The Census of Marine Life pilot project PATTERNS
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The Census of Marine Life pilot project PATTERNS AND PROCESSES OF THE ECOSYSTEMS OF THE NORTHERN MIDATLANTIC www. mar-eco. no
International Steering Group Norwegian Core Group Component themes: Demersal nekton, DN Public Outreach Group Support projects: Pelagic nekton, PN Data mining Technology Methods Environment Epibenthos Zooplankton, Z • bathymetry, substrate • oceanography
International Steering Group and Secretariat Component projects: DN 4 DN 2 DN 3 Support projects: Z 1 PN 1 DN 1 Public Outreach Group Technology Methods Z 4 PN 2 Seabird & mammal study Data mining Z 2 Environment • bathymetry, substrate • oceanography National Consortia (UK, Norway, Germany, USA? )
Organisation and priority of components 1 Z 1 PN 1 DN 1 DN 2 DN 4 Seabird & mammal study DN 3 PN 2 Z 4 Z 2 2 3
Component projects Zooplankton studies: Co-ordinators: Olafur Asthorsson, Ulf Båmstedt Z 1: Distribution, abundance, and species composition of zooplankton in cross-frontal and cross-ridge transects of the mid-Atlantic Ridge. PIs: Tone Falkenhaug, Webjørn Melle (Norway) Z 2: Feeding behaviour and swimming mode of gelatinous zooplankton and nekton. PIs: Ulf Båmstedt (Sweden), Marsh Youngbluth (USA) Z 4: Trophic structure of major copepods, euphausids and fish larvae across the mid-Atlantic Ridge. PI: Asthor Gislasson (Iceland)
Pelagic nekton studies: Co-ordinators: Uwe Piatkowski, Olav Rune Godø PN 1: Longitudinal and latitudinal changes in mesopelagic/ bathypelagic nektonic fauna (fish, cephalopods and crustaceans) along MAR. PIs: Uwe Piatkowski (Germany), Tracey Sutton (USA) PN 2: Interactions of mesopelagic and bathypelagic fauna with the benthopelagic community associated with MAR seamounts/ slopes. PI: Åge Høines (Norway), Bernd Christiansen (Germany). Associated study (PN 3): Cetacean and seabird distribution, migration and behaviour (Skov, Nøttestad, Waring)
Demersal nekton studies: Co-ordinator: Franz Uiblein DN 1: Distribution patterns and species composition of demersal fishes in relation to habitat variability on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. PIs: Franz Uiblein (Austria), Ingvar Huse (Norway). DN 2: Spatial genetic structure of deep-sea fish from the North Atlantic. PI: A. Rus Hoelzel (UK) DN 3: Epibenthic and Benthopelagic (Demersal) Invertebrate communities, distribution and ecology. PI: David Billett (UK). DN 4: Life history studies of demersal fishes. PI: Maurice Clarke (Irel. )