biogeographic atlas of the southern ocean - HOME
... CAML (www.caml.aq) was a 5-year project that aimed at assessing the nature, distribution and abundance of all living organisms of the Southern Ocean. In this time of environmental change, CAML provided a comprehensive baseline information on the Antarctic marine biodiversity as a sound benchmark aga ...
... CAML (www.caml.aq) was a 5-year project that aimed at assessing the nature, distribution and abundance of all living organisms of the Southern Ocean. In this time of environmental change, CAML provided a comprehensive baseline information on the Antarctic marine biodiversity as a sound benchmark aga ...
Our_western_front_IO - Australian Strategic Policy Institute
... this ocean would be centre stage for the challenges of the 21st century, and that a maritime dimension would be essential to understanding those challenges. The Indian Ocean is the world’s third largest body of water. It’s the major energy and international trade maritime highway, particularly for t ...
... this ocean would be centre stage for the challenges of the 21st century, and that a maritime dimension would be essential to understanding those challenges. The Indian Ocean is the world’s third largest body of water. It’s the major energy and international trade maritime highway, particularly for t ...
Section with timetable, abstracts, delegate lists, presentation times
... sediment-water nitrogen cycling (Melicertus) latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896) in Spencer Gulf South Australia Huveneers: The Australian Acoustic Radke: Developing Surrogacy Maynard: Effect of changes in hook Tagging and Monitoring System Relationships for a Remote Deep-sea pattern on catch rate and ho ...
... sediment-water nitrogen cycling (Melicertus) latisulcatus Kishinouye, 1896) in Spencer Gulf South Australia Huveneers: The Australian Acoustic Radke: Developing Surrogacy Maynard: Effect of changes in hook Tagging and Monitoring System Relationships for a Remote Deep-sea pattern on catch rate and ho ...
9th International Conference on Harmful Algal Blooms, 7-11
... Fisheries Research and Development Cooperation (FRDC) Land Water Research Development Cooperation (LWRDC) Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) International Society for the Stu ...
... Fisheries Research and Development Cooperation (FRDC) Land Water Research Development Cooperation (LWRDC) Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) International Society for the Stu ...
Glossary of Physical Oceanography and Related Disciplines
... tide gauges and bottom pressure stations, along with an ongoing research program in satellite altimetry. ACCLAIM was the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory’s main contribution to WOCE and now provides data for CLIVAR, GLOSS and PSMSL. The coastal tide gauge portion of ACCLAIM took place in two phases ...
... tide gauges and bottom pressure stations, along with an ongoing research program in satellite altimetry. ACCLAIM was the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory’s main contribution to WOCE and now provides data for CLIVAR, GLOSS and PSMSL. The coastal tide gauge portion of ACCLAIM took place in two phases ...
Integrated Strategic Design Plan for the Coastal Ocean
... required data and information in the form, and on time scales, specified by the users. Such a system must efficiently link three essential subsystems to ensure the timely and routine delivery of data and information to users: (1) a monitoring (sensing) subsystem, (2) a subsystem for data acquisition ...
... required data and information in the form, and on time scales, specified by the users. Such a system must efficiently link three essential subsystems to ensure the timely and routine delivery of data and information to users: (1) a monitoring (sensing) subsystem, (2) a subsystem for data acquisition ...
Bering Strait throughflow and the thermohaline circulation
... the Arctic into the North Atlantic marginal seas is reduced also. This reduction is comparable to a large portion of the artificial freshwater flux added in the northern North Atlantic. Thus the removal of this freshwater from the North Atlantic by this process means that there is less anomalous fre ...
... the Arctic into the North Atlantic marginal seas is reduced also. This reduction is comparable to a large portion of the artificial freshwater flux added in the northern North Atlantic. Thus the removal of this freshwater from the North Atlantic by this process means that there is less anomalous fre ...
The Integrated, Strategic Design Plan for the Coastal Ocean
... required data and information in the form, and on time scales, specified by the users. Such a system must efficiently link three essential subsystems to ensure the timely and routine delivery of data and information to users: (1) a monitoring (sensing) subsystem, (2) a subsystem for data acquisition ...
... required data and information in the form, and on time scales, specified by the users. Such a system must efficiently link three essential subsystems to ensure the timely and routine delivery of data and information to users: (1) a monitoring (sensing) subsystem, (2) a subsystem for data acquisition ...
Clay Minerals, Deep Circulation and Climate
... identified by their characteristic basal X-ray diffraction maxima (i.e., ‘‘reflection’’ or ‘‘peak’’; Brindley & Brown, 1980; Moore & Reynolds, 1989). The term ‘‘clay minerals’’ refers to mineral groups rather than specific mineralogical species. ‘‘Illite’’ is used ‘‘as a general term for the clay mi ...
... identified by their characteristic basal X-ray diffraction maxima (i.e., ‘‘reflection’’ or ‘‘peak’’; Brindley & Brown, 1980; Moore & Reynolds, 1989). The term ‘‘clay minerals’’ refers to mineral groups rather than specific mineralogical species. ‘‘Illite’’ is used ‘‘as a general term for the clay mi ...
the seamounts of the gorringe bank
... metres in height and can consist of very different physical, geological and chemical properties. Therefore, seamounts can only exist where there are sea beds more than one kilometre deep, or, which is one and the same thing, over 60%–62% of the land surface1. There are also thousands of smaller elev ...
... metres in height and can consist of very different physical, geological and chemical properties. Therefore, seamounts can only exist where there are sea beds more than one kilometre deep, or, which is one and the same thing, over 60%–62% of the land surface1. There are also thousands of smaller elev ...
Ocean Acoustics Modelling for EIAs: a Review
... Figure 2. In a shallow water region, such as a continental shelf, sound is channeled in a waveguide where the sound is trapped between the ocean surface and bottom. Because of the latter, the sound propagation path is reflected off by both the sea surface and the seafloor.To generate high-fidelity m ...
... Figure 2. In a shallow water region, such as a continental shelf, sound is channeled in a waveguide where the sound is trapped between the ocean surface and bottom. Because of the latter, the sound propagation path is reflected off by both the sea surface and the seafloor.To generate high-fidelity m ...
Ocean Observation and Research Department
... Research and Development of application software for the Earth Simulator (the former Development of Parallel Software for Earth Simulator) ...
... Research and Development of application software for the Earth Simulator (the former Development of Parallel Software for Earth Simulator) ...
Annual report 2005 (of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic
... for our Commission. The immediate and urgent responses to the December 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean have gradually been replaced by longer-term considerations, and by the establishment of procedures for setting up permanent warning systems. Our Executive Secretary, Patricio Bernal, and his colle ...
... for our Commission. The immediate and urgent responses to the December 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean have gradually been replaced by longer-term considerations, and by the establishment of procedures for setting up permanent warning systems. Our Executive Secretary, Patricio Bernal, and his colle ...
6 chapter 4 Holocene - Edinburgh Research Archive
... The seasonal monsoon winds of the Arabian Sea are driven by the temperature differential between the Indian Ocean and the Asian continent. As the plateau warms in the boreal summer, the southwesterly winds flowing from the coast of Somalia over the Arabian Sea to India bring moisture laden winds ons ...
... The seasonal monsoon winds of the Arabian Sea are driven by the temperature differential between the Indian Ocean and the Asian continent. As the plateau warms in the boreal summer, the southwesterly winds flowing from the coast of Somalia over the Arabian Sea to India bring moisture laden winds ons ...
Oceanography and Marine Biology An Annual Review volume 47
... such as fish are less directly affected by ocean currents, many have a planktonic larval phase. These can often exploit vertical differences in currents to influence their dispersal (Figure 3). In contrast, marine mammals can overcome flow velocities at all their life stages. Their life strategies a ...
... such as fish are less directly affected by ocean currents, many have a planktonic larval phase. These can often exploit vertical differences in currents to influence their dispersal (Figure 3). In contrast, marine mammals can overcome flow velocities at all their life stages. Their life strategies a ...
Marine Growth Mapping and Monitoring
... marine growth could enable the development of relationships which predict the type and extent of biofouling on marine renewable energy devices on a geographical basis. Ultimately, these relationships could be applied to an industry-ready tool to map marine growth around the UK. Perhaps the greatest ...
... marine growth could enable the development of relationships which predict the type and extent of biofouling on marine renewable energy devices on a geographical basis. Ultimately, these relationships could be applied to an industry-ready tool to map marine growth around the UK. Perhaps the greatest ...
REPOR T - The Royal Society of Canada
... 2011). Indeed, there are compelling reasons to believe that reductions in Canadian and global marine biodiversity impair the ocean's capacity to provide a plethora of ecosystem services that contribute to the resilience of marine ecosystems and to the well-being of humankind. From a strictly financi ...
... 2011). Indeed, there are compelling reasons to believe that reductions in Canadian and global marine biodiversity impair the ocean's capacity to provide a plethora of ecosystem services that contribute to the resilience of marine ecosystems and to the well-being of humankind. From a strictly financi ...
1985 - Pêches et Océans Canada
... responsibility for Grand Banks fisheries, and the possibility that production from the Grand Banks Hibernia field will finally end our dependence on oil imports to fuel eastern Canada, both require heavy scientific input, much of which has come from BIO over the last several years. As for climate re ...
... responsibility for Grand Banks fisheries, and the possibility that production from the Grand Banks Hibernia field will finally end our dependence on oil imports to fuel eastern Canada, both require heavy scientific input, much of which has come from BIO over the last several years. As for climate re ...
Scotian Shelf in Context
... The Scotian Shelf is bounded on the east by the Laurentian Channel, a deep trough that originated as a river valley and was later eroded by glacial ice (Davis and Browne 1996). The Laurentian Fan is a large, delta-like deposition area down the slope from the Channel. Deep parts of the Laurentian Cha ...
... The Scotian Shelf is bounded on the east by the Laurentian Channel, a deep trough that originated as a river valley and was later eroded by glacial ice (Davis and Browne 1996). The Laurentian Fan is a large, delta-like deposition area down the slope from the Channel. Deep parts of the Laurentian Cha ...
Coral Reefs and Changing Seawater Carbonate Chemistry
... In the most simplistic context, Earth’s carbon cycle can be configured as four different reservoirs: atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and geosphere (Figure 1). Over geologic time, the fluxes of carbon between these reservoirs tend to maintain relative stability in the sizes of the reservoirs. Occa ...
... In the most simplistic context, Earth’s carbon cycle can be configured as four different reservoirs: atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and geosphere (Figure 1). Over geologic time, the fluxes of carbon between these reservoirs tend to maintain relative stability in the sizes of the reservoirs. Occa ...
Harbour Porpoise Pacific Ocean population Phocoena phocoena
... Parturition occurs in the spring followed by a period of mating activity in the late summer/early fall. Harbour Porpoises feed on a variety of small, schooling fish and squid, often in areas with high rates of current flow. They are prey of Transient (also known as Bigg’s) Killer Whales in BC. Preda ...
... Parturition occurs in the spring followed by a period of mating activity in the late summer/early fall. Harbour Porpoises feed on a variety of small, schooling fish and squid, often in areas with high rates of current flow. They are prey of Transient (also known as Bigg’s) Killer Whales in BC. Preda ...
75 An Updated Synthesis of the Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine
... marine biodiversity for their livelihoods. Oceans are critical to many important global geo-chemical processes, such as climate regulation and carbon cycling. Ocean ecosystems provide critical life supporting services to the global population and underpin global productivity and well-being. However, ...
... marine biodiversity for their livelihoods. Oceans are critical to many important global geo-chemical processes, such as climate regulation and carbon cycling. Ocean ecosystems provide critical life supporting services to the global population and underpin global productivity and well-being. However, ...
State Responsibility and the High Seas Marine Environment: A
... undertaken during the research vessel Challenger expedition of 1872-76.' However, it was not until after World War II, during which newly developed naval sonar revealed their distribution, that interest in seamounts burgeoned. 14 Since then, seamounts have experienced a steady increase in pressure f ...
... undertaken during the research vessel Challenger expedition of 1872-76.' However, it was not until after World War II, during which newly developed naval sonar revealed their distribution, that interest in seamounts burgeoned. 14 Since then, seamounts have experienced a steady increase in pressure f ...
Report of the ICES GOOS Steering Group (IGSG)
... Both ICES and GOOS depend on national activities to make ocean observations. Further, both groups have an interest in using ocean observations to improve the management of marine resources and to promote ecosystem-based approaches to management. Thus, both groups have an interest in promoting ocean ...
... Both ICES and GOOS depend on national activities to make ocean observations. Further, both groups have an interest in using ocean observations to improve the management of marine resources and to promote ecosystem-based approaches to management. Thus, both groups have an interest in promoting ocean ...
Ecology of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs in aquatic environments
... from AAP bacteria (Kolber et al. 2000). The article of Kolber et al. (2000) together with a study describing proteorhodopsincontaining bacteria (Béjà et al. 2000) immediately attracted the attention of marine microbiologists. (Interestingly, by coincidence these articles describing the two main gr ...
... from AAP bacteria (Kolber et al. 2000). The article of Kolber et al. (2000) together with a study describing proteorhodopsincontaining bacteria (Béjà et al. 2000) immediately attracted the attention of marine microbiologists. (Interestingly, by coincidence these articles describing the two main gr ...
Ecosystem of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG) is the largest contiguous ecosystem on earth. In oceanography, a subtropical gyre is a ring-like system of ocean currents rotating clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere caused by the Coriolis Effect. They generally form in large open ocean areas that lie between land masses.The NPSG is the largest of the gyres as well as the largest ecosystem on our planet. Like other subtropical gyres, it has a high-pressure zone in its center. Circulation around the center is clockwise around this high-pressure zone. Subtropical gyres make up 40% of the Earth’s surface and play critical roles in carbon fixation and nutrient cycling. This particular gyre covers most of the Pacific Ocean and comprises four prevailing ocean currents: the North Pacific Current to the north, the California Current to the east, the North Equatorial Current to the south, and the Kuroshio Current to the west. Its large size and distance from shore has caused the NPSG to be poorly sampled and thus poorly understood.The life processes in open-ocean ecosystems are a sink for the atmosphere’s increasing CO2. Gyres make up a large proportion, approximately 75%, of what we refer to as the open ocean, or the area of the ocean that does not consist of coastal areas. They are considered oligotrophic, or nutrient poor because they are far from terrestrial runoff. These regions were once thought to be homogenous and static habitats. However, there is increasing evidence that the NPSG exhibits substantial physical, chemical, and biological variability on a variety of time scales. Specifically, the NPSG exhibits seasonal and interannual variations in primary productivity (simply defined as the production of new plant material), which is important for the uptake of CO2.The NPSG is not only a sink for CO2 in the atmosphere, but also other pollutants. As a direct result of this circular pattern, gyres act like giant whirlpools and become traps for anthropogenic pollutants, such as marine debris. The NPSG has become recognized for the large quantity of plastic debris floating just below the surface in the center of the gyre. This area has recently received a lot of media attention and is commonly referred to as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.