth lives in the ocean. Exactly how large the proportion is unknown, since many ocean species are still to be discovered. The ocean is a complex three-dimensional world covering about 71% of the Earth's surface. The habitats studied in marine biology include everything from the tiny layers of surface water in which organisms and abiotic items may be trapped in surface tension between the ocean and atmosphere, to the depths of the oceanic trenches, sometimes 10,000 meters or more beneath the surface of the ocean. Specific habitats include coral reefs, kelp forests, seagrass meadows, the surrounds of seamounts and thermal vents, tidepools, muddy, sandy and rocky bottoms, and the open ocean (pelagic) zone, where solid objects are rare and the surface of the water is the only visible boundary. The organisms studied range from microscopic phytoplankton and zooplankton to huge cetaceans (whales) 30 meters (98 feet) in length.Marine life is a vast resource, providing food, medicine, and raw materials, in addition to helping to support recreation and tourism all over the world. At a fundamental level, marine life helps determine the very nature of our planet. Marine organisms contribute significantly to the oxygen cycle, and are involved in the regulation of the Earth's climate. Shorelines are in part shaped and protected by marine life, and some marine organisms even help create new land.Many species are economically important to humans, including food fish (both finfish and shellfish). It is also becoming understood that the well-being of marine organisms and other organisms are linked in very fundamental ways. The human body of knowledge regarding the relationship between life in the sea and important cycles is rapidly growing, with new discoveries being made nearly every day. These cycles include those of matter (such as the carbon cycle) and of air (such as Earth's respiration, and movement of energy through ecosystems including the ocean). Large areas beneath the ocean surface still remain effectively unexplored.