Bioregionalisation of the Southern Ocean - WWF
... This report presents the outcomes of an Experts Workshop on Bioregionalisation of the Southern Ocean, held in Hobart, Australia, 4-8 September 2006, hosted by WWF-Australia and the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre. This workshop, and the preparation and publication of the ...
... This report presents the outcomes of an Experts Workshop on Bioregionalisation of the Southern Ocean, held in Hobart, Australia, 4-8 September 2006, hosted by WWF-Australia and the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre. This workshop, and the preparation and publication of the ...
IOC Draft Medium-term Strategy, 2008-2013
... 10. The Ocean touches all domains of human activity. Ninety percent of international trade is moved through the oceans. Offshore mineral resources provided 30% of the world’s energy supply, fisheries provide direct and indirect livelihoods for 400 million people. 11. Coastal areas are crucial to sup ...
... 10. The Ocean touches all domains of human activity. Ninety percent of international trade is moved through the oceans. Offshore mineral resources provided 30% of the world’s energy supply, fisheries provide direct and indirect livelihoods for 400 million people. 11. Coastal areas are crucial to sup ...
The strengthening East Australian Current, its eddies and
... this special issue of 16 papers on the EAC, we examine the effects of climatic wind-stress forced ocean dynamics on EAC transport variability and coastal sea level, from ENSO to multi-decadal time scales; eddy formation and structure; fine scale connectivity and larval retention. Comparisons with the ...
... this special issue of 16 papers on the EAC, we examine the effects of climatic wind-stress forced ocean dynamics on EAC transport variability and coastal sea level, from ENSO to multi-decadal time scales; eddy formation and structure; fine scale connectivity and larval retention. Comparisons with the ...
Book of Abstracts
... Derycke Pascal and Nicolas Hoepffner - An introduction to EMIS Marine Analyst to assist in the management of European seas .................................................................................................................................................. 53 McMeel Oonagh, Belén Martín ...
... Derycke Pascal and Nicolas Hoepffner - An introduction to EMIS Marine Analyst to assist in the management of European seas .................................................................................................................................................. 53 McMeel Oonagh, Belén Martín ...
The tilt of mean sea level along the east coast of North America
... Applying the gap statistic to the ocean estimates showed there to be only one cluster. However, there is spatially structured variability within the cluster. From a principal component analysis based on the covariance matrix, we found the first spatial mode (Figure 2b). This mode accounts for 84% of ...
... Applying the gap statistic to the ocean estimates showed there to be only one cluster. However, there is spatially structured variability within the cluster. From a principal component analysis based on the covariance matrix, we found the first spatial mode (Figure 2b). This mode accounts for 84% of ...
State of the Environment | South Australia | 2013
... than 75% endemism recorded in red algae alone. The level of temperate species biodiversity in macroalgae is approximately three times the level recorded in the tropical regions of Australia, where approximately 200–400 species of macroalgae have been described (Edyvane 1999). ...
... than 75% endemism recorded in red algae alone. The level of temperate species biodiversity in macroalgae is approximately three times the level recorded in the tropical regions of Australia, where approximately 200–400 species of macroalgae have been described (Edyvane 1999). ...
IOC report for SCOR, 2016 Ocean acidification Ocean acidification
... The development of improved recommendations regarding biological observation to measure the impact of ocean acification is strongly supported by the IOC‐UNESCO. One element is the co‐leadership in the biological working group of the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA‐ON). During th ...
... The development of improved recommendations regarding biological observation to measure the impact of ocean acification is strongly supported by the IOC‐UNESCO. One element is the co‐leadership in the biological working group of the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA‐ON). During th ...
Bathymetry from Space
... thus their resolution of east-west components of ocean slope is poor at low latitudes. The new mission should have an orbital inclination close to 60° or 120° so as to resolve north-south and eastwest components almost equally while still covering nearly all the world’s ocean area. • Near-shore trac ...
... thus their resolution of east-west components of ocean slope is poor at low latitudes. The new mission should have an orbital inclination close to 60° or 120° so as to resolve north-south and eastwest components almost equally while still covering nearly all the world’s ocean area. • Near-shore trac ...
the sea and coastal environment
... shorelines) which are ideal for this purpose. The use of relict sands for this type of intervention entails certain advantages, such as the availability of large amounts of sediments (millions of m3), a grain size and composition similar to that of the beach sands, a low environmental impact and rel ...
... shorelines) which are ideal for this purpose. The use of relict sands for this type of intervention entails certain advantages, such as the availability of large amounts of sediments (millions of m3), a grain size and composition similar to that of the beach sands, a low environmental impact and rel ...
Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences: 1959–2009
... Ocean Exploration (IDOE) with funding through the National Science Foundation. OSU Oceanography plays a major part in many IDOE programs during the decade beginning in 1971 (see below). The experience and reputation gained during this decade makes OSU a leader in national and international programs ...
... Ocean Exploration (IDOE) with funding through the National Science Foundation. OSU Oceanography plays a major part in many IDOE programs during the decade beginning in 1971 (see below). The experience and reputation gained during this decade makes OSU a leader in national and international programs ...
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... Oceanographic since childhood, while othOcean Physics & Engineering Department. ers stumbled upon the program last spring. people my age who are interested in the same “I remember thinking, ‘This is what I really But by summer’s end, each found himself or things,” said Tara Hetz, from St. Lawrence w ...
... Oceanographic since childhood, while othOcean Physics & Engineering Department. ers stumbled upon the program last spring. people my age who are interested in the same “I remember thinking, ‘This is what I really But by summer’s end, each found himself or things,” said Tara Hetz, from St. Lawrence w ...
chapter 4 marine protected areas, marine spatial planning
... Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) noted in 2005, for example, “the estimated 313,000 containers of low-intermediate emission radioactive waste dumped in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans since the 1970s pose a significant threat to deep-sea ecosystems should the containers leak, which seems likely ...
... Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) noted in 2005, for example, “the estimated 313,000 containers of low-intermediate emission radioactive waste dumped in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans since the 1970s pose a significant threat to deep-sea ecosystems should the containers leak, which seems likely ...
Chapter 36 F Open Ocean Deep Sea
... hosted by the deep ocean also holds the potential for new pharmaceutical and industrial applications. With up to millions of estimated deep-sea species (cf. Chapter 34; CoML, 2010; Grassle and Maciolek, 1992), although the true number of species may be less, (Appeltans et al., 2012, Costello et al. ...
... hosted by the deep ocean also holds the potential for new pharmaceutical and industrial applications. With up to millions of estimated deep-sea species (cf. Chapter 34; CoML, 2010; Grassle and Maciolek, 1992), although the true number of species may be less, (Appeltans et al., 2012, Costello et al. ...
A Review of the Major Marine Environmental Concerns Off the
... areas such as parts of Prince Edward Island. It would alter the way we seek a livelihood but would not be directly life threatening. The harmful effects of increased ultraviolet radiation, from reductions in the stratospheric ozone layer, are far more alarming if continued at the present rate. Marin ...
... areas such as parts of Prince Edward Island. It would alter the way we seek a livelihood but would not be directly life threatening. The harmful effects of increased ultraviolet radiation, from reductions in the stratospheric ozone layer, are far more alarming if continued at the present rate. Marin ...
The Impacts of Seismic Exploration and International
... methodologies for the assessment of the environmental burdens and their impacts are difficult in all fields, this area is especially difficult with noise pollution, and particular forms of noise pollution such as low-frequency. Due to such difficulties, until recently there was little international ...
... methodologies for the assessment of the environmental burdens and their impacts are difficult in all fields, this area is especially difficult with noise pollution, and particular forms of noise pollution such as low-frequency. Due to such difficulties, until recently there was little international ...
Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS): Years 16-20
... Nojiri, Y., Wong, C.S., Delille, B., and Bates, N.R., 2007. Climatological mean and decadal change in surface ocean pCO2 and net sea-air CO2 flux over the global oceans. Deep-Sea Research II (submitted). *BATES, N.R., 2007. Interannual variability of the oceanic CO2 sink in the subtropical gyre of t ...
... Nojiri, Y., Wong, C.S., Delille, B., and Bates, N.R., 2007. Climatological mean and decadal change in surface ocean pCO2 and net sea-air CO2 flux over the global oceans. Deep-Sea Research II (submitted). *BATES, N.R., 2007. Interannual variability of the oceanic CO2 sink in the subtropical gyre of t ...
14.2 Ocean Floor Features
... plains have thick accumulations of fine sediment that have buried an otherwise rugged ocean floor, as shown in Figure 9. The sediments that make up abyssal plains are carried there by turbidity currents or deposited as a result of suspended sediments settling. Abyssal plains are found in all oceans of ...
... plains have thick accumulations of fine sediment that have buried an otherwise rugged ocean floor, as shown in Figure 9. The sediments that make up abyssal plains are carried there by turbidity currents or deposited as a result of suspended sediments settling. Abyssal plains are found in all oceans of ...
Report of the 5th Session of the Indian Ocean Panel
... Support Systems that provide software interfaces for policy makers. The synergy between the first three building blocks produces an optimal estimate of the present and near future state of the system that is considered to be the basic information before any decision about prevention or mitigation ac ...
... Support Systems that provide software interfaces for policy makers. The synergy between the first three building blocks produces an optimal estimate of the present and near future state of the system that is considered to be the basic information before any decision about prevention or mitigation ac ...
East Spar CSEM Survey Environment Plan Summary
... fishing, oil and gas exploration and production; and to a lesser extent, recreational fishing and tourism. Offshore and coastal waters in the North-west Marine Region support a valuable and diverse commercial fishing industry. State fisheries within the operational area that may be active include th ...
... fishing, oil and gas exploration and production; and to a lesser extent, recreational fishing and tourism. Offshore and coastal waters in the North-west Marine Region support a valuable and diverse commercial fishing industry. State fisheries within the operational area that may be active include th ...
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
... and coastal ocean DESCRIPTION: The IOC, leading a partnership with WMO, UNEP and ICSU, began implementing GOOS in 1998. GOOS is part of an Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS), with the space agencies of the world as partners. GOOS has an open ocean subsystem to improve weather and climate fo ...
... and coastal ocean DESCRIPTION: The IOC, leading a partnership with WMO, UNEP and ICSU, began implementing GOOS in 1998. GOOS is part of an Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS), with the space agencies of the world as partners. GOOS has an open ocean subsystem to improve weather and climate fo ...
marine pollution and the south asian coastal states
... International Maritime Oganisation (IMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Conventions, are generally read subject to this 1982 Convention. UNCLOS deals with all sources of pollution of the marine environment taking a holistic approach toward the problem. UNCLOS provides measures to mi ...
... International Maritime Oganisation (IMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Conventions, are generally read subject to this 1982 Convention. UNCLOS deals with all sources of pollution of the marine environment taking a holistic approach toward the problem. UNCLOS provides measures to mi ...
Chapter 12 Foundations of Life in the Oceans
... atmosphere or in most ocean waters, because these environments contain appreciable concentrations of oxygen. In reducing environments where chemosynthetic fuels are abundant, free oxygen is absent because it has been consumed by respiration or chemical reactions. In the oceans chemosynthesis is the ...
... atmosphere or in most ocean waters, because these environments contain appreciable concentrations of oxygen. In reducing environments where chemosynthetic fuels are abundant, free oxygen is absent because it has been consumed by respiration or chemical reactions. In the oceans chemosynthesis is the ...
Conceptual models for the biogeochemical role of the photic zone
... transport by downwelling occurs under light and temperature conditions that are very different from those prevailing in areas of deep water formation in, for example, the North Atlantic. The Mediterranean thus offers a unique set of conditions as a natural laboratory, for studying the interplay betw ...
... transport by downwelling occurs under light and temperature conditions that are very different from those prevailing in areas of deep water formation in, for example, the North Atlantic. The Mediterranean thus offers a unique set of conditions as a natural laboratory, for studying the interplay betw ...
Conservation on the High Seas – drift algae habitat as an open
... documented as regularly undergoing this transformation into pelagic habitat (e.g. Hirosaki 1960, Kingsford and Choat 1985). However, one genus of brown algae – Sargassum – has taken this role to the next step. In the Atlantic, two species of Sargassum, S. natans and S. fluitans, have become holopela ...
... documented as regularly undergoing this transformation into pelagic habitat (e.g. Hirosaki 1960, Kingsford and Choat 1985). However, one genus of brown algae – Sargassum – has taken this role to the next step. In the Atlantic, two species of Sargassum, S. natans and S. fluitans, have become holopela ...
Chair in Ocean Mapping - Ocean Mapping Group
... Building on our work in coastal habitat surveys in the vicinity of aquaculture sites, two research projects were undertaken off Grand Manan. The first in Long Island Sound examines the interaction between lobster habitat and aquaculture. The second in Duck Island Sound examines the potential interac ...
... Building on our work in coastal habitat surveys in the vicinity of aquaculture sites, two research projects were undertaken off Grand Manan. The first in Long Island Sound examines the interaction between lobster habitat and aquaculture. The second in Duck Island Sound examines the potential interac ...
Marine debris
Marine debris, also known as marine litter, is human-created waste that has deliberately or accidentally been released in a lake, sea, ocean or waterway. Floating oceanic debris tends to accumulate at the centre of gyres and on coastlines, frequently washing aground, when it is known as beach litter or tidewrack. Deliberate disposal of wastes at sea is called ocean dumping. Naturally occurring debris, such as driftwood, are also present.With the increasing use of plastic, human influence has become an issue as many types of plastics do not biodegrade. Waterborne plastic poses a serious threat to fish, seabirds, marine reptiles, and marine mammals, as well as to boats and coasts. Dumping, container spillages, litter washed into storm drains and waterways and wind-blown landfill waste all contribute to this problem.