Reports Archive

First Census of Marine Life 2010: Highlights of a Decade of Discovery is a 64-page report that describes some of the scientific highlights of ten years of exploration, research and analysis undertaken by Census of Marine Life scientists. Included is a description of the Census research projects and organizational structure.

First Census of Marine Life 2010: Highlights of a Decade of Discovery

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First Census of Marine Life 2010: Highlights of a Decade of Discovery (PDF in English)
First Census of Marine Life 2010: Highlights of a Decade of Discovery (PDF in Japanese)

Annual Highlights Report for Census of Marine Life 2007/2008
 

• Download PDF version of Report (pdf, 8.6 MB)
  
• Download PDF version of Report Cover (pdf, 656 KB)
  
• Download Showcase Public ReportThis report is the same text and images as the Highlights Report laid out to print on 8.5" x 11" paper with additional hyperlinks to individual projects, more information, images, or news releases. (pdf, 4.2 MB)
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Download PDFs of the translated text for the 2007/2008 Census of Marine Life Highlights Report:

• Spanish (pdf)
• French  (pdf)     
• Portuguese (pdf)   
• Japanese  (pdf)   
• Chinese  (pdf)  
  
• Indonesian (pdf)    

Annual Highlights Report for Census of Marine Life 2006

• Download PDF version of Report (pdf, 643K)
• Download PDF version of Report COVER (pdf, 314K)

• Download Showcase Public Report. This report is the same text and images as the Highlights Report laid out to print on 8.5" x 11" paper with additional hyperlinks to individual projects, more information, images, or news releases. (pdf, 5MB)

Download PDFs of the translated text for the 2006 Census of Marine Life Highlights Report:

• German (pdf, 159K)
• Portuguese (pdf, 160K)
• Chinese (pdf, 287K)
• French (pdf, 62K)

Annual Highlights Report for Census of Marine Life 2005

• Download the report cover (pdf, 143K)
• Download the report (pdf, 1.9M)

Census of Marine Life Research Plan, Version January 2005

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Annual Highlights Report for Census of Marine Life 2004

Download the report cover (pdf, 124K)

Download the report (pdf, 518K)

The Unknown Ocean: Baseline Report for the Census of Marine Life, 2003

The first Census of Marine Life report reviews the state of knowledge of ocean biodiversity and how it has advanced during the first three years of the Census initiative. Download the report (PDF, 1.4MB)

The Unknown Ocean: Research Plan of the Census of Marine Life, Draft, October 2003

Our priority in this Draft Plan is to convey the whole of the Census of Marine Life (CoML), its overall strategy, and how components contribute to the large goal of CoML: to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of marine life. It should be read in conjunction with CoML's Baseline Report. Download the report (PDF, 2.1MB)
 

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