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TOPP Sea Turtle Team Publishes in PLoS  On July 15, 2008 the TOPP Sea Turtle Team presented an analysis of the largest multi-year satellite tracking data set for leatherback turtles in the Public Library of Science's (PLoS) Biology journal. Their results suggest that the turtles' migrations are shaped by strong ocean currents, which provides a biological rationale for the development of multi-scale conservation strategies that take into account this current-induced, cross-boundary movement and potential fisheries interactions. This work will provide current management programs with directions for future efforts. For more information please visit the PLoS Biology website. Halpin Gives Presentation on Protecting Large Pelagics  Census researcher Dr. Pat Halpin will be giving a presentation as part of the Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Seminar series on July 10, 2008. As the lead researcher of OBIS SeaMap and a member of the Census of Marine Life Synthesis Group, his presentation will address how new technologies are bolstering management and protection of large marine animals in the open ocean. The Science for Nature Seminar series, a monthly program hosted by the World Wildlife Fund at their Washington D.C. headquarters, aims to bring distinguished researchers together with the conservation community in a forum that encourages the dissemination and discussion of cutting edge conservation science. For more information, please visit the Science for Nature Fund page on the World Wildlife Fund website.List of Known Species More Than Halfway to Goal  The Census-affiliated World Register of Marine Species announced that it now contains about 122,500 validated marine species names or more than half of the estimated 230,000 marine species known to science. It anticipates completing the list by 2010. Some 55 researchers from 17 countries met in Belgium to mark the World Register's official inauguration and to plan how to reach its goal by 2010 as part of the first Census of Marine Life.Read the Press Release View the image gallery The Race is on . . . again!  Following in the wake of a last year's Great Turtle Race success, the Great Turtle Race II: The Olympiad is now underway. The race tracks eleven critically endangered Pacific leatherback turtles as they migrate from breeding grounds in Indonesia to foraging grounds out in the Pacific Ocean, or from the California coast to breeding sites in Indonesia. Organized by TOPP, the Leatherback Trust, Drexel University, The Global Cause Foundation, and the Sea Turtle Restoration project and supported and sponsored by an international assemblage of conservation groups, public agencies, and educational institutions, the Great Turtle Race II aims to educate the public about the life cycle, migrations and ecology of the leatherback sea turtle, as well as efforts to conserve this 100 million year old species. To view the race, root on your favorite turtle, learn more about leatherbacks and conservation efforts, or get involved please visit: The Great Sea Turtle Race II. Census Explorers Discover "Brittlestar City" on Macquarie Ridge Seamount  Millions of brittlestars were observed catching passing food in a rattling 4 km/h current by Census CenSeam researchers aboard the RV Tanagaroa on a month-long voyage to survey the Macquarie Ridge. Dubbed "Brittlestar City", its cramped inhabitants, tens of millions living arm tip to arm tip, owe their success to the seamount's shape and to the swirling circumpolar current flowing over and around it at roughly four kilometers per hour. The current allows the mass of brittlestars to capture passing food simply by raising their arms, and it sweeps away fish and other hovering would-be predators. View images, watch video, and read about the findings on the press release page. | |
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CMarZ researcher Dr. Ahmet Kideys loves his work so much that he jokes that he would be willing to pay for what he sees and experiences. He studies the impact of invasive ctenophores on plankton and other major ecosystem groups in the Black and Caspian Seas.