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CoML in the News
New Publication by ArcOD Researchers  ArcOD Researchers have published an article in the latest issue of the Journal Ecological Applications. As a special supplement, entitled "Arctic Marine Mammals and Climate Change", this issue is dedicated to the topic climate change and its effects on all aspects of marine mammal evolution, ecology, and conservation. ArcOD's contribution to this issue is an article entitled "Regional Variability in Food Availability for Arctic Marine Mammals". This paper explores the prey preferences of a selection of Arctic marine mammals, the distribution patterns and abundance of prey species, and how these patterns may change as climate changes. Their results suggest that new feeding grounds may open up in pelagic environments of the Arctic, while nearshore habitats may yield less food, and that ice-dependant species, such as walrus, may become disadvantaged. Results also suggest that marine mammal species that are more opportunistic feeders may actually be advantaged as sea ice regimes shift. This issue [Issue 18(2) Supplement, 2008] is available online through the Ecological Society of America: ESA Journals.
Counting Creatures Video Released  Videographer Richard Morris has recently released a six-minute video he produced "Counting Creatures", where he profiles the work of the Census of Marine Life.
The video is filled with outstanding imagery and a thoughtful interview of Jesse Ausubel of the Sloan Foundation. Other Richard Morris videos can be viewed at the Eclipse TV Production website.
RV Tangaroa and CenSeam Scientists Leave for Antarctica  Scheduled to depart Wellington on March 26, 2008, the RV Tangaroa will once again be carrying CenSeam researchers to the Antarctic. This time the target area is the Macquarie Ridge. Scientists from both New Zealand and Australia will be deploying hydrographic equipment, retrieving equipment deployed in 2007, collecting sediment samples, and surveying previously unobserved seamounts. Additionally, the researchers will be collaborating daily with the Nelson Girls School (New Zealand), doing experiments designed by the children, and posting a daily research log. For more information about the expedition and to read the daily dispatches, please visit the Macquarie Ridge page on the CenSeam website.
Encyclopedia of Life Website Goes Public  The Encyclopedia of Life has officially launched its website. Unveiling entries for its first 30,000 species, EOL was an immediate sensation and received more than 11 million hits the first day. The Encyclopedia will eventually catalog all 1.8 million known species, and is committed to having pages for the 230,000 known marine species online by October 2010. EOL is eager for visitors to their site and seeks feedback from the Census scientific community.
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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.