the census of marine life pilot project
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The Census of Marine Life pilot project PATTERNS AND PROCESSES OF THE ECOSYSTEMS OF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC. www.mar-eco.no. Area: Iceland – Azores Taxa/components: Pelagic, benthopelagic and epibenthic macrofauna. Fishes, cephalopods, gelatinous plankton, crustaceans. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Census of Marine Life pilot projectPATTERNS AND PROCESSES OF THE
ECOSYSTEMS OF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC
www.mar-eco.no
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Area:
Iceland – Azores
Taxa/components:
Pelagic, benthopelagic and epibenthic macrofauna.
Fishes, cephalopods, gelatinous plankton, crustaceans.
Planning phase: 2001-2003
Field phase: 2003-2005
Analytical phase: 2004-2008
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The orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus.Target of deep-sea fisheries on seamounts. Longevity at least 130 yrs., Size: to approx. 60 cm.Photo: J.D.M. Gordon, Scotland.
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Selection of mesopelagic fishes,inhabitants of the twilight zone of the oceans.Photo: O.A. Bergstad, Norway.
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Selection of demersal fishes,inhabitants of the near-bottom zone of the oceans.
Photo: O.A. Bergstad, Norway.
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Peculiar deep-sea squid, only known from photographs. This species can probably become 10 m long.
Photo: M. Vecchione, USA.
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Black scabbardfish, Aphanopus carbo.
Rabbitfish, Chimaera monstrosa.
Photos: J.D.M. Gordon, Scotland.
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The euphausid Meganyctiphanes norvegica, important player in the oceanic food-web. A prey of many predators such as fishes, seabirds, and baleen whales.Photo: Øystein Paulsen, Norway.
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A comb jelly, representative of a diverse group of gelatinous plankton.
Photo: Ulf Båmstedt, Sweden.
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A colonial siphonophore, another representative of the many gelationous organisms of open-ocean communities.Photo: Ulf Båmstedt, Sweden.
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RV G.O. Sars
RV Arni Fridriksson
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Deep diving submersible Mir-2.
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03:00
Day Echosounder observations of mid-water plankton and nekton.
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Patterns and processes of the ecosystems of the northern mid-Atlantic
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• The Institute of Marine Research, Norway (www.imr.no)• The University of Bergen (www.uib.no)