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On a visit to Australia in January, His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales KG was given a tour of the research vessel Southern Surveyor. Hub researcher Dr Alan Williams provided a five-minute overview of marine biodiversity research in Australia. |
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A program to ‘remotely-sense’ patterns of inshore marine biodiversity at continental scales through support from recreational divers.
iMAGE |
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Marine Biodiversity hub researcher Kirrily Moore, together with Queensland primary school student Clare Cameron, have been announced joint winners of the competition to name Australia’s next marine research vessel. |
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A fundamental aim of the Hub’s research is to produce high quality science which meaningfully informs decision-making on the marine environment.
In this context, the Hub employed Paul Hedge as its knowledge broker in mid-2009. |
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- How many species are there in the oceans?
by Prof Nic Bax, Director, CERF Marine Biodiversity Hub |
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See the individual stories that follow. |
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On 14 December 2009, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) released a major study “Scientific Synthesis of the Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Biological Diversity”. |
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- Assembling the Tree of Life, evolutionary tree of scale worm fauna, sharks and rays of Borneo
Report by hub scientists Gary Poore and Robin Wilson, Museum Victoria; Dan Geldhill, CSIRO - CERF Biodiversity Program |
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Marine Hub researcher Professor Corey Bradshaw has won the Life Sciences and Biological Sciences category of the inaugural Scopus Young Researcher of the Year Awards, presented by Senator Kim Carr, Federal Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. |
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- Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative
Piers Dunstan, CSIRO - CERF Prediction program |
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Andrew Heap, Rachel Przeslawski, Ralph Haese, and Justy Siwabessy, Geoscience Australia |
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Visit the new Census 2010 Gateway - Toward October 2010 - presenting the latest results from the Census of Marine Life. |
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- Climate Impacts on Oceanic Top Predators
Rudy Kloser, CSIRO - CERF Surrogates program |
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- Making earth observation data more accessible
Roland Pitcher, CSIRO - Program Manager CERF Prediction Program |
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Brendan Brooke, Geoscience Australia - CERF Surrogates Program |
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This is the third article on the national advisory groups that the Marine Biodiversity Hub works with to improve the management of marine biodiversity. |
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The Canadian Healthy Oceans Network (CHONe) and the Marine Biodiversity Hub - Uniting marine scientists in Canada and Australia. |
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A website has been developed to collect information about Longtail tuna from recreational fishers. |
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- Marine geological and biological habitat mapping |
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Also see the Marine Biodiversity Hub’s fact sheet “Ensuring a future for life in Australia’s oceans”
Fact Sheet |
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Make use of the UN Atlas of the Oceans internet portal which provides information relevant to the sustainable development of the oceans. |
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Seabirds and turtles have the unfortunate habit of paying no attention to national borders.
Jennifer Lavers, CSIRO - CERF Off Reserve Management Program |
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Each year over 120,000 Tasmanians go fishing at least once. Imagine ....120,000 potential ‘citizen scientists’ collecting valuable data about the marine environment! Redmap invites the Tasmanian community to spot, log and map marine species that are uncommon in Tasmania, or along particular parts of our coast. |
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- Biodiversity and seamounts
Alan Williams, CSIRO - CERF Biodiversity Program |
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Dr Gary Poore (retired), Museum Victoria and Postdoc Rebecca Leaper, Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute
Gary Poore, Museum VictoriaHub researcher retires - Dr Gary Poore, Museum Victoria |
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2010 is the year that would have been Jacques Cousteau’s 100th birthday. |
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A main aim of the Hub’s Off-Reserve Management Program is to develop and test approaches to influence the spatial distribution of fishing effort without complete closures. |
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* Nine new species for disappearing handfish family
* Invasive screwshell - making new habitat?
Nine new species for disappearing handfish family
Pink Handfish. Photo: Karen Gowlett-Holmes |
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- Biodiversity and continental margins
Gary Poore, Museum Victoria - CERF Biodiversity Program
Squat Lobster, Uroptychus naso Photo Museum Victoria |
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May 22 - International Day for Biological Diversity
Come and see the Hub’s exhibition of marine biodiversity images at Questacon in Canberra from 21 May to 31 July 2010 to celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity.
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AMSA 2010 Conference
4 - 8 July, Wollongong, NSW
The Marine Biodiversity Hub is sponsoring the poster session and cocktail hour at this year’s AMSA Conference. Hub scientists will also be convening two symposia: |
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by Prof Nic Bax, Director, Marine Biodiversity Hub
A major aim of the Marine Biodiversity Hub has been to promote collaboration among Australian marine researchers and thus improve the quality and extent of science available to support decision makers tasked with managing Australia’s oceans. |
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Alan Jordan, NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water |
