An evaluation of the marine environmental resilience to the north of Qeshm Island

2021 ◽  
Vol 193 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarvin Ghasemi ◽  
Amir Hossein Javid ◽  
Forough Farsad ◽  
Maryam Robati ◽  
Parvin Farshchi
Keyword(s):  
Qeshm Island ◽  
The North ◽  
Marine Environmental

The Marine Environmental Observation, Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR): An Interdisciplinary, Networked Approach to Building Canada’s Marine Research Capacity

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Avery ◽  
Doug Wallace ◽  
Rodrigo Menafra
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Marine Research ◽  
The North ◽  
Qualified Personnel ◽  
Response Network ◽  
Training Opportunities ◽  
Marine Environmental

<p>The Marine Environmental Observation, Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR) is an interdisciplinary Canadian Network of Centres of Excellence, connecting leading marine researchers across the country with trainees, partners and communities. MEOPAR funds research, trains Highly-Qualified Personnel, develops strategic partnerships, and works to support knowledge mobilization in marine challenges and opportunities for the benefit of the Canadian economy and society. As a Network, MEOPAR’s strength lies in our inter-sectoral connections—to researchers, partners, organizations, and Indigenous communities, all of whom have an interest in learning more about risks and opportunities in the marine environment. The Network funds research focusing on the North Atlantic, St. Lawrence, Arctic Ocean, and Salish Sea.</p><p>MEOPAR has trained over 700 Highly-Qualified Personnel (“MEOPeers”) since 2012. One in three MEOPeers are international students or researchers who have chosen to study or progress in their research careers in Canada. MEOPAR’s training program builds capacity in interdisciplinary research and 21st-century skills related to marine environmental risk and the required response and policy strategies. Training content is based on MEOPAR's four outcome areas (Ocean Observation; Forecasting and Prediction; Coastal Resilience; and Marine Operations), along with core content areas relevant to Canada’s next generation of marine professionals (Knowledge Translation and Science Communication; Interdisciplinary Research; and Career Development). To help build capacity in marine research, MEOPAR offers a suite of training initiatives to post-secondary students and early-career researchers, including a Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Early Career Faculty grants, travel awards, workshops, International Research Internship and Visiting Scholar funding, and an Annual Training Meeting. These initiatives provide MEOPeers with value-added training opportunities they would not be able to access through their academic programs or research labs. This poster will introduce MEOPAR’s interdisciplinary and intercultural approaches to training the next generation of marine leaders in Canada. Case studies will feature MEOPeers working in the North Atlantic region who are pursuing value-added training opportunities supported by the Network.  </p>

scholarly journals Environmental indicators: their utility in meeting the OSPAR Convention's regulatory needs

2008 ◽  
Vol 65 (8) ◽  
pp. 1387-1391 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Approach ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Marine Litter ◽  
The North ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Trial Basis ◽  
Marine Environmental

Abstract Johnson, D. 2008. Environmental indicators: their utility in meeting the OSPAR Convention's regulatory needs. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65: 1387–1391. The role of marine environmental indicators is clear; selecting indicators to inform management and for the development of accepted frameworks is proving more elusive. The OSPAR Commission, charged with the environmental protection of the Northeast Atlantic, has been applying an ecosystem approach since 1998, applying on a trial basis a system of ecological quality objectives as indicators of ecosystem health for the North Sea. This paper presents a framework for biodiversity monitoring and assessment, and discusses specific issues associated with marine-litter indicators, representing a cell within the matrix of the framework. In the immediate future, European marine legislation will drive the development of environmental indicators in the area, and further harmonization of indicator sets should enhance their utility.

scholarly journals The North Atlantic Fish Revolution (ca. AD 1500)

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Poul Holm ◽  
Francis Ludlow ◽  
Cordula Scherer ◽  
Charles Travis ◽  
Bernard Allaire ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental History ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Historical Ecology ◽  
Gadus Morhua ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
The North ◽  
History Of ◽  
Marine Environmental

AbstractWe propose the concept of the “Fish Revolution” to demarcate the dramatic increase in North Atlantic fisheries after AD 1500, which led to a 15-fold increase of cod (Gadus morhua) catch volumes and likely a tripling of fish protein to the European market. We consider three key questions: (1) What were the environmental parameters of the Fish Revolution? (2) What were the globalising effects of the Fish Revolution? (3) What were the consequences of the Fish Revolution for fishing communities? While these questions would have been considered unknowable a decade or two ago, methodological developments in marine environmental history and historical ecology have moved information about both supply and demand into the realm of the discernible. Although much research remains to be done, we conclude that this was a major event in the history of resource extraction from the sea, mediated by forces of climate change and globalisation, and is likely to provide a fruitful agenda for future multidisciplinary research.

A new species of Cephaloecetes (Bubocorophiina) from the Iranian coasts of the Gulf of Oman and the Hormuz Strait (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Siphonoecetini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4504 (1) ◽  
pp. 128
Author(s):  
FARZANEH MOMTAZI ◽  
ABDOLVAHAB MAGHSOUDLOU ◽  
JEAN JUST
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ventral Plate ◽  
Qeshm Island ◽  
Gulf Of Oman ◽  
The North ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Hormuz Strait ◽  
North Western ◽  
A New Species

The first member of Cephaloecetes in the north-western part of the Indian Ocean, Cephaloecetes ungulatus sp. nov., is described from Chabahar Bay, the Gulf of Oman and Qeshm Island in the western Hormuz Strait, Iran. The new species is characterized from the other two species of genus Cephaloecetes by a unique claw-shaped ventral plate on antenna 2 article 2. 

scholarly journals Fossil molluscs from borehole Hollum (Ameland, the Netherlands) constrain three successive Quaternary interglacial marine intervals in the southern North Sea Basin

2021 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Meijer ◽  
Ronald Pouwer ◽  
Piet Cleveringa ◽  
Hein de Wolf ◽  
Freek S. Busschers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Middle Pleistocene ◽  
Classical Type ◽  
Marine Mollusc ◽  
Southern North Sea ◽  
The North ◽  
Type Area ◽  
Storm Wave ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
Marine Environmental

Abstract When dealing with stratigraphic successions in marginal basin settings, the geological record is often fragmented due to erosion and reworking processes. The North Sea Basin is an example: it has a fragmented Quaternary record; in particular, Middle Pleistocene intervals are poorly known. As a result, we have little insight into climate, marine environmental conditions and biodiversity in this period. Here we describe and discuss a succession of three interglacial marine mollusc-bearing intervals in a borehole from Ameland in the northern Netherlands (borehole B01H0189 near Hollum). These intervals are attributed to marine isotope stages MIS7, MIS5e and MIS1. The Holocene Celtic type of faunas (interval 0–26.24 m below surface (b.s.)) and Eemian Lusitanian type of faunas (26.24–30.40 m b.s.) are well-known from previous research. The newly reported MIS7 Oostermeer fauna (32.80–39.00 m b.s.) represents mostly full marine settings between storm wave base and fair-weather wave base. In composition and diversity, the MIS7 and MIS1 faunas strongly resemble and differ from the MIS5e fauna. This is the first well-documented record of three stacked marine interglacial assemblages from the southern North Sea Basin at one location. This new record enables us to make complete marine faunal characterisations of successive interglacial periods. Key implications for southern North Sea stratigraphy and palaeogeography are the resemblance of marine faunas and conditions in MIS7 and MIS1, the presence of a relatively warm latest MIS6 freshwater interval and confirmation and characterisation of the warm Eemian interval north of the classical type area.

Benefits of Arctic Planning and Response International Coordination: 2015 Engagement by Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) and U.S.C.G. Office of Marine Environmental Response Policy (MER)

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (1) ◽  
pp. 1471-1486
Author(s):  
Helge Munkås Andersen ◽  
Tim Gunter
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Environmental Response ◽  
Incident Command ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
Equipment Testing ◽  
Crises Management ◽  
Marine Environmental

ABSTRACT: #2017-026 The objective of this paper is to highlight Arctic planning and response collaboration initiative between the Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) and United States Coast Guard (USCG) Office of Marine Environmental Response (MER) Policy on numerous spill preparedness and response topics. The paper focuses on engagement efforts between NCA and USCG MER on IOSC’s 2017 overarching themes of Prevent, Prepare, Respond, and Restore. The NCA and USCG MER signed a Letter of Intent to Cooperate in 2014 on spill preparedness and response topics. These collaboration efforts include sharing of exercise lessons learned during joint workshops, training opportunities, and response equipment testing. As a result of these collaboration efforts, USCG MER representatives attended the 2015 Norwegian Clean Seas Association (NOFO)/NCA annual test of new spill technologies and procedures. The exercise was hosted by NOFO/NCA and was held offshore in the North Sea approximately 140 miles northwest of Stavanger, Norway. The exercise was held June 9–11, 2015, at the abandoned Frigg Oilfield and included verification of the Marine Oil Spill (MOS) Sweeper I, Desmi Forlense, MOS Sweeper II, NorLense Oiltrawl, Current Buster 6, and NASA remote sensing equipment. Another result of this collaboration is that NCA will evaluate its present Incident Command System (ELS). As part of this evaluation, NCA sent two senior staff members to Yorktown in September 2015 to participate in two USCG courses: 1) OSC Crises Management, and 2) ICS-410 Advanced Incident Command.

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