CMarZ Activities

Meetings Presentations Workshops Outreach Activities Science Plan and Reports

Meetings top

Census of Marine Life: A Decade of Discovery, 4-6 Oct. 2010
London, UK

 

CoML

CMarZ Symposium and Steering Group Meeting, May 11 – 14, 2010
Institute of Oceanology – Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China

 

Qingdao Meeting

Marine Barcoding (MarBOL) Symposia, Spring 2009  

  • EUROPE: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
    Bremerhaven, Germany. Dates: April 16, 2009
  • USA: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
    Woods Hole, MA, USA. Dates: April 30, 2009
  • ASIA: Ocean Research Institute,
    University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Dates: May 21, 2009

 

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- SPECIAL SESSION AT MARBEF WORLD CONFERENCE ON MARINE BIODIVERSITY. 11-15 November, 2008
     * session 1.5 Open ocean pelagic and benthopelagic diversity: patterns and monitoring.

 

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Steering Group Meeting, Orlando, Florida, USA 9-10 March 2008. 
    Presentations

 

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- Fourth International Zooplankton Production Symposium, Hiroshima, Japan.  28 May - 1 June 2007.  
     "
Human and climate forcing of zooplankton populations"
     CMarZ Steering Groups abstracts.

 

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- Steering Group Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, 6-8 November 2006. 
     
Host Shuhei Nishida.    Report       Presentations


- Scientific Committee on Ocean Research Plymouth, UK, 19-20 May 2006.
     Minisymposium by SCOR Working Group 115 on Standards for the Survey and Analysis of Plankton.  

- AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 20-24 Feb. 2006.    
    
Various Census presentations were made at this meeting.
     More information is available at http://www.agu.org/meetings/os06/.

 

- Symposium on National Biodiversity and Ecosystem Information Infrastructure : Challenges and Potentials, Pune, India, January 2006.  "Census of Marine Zooplankton (CMarZ) - A Global Biodiversity Project

 

 

- 2nd CoML All Program Meeting, Frankfurt, Germany, 4-5 November 2005  
    
For more information see: http://www.coreocean.org/ 
     View CMarZ poster from this meeting.

 

- Dynamic Planet 2005, Cairns, Australia, 22-26 August 2005.
    
The 2005 IAG/IAPSO/IABO Joint Assembly will offer a scientific program encompassing the most recent advances in geodesy, oceanography and marine biology. The dynamic nature of our planet naturally creates interactions of life within the oceans, the oceans themselves and the continents and many of the symposium sessions cover interdisciplinary themes. A total of 26 sessions are being planned, including one dedicated to the CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE. In addition, more focussed sessions will include one on PELAGIC BIOGEOGRAPHY. For more information see http://www.dynamicplanet2005.com/.

 

- Planning Meeting for the Census of Marine Zooplankton, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA, 17 - 22 March 2004  

    The initial planning meeting of the Census of Marine Zooplankton (CMarZ) to work toward a taxonomically comprehensive assessment of biodiversity of animal plankton throughout the world ocean. The project goal is to produce accurate and complete information on zooplankton species diversity, biomass, biogeographical distribution, genetic diversity, and community structure by 2010.  Researchers from 11 countries joined to discuss this initiative.  Full report.

Workshops top

Capacity Building and Training

CMarZ taxonomic workshops address the need for taxonomic expertise for the 15 phyla of animals occurring in the plankton. CMarZ prepares graduate students, providing training in species identifications, including molecular systematic approaches to understanding species diversity.

2010

drop  Periodic workshops will be held to help organize the CMarZ contribution to the TARA Expedition, including engaging the network of taxonomic experts established by CMarZ. (January - March, 2010) [CMarZ contact: Russ Hopcroft and Ann Bucklin]


drop  Nair, V., (2010), A meeting on Census of Marine Life - 2010 attended by Steering committee members of Indian Ocean Census of Marine Life and Dr. Ian Poiner, Patricia Miloslavich, CoML Caribbean Chair, on 1st December, 2010 at National Institute of Oceanography and Centre For Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Cochin, India.

2009

drop  Molecular analysis of marine Zooplankton including DNA purification and vouchering, PCR amplification and DNA sequencing. University of Connecticut, USA. (4-29 May 2009) [CMarZ contact: Ann Bucklin]

drop  MarBOL DNA Barcoding Hands-on Workshop: Five graduate students from Argentina, India, Norway, and USA spent 2 weeks to 2 months at UConn learning molecular protocols, data analysis, and trouble-shooting approaches for DNA barcoding of diverse zooplankton groups. (May- June 2009) [CMarZ contact: Ann Bucklin]

drop  C-MORE UHawaii summer scholar working on long-PCR to complete mitochondrial genomes. (Jan-June 2009) [CMarZ contact: Erica Goetze]

drop  Polyphasic Taxonomic Approach for Identification of Coastal Health Indicator Bacteria Workshop was held at the National Institute of Oceanography, Regional Centre, Kochi. Funding was met by the Ministry of Earth Sciences. (March 18 - 20, 2009) [CMarZ contact: Vijayalakshmi Nair]

drop  Training course on Methods of Zooplankton Ecology and Identification. Vietnam. (October 2009) [CMarZ contact: Shuhei Nishida]

drop  Training of individual high school students in zooplankton: January 2008, June 2008, December 2008, April 2009, July 2009. [CMarZ contact: Astrid Cornils and Sigrid Schiel]

2008

drop  Calanoid identification course at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.  Wellington, New Zealand. (June 16-20, 2008) [CMarZ contact: Janet Bradford-Grieve]

drop  Plankton bloom dynamics: An integrative approach using molecular and genomic tools.  Ann Bucklin was an instructor for this graduate class held at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (Bremerhaven, Germany) during . Sponsored by European Union Marine Genomics Network of Excellence, in partnership with CMarZ. (June 9-19, 2008) [CMarZ contact: A. Bucklin]

drop  Zooplankton: sampling and  identification techniques. Tropical Marine Ecology Special Training Course (MEST).  Makassar, Indonesia. (September 2008) [CMarZ contact: A. Cornils]

drop  A new course was designed on Taxonomy of Copepods.  This course is intended for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in marine biology of University of Concepción. Six students have so far registered for this course in this semester. CMarZ is one of the major issues to be addressed during the course. (August 2008) [CMarZ contact: Rubèn Escribano]

drop  Training course on the sex and stage determination on E. superba led by Volker Siegel.  Bergen, Norway. (August 2008) [CMarZ contact: Webjørn Melle]

drop  International  barcoding workshop on "Barcoding of Marine Life"  was conducted in Goa, India; organized by IO-CoML.  (December 1, 2008) [CMarZ contact: Vijayalakshmi Nair]

drop  Advanced Training Course on Zooplankton Ecology and Identification.  Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. (14-24 October 2008) [CMarZ contact: Shuhei Nishida]

drop  Plankton Ecology  and Diversity. Tropical Marine Ecology Special Training Course (MEST).  Makassar, Indonesia. (September 2008) [CMarZ contact: Sigrid Schiel]

drop  Training Course in Species Identification of Zooplankton:.  A taxonomic training course was held at the National Marine Information and Research Centre in Swakopmund, Namibia. This one-week training course, which was funded by the University of Namibia, was organized by Mr Ignatius Kauvee (MSc student at the U. Namibia) and presented by Ms Fabienne Cazassus (PhD student at the University of Cape Town). It attracted >10 under/post-graduate students from the University of Namibia, who were trained in the use of microscopes and the identification of zooplankton, with particular emphasis on the copepods. (August 2008) [CMarZ contact: Hans Verheye]

drop  Training of individual high school students in zooplankton: January 2008, June 2008, December 2008, April 2009, July 2009.  [CMarZ contact: Astrid Cornils and Sigrid Schiel]

drop  Workshop/Training Course on Zooplankton Biodiversity in Southeast Asia: (Oct. 2008) Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia.  (Convener: S. Nishida, in preparation) [contact: Shuhei Nishida]

drop  Let's study the Ocean: (Aug. 3-8, 2008) An outreach activity for high-school students using a research vessel, including on-board practices in Suruga Bay and lectures/sample examination/analysis in the land laboratory), Co-sponsered by The Japan Science Society, Tokai University, The Oceanographic Society of Japan, and CMarZ.  Lecturers: R.J. Machida, N. Iwasaki, S. Sawamoto. [contact: Shuhei Nishida]

drop  Training of individual high school students in zooplankton: January 2008, June 2008, December 2008, April 2009, July 2009. [CMarZ contact: Astrid Cornils and Sigrid Schiel]

2007

 Automatic recognition of zooplankton using digitalized images and ZooImage software: (November 15-30, 2007) An international course on carried out at the Marine Biology Station-Dichato. Lectures and practical work provided by Dr. Phil Culverhouse from Plymouth University, UK. The course was sponsored by the Austral Summer Institute VIII, University of Concepcion and COPAS Center, and allowed graduate students and young researchers from Latin America countries to become trained with modern techniques and new developments for automatic identification of zooplankton. Chile. [CMarZ contact: Rubèn Escribano]

 Ship board experience and marine career awareness.: (2007) This expedition only lends itself to one port activity with learners and educators, in terms of timing during the year and length of time in the port. Schools will be invited to board the vessel and interact with crew and available scientist in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. S. Africa [CMarZ contact: Hans Verheye]

 African Coelacanth Ecosystem Programme (ACEP) Training and Research Expedition: (2007) S. Africa [CMarZ contact: Hans Verheye]

 Public education: (28 June, 2007) Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.  The zooplankton relevant resource and achievements were open to the public. [contact: Sun Song]

 A popular science exhibition hall: (2007) including contents of zooplankton, was established in IOCAS, which is open to students of various levels regularly. [contact: Sun Song]

bullet  LIPI-JSPS Workshop on Zooplankton Biodiversity in Southeast Asia: (Nov. 1-3, 2007) Indonesian Institute of Sciences.  Training Course on Zooplankton Ecology and Identification, Indonesia.  Field sampling during the training course, covering different habitat types (coral reef, mangrove, sandy shore, estuary). [CMarZ contact: Shuhei Nishida]

bullet  JSPS-CMarZ Asia Workshop on Zooplankton Biodiversity: University Putra Malaysia. (Nov. 2007) The course included a census of jellyfishes and jellyfish fisheries in Viet Nam, coral reef food-web dynamics in the area and production of an identification manual of Asian zooplankton. Funding from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Research Center for Biology-LIPI, Cibinong, Indonesia. [CMarZ contact: Shuhei Nishida]

bullet  Let's study the Ocean: (July 31-Aug. 5, 2007) An outreach activity for high-school students using a research vessel, including on-board practices in Suruga Bay and lectures/sample examination/analysis in the land laboratory.   Co-sponsored by The Japan Science Society, Tokai University, The Oceanographic Society of Japan, and CMarZ.  Lecturers: R.J. Machida, N. Iwasaki, S. Sawamoto, T. Kikuchi Japan. [CMarZ contact: Shuhei Nishida]

bullet  Sorting zooplankton from Shirasu-assemblage: (July 21, 2007) Open House of the Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, arranged by Plankton Laboratory, a practice for civic education (mainly for school children). The subject of the exercise was zooplankton analysis from Shirasu (half-dried anchovy larvae). Awarded the Best Attraction Prize from the Director. Tokyo, Japan. [CMarZ contact: Shuhei Nishida, Ryuji Machida]

bullet  Hopeful future! Activities of female ocean scientists: (Nov. 24-25, 2007) An open house of the R/V Hakuho-Maru demonstrating plankton sampling and microscopic observation with 60 students and teachers.Supported by "Special Coordination Funds for Encouragement Project for High School Girls to Ocean Science (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)". (organized by Ocean Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan) [CMarZ contact: Shuhei Nishida]

2006

 "Training Course on Methods of Zooplankton Ecology and Identification" held at the Marine Science Research Centre, Universiti Putra Malaysia in Port Dickson, Malaysia during November 20-25, 2006. The course aimed at providing graduate students and research scientists in Southeast Asian countries with comprehensive knowledge on the biology, ecology, and taxonomy of marine zooplankton and methods dealing with these subjects, with emphasis on the practical aspects of sample analysis and species identification. Organized by Fatimah Md. Yusoff (UPM), Shuhei Nishida (Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo: ORI), Makoto Terazaki (ORI), and Keiichi Matsuura (National Science Museum, Tokyo) and sponsored by UPM, Vice Chancellors’ Committee of National Universities of Malaysia (VCC), and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS: Multilateral Project-Coastal Marine Science). [CMarZ contact: Shuhei Nishida]

Biogeographic Information System for Indian Ocean workshop under the auspices of IndOBIS was held at National Institute of Oceanography, Regional Centre, Kochi - 682018 from September 25 - 26, 2006. IndOBIS, The Indian Ocean Biogeographic Information System (IndOBIS) is one of the seven regional nodes established by the OBIS(Information component of CoML). IndOBIS is responsible for the collection, collation and dissemination of data and information about the biodiversity in the Indian Ocean region through its portal.  As a member of the Steering Group for CMarZ, Vijayalakshmi R. Nair was invited to make a presentation. On 25th September she presented the objective, responsibilities and achievements of CMarZ to the participants of the workshop. [CMarZ contact: Vijayalakshmi Nair]

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Presentation by Vijayalakshmi
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       IndOBIS workshop participants

 6th Workshop of the Hydrozoan Society, Plymouth, England (18-30 June 2007)  [CMarZ contact: Francesc Pagès]

Training Course in Species Identification of Zooplankton: A course is planned for late 2006 - early 2007 to take place at the University of Namibia, Windhoek, southern Africa.   The goal is to address the immediate and critical needs for zooplankton taxonomy experts in the region of Angola, Namibia, and South Africa. [CMarZ contact: Hans Verheye]

 IMER-JSPS Training Course on Zooplankton Ecology and Identification, Haiphong City, Vietnam  (~Nov. 2006)  [CMarZ contact: Shuhei Nishida]

Zooplankton Taxonomic Workshop, Plymouth, UK (20 - 23 June, 2006).  The ICES Crustacean Zooplankton Taxonomic workshop will be hosted Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS) under the auspices of MARBEF. The aims of the workshop are to improve and calibrate the present taxonomic knowledge among scientists working on zooplankton in the North Atlantic and European shelf seas.  The four day program will include both theory and practical sessions on Crustacean zooplankton such as Decapoda and Copepoda, and will introduce delegates to new methods of identification such as confocal microscopy and genetic analysis. [CMarZ contact: Chris Reid]

DNA Barcoding Workshop for CoML, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (15 - 17 May, 2006).  The primary objective of the workshop was to coordinate DNA barcoding efforts that are already ongoing as part of CoML projects. The ultimate goal of a CoML barcoding initiative will be to establish a public archive of DNA barcodes linked to voucher specimens (or voucher DNA) for the species of marine life that are being identified or newly described, counted, and analyzed as part of the global CoML effort.  [CMarZ contact: Annelies Pierrot-Bults]

Workshop at Sea on Zooplankton and DNA sequencing (10 - 30 April, 2006).  Aboard the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown in the Sargasso Sea.  Lectures, demonstrations, and one-on-one training focused on morphological and molecular taxonomic analysis.  Seminars were held on a variety of topics including the taxonomy of tintinnids, ostracods, the copepod genus Clausocalanus, deep-sea shrimps, larvaceans, and pelagic fish, and methods for DNA sequencing and using silhouette photography to count and measure zooplankton catches.  [CMarZ contact: Peter Wiebe]

 Orientation course in zooplankton group level identification (April 2006) and a training in copepod identification for Ph.D students Workshops in Kochi, India: At the Regional Centre of National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi.  Facilities were provided by the NIO. (April - May 2006) [CMarZ contact: Vijaya Nair]

 High school student teaching cruise (Jan. 2006).  The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) provided a high school student cruise on the traditional sailing ship "Roald Amundsen” to the Atlantic seamounts "Ampere" and "Seine" with teaching of zooplankton taxa and sampling methods.  [CMarZ contact: Sigi Schiel]

2005

Training Course on Methods of Zooplankton Ecology and Identification: Institute of Marine Environment and Resources, Haiphong, Vietnam (November 14-21, 2005). As a part of a co-operative project of the Census of Marine Zooplankton (CMarZ), the course aimed at providing graduate students and research scientists in Southeast Asian countries with comprehensive knowledge on the biology, ecology, and taxonomy of marine zooplankton and methods dealing with these subjects, with emphasis on the practical aspects of sample analysis and species identification. The course was organized by Thi Thu Nguyen (IMER), Shuhei Nishida (University of Tokyo: UT), Makoto Terazaki (UT), and Keiichi Matsuura (National Science Museum, Tokyo) and sponsored by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS: Multilateral Project-Coastal Oceanography [MPCO]) and IMER. [CMarZ contact: Shuhei Nishida]

Taxonomic Identification of Crustacea: Training workshop at the Division of Crustacea, Fisheries College, Panangad, Kochi, Kerala, India. This was funded by University Grants Commission (UGC), Ministry of Education, Government of India, New Delhi, India. [CMarZ contact: Vijayalakshmi Nair]

Taxonomic Identification of Copepods: (June/July, 2005). An in-house training program for pre-doctoral research fellows was conducted at Regional Centre of National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi, Kerala, India. Expenses were met by NIO, Goa, India. [CMarZ contact: Vijayalakshmi Nair]

SPICE (Science for the Protection of Indonesian Coastal Marine Ecosystems): (Sept. 2005) hands-on workshop for students aimed to train students in tropical marine ecology with international teaching standard. The subjects included concepts and theory, research methods, and field work.  [CMarZ contact: Sigi Schiel]

At-Sea Training Course in Zooplankton Identification, Monterey Bay, NE Pacific (Spring 2005) [CMarZ contact: Erik Thuessen & Steve Haddock]

2004

Training Course on Methods of Zooplankton Ecology and Identification:  This workshop was held atPhilippines training workshoptheUniversity of the Philippines, Los Baños, during December 2004.  The course aimed at providing graduate students and research scientists in Southeast Asian countries with comprehensive knowledge on the biology, ecology, and taxonomy of marine zooplankton and methods dealing with these subjects, with emphasis on the practical aspects of sample analysis and species identification.  [CMarZ contact: Shuhei Nishida]

 

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Outreach Activities top

On-going Activities

drop  Website of the Asian Regional Office, CMarZ-Asia Database compiles information on taxonomy, ecology, sample collections, and genetics of zooplankton from the published literature, as well as institutional and private sources. [CMarZ contact: S. Nishida and Ryuji Machida]

drop  Living zooplankton images donated for popular articles, web sites, and text books [CMarZ contact: Russell R. Hopcroft]

drop  A web based Zooplankton Identification Manual for in the Northeast European Seas funded by a UK NERC Knowledge Transfer Grant. Called ZIMNES the site is now hosted at SAHFOS in Plymouth. [CMarZ contact: Steve Hay]

drop  CMarZ website provides up-to-date information on zooplankton taxonomy and genetics, research, sample availability, links to references and Species Pages; based at Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. [CMarZ contact: Nancy Copley]

2010

drop  Graduate course on Ecology of Pelagic Marine Animals: Univ. Hawaii, Manoa. [CMarZ contact: E. Goetze]

drop  Graduate Oceanography Seminar: Moana Univ. Hawaii, Manoa. [CMarZ contact: E. Goetze]

drop  Marine Zooplankton, guest lecturer on Pelagic Molluscs for M. D. Ohman, Graduate level.: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD. [CMarZ contact: E. Goetze]

2009

drop  Marine Barcoding (MarBOL) Symposia for Spring 2009
Keynote speakers provided overviews on topics of general scientific interest and practical importance for the MarBOL effort.
* EUROPE: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Bremerhaven, Germany. Dates: April 16, 2009
* USA: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Woods Hole, MA, USA. Dates: April 30, 2009
* ASIA: Ocean Research Institute,
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Dates: May 21, 2009) [CMarZ contact: A. Bucklin, Sigrid Schiel and S. Nishida]

drop  GEOlino (in press, 7/09) magazine for children, Article of the CMarZ cruise with Polarstern (ANTXXIV-1) in November 2007 (in German). [CMarZ contact: Sigrid Schiel]

drop  GEO issue March 2009, "Die Typen aus der Tiefe" p. 27-41 Article on the CMarZ cruise with Polarstern (ANTXXIV-1) in November 2007 (in German). Fabulous photos of living zooplankton. [CMarZ contact: Sigrid Schiel]

2008

drop  Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems (ASCLME) project - five year project to sample some of the least studied ocean regions in the world. It includes a full survey of the marine and coastal environment of Madagascar, Mauritius, the Mozambique Channel and a remote ocean region known as the Mascarene Plateau. This will ultimately contribute to the ASCLME project's goal of developing a Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) and Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for both the Agulhas and the Somali Current LMEs. The 118-day cruise of the Dr Fridtjof Nansen is the first of a number of research voyages. (22 Aug. 2008 - 11 Dec. 2008) [CMarZ contact: Hans Verheye]

drop  An interview about the giant jellyfish blooming in the NW Pacific Ocean by NHK. (July 2nd, 2008) [CMarZ contact: Song Sun]

drop  An interview about the marine biodiversity and the ocean "deserts" expanding Sciences Times. (April 1st, 2008) [CMarZ contact: Song Sun]

drop  A popular science exhibition hall including contents of zooplankton, was established in Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS), which is open to students of various levels regularly. More than 300 students attended the exhibition. (17/18 May 2008) [CMarZ contact: Song Sun]

drop  Virtual Stowaway on an Oceanographic Cruise: An Interactive Educational Website Employing Linked Shipboard Panoramas (abstract) Ocean Sciences Meeting. (March 2-7, 2008) [CMarZ contact: D. W. Smith and L. P. Madin]

drop  GEO online, Tiefsee: Auf der Spur der Finsterlinge (in German) great photos of living zooplankton! [CMarZ contact: Sigrid Schiel]

drop  Marine natural science class in Ishikawa at Kanazawa Kids’ Science Center, Ishikawa Prefecture. (28, 29 Jun. 2008) [CMarZ contact: Shuhei Nishida]

drop  Sorting zooplankton from Shirasu-assemblage Open House of the Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, arranged by Plankton Laboratory. A practicum and lesson in civic education for school children was carried out during July 2008 by the Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo. The subject of the exercise was zooplankton analysis from Shirasu (half-dried anchovy larvae). About 50 children joined the practice. (July 19, 2008) [CMarZ contact: Shuhei Nishida and Ryuji Machida]

drop  JSPS-CMarZ Asia Workshop on Zooplankton Biodiversity: University Putra Malaysia. The course included a census of jellyfishes and jellyfish fisheries in Viet Nam, coral reef food-web dynamics in the area and production of an identification manual of Asian zooplankton. Funding from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Research Center for Biology-LIPI, Cibinong, Indonesia. [CMarZ contact: S. Nishida]

drop  Let's study the Ocean. An outreach activity for high-school students using a research vessel, including on-board practices in Suruga Bay and lectures/sample examination/analysis in the land laboratory. Co-sponsered by The Japan Science Society, Tokai University, The Oceanographic Society of Japan, and CMarZ. Lecturers: R.J. Machida, N. Iwasaki, S. Sawamoto. (August 3 - 8, 2008) [CMarZ contact: Shuhei Nishida]

drop  "Delivery Class" for high school students (Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin). Sponsored by The NPO Ocean Roman, 21 Tokyo, Japan. (July 7, 2008) [CMarZ contact: Ryuji Machida]

drop  Ocean Science Class in Ishikawa prefecuture, 2008 for elementary school students. Sponsored by The Oceanographic Society of Japan, Kanazawa Kid's Science Center, and Children's Dream Fund. (June 28-29, 2008) [CMarZ contact: Ryuji Machida]

drop  Lecture on the application of new technology to investigations of deep-sea midwater ecosystems. Asahi Culture Center. [CMarZ contact: Dhugal Lindsay]

drop  Seward Line cruises Regular cruises for sampling in coastal regions of the Gulf of Alaska along the US GLOBEC during 8-12 May and 12-16 October 2005, May 2006, 2007, May and Sept. 2008. Each year about a dozen different (grad) students get field experience volunteering on these cruises. A teacher from the URI ARMADA program joined the Sept.'08 cruise. [CMarZ contact: Russell Hopcroft]

drop  Oceanographic conditions along the northern Gulf of Alaska´s Seward Line, 1997-2008 Poster for the Alaska Marine Science Symposium. (January, 2008) [CMarZ contact: Russell Hopcroft]

drop  Alaska Marine Science Symposium presentation. (Jan. 2008) [CMarZ contact: Russell Hopcroft]

drop  Sampling the Atlantic depths Publication of a general-interest article about the FS Polarstern voyage for Water & Atmosphere. [CMarZ contact: Janet Grieve]

drop  Undergraduate course on Global Environmental Change, Univ. Hawaii, Manoa. (fall, 2008) [CMarZ contact: Erica Goetze]

drop  Ecology of Pelagic Marine Animals 3 lectures: Pelagic biogeography, Pelagic diversity, Temporal variability and climate impacts on pelagic ecosystems. Univ. Hawaii, Manoa. (April 2008) [CMarZ contact: Erica Goetze]

drop  Taxonomy of Copepods. This course is intended for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in marine biology of University of Concepción. CMarZ is one of the major issues to be addressed during the course. (August 2008) [CMarZ contact: Rubèn Escribano]

drop  Popular article: Davis, C., and R. R. Hopcroft, (2008), Drifters. Ocean Geographic v. 5:24-40.

drop  Global Ocean Holozooplankton Diversity CMarZ Special Session at ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL; March 8-13, 2008. CMarZ participants made many poster and oral presentations during this session and during the conference as a whole. ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting. (March 8-13, 2008) [CMarZ contact: A. Bucklin]

drop  Barcoding for CoML: Assessing Zooplankton Diversity (presentation) Report of the Working Group on Zooplankton Ecology (WGZE). (31 March – 3 April 2008) [CMarZ contact: A. Bucklin]

drop  Plankton bloom dynamics An integrative approach using molecular and genomic tools. Ann Bucklin was an instructor for this graduate class held at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (Bremerhaven, Germany) during . Sponsored by European Union Marine Genomics Network of Excellence, in partnership with CMarZ. (June 9-19, 2008) [CMarZ contact: A. Bucklin]

drop  Toward a new global biogeography of zooplankton using DNA barcodes. (invited seminar) Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA. (June 5, 2008) [CMarZ contact: A. Bucklin]

drop  Global studies of holozooplankton species diversity using DNA barcodes. Seminar for Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut (invited seminar). (May 2, 2008) [CMarZ contact: A. Bucklin]

drop  Television and radio appearances on the application of new technology to investigations of deep-sea midwater ecosystems. Programs included "NHK Hi-Vision Special", NHK Cable TV; "Sekai Ichi Uketai Jugyou", Nihon Televison; "24-jikan Terebi", Nihon Television. [CMarZ contact: Dhugal Lindsay]

2007

drop  A popular science exhibition hall including contents of zooplankton, was established in IOCAS, China, which is open to students of various levels regularly. [CMarZ contact: Song Sun]

drop  Training course "Diversity and Functioning of Coastal Habitats" for MarBEF (Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning) EU Network of Excellence. Sustainable development, global change and ecosystems. Lecture on Census of marine life List/Sylt, Germany. (17 - 27 July 2007) [CMarZ contact: Sigrid Schiel]

drop  The need for cameras and imaging in deep sea biological research. (invited speaker) The Oceanographic Wildlife Society 4th Public Lecture. Ocean Seminar, Tokyo, Japan. [CMarZ contact: Dhugal J. Lindsay]

drop  The blue planet is a planet of jellyfishes – New technology sheds light on the Deep Sea. (invited speaker) Asahi Culture Center, Tokyo, Japan. [CMarZ contact: Dhugal Lindsay]

drop  Molecular methods for ecologists: The challenge of pelagic feeding: from prey detection to secondary production in contrasting pelagic food webs. Instructor, Nordic Marine Academy, Hirtshals, Denmark. Lecture and laboratory, graduate level. (Aug 24-31, 2007) [CMarZ contact: Erica Goetze]

drop  Zooplankton data bases from the eastern South Pacific and our Regional Node of OBIS was presented by our data manager Francisco Godoy at the Chilean National Congress on Marine Sciences held in Iquique, Chile. (May 2007) [CMarZ contact: Rubèn Escribano]

drop  CoML/CMarZ and OBIS Natural History Museum of Chile. This event was attended by members of the Chilean Commission of Biodiversity from the CONA (Oceanographic National Committee) and representatives of the Chilean National Environmental Commission (CONAMA). (April 2007) [CMarZ contact: Rubèn Escribano]

drop  CMarZ leadership was evident for the 2nd International Conference for the Barcode of Life (Taipei, Taiwan). Ann Bucklin (University of Connecticut and the CMarZ lead P.I.) was a member of the organizing committee and participated as an invited member of several panel discussions and working groups. 2nd International Conference for the Barcode of Life. (9-20 Sept. 2007) [CMarZ contact: A. Bucklin]

2006

drop  The Word of Plankton NHK radio program "Culture Hour: The Life in the Sea", two one-hour broadcasts. (July 2006) [CMarZ contact: S. Nishida]

drop  Crisis of deep-sea animals by pollutants. One-hundred Crises in Marine Environment, p:116-117, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo. [CMarZ contact: S. Nishida]

drop  Exploring Marine Life Science Reporter (Ocean Special). (May 2006), p. 9-15. [CMarZ contact: V.R. Nair]


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