Approximately 8,000 – 15,000 species of bivalves (clams, mussels, scallops, oysters, and relatives) are known. According to BOLD Taxonomy Browser www.barcodinglife.org, 620 bivalve species have COI barcode records so far,…
The Science Plan of the International Quiet Ocean Experiment (IQOE) has been published and is available in pdf (see https://www.scor-int.org/IQOE/IQOE_Science_Plan-Final.pdf) and printed formats. Thanks to Peter Tyack, George Frist, Ed…
…official homepage of the COML is www.CoML.org. What did live in the oceans? What does live in the oceans? What will live in the oceans? These questions, compelling for society…
…to create Postscript and PDF versions. All these tools are available in the excellent teTeX-1.0 distribution, available at https://www.tug.org/tetex/. You can find more information on TeX at the TeX users group, https://www.tug.org….
…before propeller-driven ships and boats spanned the globe? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-climate-research-i/pandemic-offers-scientists-unprecedented-chance-to-hear-oceans-as-they-once-were-idUSKBN23F1M3 even picked up by the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/06/08/us/08reuters-health-coronavirus-climate-research-insight.html and in the hard copy edition of the Washington Post. The 2009…
…the Bella Bennett of the Martha’s Vineyard Times covered our initial findings about eDNA on the Island: https://www.mvtimes.com/2017/08/02/fishing-for-dna/ We found some cool things in the new locations. For example, Mill…
…in an AP Television segment about searching for the Loch Ness monster using eDNA. Mark’s interview and footage begins about 2 minutes 50 seconds into the 8-minute segment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5UPXmP5YE0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj8qoHoa0Vg…
…as a means of species discovery (for more, see www.barcoding.si.edu; www.barcodinglife.org). In addition to helping identify what is already known, DNA analysis can reveal what would otherwise remain hidden. In…
…you on behalf of the distinguished international Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) that is now planning the program (see https://www.coml.org for more information). Three main reasons motivate the Census of Marine…
…5 short segments posted on YouTube. This segment captures the sound and video quite well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu1JCQj5HLY Other segments capture the excellent conversation of Mickey Hart and George Smoot, e.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U89XR5KhOWA…