Speaking of Science
TEN AMAZING YEARS OF
OCEAN EXPLORATION:
The Census of Marine Life Concludes a
Decade of Discovery
Presented by Dr. Paul Snelgrove
FREE PUBLIC LECTURE
Monday,
November 1, 2010
2:30 pm
Halpern Centre 126
Burnaby Campus
Simon Fraser University
Please note that a second
lecture will be given at
the Vancouver Aquarium
(Aquaquest Entrance) at
7:00 pm. Reservations
required:
www.sfu.ca/reserve
SPONSORS
Canadian Healthy
Oceans Network
SFU - Faculty of Science
and the Faculty of
Environment
Over the 10-year course of the recently completed Census of Marine Life, a global network
of researchers in more than 80 nations collaborated to improve our understanding of marine
biodiversity—past, present, and future. This talk will summarize the findings of a new book
Discoveries of the Census of Marine Life; Making Ocean Life Count that explains the rationale
behind the Census and highlights some of its most important and dramatic findings. It
explores how new technologies and partnerships have contributed to greater knowledge
of marine life, from unknown species and habitats, to migration routes and distribution
patterns, and to a better appreciation of how the oceans are changing. Looking to the
future, it identifies what needs to be done to close the remaining gaps in our knowledge
and provide information that will enable us to better manage resources, conserve diversity,
reverse habitat losses, and respond to global climate change.
Dr. Paul Snelgrove is a Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland in the Ocean
Sciences Centre and Biology Department, where he holds a Canada Research Chair in Boreal
and Cold Ocean Systems. His research focuses on larval transport in marine environments
and how this contributes to natural patterns, as well as the factors that
contribute to natural patterns of biodiversity and their link to delivery
of key ecosystem services. Different projects focus on sedimentary
habitats from the nearshore to the deep sea, from invertebrates to fishes.
He chaired the Synthesis Group of the Census of Marine Life that has
overseen the final phase of the program. He is now Director of the
NSERC Canadaian Healthy Oceans Network, a research collaboration
of 65 marine scientists from coast to coast in Canada that continues to
Census ocean life.
UPCOMING LECTURE featuring Verena Tunnicliffe, VENUS project
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 7:00 pm, Wosk Centre for Dialogue,
SFU Vancouver. Visit website for more information.
www.sfu.ca/cstudies/science
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