Milestones

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CoML Benchmarks Goals

• Milestones
• Framework
• Synthesis
• CoML Legacies
• Synthesis
• Tasks

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CoML Milestones
Category 1 Participation - Steering
Group and Networks Category 2 Funding
Commitments Category 3 Partnerships Category 4
Program Management Category 5 Observations made
or otherwise obtained Category 6 Scientific
Results, Societal Outcomes, Legacies Category 7
Tangible Outputs - Publications
- DNA barcodes - Workshops /
Participants Category 8 Outreach and Education,
Recognition - Media articles Category 9
Data Management Category 10 Synthesis
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CoML Framework
1. What are the big messages from your project?
- many zooplankton species remain to be
discovered - integrated morphological and
molecular systematic analysis - global
coverage can be achieved through cooperative
efforts 2. What specific accomplishments/highligh
ts do you anticipate by 2010? - sampled
many regions of the world oceans - discovery
of many new species - workshops improve
taxonomic expertise - database is resource
for researchers and students 3. Are there
examples of how your data/output/analysis has
been applied? 4. Is there a reasonable chance
that they may be used by 2010? 5. In what year
do you anticipate your major manuscript outputs
or other kinds of tangible outputs (major
conferences, movies, etc.) to be released?
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CoML Synthesis
Building the picture of biodiversity -
integration and synthesis of data and
information to build a global view of
zooplankton biodiversity, - assess completeness
of the information - identify any remaining
holes Integrating across realms coordination
with other CoML field projects is our primary
approach. Working with FMAP engage FMAP in
modeling global plankton populations to help
CMarZ optimize analysis of diversity patterns
based on opportunistic sampling. Contributions
to CoML 2010 group meetings focused on topics,
taxa, or geographic regions.
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CoML Legacies
Sustained, dynamic OBIS CMarZ database,
dynamically-assembled Species Pages Proven
technologies DNA barcodes, remote DNA-based
detection systems, instrumentation for
sampling and observing Public interest in marine
life Photographs and press coverage Centers of
excellence in developing countries Cooperating
projects in India China, build capacity for
taxonomic analysis, distributed DNA barcoding
centers New generation of oceanographers
Graduate students, post-doctoral fellows
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CMarZ Applications
Indicators of ecosystem health Baseline
biodiversity assessment Ocean observing systems
Marine bioinvasions Fundamental science issues
- elemental cycles, - patterns of
endemism, - extinction of species in the
ocean - significance of rare species
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CMarZ Tasks Dec/2006 Oct/2007