Census of Marine Life Participants 2000-2010

Raza Abidi, Dalhousie University, Canada Jo Acebes, Asia Research Center, Philippines Arturo Acero, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia Shanta Nair Achuthankutty, National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, India C.T. Achuthankutty, National Institute of Oceanography, India Colleen Adam, DIVERSITAS, France Sarah Adamowicz, University of Guelph, Canada Nathan Adams, Helena Adão, University of Évora, Portugal Adrian Aebischer, University of Bern and Fribourg, Switzerland Steven Africk, Acentech Inc, United States Vikram Agadi, National Institute Scientific Communication & Information Resources, India Yogi Agrawal, Sequoia Scientific, United States Maite Aguado, Universidad Autonóma de Madrid, Spain Anelio Aguayo-Lobo, Instituto Antarctico Chileno, Chile Paula Aguiar, University of the Azores, Portugal John Ahearn, Museum Victoria, Australia Sayyed Ahmed, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman Shane Ahyong, National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA), New Zealand Jim Aiken, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom Cameron Ainsworth, University of British Columbia, Canada Laura Airoldi, Università di Bologna, Italy Belinda Aker, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Dag Aksnes, University of Bergen, Norway Farid Al-Abdali, Five Oceans LLC, Sultanate of Oman Nasser Al-Azri, HMR Environmental Engineering Cunsultants, Sultanate of Oman Adnan Al-Azri, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman Monica Albuquerque, University Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal Jacqueline Alder, UNEP, Kenya Viviana Alder, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Juan Luis Aleget, Universitat de Girona, Spain Yaroslava Alekseeva, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Vera Alexander, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Karen Alexander, University of New Hampshire, United States Daniel Alexandrov, European University at St. Petersburg, Russia J.R.B. Alfred, Zoological Survey of India, India

1 Hamed Al-Gheilani, Ministry of Fisheries, Sultanate of Oman Jurgen Alheit, Baltic Sea Research Institute, Porfirio Alino, University of the Phillipines, Philippines David Allan, , United States Louise Allcock, National University of Ireland, Ireland Alice Alldredge, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States Ian Allison, Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, Australia M. Allison, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Jim Allman, Interrobang Digital Media, United States Andreas Allspach, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Germany Hillal Al-Shaqsi, Ministry of Fisheries, Sultanate of Oman Nouh Al-Sharji, HMR Environmental Engineering Cunsultants, Sultanate of Oman Abdulaziz Al-Suwailem, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia Claudia Alt, National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom Iris Altamira, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States Faiza Al-Yamani, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), Kuwait Rudolf Amann, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany Linda Amaral-Zettler, The Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, United States William Ambrose, Bates College, United States Nadia Ameziane, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle, France Jim Ammerman, SUNY at Stony Brook, United States Robert Andersen, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, United States Ann Andersen, University Paris 6 at Station Biologique Roscoff, France Robert Anderson, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, United States John Anderson, College of the Atlantic, United States Sean Anderson, Dalhousie University, Canada Robert Anderson, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, United States Owen Anderson, NIWA, New Zealand Scot Anderson, Point Reys Bird Observatory, United States Charles Anderson, The Whale and Dolphin Company, Republic of Maldives Marti Anderson, University of Auckland, New Zealand Todd Anderson, University of California, San Diego, United States Paul Anderson, University of Maine, United States Cairistiona Anderson, University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, United States David Anderson, Wake Forest University, United States Katherine Anderson, York University, United Kingdom Hans Georg Andres, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Germany Kelly Andrews, NOAA/NMFS NWFSC, United States Russ Andrews, University of British Columbia, Canada

2 Vladimir Andronov, Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Martin Angel, National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom A.C. Anil, National Institute of Oceanography, India Raule Anisa-Arsis, Spain Arthur Anker, Florida Museum of Natural History (FMNH), United States John Annala, Gulf of Maine Research Initiative, United States Andrzej Antczak, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela Maria Antczak, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela Hiroshi AOyama, Kyoto University, Japan Ward Appeltans, Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ, Belgium Ronan Apprioual, French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea, France Alfred Aquilina, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Mary Arai, Pacific Biological Station, Canada Claudia Arango, Queensland Museum, Australia Antonio Aranis, Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, Chile Elena Arashkevich, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Academy of Sciences of Russia, Russia Philippe Archambault, Université du Québec - Rimouski, Canada Jeff Ardon, Marine Conservation Biology Institute, United States Francisco Arenas, University of Porto, Portugal Zenetos Argyro, Hellenic Center for Marine Research, Greece Michel Arhan, Ifremer, France Leonardo Arias Alemán, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras - INVEMAR, Colombia Zainal Arifin, Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI), Indonesia Ayaa Armah, University of Ghana, Ghana E. Virginia Armbrust, University of Washington, United States Sophie Arnaud, Ifremer, France Hartmut Arndt, University of Cologne, Germany Geoff Arnold, United Kingdom Wolff Arntz, Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany Kevin Arrigo, Stanford University, United States Luis Artigas, CNRS UMR 8187 LOG, France Tom Artois, Universiteit Hasselt, Belgium Christos Arvanitidis, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece Christos Arvanitidis, Institute of Marine Biology and Genetics, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece Chittima Aryuthaka, Kasestart University, Thailand Felipe Arzayus, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Crispian Ashby, Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, Australia Neil Ashcroft, University of Hull, United Kingdom Anne Aspen, University of Bergen, Norway

3 Olafur Astthorsson, Marine Institute of Iceland, Iceland Angus Atkinson, British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom Larry Atkinson, Old Dominion University, United States Whitlow Au, University of Hawaii, United States Holger Auel, University of Bremen, Germany Charatsee Aungtonya, Phuket Marine Biological Center, Thailand Christopher Aura, Kenya Marine & Fisheries Research Institute, Kenya Peter Auster, University of Connecticut, United States Jesse Ausubel, The Rockefeller University, United States Defina Auxiluio Muiocha, Instituto de Investigacao Pesqueira, Mozambique Kenneth Awebro, Södertörns högskola, Sweden Greg Ayres, CSIRO, Australia David Ayriss, University of Hull, United Kingdom Farooq Azam, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States Javi Aznarez, Spain Ulf Baamstedt, Umeå Marina Forskningscentrum, Sweden Petter Baardsen, Institute of Marine Research, Norway Keiji Baba, Kumamoto University, Japan Amy Baco-Taylor, Florida State University, United States Anna Baczewska, Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Mohsen Badiey, University of Delaware, United States Jenny Baeseman, University of Tromso, Norway Maibritt Bager, Museum Amager, Denmark Hina Baig, National Institute of Oceanography, Pakistan Nicolas Bailly, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Malaysia Scott Bainbridge, Australian Ocean Data Joint Facility, Australia Guy Baker, Marine Life Information Network, United Kingdom Maria Baker, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Frank Baker, University of Rhode Island, United States D. Baker, United States Ed Baker Pamela Baker-Masson, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education, United States David Balata, Università di Pisa, Italy Elena Balestri, University of Pisa, Italy Shannon Balfry, The University of British Columbia, Canada Anne Ball, NOAA, United States Lisa Ballance, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, United States Matthew Bampton, University of Southern Maine, United States Susan Banahan, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, United States

4 Colin Bannister, CEFAS Lowestoft Laboratory, United Kingdom John Bannister Manuel Barange, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom Birkir Bardason, Marine Research Institute, Iceland Roberto Bargagli, University of Siena, Italy Michaela Barnard, University of Hull, United Kingdom David Barnes, British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom Penelope Barnes, Malaspina Univeristy-College, Canada Natalie Barnes, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom Harry Barnes, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, United States Ruth Barnich, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Germany Nancy Baron, SeaWeb/COMPASS, United States John Baross, University of Washington, United States James Barrett, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Elinor Bartle, University of Bergen, Norway Peter Bartley, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia Kyle Bartow, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University, United States Ilse Bartsch, Naturmuseum und Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Germany Manuela Bassoi, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Dan Basta, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Ricardo Bastida, Departamento de Ciencias Marinas, Argentina Carolina Bastidas, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela Paola Batta Lona, Univ. of Connecticut - Avery Point, United States Sonia Batten, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada Adam Baukus, University of Southern Maine, United States Julia Baum, NCEAS, United States Timothy Baumgartner, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, United States Francois Baurand Giorgio Bavestrello, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy Nicholas Bax, CSIRO, Australia Gastón Bazzino, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Mexico Reginald Beach, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Christopher Beach, University of Hull, United Kingdom Robin Beaman, James Cook University, Australia Richard Beamish, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Doug Beard, U.S. Geological Survey, United States Yannick Beaudoin, UNEP-Grid/Arendal, Norway Stace Beauliu, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Michael Beck, The Nature Conservancy, United States

5 Mimi Becker, University of New Hampshire, United States CJ Beegle-Krause, Applied Science Associates, United States Alvaro Behnke, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile Oded Beja, Israel Institute of Technology, Isreal Nagender Nath Bejugam, National Institute of Oceanography, India Tonnes Bekker-Nielsen, University of Southern Denmark Kolding, Denmark Lee Belbin, Blatant Fabrications, Australia Michael Belchik, Yurok Tribe, United States Rita Bell, Monterey Bay Aquarium, United States Salah Ben Cherifi, Institut National de Recherche Halieutique, Morocco Leah Bendell-Young, Simon Frasier University, Canada Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi, Università di Pisa, Italy Laura Bennett, Canadian Sea Turtle Network, Canada Bryony Bennett, CSIRO Marine Research, Australia Kim Benson, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, United States Scott Benson, National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Mike Bentley, University of Durham, United Kingdom Paul Bentzen, Dalhousie University, Canada Barry Berejikian, NOAA/NMFS NWFSC, United States Jorgen Berge, University Centre on Svalbard, Norway Odd Aksel Bergstad, Institute of Marine Research, Norway Eldredge Bermingham, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Panama Adriana Bermudez Tobón, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras - INVEMAR, Colombia Patricio Bernal, IUCN Global Marine Programme, Switzerland Landry Bernard, National Data Buoy Center / University of Southern Mississippi, United States Angelo Bernardino, Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Brazil Stefan Bertilsson, Uppsala University, Sweden Iacaopo Bertocci, CIIMAR, University of Porto, Portugal Ben Best, Duke University, United States Mairi Best, University of Victoria, Canada Marthan Bester, University of Pretoria, South Africa Brian Bett, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Juan Bezaury, The Nature Conservancy, United States Volodymyr Bezrukov, University of Kiev, Ukraine Mitrasen Bhikajee, University of Mauritius, Mauritius Gregorio Bigatti, Centro Nacional Patagónico CENPAT, Argentina Jude Bijoux, Seychelles Centre for Marine Research & Technology - Marine Parks, Seychelles David Billett, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Ross bin Haji Othman, University Kebangsaan, Malaysia

6 Kirsti Binkley, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States Graham Bird, United Kingdom Tor Birkeland, Institute of Marine Research, Norway Chuck Birkeland, US Geological Survey, United States James Bisagni, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, United States Manuel Biscoito, Museu Municipal do Funchal (História Natural), Portugal Ramlal Biseswar, University of Durban, South Africa Mary Anne Bishop, Prince William Sound Science Center, United States Robert Bison, Province of British Columbia, Canada Asmund Bjordal, Institute of Marine Research, Norway Katarina Blachowiak-Samolyk, Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Donna Blackman, IGPP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States Bob Blais, Goldman Sachs, United States James Blake, AECOM Marine & Coastal Center, United States Steve Blake, ANZLIC - The Spatial Information Council, Australia April Blakeslee, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, United States Wade Blanchard, Dalhousie University, Canada Arny Blanchard, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Maria Blanco, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Leocadio Blanco Bercial, University of Connecticut at Avery Point, United States Magdalena Blazewicz-Paszkowycz, University of Lodz, Poland Clint Blight, University of St. Andrew's, United Kingdom Barbara Block, Stanford University, United States Bodil Bluhm, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Stan Blum, California Academy of Sciences, United States Jessie Bluvias, Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, United States Marzia Bo, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy Phil Bock, Museum Victoria, Australia Matthew Boeckner, Canada Markus Boeggemann, Hochschule Vechta, Germany George Boehlert, Oregon State University, United States Dee Boersma, University of Washington, United States Donald Boesch, University of Maryland Center For Environmental Science, United States Antje Boetius, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany Phillip Bogden, Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System, United States Christofer Boggs, NOAA/NMFS PIFSC, United States Chuck Boggs, University of Idaho, United States Steven Bograd, NOAA Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory, United States Margot Bohan, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, United States

7 Jens Bohn, Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Germany James Bohnsack, NOAA- NMFS, United States Julio Bohórquez, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras - INVEMAR, Colombia James Bolger, Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre, Canada Henk Bolhuis, NIOO-KNAW, Netherlands Kathrin Bolstad, AUT, New Zealand Jeffrey Bolster, University of New Hampshire, United States John Bolton, University of Cape Town, South Africa Demetrio Boltovskoy, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Bruno Bombled Farnis Boneka, University of Sam Ratulangi, Indonesia Elizabeth Borda, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States John Boreman, Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System, United States Manoj Borkar, Carmel College for Women, India Christian Borowski, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany Emmanuel Boss, University of Maine, United States Helen Bostock, NIWA, New Zealand Philippe Bouchet, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France Chloe Bourmaud, Universite de la Reunion, France Anne Bousquet, French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea, France Andre Boustany, Duke University, United States Jim Boutillier, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada David Bowden, NIWA, New Zealand Ray Bowering, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Center, Canada Geoff Boxshall, Natural History Museum London, United Kingdom Daniel Boyce, Dalhousie University, Canada Peter Boyle, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom Ingrid Brack, University of Southern Maine, United States Ian Bradbury, University of Windsor, Canada Janet Bradford-Grieve, NIWA Wellington, New Zealand David Bradley, Pennsylvania State University, United States Russell Brainard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, United States Simone Brandao, Universität Hamburg, Germany Stephen Brandt, Oregon Sea Grant, United States Angelika Brandt, University of Hamburg, Germany Pierre Branellec, French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea, France Robert Branton, Dalhousie University, Canada Angelique Brathwaite, Coastal Zone Management Unit, Barbados Torleiv Brattegard, University of Bergen, Norway

8 Melinda Braun, Wildlife Computers Inc, United States Greg Breed, Dalhousie University, Canada Justin Breen, Dalhousie University, Canada Nils Brenke, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Germany Steve Brennan, University of New Hampshire, United States Jorge Brenner, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, United States Paul Brewin, University of California, San Diego, United States Andrew Brierley, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom Cheryl Bright, Smithsonian Institution, United States Monika Bright, University of Vienna, Austria Richard Brill, NOAA/NMFS NEFSC, United States Kenneth Brink, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Melbourne Briscoe, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, United States Temir Britayev, A.N. Severtzov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (RAS), Russia Christina Brito Saskia Brix, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Germany Melissa Brodeur, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, United States Richard Brodeur, Northwestern Fisheries Service Center, United States Pamela Brodie, CSIRO Marine Research, Australia Karin Brohldick, Universitat Oldenburg, Germany Wiebke Brokeland, Zoologisches Museum, Germany Wiebke Brökeland (Broekeland), Senckenberg am Meer, Germany Jim Brooks, TDI Brooks, United States Karen Brown, Environmental Conservation Service, Environment Canada, Canada Stephen Brown, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Darrell Brown, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), United States Joanna Browne, Museum Victoria, Australia Sandy Bruce, Queensland Museum, Australia Niel Bruce, Queensland Museum (MTQ), Australia Marco Bruhn, German Center for Marine Biodiversity Resarch, Germany Jean-Pierre Brulport, French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea, France Daniel Brumbaugh, American Museum of Natural History, United States Daniel Brumbaugh, University of California/American Museum of Natural History, United States John Bruno, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States Clay Bryce, Western Australian Museum, Australia Friedrich Buchholz, Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany Ann Bucklin, University of Connecticut - Avery Point, United States Nataliya Budaeva, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS, Russia Robert Buddemeier, Kansas Geological Survey, United States

9 Andrea Bueno, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela Fabio Bulleri, University of Pisa, Italy Chris Bullock, University of Rhode Island, United States Andrea Bullock, University of South Brittany, France Tim Bulman, InDepth Marine Ltd., Canada Marco Büntzow (Buentzow), Deutsches Zentrum für Marine Biodiversitätsforschung (DZMB), Germany Jacqui Burgess, Ministry of Fisheries, New Zealand Peter Burkill, Sir Alistair Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS), United Kingdom Graham Burnett, Princeton University, United States Michael Burrows, Scottish Association for Marine Science, United Kingdom Harry Burton, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia Markus Busch, Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Germany Somchai Bussarawit, National Science Museum Thailand, Thailand Somchai Bussarawit, Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Thailand, Thailand John Butcher, Griffith University, Australia Carry Buterbaugh, United States Alan Butler, CSIRO, Australia Kevin Butterworth, Torran Consulting, Canada Doug Butterworth, University of Cape Town, South Africa Martin Buzas, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, United States Maria-Ines Buzeta, (Retired), Canada Galina Buzhinskaya, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Alexander Bychkov, North Pacific Marine Science Organization, Canada James Byers, The University of Georgia, United States Tamsen Byfield, University of Cape Town, South Africa Ingvar Byrkjedal, Bergen Museum, Norway Maria Byrne, University of Sydney, Australia Patricia Cabezas, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain Celia Cackowski, University of Rhode Island, United States John Caddy, Ecoclad Associates, Italy Matthew Cadwallader, University of Southern Maine, United States Lizhe Cai, Xiamen University, China Gregor Cailliet, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, United States John Calambokidus, Cascadia Research Collective, United States John Calder, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Julian Caley, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australia Violeta Calian, University of Iceland, Iceland Danilo Calliari, Universidad de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay, Uruguay Paul Callow, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada

10 Gabriella Calzone, British Museum of Natural History, United Kingdom David Camp, United States Emma Campbell, Department of the Environment, Water, and Heritage and the Arts, Australia Janet Campbell, University of New Hampshire, United States Lúcia Campos, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Annabelle Campos, University of the Philippines Visayas, Philippines Simonepietro Canese, Istituto Centrale per la Ricerca Applicata al Mare, Italy Gabrielle Canonico, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Eva Cantoni, University of Geneva, Switzerland Maria Capa, Australian Museum, Australia Susan Capes, University of Hull, United Kingdom Jean Claude Caprais, French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea, France Juan Cardenas, Fundacion La Salle, Venezuela, Venezuela Paco Cardenas, University of Bergen, Norway Frederico Cardigos, Universidade dos Acores, Portugal David Carlile, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, United States David Carlson, International Polar Year UNAVCO, United States James Carlton, The Williams-Mystic Program, United States Vanda Carmo, Universidade dos Açores, Portugal Robert Carney, Louisiana State University, United States David Caron, University of Southern California, United States Lawrence Carpenter, College of William & Mary, United States Kent Carpenter, Old Dominion University, United States Mark Carr, University of California, Santa Cruz, United States Christina Carr, University of Guelph, Canada Vicky Carroll, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education, United States Joan Cartes, Centre Mediterrani d'Investgacion Marines I ambientals, Spain Miranda Carver, Department of Environment and Heritage, Australia Andrew Case, University of Wisconsin, United States Frank Cassidy, United States Tonje Castberg, Institute of Marine Research, Norway Magalie Castelin, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, France Alberta Castelli, University of Pisa, Italy Julio Castillo, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela Mike Castleton, Stanford University, United States Diana Catarinao, Universidade dos Açores, Portugal Colleen Cavanaugh Fabienne Cazassus, University of Cape Town, South Africa Tomas Cedhagen, University of Aarhus, Denmark

11 Roland Cellete, Ambassade de France (French Embassy), United States Rob Cermak, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States E. Chaban, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Pat Chamut, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Tin-Yam Chan, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan Annapurna Chandrabhotla, Andhra University, India Dorairajasingam Chandramohan, National Institute of Oceanology, India Mike Channing, F/V Chasina, Canada Hansa Chansang, Phuket Marine Biological Center, Thailand Gauthier Chapelle, The International Polar Foundation, Belgium Robert Chapman, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, United States Peter Charuk, University of Western Sydney, Australia Anthony Chatwin, The Nature Conservancy, United States Vishwas Chavan, India Suchana Chavanavich, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Francisco Chavez, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, United States Tarik Chekchak, Cousteau Society, France Yaqu Chen, East Sea Fisheries Research Institute, China Henry Chen, UTS China Research Center, Australia Heloise Chenelot, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Georgy Cherkashov, VNIIOkeangeologia, Russia Anthony Cheshire, Science to Manage Uncertainty, Australia Mariachiara Chiantore, University of Genoa, Italy Ben Chicoski, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education, United States John Childers, National Marine Fisheries Services, United States Richard Chinman, Rutgers University, United States Penny Chisholm, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States Andrei Chistoserdov, University of Louisiana Lafayette, United States Stephen Chiswell, National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, New Zealand Cedar Chittenden, University of Tromsø, Canada Susan Chivers, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Madhumita Choudhouri, Zoologisches Museum, Germany Malia Chow, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Joseph Christensen, Murdoch University, Australia Villy Christensen, University of British Columbia, Canada Bernd Christiansen, Universitat Hamburg, Germany Sabine Christiansen, WWF International, Germany James Churnside, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Michel Claereboudt, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

12 Stefan Claesson, University of New Hampshire, United States Andrew Clark, Harris Maritime Communications Services, United States Malcolm Clark, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), New Zealand Timothy Clark, The University of British Columbia, Canada Holly Clark, University of Rhode Island, United States Andrew Clarke, British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom Maurice Clarke, Marine Institute, Ireland Dylan Clarke, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Cheryl Clarke-Hopcroft, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Peter Clarkson, Scott Polar Research Institute, United Kingdom Clarence Clay, University of Wisconsin, United States Jesse Cleary, Duke Univeristy, United States Benjamin Clemens, United States Geological Survey, United States Shaun Clements, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, United States Vicki Cochrane, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia Martin Cocks, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Mary Alice Coffroth, SUNY Buffalo, United States Rosalind Cohen, NOAA, United States Cathy Cole, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Greg Coleman, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australia Stephen Coles, Bishop Museum, United States Bryan Coles, Raytheon Electronic Systems, United States Patrick Colin, Coral Reef Institute, Palau, Pat Colin, Coral Reef Research Foundation, Palau, United States Marta Coll Monton, Dalhousie University, Canada Bruce Collette, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, United States Jeremy Collie, University of Rhode Island, Bay Campus,, United States Terry Collins, Collins & Associates, Canada Patrick Collins, Duke University, United States Alison Collins, The University of British Columbia, Canada Jocelyn Collins, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Mary Colreavy, Australian Biological Resources Study, Australia Marie Colton, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Robert Colwell, University of Connecticut, United States Joan Company, Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain Chris Condit, San Diego Super Computer Center, United States Kathleen Conlan, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ontario, Canada Daniel Conley, Lund University, Sweden Amelia Connell, New Zealand

13 Tara Connelly, Memorial University, Canada Doug Connelly, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Niamh Connolly, European Science Foundation, France Paul Connolly, Marine Institute, Ireland David Connor, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, United Kingdom Judith Connor, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, United States Ed Connor, Seattle City Light, United States Mercedes Conradi, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain Mireille Consalvey, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), New Zealand Andrew Constable, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia David Conway, Marine Biological Association of the U.K., United Kingdom Adam Cook, International Seabed Authority, Jamaica Elizabeth Cook, Scottish Association for Marine Science, United Kingdom April Cook, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, United States Peter Cook, United States Steven Cooke, Carleton University, Canada Marco Coolen, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States John Coon, University of New Hampshire, United States Andrew Cooper, St. Andrews Biological Station, Canada Andy Cooper, University of New Hampshire, United States Robert Cooper, United States Jon Copley, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Nancy Copley, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Amy Coppenger, Aquarium of the Pacific, United States Erik Cordes, Temple University, United States Paulo Henrique Corgosinho, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut, Germany Nils Cornelius, China Peter Cornillon, University of Rhode Island, United States Astrid Cornils, Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany Jorge Cortes, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica Paulo Costa, Universidad do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Daniel Costa, University of California, Santa Cruz, United States Barbara Costas, Univ. of Connecticut - Avery Point, United States Mark Costello, University of Auckland, New Zealand Gladys Cotter, U.S. Geological Survey, United States Charles Cotton, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, United States Jamie Cournane, University of New Hampshire, United States Simon Courtenay, University of New Brunswick, Canada Dominique Cowart, Penn State University, United States

14 Raymond Cowling, Italy Martin Cox, Gatty Marine Laboratory, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom Oliver Cox, Wildlife Computers, United States Kenneth Coyle, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Michael Coyne, Seaturtle.org, United States Jessica Craig, Univerity of Aberdeen, United Kingdom Maureen Crane, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, United States Kathy Crane Gary Cranitch, Queensland Museum (SB), Australia Phillippe Crassous, French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea, France Mike Craven, University of Tasmania, Australia John Crawford, Conservation Law Foundation, United States Ian Cresswell, CSIRO, Australia Edward Cripps, University of Western Australia, Australia Darlene Crist, Crist Communications, United States Javier Cristobo, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Spain Francisco Javier Cristobo Rodriguez, INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA, Spain Daniel Crocker, Sonoma State University, United States Don Croll, University of California Santa Cruz, United States Thomas Cronin, United States Geological Survey, United States Alain Crosnier, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle, France Glenn Crossin, The University of British Columbia, Canada David Crossman, Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Australia Larry Crowder, Duke University, United States John Croxall, BirdLife International, United Kingdom Manuel Cruz, Intituto Oceanografico, Ecuador Juan Jose Cruz Motta, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela Fiona Cubitt, UBC/DFO Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research, Canada Marina Cunha, Universidade de Aveiro - CESAM, Portugal Cliff Cunningham, Duke University, United States Daniel Curran, NOAA/NMFS PIFSC, United States Trent Cusator, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada David Cushing, Marine Biological Laboratory, Lowestoft, United Kingdom Daphne Cuvelier, Universidade dos Açores (Azores), Portugal Edward Cyr, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Ned Cyr, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Belia da Boncecei cao Jelisberto Macamo, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique Erminda da C. Guerreiro Couto, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Brasil Maria da Siva, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil

15 Nick D'Adamo, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), Australia Margarita Dadykina, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ural Branch, Russia Thomas Dahlgren, University of Göteborg, Sweden Jihong Dai, University of Georgia, United States Andy Dale, The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), Scottish Marine Institute, United Kingdom Gavin Dally, Museum and Art Gallery Northern Territory, Australia Penelope Dalton, University of Washington, United States Kendra Daly, University of South Florida, United States Bruno Danis, Royal Belgiam Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium Ali Daniyal, Dalhousie University, Canada Roberto Danovaro, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy H. Lee Dantzler, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Eva Danulat, University of Hamburg (Universitat Hamburg), Ecuador Donna Darm, NOAA/NMFS NWFSC, United States Udomsak Darmut, Walailak University, Thailand Gérald Darnis, Université Laval, Canada Anindita Das, National Institute of Oceanography, India Patrick Dauby, Université de Liège, Belgium Francis Daunt, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, United Kingdom Bruno David, Université de Bourgogne, France Trevor Davies, Dalhousie University, Canada Randall Davis, Texas A & M University, United States Ruslan Davydov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ural Branch, Russia Paul Dayton, University of California, San Diego, United States Claude De Broyer, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium Taco de Bruin, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands Fanny de Busserolles, The University of Western Australia, Australia Annelies De Groote, University of Gent, Belgium Jackleen De La Harpe, United States Thomas de Lange Wenneck, Institute of Marine Research, Norway Jan de Leeuw, The Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Netherlands Ilsa de Mesel, University of Gent (Universiteit Gent), Belgium Jean De Pomereu, International Polar Foundation, Belgium Chantal De Ridder, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Elgar de Sa, National Institute of Oceanography, India Guy De Smet, Universiteit Gent, Belgium Colomban de Vargas, Roscoff Marine Station, France Høgni Debes, Faroese Marine Research Institute (FAMRI), Faroe Islands Annette DeCharon, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, United States

16 Carole Decker, Ifremer, France Cynthia Decker, NOAA, United States Karine Dedieu Daniele Defaye, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle, France Omar Defeo, Universidad de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay, Uruguay Don Deibel, Memorial University, Canada Fabio DeLeo, University of Hawaii, United States Duan Delin, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Antonio Dell'Anno, Polytechnic University of marche, Italy Ed DeLong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States Nina Denisenko, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Mark Dennett, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Gerald Denny, University of Washington, United States Tim Deprez, Universiteit Gent, Belgium Rick Deriso, Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, United States Elgar Desa, National Institute of Oceanography, India Laura DeSantis, Instituto Nationale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Italy Daniel Desbruyères, IFREMER, France David Detlor, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States H. William Detrich, Northeastern University, United States Hendrik Deubel, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany Charles Deutsch, U.S. Geological Survey, United States Nicole Devauchelle, French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea, France Colin Devey, IFM- Geomar, Germany Lalithambika Devi, Ministry of Earth Sciences, India Heidi Dewar, National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Lynn deWitt, National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Peter Dexter, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia Steven D'Hondt, University of Rhode Island, United States Guido di Prisco, National Research Council (CNR), Italy Orest Diachock, Naval Research Lab, United States Prasantha Dias, SACEP, Sri Lanka Robert Diaz, College of William & Mary, United States Juan Diaz, Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, Colombia Juan Diaz de Astarloa, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina Martha Díaz Ruíz, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras - INVEMAR, Colombia Javier Diaz-Ochoa, Universidad de Magallanes, Chile Claudio Dibacco, Dalhousie University, Canada Tommy Dickey, University of California Santa Barbara, United States

17 Michael Diepenbroek, University of Bremen, Germany Paul DiGiacomo, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Anna Dilman, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia John Dinley, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Michele Dionne, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, United States Gangapersad Diwakar, Mauritius Research Council, Mauritius Rainbo Dixon, Murdock University, Western Australia, Australia David Dixon, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Zoya Dmitrieva, St. Petersburg Institute for History, Russia Sergey Dobretsov, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman Kurt Dobszinsky, F/V Chasina, Canada Nils Dobszinsky, F/V Chasina, Canada Richard Dodge, Nova Southeastern University, United States Julian Dodson, Université Laval, Canada Christa Dohn, Deutsches Zentrum für Marine Biodiversitätsforschung, Germany Lise Doksæter, Institute of Marine Research, Norway Andrey Dolgov, Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, Russia Michael Domeier, Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research, United States Percy Donaghay, University of Rhode Island, United States Michael Donahue, Great Lakes Commission, United States Terry Done, Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Australia Stacy Doner, AECOM, United States Ben Donnelly, Duke University, United States Kurk Dorsey, University of New Hampshire, United States Julian Dowdeswell, Scott Polar Research Institute, United Kingdom John Dower, University of Victoria, Canada Bernt Drange, Institute of Marine Research, Norway Jan Drewes, Universitat Oldenburg, Germany Ken Drinkwater, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada Kelly Droney, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education, United States Nicole Dubilier, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany Catherine Duckett, The State University of New Jersey, United States Kim Duckworth, Ministry of Fisheries, New Zealand Zoey Duggan, Dalhousie University, Canada Gerard Duineveld, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands Angelika Dummermuth, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Germany Peter Dundas-Smith, Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre, Australia Daniel Dunn, Duke University Marine Lab, United States Matthew Dunn, NIWA, New Zealand

18 Renee Dunn, University of New Hampshire, United States Piers Dunstan, CSIRO, Australia Ken Dunton, University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, United States Sebastien Duperron, Univ. Pierre Marie Curie, France Michele DuRand, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Ted Durbin, University of Rhode Island, United States Peter Dutton, National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Jan Erik Dyb, Moere Research, Norway Vladislav Dzurinsky, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Sylvia Earle, United States Greg Early, New England Aquarium, United States Brigitte Ebbe, Senckenberg am Meer, Germany Jennifer Ecker, University of Southern Maine, United States Scott Eckert, Principia College, United States James Eckman, Office of Naval Research, United States Vedat Ediger, Middle East Technical University, Turkey Anne Berg Edvardsen, Norway Andrew Edwards, Dalhousie University, Canada Matt Edwards, San Diego State University, United States James Edwards, Smithsonian Institution, United States Katrina Edwards, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Margit Eero, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Danny Eibye-Jacobsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Irmgard Eichinger, University of Vienna, Austria Merrick Ekins, Queensland Museum (SB), Australia Torbjorn Ekrem, Museum of Natural History and Archaeology, Norway Lucius Eldredge, Bishop Museum, United States Marc Eleaume, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France Anastasios Eleftheriou, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMS), Greece Kari Ellingsen, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Norway Sara Ellis, University of Southern Maine, United States Richard Ellis, United States Chris Emblow, Ecological Consultancy Services Limited, Ireland Inge Enghoff, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Denmark Slava Epstein, Northeastern University, United States William Erb, Bureau of Meterology, Australia Cyndy Erickson, Rutgers University, United States Daniel Erickson, University of Miami, United States Gavin Ericson, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australia

19 Christer Erseus, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden Terry Erwin, Smithsonian Institution, United States William Eschmeyer, California Academy of Sciences, United States Elva Escobar-Briones, Universidad Nacional Autònoma de Mèxico/ Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, Mexico Rubén Escribano, University of Concepción, Chile Marco Espino, Antarctic Institute of Peru, Peru André Esteves, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil Michael Etnier, University of Washington, United States Peter Etnoyer, Harte Research Institute, TAMU-CC, United States Joel Etoubleau, French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea, France Ron Etter, University of Massachusetts, United States Karen Evans, CSIRO, Australia Marie Evans, ENSR International 2, United States Simon Evans, Environmental Systems Research Institute, United States Susan Evans, Scottish Oceans Institute, United Kingdom John Everett, United Nations, Paige Eveson, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Sergei Evseenko, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Boris Fabres, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Marie-Claire FABRI, IFREMER, France Katarina Fabricius, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australia Valery Fadeev, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Eberhard Fahrbach, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany Rusty Fairey, California State University, United States Ana Falcao, Cidade Universitaria, Brasil Tone Falkenhaug, Institute of Marine Research, Norway Marcelo Farenga, Instituto de Geología de Costas y del Cuaternario, Argentina David Farmer, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, United States Anthony Farrell, UBC/DFO Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research, Canada Charles Farwell, Monterey Bay Aquarium, United States Reza Fatemi, Department Of Environment (DOE), Iran Anno Faubel, Institut fur Hydrobiologie und Fischereiwissenschaft, Germany Kristian Fauchald, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, United States S. Faulhaber, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany Daphne Fautin, University of Kansas, United States Michael Fedak, University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom Howard Feder, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Darryl Felder, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, United States Mikhail Feldman, Atlantic Scientific Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography,

20 Russia Valeriy Feldman, Atlantic Scientific Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (AtlantNIRO), Russia Michael Feldman, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, United States Aldo Felici, Council of Managers of National Antarctic Program, Uruguay Gwen Fenton, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia Jean-Pierre FERAL, CNRS, France John Ferguson, Northwestern Fisheries Service Center, United States Miriam Fernandez, Catholic University of Chile, Chile Bo Fernholm, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden Anthony Ferrant, French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea, France Tim Ferrero, Natural History Museum, United Kingdom Francesco Ferretti, Dalhousie University, Canada Alain Festeau, Université de Bourgogne, France Dieter Fiege, Senckenberg Research Institute, Germany Chris Field, Dalhousie University, Canada John Field, NOAA/NMFS SWFSC, United States Mike Field, Northest Power Planning Council, United States John Field, University of Cape Town, South Africa Alexis Fifis, French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea, France Ivone Figueiredo, Instituto de Investigacao das Pescas e do Mar, Portugal Ruben Figuera, Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A., Venezuela Daniel Finamore, Peabody Essex Museum, United States Mary Carmel Finley, University of California, San Diego, United States Julian Finn, Museum Victoria, Australia Kim Finney, Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia Giselle Firme, Landcare/Coastcare Australia, Australia Rebecca Fisher, Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Australia Lewis Fisher, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Charles Fisher, Pennsylvania State University, United States Gretchen Fitzgerald, Dalhousie University, Canada Steffen Flasnes, Rockgarden DA, Norway Joanna Flemming, University of Geneva, Switzerland Rich Fletcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States Wayne Florence, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Ana Flores, Conservation International, United States Robin Floyd, British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom Heino Fock, ecoanalysis.de, Germany Michael Fogarty, National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Gary Foley, Environmental Protection Agency, United States

21 Dave Foley, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, United States Tomas Follett, Oregon State University, United States Esther Fondo, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Kenya Gustavo Fonseca, Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany Delia Fontaine, University of Geneva, Switzerland Kenneth Foote, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, United States Mark Fornwall, U.S. Geological Survey, United States Günter Försterra, Huinay Scientific Field Station, Chile Miguel Fortes, University of the Philippines, The Philippines Miguel Fortes, University of the Phillippines, Philippines Tomaso Fortibuoni, ICRAM- Central Institute for Marine Science, Israel Louis Fortier, Universite Laval, Canada Inge Fossen, Aalesund University College, Norway Nora Foster, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Jeanne Foust, ESRI, United States Kristen France, Virginia Insitute of Marine Science, United States Bob Francis, University of Washington, United States Kenneth Frank, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada Rima Franklin, University of Virginia, United States Althaus Franziska, CSIRO Wealth from Oceans, Australia Simonetta Fraschetti, Laboratorio di Zoologia e Biologia Marina, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Salent, Italy Suzanne Fredericq, University of Louisiana, United States Sloan Freeman, Duke University, United States Yves Frenot, French Polar Institute, France Kurt Fresh, NOAA/NMFS NWFSC, United States Kevin Friedland, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, United States Robert Friedman, Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives, United States Rainer Froese, Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, Germany Bruce Frost, University of Washington, United States Tom Fry, National Ocean Industries Association, United States Dieter Fuetterer, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany Jed Fuhrman, University of Southern California (USC), United States Katsunori Fujikura, Japan Marine Science Technology Center (JAMSTEC), Japan Ei Fujioka, Duke University, United States Yoshihiro Fujiwara, JAMSTEC, Japan Mitsuo Fukuchi, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan Dan Fuller, Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, United States Masahiko Furusawa, University of Tokyo, Japan Abigail Fusaro, Ocean Genome Legacy Project, United States

22 Eilif Gaard, Faroe Marine Research Institute, Faroe Islands Charles Gabche, MINREST-IRAD, Cameroon Isabelle Gaboury, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada Roland Gaboury, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada Gunnar Gad, Deutsches Zentrum für Marine Biodiversitätsforschung (DZMB), Germany Sergej Gagaev, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia John Gage, Scottish Association for Marine Science, United Kingdom Jean-Marc Gagnon, Canadian Museum of Nature, Canada Robert Gagosian, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, United States Eric Gaidos, Univeristy of Hawai'i at Manoa, United States Françoise Gaill, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France Ben Galbraith, Department of Economic Development Tourism, and the Arts, Australia John Galbraith, Northeast Fisheries Science Center , NMFS/NOAA, United States Joëlle Galéron, Ifremer, France Nick Gales, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia Bella Galil, National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Eugene Gallagher, University of Massachusetts Boston, United States Victor Gallardo, Universidad de Concepción, Chile Valentina Galstova, University of Szczecin, Poland Charlton Galvarino, Second Creek, LLC, United States Cristina Gambi, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy Luiz Gamboa, PETROBRAS, Brazil James Ganong, Stanford University, United States Ya-hui Gao, Xiamen University, China David Garbary, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Mike Garbutt, University of Hull, United Kingdom Veronica Garcia, Dalhousie University, Argentina Terry Garcia, National Geographic Society, United States Hernan Garcia, NOAA, United States Carlos Garcia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil Serge Garcia, Italy Elena Garoslawaskaya, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia David Garrison, U.S. National Science Foundation, United States Josep Gasol, Institut de Ciencies del Mar (CMIMA, CSIC), Spain Philippe Gaspar, CLS - Direction Oceanographie Spatiale, France Kevin Gaston, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Ruth Gates, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, United States Ritma Gaumiga, Latvian Fish Resources Agency, Latvia Aurélien Gay, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom

23 Andrey Gebruk, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russia Rob Gee, University of New Hampshire, United States Pete Geinke, Google, United States Amatzia Genin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Luciana Genio, University of Leeds, United Kingdom Stratis Georgakarakos, University of the Aegean, Greece Kai George, Senckenberg am Meer Wilhelmshaven, Germany Francisco Geraldes E. Gerber, AtlantNIRO, Russia Leah Gerber, Dalhousie University, Canada Gunnar Gerdts, Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany Sarah Gerken, University of Alaska Anchorage, United States Chris German, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Ruthy Gertwagen, University of Haifa and Historical Cultural Heritage, Israel Mazlan Ghaffar, Malaysia Hendrik Gheerardyn, Ghent University - Marine Biology Research Group, Belgium Jean-Francois Ghiglione, Laboratoir d'Oceanographie Microbienne, France Glenys Gibson, Acadia University, Canada Raymond Gibson, Liverpool John Moore University, United Kingdom Dian Gifford, University of Rhode Island, United States Lila Gil, United Nations, Jack Gilbert, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert, US Geological Survey, United States Oliver Gilg, University of Helsinki, Finland, Finland Josep-Maria Gili, Institut de Ciencies del Mar (CSIC), Spain David Gillan, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium William Gilly, Stanford University, United States Grant Gilmore, Dynamac Corporation, United States Jose Gimenez, Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre, Canada Otello Giovanardi, ICRAM- Central Institute for Marine Science, Italy Steve Giovannoni, Oregon State University, United States Robert Gisiner, Marine Mammal Comission, United States Astthor Gislason, Marine Research Insititute, Iceland Steve Gittings, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Guro Gjelsvik, Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries, Norway Kristina Gjerde, EIP, Poland Chris Glasby, Museum and Art Gallery Northern Territory, Australia Thomas Glatzel, Universitat Oldenburg, Germany Terry Glavin, Canada

24 Scott Glenn, Rutgers University, United States Linda Glover, Conservation International, United States Adrian Glover, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom Anne Goarant, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, France Judith Gobin, The University of The West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago Lyse Godbout, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Stephen Goddard, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman Laurent Godet, CRESCO, France Olav Rune Godoe (Godø), Institute of Marine Research, Norway Scott Godwin, Hawaii Biological Survey, United States Jaoquim Goés (Goes), Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, United States Fred Goetz, US Army Corps of Engineers, United States Erica Goetze, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States Serge Gofas, Universidad de Málaga, Spain Beverly Goh, Nanyang Technological Insitute, Malaysia Barry Gold Kenneth Goldman, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, United States Philip Goldstein, University of Colorado, Boulder, United States Walter Golet, University of Maine, United States Alexei Golikov, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Stephan Gollasch, Gollasch Consulting, Germany Sabine Gollner, University of Vienna, Austria Olga Golovan, A.V.Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, FEB RAS, Russia Telmo Gomes Morato, University of the Azores (Universidade dos Acores), Portugal Juan Gomez, Universidad de Panama, Panama Diana Isabel Gómez, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras - INVEMAR, Colombia Janet Gomon, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, United States Jesus Ernesto Gonzalez, CINESTAV, Mexico Caroline Good, Duke University, United States Andrew Gooday, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Mantha Gopikrishna, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan Morgan Gopnik, Ocean Studies Board, United States Shulamit Gordon, Antarctica New Zealand, New Zealand Shannon Gordon, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education, United States Dennis Gordon, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand John Gordon, Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), United Kingdom Gabrely Gorsky, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, France Richard Gorsky, University of Hull, United Kingdom Jean-Pierre Gouillou, French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea, France

25 Rod Gowans, Victorian Government, Australia Jonathan Grabowski, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, United States María Gracia, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras - INVEMAR, Colombia William Grader, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, United States Rolf Gradinger, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Alistair Graham, British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom Greg Grainger, Grainger TV, Australia Rachel Grant, University of Oxford, United Kingdom J. Grassle, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, United States Glenn Grasso, University of New Hampshire, United States John Gray, University of Oslo, Norway John Gray, Norway John Graybeal, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, United States Sergey Grebelny, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Jacqueline Grebmeier, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, United States Silvestre Greco, Central Inst. for Applied Marine Research, Italy Daryl Green, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom David Green, Scottish Association for Marine Science, United Kingdom Charles Greene, Cornell University, United States Correigh Greene, NOAA/NMFS NWFSC, United States Holly Greening, Tampa Bay Estuary Program, United States Michelle Greenlaw, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Canada Jens Greinert, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands David Gremillet, Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, France Neil Griffin, University of the Western Cape, South Africa David Griffith, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Denmark Huw Griffiths, British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom Charles Griffiths, University of Cape Town, South Africa Gwynn Griffiths Maria Clauidia Grillo, Petrobas S. A., Brazil Churchill Grimes, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fishery Science Center, United States Hannes Grobe, Alfred Wegener Institut, Germany Robert Groman, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Steve Groom, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom Marten Grundlingh, South Africa Gerald Guala, U.S. National Science Foundation, United States Sigmar Gudbjørnson, Star-Oddi, Iceland Hafsteinn Gudfinnsson, Marine Research Institute, Iceland Edlin Guerra-Castro, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Venezuela

26 Jürgen Guerrero Kommritz, Universidad Militar Neuva Granada, Colombia Antoine Guichard, Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs, Australia Laurence Guidi-Guilvard, Laboratoire d'Oceanographie de Villefranche, France Katja Guilini, Ghent University, Belgium John Guinotte, Marine Conservation Biology Institute, United States Bjorn Gulliksen, University of Tromso, Norway Agnes Gundersen, Moere Research, Norway John Gunn, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia Vikki Gunn, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Robert Guralnick, University of Colorado Boulder, United States Fred Gurgel, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Australia Dimitri Gutierrez, Instituto del Mar del Peru, Peru Julian Gutt, Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany Karsten Haase, University of Kiel, Germany Steven Haddock, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, United States Michael Hadfield, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States Richard Haedrich, Memorial University, United States Nigel Haggen, University of British Columbia, Canada Michael Haines, University of Hull, United Kingdom Ken Halanych, Auburn University, United States Brooke Halkyard, WA Dept of Environment and Conservation, Australia Margie Hall, Dalhousie University, Canada Julie Hall, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand Sally Hall, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Anders Hallan, University of Wollongong, Australia Jason Hall-Spencer, Univeristy of Plymouth, United Kingdom Benjamin Halpern, NCEAS, UCSB, United States Patrick Halpin, Duke University, United States Koji Hamasaki, The University of Tokyo, Japan Sitti Hamdiyah, Arafura and Timor Seas Expert's Forum (ATSEF), Regional Indonesia, Indonesia Lawrence Hamilton, University of New Hampshire, United States Nathan Hamilton, University of Southern Maine, United States William Hamner, University of California Los Angeles, United States Stuart Hanchet, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand Robert Hanner, University of Guelph, Canada Hege Hansen, Inst. of Marine Research, Norway Gayle Hansen, Oregon State University, United States Jesper Hansen, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark M.A. Haque, Ministry of the Environment and Forests, India

27 Ursula Hara, Polish Geological Institute, Poland Hyakubun Harada, Kyoto University, Japan Hyakubun Harada, Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, Japan Jens Harder, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany James Harding, United States Steven Hare, International Pacific Halibut Commission, United States Jon Hare, NOAA NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science, United States Hery Harjono, LIPI, Indonesia Jennifer Harland, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Jean Harris, Ezemvelo Kwa Zulu Natal Wildlife, South Africa Roger Harris, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom Anthony Harrison Mark Hart, Scottish Association for Marine Science, United Kingdom Jason Hartog, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia Ian Hartwell, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States C. Drew Harvell, Cornell University, United States James Harvey, San Jose State University, United States Daisuke Hasegawa, Canada Jun Hashimoto, Nagasaki University, Japan Christine Hass, Western Australian Museum, Australia Phil Hastings, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States Bruce Hatcher, University College of cape Breton, Canada Emma Hatfield, Marine Scotland - Science, United Kingdom Bernd Haupt, Penn State, United States Klaus Hausmann, Free University Berlin, Institut of Biology/Zoology, Germany Vreni Häussermann, Huinay Scientific Field Station, Chile Jeff Hawkes, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Doug Hay, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Steve Hay, Marine Scotland - Science; Scottish Government, Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom Ann Hayden, Resource Services, United States Lee-Ann Hayek, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, United States John Hayes, United States Peter Haylen, Quark Australia, Australia Graeme Hays, University of Swansea, United Kingdom Michael Head, Sir James Dunn Academy, Canada Ian M. Head, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK Michael Healey, University of British Columbia, Canada

28 Paul Hebert, University of Guelph, Canada Dennis Hedgecock, University of California Davis, United States Phillip Heemstra, South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South Africa Olive Heffernan, Ecological Consultancy Services Limited, Ireland Mads Peter Heide-Jorgenson, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Greenland Mikko Heino, Institute of Marine Research, Norway Carlo Heip, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research, Netherlands Jutta Heitfel, German Center for Marine Biodiversity Resarch, Germany Annika Henche, German Center for Marine Biodiversity Resarch, Germany Martin Hendricks, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Ole Hendrickson, Environment Canada, Canada Edward Hendrycks, Canadian Museum of Nature, Canada Brian Hentschel, University of California, San Diego, United States Francisco Hernandez, Flanders Marine Institute, Belgium Richard Hernandez, Niceville High School, United States Maria Hernandez, University of Bristol, United Kingdom Alejandra Hernández, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela Cristian Hernandez Ulloa, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile Gustavo Hernandez-Carmona, Mexico Gerhard Herndl, University of Vienna, Austria César Herrera, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela Paul Hershberger, United States Geological Survey, United States Wolfgang Hess, Ocean Genome Legacy - New England Biochem, United States Vincent Heterier, Universite Libre CP, Belgium Joseph Heublein, University of California Davis, United States Michelle Heupel, Mote Marine Laboratory, United States Chad Hewitt, Ministry of Fisheries, New Zealand Sheila Heymans, Scottish Association for Marine Science, United Kingdom Sara Hickox, University of Rhode Island, United States Nick Higgs, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom Raymond Highsmith, University of Alaska, United States Ana Hilario, University of Aveiro, Portugal Amanda Hilberg, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States Ray Hilborn, University of Washington, United States John Hildebrand, University of California San Diego, United States Peter Hill, National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, New Zealand Jack Hill, U.S. Geological Survey, United States Roger Hill, Wildlife Computers, United States Karen-Marie Hilligsoe, Institut for Fysik og Astronomi, Denmark

29 Jayme Hills, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada David Hilmer, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE), United States Scott Hinch, University of British Columbia, Canada Mark Hindell, University of Tasmania, Australia Bill Hines, NMFS WASC, United States Anson Hines, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, United States Nguyen Hoa, Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Neils Hobbs, University of Rhode Island, United States Niels Hobbs, United States Alistair Hobday, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia Phil Hockey, University of Cape Town, South Africa Sayre Hodgson, Nisqually Indian Tribe, United States Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, University of Queensland, Australia Bert Hoeksema, Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Rus Hoelzel, Dept. Biological Sciences, University of Durham,, United Kingdom Doug Hoese, Australian Museum, Australia Eileen Hofmann, Old Dominion University, United States Antonio Hoguane, Eduard Mondlane University, Mozambique Aage Høines (Hoines), Institute of Marine Research, Norway Heather Holden, Scotia McLeod, Canada John Holdsworth, Blue Water Marine Research, New Zealand Brenda Holladay, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Fred Holland, Hollings Marine Laboratory, United States Kim Holland, University of Hawaii, United States D. Van Holliday, BAE Systems, United States Brenda Holloaday, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Poul Holm, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Rennie Holt, National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration, United States Dave Holts, National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Dominic Hondelero, San Diego State University, United States Hua-sheng Hong, Xiamen University, China Alicia Hooper, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada John Hooper, Queensland Museum, Australia Russell Hopcroft, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Erich Horgan, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Koki Horikoshi, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, (JAMSTEC), Japan John Horne, University of Washington, United States Tammy Horton, National Oceanography Center, United Kingdom Aino Hosia, Institute of Marine Research, Norway

30 Graham Hosie, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia Edward Houde, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, United States Stéphane Hourdez, Station Biologique de Roscoff, France Thomas Hourigan, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Jean-Sebastian Houziaux, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (IRSNB), Belgium Kevin Hovel, University of California, San Diego, United States Henk Hoving, University of Groningen, Netherlands Clive Howard-Williams, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand Judith Howcroft, Zoological Record - BIOSIS, U.K., United Kingdom John Howe, Scottish Association for Marine Science, United Kingdom Kerry Howell, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom Jo Høyer, Bergen Museum, University of Bergen, Norway Hui Huang, South China Sea Institute of Oceanography, China Liangmin Huang, South China Sea Institute of Oceanography, China Zong-guo Huang, Third Institute of Oceanography, China Bangqin Huang, Xiamen University, China Robert Huber, University of Bremen, Germany Elizabeth Huck, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela Veit Huehnerbach, National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom Falk Huettmann, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Louise Huffman, International Polar Year, United Kingdom Jenny Huggett, Marine and Coastal Management, South Africa Alan Hughes, , National Oceanography Centre, Southampton,, United Kingdom Lauren Hughes, Australian Museum, Australia Jennifer Hughes, Brown University, United States Terry Hughes, James Cook University, Australia J. Hughes, National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom Ad Huiskes, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Netherlands John Huisman, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia Amy Hundertmark, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Heather Hunt, University of New Brunswick, Canada Rebecca Hunter, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom Cindy Hunter, University of Hawaii, United States Luis Hurtado, Texas A&M University, United States Ingvar Huse, Institute of Marine Research, Norway Susan Huse, Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), United States Patricia Hutchings, Australian Museum, Australia Jeffrey Hutchings, Dalhousie University, Canada Larry Hutchings, Marine and Coastal Management, South Africa

31 Malikusworo Hutomo, Indonesia Veerle Huuvenne, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Jiang-Shiou Hwang, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan Jorgen Hylleberg, University of Aarhus, Denmark David Hyrenbach, Hawaii Pacific University, United States Sergio Iglesias, Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia, Spain Katrin Iken, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Monica Incera, University of Pisa, Italy Lewis Incze, University of Southern Maine, United States Soesilo Indroyono, Agency Marine and Fisheries Research (AMFR), Indonesia Mike Ingamell, F/V Sonny Boy, Canada Jeroen Ingels, Ghent University, Belgium Baban Ingole, National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), India Mina Innes, Marine Mammal Commission, United States Lorna Inniss, Coastal Zone Management Unit, Barbados Catherine Isebor, Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research, Nigeria Tohru Iseto, JAMSTEC, Japan Yikumasa Ishida, National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Japan Takashi Ishimaru, University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan Atsushi Ishimatsu, Nagasaki University, Japan Eduardo Isidro, University of the Azores (Universidade dos Acores), Portugal Viatcheslav Ivanenko, Moscow State Univ., Biological faculty, Russia Dimitry Ivanov, Moscow State University, Russia Kateryna Ivanova, University of Algarve, Portugal Svein Iversen, Institute of Marine Research, Norway Tomio Iwamoto, California Academy of Sciences, United States Andres Jaanus, Estonian Marine Institute, Estonia Jeremy Jackson, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States George Jackson, Weimar College, United States Melinda Jacobs, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada Lif Jacobsen, University of Tasmania, Denmark Anne Jacobson, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Krzystof Jadzewski, University of Lodz, Poland Jules Jaffe, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States Carsten Jahnke, Staffelde/Altmark, Germany Michael James, Dalhousie University, Canada David James, La Jolla High School, United States Alan Jamieson, Universtiy of Aberdeen, United Kingdom Michel Jangoux, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

32 Dorte Janussen, Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Germany Jerzy Janusz, Sea Fisheries Institute, Poland Damian Jaume, 'IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Spain Krzystof Jazdzewski, University of Lodz, Poland Michael Jech, NEFSC, United States Thomas Jellinek, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Germany Stuart Jenkins, Marine Biological Association of the UK, United Kingdom Robert Jenkins, Yokohama National University, Japan Cheryl Jenkins Robert Jennings, University of Massachusetts at Boston, United States Kathe Jensen, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand Walter Jetz, Yale University, United States Stephen Jewett, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Xianshi Jin, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, China Kanchana Jirapunpipat, Ornamental Fish and Aquarium Research Institute, Thailand Hans-Christian John, University of Hamburg (Universitat Hamburg), Germany Rebecca Johnson, Australian Museum, Australia Catherine Johnson, Bedford Institute of Oceanograhy, Canada Robert Johnson, College of Charleston, United States Ashley Johnson, Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Marine and Coastal Management, South Africa Sandy Johnston, DFO Whitehouse, Canada Ron Johnstone, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada Paul Jokiel, University of Hawaii, United States Didier Jollivet, Station Biologique de Roscoff, France Ryan Jones, , United States Daniel Jones, National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom Glenn Jones, Texas A&M University at Galveston, United States Diana Jones, Western Australian Museum, Australia Ian Jonsen, Dalhousie University, Canada Per Erik Jorde, Institute of Marine Research, Norway Elaina Jorgensen, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Salvador Jorgensen, Stanford University, United States Elizabeth A. Josephson, Integrated Statistics, United States Christopher Joyce, National Public Radio, United States Gerard Jugie, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Comission of UNESCO, Belgium Antonette Juinio-Menez, University of the Phillippines, Philippines Jaffe Jules, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States Rahanna Juman, Insititute of Marine Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago Peter Jumars, University of Maine, United States

33 S. Kim Juniper, University of Victoria, Canada Jean Just, Museum of Tropical Queensland, Australia Gellwynn Jusuf, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia Karen Juterzenka, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany Stein Kaartvedt, University of Oslo,, Norway Irena Kaczmarska, Mount Allison University, Canada Marzena Kaczmarska, Scott Polar Institute, United Kingdom Anna Kagley, NOAA/NMFS NWFSC, United States Esra Kahn, Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Germany Mati Kahru, University of California, San Diego, United States Stefanie Kaiser, University of Hamburg, Germany John Kalish, Bureau of Rural Sciences (BRS), Australia Arne Kalland, University of Oslo, Norway Vasiliki Kalogeropoulou, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Greece Olga Kamenskaya, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russia Sung-Ho Kang, Korea Polar Research Institute, Korea Nadezhda Karaseva, Moscow State University Biological faculty, Russia Paul Kariya, Trinity Western University, Canada David Karl, University of Hawaii, United States Oeyvind Karlbom, University of Bergen, Norway Anders Karlqvist, Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, Sweden Hrefna Karlsdottir, Goteborg University, Sweden Ronald Karlson, University of Delaware, United States Ronald Karlson, University of Delaware, United States Gatis Karlsons, University of Latvia, Latvia William Karp, Seattle Sand Point Laboratory, United States Nobue Kasamatsu, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan Kristin Kaschner, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Germany Vladimir Kasyanov, Russian Academy of Science, Russia Isidora Katara, Dalhousie University, Canada Hiroshi Katazato, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan K. Kathiresan, Annamalai University, India Aiko Kato, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan Steven Katona, College of the Atlantic, United States Sigrid Katz, University of Vienna, Austria Ignatius Kauvee, University of Namibia, Windhoek and University of Cape Town, South Africa, South Africa Fiona Kavanagh, Aqua-Fact International Services, Ireland Devanand Kavlekar, National Institute of Oceanography, India Hiroshi Kawai, Kobe University, Japan

34 Karen Kaye, U.S. Geological Survey, United States Joan Kean-Howie, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Heather Keckering, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, United States Monika Kedra, Department of Marine Ecology, Poland Paula Keener-Chavis, United States John Keesing, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Australia Daniel Kehler, Dalhousie University, Canada Stefanie Keller, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Germany Joseph Kelley, University of Maine, United States Paul Kelly, ANZLIC - The Spatial Information Council, Australia Noreen Kelly, Centre for Marine Biodiversity, Canada Maurie Caitlin Kelly, The Pennsylvania State University, United States John Kelly, University of California Davis, United States Kirsty Kemp, Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom Ellen Kenchington, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada Mary Kennedy, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada Robert Kenney, University of Rhode Island, United States Mahlon Kennicutt II, Texas A&M University, United States Brian Kensley, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, United States Neil Kenyon, National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom Candace Keyes, OSI Software Inc., Ajmal Khan, Annamalai University, India Alexis Khirpounoff, French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea, France Vladislav Khlebovich, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Ahmet Kideys, Institute of Marine Sciences, Turkey Judith Kidlow, National Ocean Economics Project, United States Samina Kidwai, National Institute of Oceanography, Pakistan Dale Kiefer, Wrigley Institute of Environmental Studies, United States Alexander Kieneke, Senckenberg Research Institute, Germany Taiji Kikuchi, Kyusyu Lutheran College, Japan Sung-Dae Kim, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute (KORDI), Korea Woong-Seo Kim, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, Korea Edward Kimani, Kenya Marine & Fisheries Research Institute, Kenya Olga Kimmins, Scottish Association for Marine Science, United Kingdom John Kineman, University of Colorado Boulder, United States Nicola King, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom David Kingsbury Darin Kinsey Carl Kinze, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

35 Robert Kinzie III, University of Hawaii, United States David Kirchman, University of Delaware, United States Konstadinos Kiriakoulakis, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom Takashi Kitagawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan Hiroshi Kitazato, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan Max Kitchell, National Oceans Office, Australia Neil Klaer, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Australia Michael Klages, Alfred-Wegener-Institut fuer Polar und Meereforschung, Germany Eduardo Klein, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela Ulrike Klenke, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, United States Joanie Kleypas, National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States Peter Klimley, University of California - Davis, United States Peter Klimley, University of California, Davis, United States Sven Klimpel, University of Kiel, Germany Anthony Knap, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, Inc., Bermuda Nancy Knowlton, National Museum of Natural History, United States Ann Knowlton, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Christopher Knowlton, University of Rhode Island, United States Halvor Knutsen, Institute of Marine Research, Norway Oeyvind Knutsen, University of Bergen, Norway F. Kobekov, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Randy Kochevar, Hopkins Marine Station, United States Kazuhiro Kogure, University of Tokyo, Japan Kazuhiro Kogure, University of Tokyo, Japan Suzanne Kohin, National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Donald Kohrs, Stanford University, United States Tomo Komai, Natural History Museum and Institute - Japan, Japan Brenda Konar, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Jon Kongsrud, Bergen Museum, Norway Ben Koop, University of Victoria, Canada Gerry Kooyman, University of California, San Diego, United States Randall Kosaki, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Andrea Koschinsky, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany Tony Koslow, CSIRO Marine Research, Australia Ksenia Kosobokova, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russia Burkhard Koster, German Center for Marine Biodiversity Resarch, Germany Vladimir Kostylev, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada Jonne Kotta, Estonian Marine Institute, Estonia Cliff Kottman, Open GIS Consortium, United States

36 Philippe Koubbi, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Sorbonne Université, France Athanasios Koukouras, Greece Angela Kouris, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada Juliana Kouwenberg, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Kit Kovacs, Norwegian Polar Institute, Panama Alexei Kraikovski, European University at St. Petersburg, Russia Scott Kraus, New England Aquarium, United States Dale Krause, University of California Santa Barbara, United States K P Krishnan, National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research, India Reinhardt Kristensen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Gerald Kristianson, Canada Emory Kristof, National Geographic, United States Darcy Kroeker, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada Ingrid Kroencke, Senckenberg am Meer, Germany Natasha Kruger, University of Cape Town, South Africa Fareed Krupp, Senckenberg Research Institute, Germany Elena Krylova, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Jelena Krylova, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Tsunemi Kubodera, National Science Museum of Nature and Science, Japan Raphael Kudela, University of California, Santa Cruz, United States Michael Kuhl, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Linda Kuhnz, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, United States Maarten Kuijper, United Nations, Thailand Paul Kujala, F/V Cape Windy, Canada Piotr Kuklinski, Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Srinivasa Kumar, Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services, India Frithjof Küpper, The Scottish Association for Marine Science, United Kingdom Mikiko Kuriyama, National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Japan Kristen Kusek, InterRidge, United States Slawomir Kwasniewski, Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Margareth Kyewalyanga, University of Dar es salaam, Tanzania Stela Labnal Terenado, Instituto de Investigacao Pesqueira, Mozambique Gilles Lacroix, Department of Fisheries - Canada, Canada Lydia Ladah, CICESE, Mexico Adrian Ladouceur, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada Dan Laffoley, Natural England, United Kingdom Kerry Lagueux, New England Aquarium, United States Julia Lajus, European University at St. Petersburg, Russia Dmitry Lajus, St. Petersburg State University, Russia

37 John Lambshead, British Museum of Natural History, United Kingdom Nikolaos Lampadariou, Hellenic Centre For Marine Research, Greece Richard Lampitt, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Denise Landau, Intl Assoc of Antarctic Tourist Operators, Australia Russell Lande, Imperial College London, United Kingdom Meredith Lane, Academy of Natural Sciences, United States Kelsey Lane, NOAA, United States Heather Lane, Scott Polar Research Institute, United Kingdom Fabio Lang da Silveira, Universidad de Sao Paulo, Brasil Gunnar Langhelle, Univerity of Bergen, Norway Arne Langhelle, University of Southern Denmark Esbjerg, Denmark George Lapointe, Maine Department of Marine Resources, United States Claudio Lardicci, Università di Pisa, Italy Philip Large, CEFAS Lowestoft Laboratory, England Anthony W.D. Larkum, University of Sydney, Australia Julie LaRoche, Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR), Germany Peter Larsen, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, United States Rob Larter, United Kingdom Robert Lasley, Florida Museum of Natural History (FMNH), United States Hans Lassen, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Denmark Thor Lassen, Ocean Trust, United States Yuri Latypov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Conrad Lautenbacher, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education, United States Marc Lavaleye, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands Eugene Law, F/V Lady Law, Canada Jon Law, F/V Lady Law, Canada Tristan Law, University of New Hampshire, United States Cloverley Lawrence, KwaZulu Natal Wildlife, South Africa Gareth Lawson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Peter Lawton, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Tim Le Bas, National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom Marion Le Batard, French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea, France Burney Le Boeuf, University of California, Santa Cruz, United States Guillaume Le Cointre, Muséum National d'histoire Naturelle,, France Yvon Le Maho, Centre d'Ecologie et Physiologie Energetiques, France Harry Leach, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom Ray Leakey, The Scottish Association for Marine Science, United Kingdom Bruce Leaman, International Pacific Halibut Commission, United States Henry Lear, DFO- Ottowa, Canada

38 John Leatherwick, National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, New Zealand William Leavenworth, University of New Hampshire, United States Camille Leblanc, Oregon State University, United States Susan Lebo, Applied Research in Environmental Science, United States Nadine LeBris, IFREMER, France Aileen Lee, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, United States Youn-Ho Lee, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute (KORDI), Korea Phillip Lee, National Resource Center for Cephalopods, United States Matthew Lee, Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile Robert Leland, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, United States Jean Lemire, Glacialis Productions, Canada Jo-Ann Leong, University of Hawaii, Manoa, United States Petr Leontiev, NAVTEQ, Russia Stephanie Lessard-Pilon, Penn State University, United States Michael Lesser, University of New Hampshire, United States Tom Letessier, Pelagic Ecology Research Group, Scottish Oceans Institute, United Kingdom Olivier Levasseur, Cerhio/Solito Universite de Bretagne-sud, France Carolyn Levi, New England Aquarium, United States Phil Levin, NOAA/NMFS NWFSC, United States Lisa Levin, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States Syd Levitus, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Mirtha Lewis, Centro Nacional Patagonico, Argentina Marlon Lewis, Dalhousie University, Canada Ceri Lewis, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Sally Leys, University of Alberta, Canada Chaolun Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Bill Li, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada Xinzheng Li, Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Simone Libralato Libralato, Instituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), Italy Laetitia Licari, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany Scott Lidgard, Field Museum of Natural History, United States Ulf Lie, European University at St. Petersburg, Norway Ryszard Ligowski, Akademia Œwiêtokrzyska, Poland Jonathan Lilien, Chevron, United States Praween Limpasaichol, Phuket Marine Biological Center, Thailand Chiaiwei Lin, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan Jian Lin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Scott Lincez, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada Anne Gerd Lind, Svolvar videregaende skole, Norway

39 Ken Lindeman, Environmental Defense, United States Ernst Linder, University of New Hampshire, United States Annie Lindgren, The Ohio State University, United States Steven Lindley, NOAA NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Centre, United States Dhugal Lindsay, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Japan John Lindsay, NOAA, United States Todd Lindstrom, Lotek Wireless, Canada Sandra Lindstrom, University of British Columbia, Canada Jason Link, NOAA Fisheries, United States Katrin Linse, British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom Crispin Little, Leeds University, United Kingdom Nina Litvinova, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Xianhua Liu, Duke University, United States J. Y. Liu, Institute of Oceanology, China Guangxing Liu, Ocean University of China, China Hui Liu, Rutgers University, United States Nadia Lo Bue Hank Lobe, Teledyne RD Instruments, United States Susanne Lockhard, California Academy of Sciences, United States Michael Lodge, International Seabed Authority, United Kingdom Robert Lohn, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States P. A. Lokabharathi, National Institute of Oceanography, India Theresia Lolita, Arafura and Timor Seas Expert's Forum (ATSEF), Regional Indonesia, Indonesia Craig Longmore, University College Dublin, Ireland Matt Longshaw, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, United Kingdom Rubens Lopes, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil Ernesto Lopez, University of Basque Country, Spain Pablo Jose Lopez-Gonzalez, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain Pascal Lorance, IFREMER, France Jim Lotimer, Lotek Wireless Inc., Canada Heike Lotze, Dalhousie University, Canada Richard Love, Naval Research Center, United States Milton Love, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States Connie Lovejoy, Université Laval, Canada Phil Lovell, University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom Andrew Lowe, South Australian Herbarium, Australia Yossi Loya, Tel Aviv University, Israel Luis Lucifora, Dalhousie University, Canada T. Lukina, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

40 Judith Lund, New Bedford Whaling Museum, United States Lonny Lundsten, MBARI, United States Chris Lunsford, National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Paulo Luschi, University of Pisa, Italy Molly Lutcavage, University of New Hampshire, United States Mark Luther, University of South Florida, United States Vivian Lutz, Institution National de Investigacion and Desarollo, Argentina Nksoi Luyeye, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGAÇÃO PESQUEIRA, Angola Jim Luyten, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Charles Lydeard, National Science Foundation, United States Heidi Lydersen, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada Jeremy Lyle, University of Tasmania, Australia Victoria Lytle, Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway Els Maas, NIWA, New Zealand Alison MacDiarmid, NIWA, New Zealand Craig MacDonald, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Ian MacDonald, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Amber Mace, California Ocean Protection Council, United States Bruce MacFarlane, NOAA/NMFS SWFSC, United States Maria Luisa Machain, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico Ryuji Machida, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, United States Andreas Mackensen, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany Brian MacKenzie, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Aaron MacNeil, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australia Jesse Maconnell, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada Enrique Macpherson, Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CSIC), Spain M. Madhupratap, National Institute of Oceanography, India Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Adrian Madirolas, Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo Pesquero ( INIDEP), Argentina Anna Magera, Dalhousie University, Canada Elena Maggi, Università di Pisa, Italy Kate Magness, University of New Hampshire, United States Rob Magnien, NOAA, United States Eydfinn Magnusson, University of the Faroes, Faroe Islands Christopher Mah, Smithsonian Institution, United States Radith Mahatma, Indonesia Nicholas Makris, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States Manuel Maldonado, CEAB, Spain Buck Malloy

41 Tom Malone, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, United States Erin Maloney, California State University, United States Ferruccio Maltagliati, University of Pisa, Italy Marina Malyutina, A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Russia Gabriella Malzone, British Museum of Natural History, United Kingdom Christine Manninen, Great Lakes Commission, United States Heather Mannix, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, United States Anne Marboe, Museum Amager, Denmark Harvey Marchant, Australian National University, Australia Margarita Marchant, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile John Marchioni Norman Marcotte, NSERC, Canada Stefano Marianni, Science and Education Research Centre (West), University College Dublin, Ireland Baumar Marin, Universidad de Oriente, Roberta Marinelli, National Science Foundation, United States Unai Markaida, CICESE, Mexico Michael Markham, Spain Jeff Marliave, Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Center, Canada Peter Marriott, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand Leigh Marsh, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Gregory Marshall, National Geographic Society, United States Sara Marshall, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Viggó Thór Marteinsson, Matis ohf., Iceland Kathleen Martin, Canadian Sea Turtle Network, Canada Daneil Martin, CEAB, Spain Georg Martin, Estonian Marine Institute, Estonia Jennifer Martin, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Canada Angela Martin, Huntsman Marine Science Centre, Canada Dan Martin, Moore Foundation, United States Joel Martin, Natural History Museum of LA County, United States Patrick Martin, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium David Martin, U.S. Office of Naval Research, United States Kirsten Martin, Germany Pedro Martinez Arbizu, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Germany Ana Martins, University of the Azores, Portugal Helen Martins, University of the Azores (Universidade dos Acores), Portugal Ristianti Marwoto, Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI), Indonesia Catherine Marzin, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Steve Massey, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand

42 Bruce Mate, Oregon State University, United States Juan Mate, Smithsonian Institution, United States Eric Mathur, Synthetic Genomics, Inc., United States Alex Matiyevsky, Geofusion, United States Hiroyuki Matsuda, Yokohama National University, Japan Hiroyuki Matsuda, Yokohama National University, Japan Akihiko Matsukuma, The Kyushu University Museum, Japan Satsuki Matsumura, National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Japan Keiichi Matsuura, National Science Museum, Japan Hiroshi Matsuura, School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University, Japan Cory Matthews, Dalhousie University, Canada Mary Maxon, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, United States Charles Mayo, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, United States Deborah McArdle, University of California - Davis, United States Molly McCammon, Alaska Ocean Observing System, United States Michael McCartney, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, United States Craig McClain, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, United States Catherine McClellan, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, United Kingdom Loren McClenachan, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States Bernie McConnell, NERC Sea Mammal Research Unit, United Kingdom John McCosker, California Academy of Sciences, United States Adam McCoy Kenneth McDonald, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Michael McDonald, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), United States Janice McDonnell, Rutgers University, United States William McDowell, University of New Hampshire, United States Adrienne McFarland, Lamoille Count, Vermont, United States Duncan McGehee, British Aerospace Electronics (BAE Systems), United States Darrell McIntire, University of Rhode Island, United States Don McIntyre, Ocean Frontiers, Australia Margie McIntyre, Ocean Frontiers, Australia Alasdair McIntyre, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom Catherine McIntyre, United Kingdom Mandy McKendrick, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia Orie McKenzie, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada Peter McKenzie, McKenzie Aquatic Veterniary Services, Canada Andy McKenzie, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. (NIWA), New Zealand Matthew McKenzie, University of New Hampshire, United States John McKern, Fish Passage Solutions, LLC, Canada

43 Robert McKinley, University of British Columbia, Canada Scott McKinley, University of British Columbia, Canada Sean McKnight, Duke University, United States Anton McLachlan, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman Richard McLaughlin, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, United States Craig McLean, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Matthew McLellan, University of New Hampshire, United States Cameron McLellan Margaret McManus, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States Jana McPherson, Calgary Zoological Society, Canada Angela Mead, University of Cape Town, South Africa Geoff Meaden, Canterbury Christ Church Univesrity College, United Kingdom Kathrine Mecklenburg, Pt. Stephens Research, United States Monica Medina, Joint Genome Institute, United States Dave Meerburg, Department of Fisheries -Canada, Canada Jan Mees, Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium Cesar Megina, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain Fridtjof Mehlum, University of Oslo, Norway Klaus Meiners, Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, Australia Karin Meißner (Meissner), Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Germany Luz Marina Mejía Ladino, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras - INVEMAR, Colombia Kenneth Meland, University of Bergen, Norway Webjoern Melle, Institute of Marine Research, Norway Webjørn Melle, Institute of Marine Research, Norway David Mellinger, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Igor Melnikov, Shirshov Institute of Oceanography, Russia Michael Melnychuk, University of Washington, United States Buck Meloy, United States Gary Melvin, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Canada Brian Melzian, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), United States Roy Mendelssohn, NOAA/NMFS SWFSC, United States Marcia Mendonca, Universidade Federal Do Parana Centro Politecnico, Brazil Marie Antonette Menez, University of the Philippines, The Philippines Gui Menezes, Universidade dos Açores,, Portugal Tianxiang Meng, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, China Vivek Menon, Wildlife Trust Of India, India Lenaick Menot, Ifremer DEEP/LEP, France Lena Menzel, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg am Meer Wilhelmshaven, Germany Michael Meredith, British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom

44 Nigel Merrett, Natural History Museum London, United Kingdom Carl Merrill, Suffolk University, United States Glenn Merrill, U.S. National Research Council, United States Irina Merzliakova, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Nelia Mestre, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Anna Metaxas, Dalhousie University, Canada Julian Metcalfe, CEFAS Laboratory, United Kingdom David Methven, University of New Brunswick, Canada Christopher Meyer, Florida Museum of Natural History, United States John Meyer, Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc., United States Yunus Mgaya, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Pat Michael, University of Washington, United States Frances Michaelis, UN Atlas of the Oceans, Australia Don Michel, CSIRO Marine Research, Australia Francois Michonneau, Florida Museum of Natural History (FMNH), United States Mary Mickevich, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, United States Nova Mieszkowska, MBA, Marine Biological Association, United Kingdom Maria Miglietta, Penn State University, United States Marta Mihoff, Dalhousie University, Canada Evangelos Milios, Dalhousie University, Canada Dmitry Miljutin, Senckenberg Institute, Germany Maria Miljutina, Senckenberg Institute, Germany Denzil Miller, Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, Australia Steve Miller, Google, United States Karen Miller, University of Tasmania, Australia Jerry Miller, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), United States Kristi Miller-Saunders, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Peter Milller, Plymouth Marine Laboratory,, United Kingdom V. Sadie Mills, National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, New Zealand Rachel Mills, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Claudia Mills, University of Washington, United States Joanna Mills Flemming, Dalhousie University, Canada Rebecca Milne, Huntsman Marine Science Centre, Canada Patricia Miloslavich, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela Debbie Milton, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Liz Minchin, The Age, Australia Sarah Mincks, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Kirill Minin, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Jean Francois Minster, Total, France

45 Coilin Minto, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Ireland Alexander Mironov, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russia Volker Christian Miske, Universität Greifswald ,, Germany Ashley Miskelly, Independent, Australia Ole Misund, Institute of Marine Research, Norway Yoko Mitani, Hokkaido University, United States Nicola Mitchell, British Museum of Natural History, United Kingdom John Mitchell, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand B. Mitchell, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States Faghrie Mitchell, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Hiroomi Miyamoto, University of Tokyo, Japan Nobuyuki Miyazaki, The University of Tokyo, Japan Megan Moews, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, United States Russell Moffitt, NOAA, United States Inga Mohrbeck, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Germany Phang Siew Moi, University of Malaya, Malaysia Vadim Mokievsky, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Henrick Moller, University of Otago, New Zealand Peter Møller, Zoological Museum University of Copenhagen, Denmark Tina Molodtsova, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS, Russia Mark Monaco, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Vivian Montecino Banderet, Universidad de Chile, Chile Filipe Monteiro de Mora Porteiro, University of the Azores, Portugal Erika Montoya Cadavid, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras - INVEMAR, Colombia Brad Mooberry, Ad2, United States Leon Moodley, NIOZ, Netherlands Rich Mooi, California Academy of Sciences, United States Maggie Mooney-Sues, University of New Hampshire, United States Jon Moore, Florida Atlantic University, United States Megan Moore, NOAA/NMFS NWFSC, United States Camilo Mora, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, United States Paul Moran, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Fabio Moretzsohn, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, United States Steve Morey, Florida State University, United States Jessica Morgan, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Brivaela Moriceau Sue Morra, St. Francis University, United States Steve Morreale, Cornell University, United States

46 Paul Morris, Academy of Natural Sciences, United States Ru Morrison, Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems, United States Peter Morse, Australia Pål Mortensen, Institute of Marine Research,, Norway Lene Mortensen, Institute of Marine Research, ,, Norway Carlos Mortera, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico Greg Mortiner, Aurora Expeditions, Australia Alicja Mosbauer, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australia Mary Moser, NOAA/NMFS NWFSC, United States Geoffrey Moser, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, United States John Mosesso, U.S. Geological Survey, United States Masato Moteki, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan Sophie Mouge, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France David Mountain, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Hassan Moustahfid, National Ocean Service NOAA, United States Asep Muhammad, Agency Marine and Fisheries Research (AMFR), Indonesia Ute Mühlenhardt-Siegel, Zoologisches Museum, Germany Catherine Muir, Dalhousie University, Canada Yvonne Muirhead, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada Stefan Müllegger, University of Graz, Austria Phil Mundy, NOAA/NMFS AKFSC, United States Tomas Munilla, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain Pablo Munoz, Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia, Spain Nicola Munro, International Polar Year (IPY) Programme Office, United Kingdom Steven Murawski, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Vantsetti Murina, Institute of Biology of Southern seas, Ukraine Eugene Murphy, British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom Liz Murphy, World Ocean Forum, United States Alison Murray, Desert Research Institute, United States Aadu Must, University of Tartu, Estonia Michael Musyl, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States Saman Muthukumarana, University of Manitoba, Canada Agnes Muthumbi, University of Nairobi, Kenya Henrike Mütze, University of Kiel, Germany Ransom Myers, Dalhousie University, Canada James (Jeb) Myers, University of New Hampshire, United States Megan Naganumi, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States Vijayalakshmi Nair, National Institute of Oceanography, India Yasuhiko Naito, Biologging Institute, Japan

47 Yashuiko Naito, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan Tetsuji NAKABO, Kyoto University, Japan Bhavani Narayanaswamy, Scottish Association for Marine Science, United Kingdom Róisín Nash, ECOSERVE, Ireland Anuwat Nateewathana, Fishery Museum of Natural History, Thailand Nagender Nath, National Institute of Oceanography, India Leiven Naudts, University of Gent, Belgium Gabriel Navas Suárez, Universidad de Cartagena, Colombia Shailesh Nayak, Space Applications Centre (ISRO), India Luciana Neaga, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada Philip Neal, Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), United States Hossein Negarestan, Iran John Neilson, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Canada Deon Nel, WWF South Africa, South Africa Troy Nelson, Fraser River Sturgeon Conservation Society, Canada James Nelson, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, United States John Nelson, United States Sergio Netto, Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina, Brazil Gayle Neufeld, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Birger Neuhaus, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Germany Chrys Neville, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Elena Nevrova, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine Marah Newman, University of California, San Diego, United States Rob Newman, University of California, San Diego, United States Gina Newton, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australia Jan Newton, Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems (NANOOS), United States Peter Ng, National University of Singapore, Malaysia Quang Ngo Xuan, Institute of Tropical Biology, Vietnam Malynda Nichol, University of New Hampshire, United States John Nicholls, University of Hull, United Kingdom Wallace Nichols, Blue Ocean Institute, United States Steve Nicol, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia Jennifer Nielsen, United States Geological Survey, United States Torkel Nielson, National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark William Nierenberg, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States John Nightingale, Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre, Canada Lisa Nigro, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, United States Victor Nikijuluw, Agency Marine and Fisheries Research (AMFR), Indonesia Edwin Niklitschek, Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile

48 Per Nilsson, Goteborg University, Sweden Xiuren Ning, The Second Institute of Oceanography, China Yuichiro Nishibe, Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency, Japan Mutsumi Nishida, University of Tokyo, Japan Shuhei Nishida, University of Tokyo, Japan Oscar Sosa Nishizaki, CICESE, United States Martha Nizinski, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, United States David Noakes, Oregon State University, United States Phillipe Noel, French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea, France Thomas Noji, NOAA Fisheries, United States Takumi Nonomura, Tottori Prefectual Fisheries Research Center, Japan Brenda Norcross, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Carolina Norena Janssen, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain Mark Norman, Museum of Victoria, Australia Elspeth Norris, Scottish Association for Marine Science, United Kingdom Elliot Norse, Marine Conservation Biology Institute, United States Leif Nøttestad (Nottestad), Institute of Marine Research, Norway Simone Nunes Brandao, University of Hamburg (Universitat Hamburg), Germany Conn Nungent, Kaplan Fund, United States Subhat Nurhakim, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia Andrea Nussbaumer, University of Vienna, Austria Fabienne Nyssen, Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Belgium Robert O'Boyle, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada James O'Brien, Florida State University, United States Phil O'Brien, Geoscience Australia, Australia Todd O'Brien, NOAA Fisheries, United States Patrick O'Callaghan, Conservation Enterprises Unlimited, Australia James O'Donnell, University of Connecticut, United States Ronald O'Dor, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, United States Richard O'Driscoll, National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, New Zealand Svein Oesterhus, University of Bergen, Norway Carole Ogandagas, Direction Generale de Peches et de L'aquaculture/Gabon, Gabon John Ogden, University of South Florida, United States Tim O'Hara, Museum of Victoria, Australia Mark Ohman, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, United States Henn Ojaveer, Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu, Estonia Takashi Okutani, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan Sergej Olenin, Klaipeda University, Coastal Research and Planning Institute, Lithuania Mauro Olivero, Patagonia World S.r.l., Italy

49 Erik Olsen, Institute of Marine Research,, Norway Donald Olson, University of Miami, United States Karine Olu, French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea, France Karine Olu - Leroy, Ifremer, France Kurnaen Ono, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Indonesia Anders Opdahl,, University of Bergen ,, Norway Catherine O'Riordan, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, United States Alexei Orlov, Russian Federal Research Institute of Fishery and Oceanography,, Russia James Orr, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Manuel Ortiz, Universidad de La Habana, Cuba Brian Ortman, Univ. of Connecticut - Avery Point, United States Karen Osborn, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States Andrea Osborne, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada Andreas Oschlies, IfM-Geomar, Germany Melckzedeck Osore, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), Kenya Holger Ossenbrügge, IFM-GEOMAR, Germany Chris Ostrander, University of Hawaii, United States John O'Sullivan, Monterey Bay Aquarium, United States Hege Øverbø Hansen, Institute of Marine Reearch, Norway Christine Overgaard, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Michael Owen, University of Western Ontario, Canada Annabel Ozimec, CSIRO, Australia Catherine Ozouf-Costaz, MNHN, France Margaret Packer, The Natural History Museum, United Kingdom Jeffrey Paduan, Naval Postgraduate School, United States Francisco Paez, Centro Nacional Patagónico, Argentina Francesc Pagès, Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats (CSIC-UIB), Spain Giovanni Amadeu Paiva dos Santos, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil Evgeny Pakhomov, University of British Columbia, Canada Daniel Palacios, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, United States Frank Paladino, Indiana University, Purdue University- Ft. Wayne, United States Debi Palka, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Michael Palmgren, Klockargardens Film, Sweden Maria Lourdes Palomares, University of British Columbia, Canada Isabel Palomera, ICM-CSIC, Spain Gabriela Palomo, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina Steve Palumbi, Stanford University, United States Saramma Panampunnayil, National Institute of Oceanography, India Rich Pancost, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

50 Evangelos Papathanassiou, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece Martha Papathanassiou, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece Ellen Pape, University of Gent, Belgium Sylvain Paradis, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Nikolay Parin, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Jan Parmentier, Ghent University, Belgium Julia Parrish, University of Washington, United States Antonio Pascoal, Insitute for Systems and Robotics, Portugal Helena Passeri Lavrado, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Anna Pasternak, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Academy of Sciences of Russia, Russia Martin Pastoors, Netherlands Institute for Fisheries Research, The Netherlands Ruben Patel, Institute of Marine Research, ,, Norway Toral Patel-Weynand, U.S. Geological Survey, United States Gordon Paterson, The Natural History Museum, United Kingdom David Paterson, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom David Patterson, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada David Patterson, Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), United States Mark Patterson Valerie Paul, Smithsonian Institution, United States Gustav Paulay, University of Florida, United States Margarete Pauls, Alfred-Wegener-Institute fur Polar-Und Meeresforschung, Germany Daniel Pauly, University of British Columbia, Canada Clarence Pautzke, North Pacific Research Board, United States Michael Pawlik, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada Phillip Pawlik, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada Jan Pawlowski, University of Geneva, Sciences III, Switzerland David Pawson, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, United States John Paxton, Australian Museum, Australia John Payne, United States David Pearce, British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom William Pearcy, Oregon State University, United States John Pearse, University of California, Santa Cruz, United States Hoyt Peckman, University of California, Santa Cruz, United States Andrey Pedchenko, Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, Russia Rolf Pedersen, University of Bergen, Norway Judith Pederson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States Carlos Pedros-Alió, Institut de Ciències del Mar- CMIMA, Spain Alvaro Luis Pena Cantero, University of Valencia, Spain Pablo Penchaszadeh, Laboratorio de Invertebrados, Argentina

51 Linwood Pendleton, Duke University, United States Jose Angel Alvarez Perez, CTTMAR Universidade do Vale do Itajaí UNIVALI, Brazil Chris Perle, Stanford University, United States Ian Perry, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Daniel Perry, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Andy Pershing, University of Maine School of Marine Science, United States Natalia Pertzova, Moscow State University, Russia Anette Petersen, Ålesund kommune,, Norway Dean Peterson, Antarctica New Zealand, New Zealand Irene Petkoff, Conoco Phillips, Peru Donna Petrachenko, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australia Alexei Petrov, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine Victor Petryashov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Hildur Petursdottir, Marine Research Institute, Iceland David Phinney, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, United States Uwe Piatkowski, Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften (IFM-GEOMAR), Germany Marc Picheral, Observatoire Oceanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, France Dieter Piepenburg, University of Kiel, Germany Annelies Pierrot-Bults, Zoological Museum, Netherlands Alexei Pinchuk, United States Doug Pincock, Amirix Systems Inc., Canada Luis Pinheiro, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Mario Pinho, University of the Azores (Universidade dos Acores), Portugal Sergey Piontkovski, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman Stefano Piraino, Università degli Studi del Salento, Italy Debora Pires, Universidade do Rio de Janerio, Brazil Peter Pissierssens, United Nations, France Roland Pitcher, CSIRO, Australia Tony Pitcher, Fisheries Centre, Canada Laetitia Plaisance, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, United States Núria Plantalech Manel-la, UBC/DFO Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research, Canada Pam Plotkin, University of Delaware, United States Stephane Plourde, DFO - Institut Maurice-Lamontagne, Canada Sophie Plouviez, Station Biologique de Roscoff, France Christoph Plum, University of Oldenberg, Germany Liz Podowski, Penn State University, United States Gerhard Pohle, Huntsman Marine Science Centre, Canada Ian Poiner, Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Australia Tom Polacheck, CSIRO, Australia

52 Nadezhda Politova, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russia Jeff Polovina, National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Nick Polunin, University of Newcastle, United Kingdom Paraskevi Polymenakou, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece Martin Polz, MIT, United States Thomas Pommier, LEM, France Shirley Pomponi, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, United States Lucas Pon, University of British Columbia, Canada Montira Pongsiri, Environmental Protection Agency, United States Niphon Pongsuwan, Phuket Marine Biological Center, Thailand Amy Poon, Vancouver Aquarium, Canada Gary Poore, Museum Victoria, Australia Sombat Poovachiranon, Phuket Marine Biological Center, Thailand Peter Pope, Memorial University, Canada John G. Pope, The Old Rectory, Julie Porter, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Aswea Porter, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada Daria Portnova, Institute of Oceanology P.P. Shirshov Moscow, Russia Juan Posada, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Alix Post, Geoscience Australia, Australia Anton Post, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel V. Potin, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Donald Potts, University of California Santa Cruz, United States Arthur Potts Bo Poulsen, Roskilde University, Denmark Jan Poulsen, University of Bergen, Norway Rene Taudal Poulsen, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Sean Powers, University of South Alabama, United States Howard Powles, DFO - Ottowa, Canada Florence Pradillon, JAMSTEC, Japan Ellen Prager, Earth2Ocean, Inc, United States Rianta Pratiwi, Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI), Indonesia Kira Pravato, Roskilde University, Denmark Massimo Presti, Greece I. Priede, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom Peter Probert, University of Otago, New Zealand Kim Prochazka, Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Marine and Coastal Management, South Africa Jim Prosser, School of Biological Sciences University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

53 Andrey Prudkovsky, Moscow State University, Russia Irina Prusova, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine Rachel Przeslawski, Geoscience Australia, Australia Jenny Purcell, Western Washington University, United States Guenter Purschke, University of Osnabruck, Germany Rich Pyle, Bishop Museum, United States Peter Pyle, Duke University, United States Song Qin, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Zhou Qiulin, Third Institute of Oceanography, China Md. Quader, Bangladesh Kirsten Querbach, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada Jennifer Questel, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Pat Quilty, University of Tasmania, Australia Tom Quinn, University of Washington, United States Gladys Quintana, Instituto de Mardel Peru, Peru Ella Quintrell, Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System, United States Eduardo Quiroga, Centro de investigacion en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia, Chile Manwai Rabenevanana, Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines, Madagascar Don Radford, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Teresa Radziejewska, University of Szczecin, Poland Maarten Raes, Ghent University, Belgium S. Raghukumar, National Institute of Oceanography, India Sasa Raicevich, ISPRA - Instituto Superiore per La Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, Italy Philip Rainbow, Natural History Museum, United Kingdom Lesley Rains, University of New Hampshire, United States Mohd Rajuddin, Universiti Industri Selangor, Malaysia Stanislaw Rakusa-Suszczewski, Polish Academy of Science, Poland Alban Ramette, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany Daniel Ramirez, CINESTAV, Mexico Eva Ramirez-Llodra, Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain David Ramm, Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, Australia Ana Ramos, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Spain Steve Ramp, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, United States Douglas Ramsayer, Science Applications International Corporation, United States John Randall, B.P. Bishop Museum, United States Robert Rangeley, World Wildlife Fund - Canada, Canada Lantoasinoro Ranivoarivelo, University of Toliara, Madagascar Carmen Ras, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Kevin Raskoff, Monterey Peninsula College, United States

54 Gus Rassam, American Fisheries Society, United States Purnima Ratilal, Northeastern University, United States Tatjana Ratkova, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Sujeevan Ratnasingham, University of Guelph, Canada Michael Raupach, Senckenberg am Meer, Germany Martin Rauschert, Gabon Ivonne Rawis, Arafura and Timor Seas Expert's Forum (ATSEF), Regional Indonesia, Indonesia Ben Raymond, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia Claude Razouls, Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls-Sur-Mer, France Andrew Read, Duke University, United States Jane Read, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Marjorie Reaka-Kudla, University of Maryland, United States Ginger Rebstock, Washington University, United States Cheri Recchia, California Ocean Science Trust, United States Erin Rechisky, University of British Columbia, Canada Anna Redden, Acadia University, Canada Colin Reed, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education, United States John Reed, Harbor Branch Oceanograhic Institution, United States Tony Rees, CSIRO, Australia David Rees, University of Bergen,, Norway Michael Reeve, National Science Foundation, United States Randall Reeves, Okapi Wildlife Associates, Canada Peter Reeves, South Asia Research Unit (SARU), Australia Russell Reichelt, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Australia William Reid, Dove Marine Laboratory,, United Kingdom Philip Reid, Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Sciences (SAHFOS), United Kingdom Sara Reis, Dirreccao de Servicos de Investigacao das Pescas, Portugal Karsten Reise, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germnay Christian Reiss, National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration, United States Henning Reiss, Senckenberg Institute, Germany Paul Renaud, Akvaplan-niva AS, Norway Phil Renauld, Living Oceans Fondation, Jasmin Renz, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Germany Nikolai Revkov, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine Michael Rex, University of Massachusetts-Boston, United States Kyle Reynolds, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, United States Brad Reynolds, Prince William Sound Science Center, United States Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Portland State University, United States Anthony Ribbink, Sustainable Seas Trust, South Africa

55 Pedro Ribeiro, Universidade dos Açores,, Portugal Daniel Ricard, Dalhousie University, Canada Jake Rice, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Diane Richards, Monterey Bay Aquarium, United States Michael Richards, University of British Columbia, Canada Anthony Richardson, The University of Queensland, Australia Bertrand Richer de Forges, IRD Noumea, New Caledonia Evan Richert, University of Southern Maine, United States Morgan Richie, University of California, San Diego, United States Robert Richmond, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States Brian Riddell, Pacific Salmon Foundation, Canada Martin Riddle, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia Berhard Riegl, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center, United States Rudiger Riehl, University of Dusseldorf, Germany Patricia Rigby, Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Japan Nadya Rimskaya-Korsakova, Lomonosov Moscow S tate University, Russia Ron Rinaldo, National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Steve Rintoul, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Australia Pilar Rios, Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia, Spain Pilar Rios Lopez, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain Rafael Riosmena-Rodriguez, UABCS, Mexico Bénédicte Ritt, Ifremer, France John Robb, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada Julie Robbins, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, United States Henri Robert, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium Jason Roberts, Duke University, United States Callum Roberts, University of York, United Kingdom Don Robertson, National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, New Zealand Dave Robichaud, LGL Ltd., Canada C. Robins, The University of Kansas, United States Patrick Robinson, University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC), United States Bruce Robison, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), United States Roberto Roca, Conservation International, United States Gabrielle Rocap, University of Washington, United States Ralf Rochert, Alfred Wegener Institut fur Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany Rémy Rochette, University of New Brunswick, Canada Anna Rocka, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Daniel Rodary, Ylahe Sarl/International Polar Foundation, France Caroline Rodgers, U.S. Geological Survey, United States

56 Paul Rodhouse, British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom Jim Rodman, National Science Foundation, United States Celso Rodrigues, Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Brazil Clara Rodrigues, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France Rusty Rodriguez, U.S. Geological Survey, United States Diego Rodriguez, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina Francisco Rodriguez-Valera, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Spain Howard Roe, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom John Roff, Acadia University, Canada Antonina Rogacheva, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Alex Rogers, Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom Forest Rohwer, San Diego State University, United States Michael Roman, University of Maryland Center For Environmental Science, United States Joe Roman, University of Vermont, United States Evgeny Romanov, Southern Scientific Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, Ukraine Vladislav Romanov, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Marta Ronowicz, Institute of Oceanology PAS, Poland Juliette Rooney-Varga, University of Massachusetts Lowell, United States Clyde Roper, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, United States Yan Ropert-Coudert, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan Sergio Rosales, Universidad de Concepción, Chile Armin Rose, Senckenberg Research Institute, Germany Shale Rosen, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, United States Gary Rosenberg, Academy of Natural Sciences, United States Andrew Rosenberg, Conservation International, United States Richard Rosenblatt, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States Werner Rosenboom, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Germany Marvin Roseneau, Ministry of Water, Land, and Air Protection, Canada Leslie Rosenfeld, Naval Postgraduate School, United States Rick Rosenthal, Montana State University, United States Christopher Roterman, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Ashley Rowden, National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA), New Zealand Gilbert Rowe, Texas A&M - Galveston, United States Thomas Royer, Old Dominion University, United States Helen Rozwadowski, University of Connecticut, Avery Point, United States Eddy Rubin Malgorzata Rudschewski, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany Alan Ruger, Bonneville Power Administration, United States

57 Greg Ruiz, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, United States Steven Rumrill, South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, United States Jeffrey Runge, University of Maine, United States Barry Russel, Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Australia Bernhard Ruthensteiner, Zoologische Staatssammlung, Germany Imme Rutzen, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Scott Ryan, Dalhousie University, Canada John Ryan, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, United States Susan Ryan, University of Southern Maine, United States Andrea Saenz-Arroyo, Community and Biodiversity (COBI), Mexico Phillippe Saget, French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea, France Heiko Sahling, University of Bremen, Germany Jose Saiz-Salinas, University of the Basque Country, Spain Veronica Sakell, National Oceans Office, Australia Enric Sala, National Geographic Society, United States Luiz Saldanha, University of Lisbon, Portugal Patricia Salerno Cesar Salinas Zavala, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, Mexico Josephine Salisbury, University of Hull, United Kingdom Joe Salisbury, University of New Hampshire, United States Rhian Salmon, United Kingdom Luitfried Salvini-Plawen, University of Vienna, Austria Toufiek Samaai, University of Druban-Westville, South Africa Sarah Samadi, IRD/MNHN, France E.K. Samaraweera, Sri Lanka Kaveh Samimi, Khoran Shahr University, Iran Beth Sampson, Dalhousie University, Canada Juan Sanchez, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia Ruth-Anne Sandaa, University of Bergen, Norway Paul Sandifer, Hollings Marine Laboratory, United States Marcel Sandow, IfM-Geomar, Germany V.N. Sanjeevan, Ministry of Earth Sciences, India Yacouba Sankare, Cote d'Ivoire Hanne Sannæs, Institute of Marine Research, Norway Lou Sanson, Antarctica new Zealand, New Zealand Giovanni Santos, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil Ricardo Santos, Universidade dos Acores, Portugal Francois Sarano, Galatee Films, France Pinya Sarasas, Phuket Marine Biological Center, Thailand

58 Narayanane Saravanane, Ministry of the Environment, India Adriana Sardi, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela Maria Sardinha, Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem Programme, Angola Ali Reza Sari, University of Tehran, Iran Jozée Sarrazin, Ifremer, France Adriana Laura Sarti Martinez, ASUPMATOMA, Mexico Shubha Sathyendranath, Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO), United Kingdom Erin Satterthwaite, NOAA, United States Gary Saunders, University of New Brunswick, Canada Budhi Sayoko, United Nations, Indonesia Yuri Sazonov, Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University, Russia Carla Sbrocchi, Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Center, Canada Carla Scalabrin, Ifremer, France Dave Scanlan, University of Warwick, UK Kurt Schaefer, Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, United States Terry Schaff, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education, United States Christoffer Schander, University of Bergen, Norway Regina Schauer, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany Frank Scheckenbach, Universitat zu Koln, Germany David Scheel, Alaska Pacific University, United States Amelie Scheltema, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Stefano Schiaparelli, Dip.Te.Ris., Università di Genova, Italy Doris Schiedek, Baltic Sea Research Insitute, Germany Sigrid Schiel, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Ocean Resea, Germany David Schindel, Consortium for the Barcode of Life, United States Monica Schlacher, Queensland Museum (SB), Australia Thomas Schlacher, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia Kyra Schlining, MBARI, United States Gregg Schmidt, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, United States Allison Schmidt, Dalhousie University, Canada Horst Kurt Schminke, Universität Oldenburg, Germany Kareen Schnabel, NIWA, New Zealand Matthias Schneider, Research Institute Senckenberg, Germany Carl Schoch, Alaska Ocean Observing System, United States Chris Scholin, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, United States Eugenij Schornikov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Stefan Schouten, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Netherlands Stefan Schouten Carl Schreck, Oregon State University, United States

59 Michael Schrödl, Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Germany William Schroeder, University of Alabama, United States Donna Schroeder, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States Thomas Schroeder, University of Hawaii, United States Jerry Schubel, Aquarium of the Pacific, United States Myriam Schueller, Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany Myriam Schüller, Ruhr-Universität, Germany Mary Schumacher, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Heidi Schuttenberg, United Nations, Thailand Enrico Schwabe, Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Germany Vera Schwach, Norwegian Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Higher Education, Norway Carl Schwarz, Simon Fraser University, Canada Franklin Schwing, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Fiona Scott, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia Ryan Scott, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada Geoff Scott, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Robyn Scott, University of Cape Town, South Africa Gail Scowcroft, University of Rhode Island, United States George Sedberry, Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary, United States Hendrik Segers, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium Sybille Seifried, AG Zoosystematics and Morphology, Germany Andy Seitz, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Javier Sellanes, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile Kevin Sellner, Chesapeake Research Consortium, Inc., United States Joseph Selvin, Bharathidasan University, India Jayson Semmens, University of Tasmania, Australia Nelli Sergeeva, Institute of Biology of the Southern seas National Academy of Science, Ukraine Tito Setiawan, Agency Marine and Fisheries Research (AMFR), Indonesia Mary Sewell, The University of Auckland, New Zealand Sybille Seyfried, Universitat Oldenburg, Germany Nancy Shackell, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Canada Scott Shaffer, San Jose State University (SJSU), United States Timothy Shank, Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Phil Sharfstein, United States Anil Sharma, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India Jyotsna Sharma-Srinivasan, University of Texas at San Antonio, United States Gary Sharp, Center for Climate - Ocean Resources Study, United States Rawni Sharp, NSERC, Canada

60 Elizabeth Shea, Delaware Museum of Natural History, United States Bill Shedd, AFTCO Manufacturing, United States Jev Shelton, United Southeast Alaska Gillnetters, United States Jinyu Sheng, Dalhousie University, Canada Andrew Shepard, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, United States Travis Shepherd, Golder Associates Ltd., Canada John Shepherd, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, United Kingdom Ken Sherman, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Scott Sherrill-Mix, Dalhousie University, Canada Alison Sherwood, University of Hawaii, United States Vladimir Shibanov, Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, Russia George Shillinger, Stanford University, United States Graham Shimmield, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, United States Junko Shimura, National Insitute for Environmental Studies, Japan Hyung Shin, Korean Polar Research Institute, Korea Yoshihisa Shirayama, Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Japan Thomas Shirley, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M Univ.-Corpus Christi, United States A. Shoshin, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Ross Shotton, FAO Fisheries, Italy Mark Shrimpton, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada Maria Shtaut, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS, Russia Rebecca Shuford, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Jamie Shutler, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom Tom Shyka, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, United States Mika Siboura, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece Myriam Sibuet, France Jacek Sicinski, University of Lodz, Poland Volker Siegel, Institut für Seefischerei, Germany Viola Siegler, Senckenberg am Meer, Germany Mike Sieracki, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, United States Thorsteinn Sigurdsson, Marine Research Institute of Iceland, Iceland Angelica Silva, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada Carla Silva, Universidade dos Acores, Portugal Yvan Simard, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Canada E. Simmonds, Fisheries Research Services Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom Mel Simon Ross Simons, National Museum of Natural History, United States Bob Simons, NOAA/NMFS SWFSC, United States Lily Simonson, United States

61 Chris Simpson, Western Australia Department of Environment and Conservation, Australia David Sims, Marine Biological Association of the UK, United Kingdom Michael Sinclair, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada Rabindra Singh, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Tim Sippel, University of Hawaii, United States Boris Sirenko, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Michael Sissenwine, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Ingunn Skjelvan, The Bjerknes Center, Norway Henrik Skov, DHI Institut for vand & miljø, Denmark Cameron Slatyer, Department of Innovation, Industry, Science, and Research, Australia Chris Slay, New England Aquarium, United States Norm Sloan, Parks Canada Agency, Canada Jeffrey Smart, The Johns Hopkins University, United States Kent Smedbol, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Canada Igor Smirnov, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia R. Smirnov, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Shawn Smith, Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Australia Michael Smith, Conservation International, United States Don Smith, F/V Sonny Boy, Canada Darlene Smith, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Ken Smith, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, United States Peter Smith, National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, New Zealand Samantha Smith, Nautilus Minerals, Australia Paul Smith, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Robert Smith, Oregon State University, United States Blake Smith, Puyallup Tribal Fisheries Department, United States Woollcott Smith, Temple University, Fox School of Business and Management, United States Alex Smith, University of Guelph, Canada Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States Melanie Smith, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States Rochelle Smith, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States Sharon Smith, University of Miami, United States Gwynna Smith, University of New Hampshire, United States Tim Smith, World Whaling Project, United States William Smith-Vaniz, US Geological Survey, United States Paul Snelgrove, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Susan Snow-Cotter, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, United States Tom Soernes, StatoilHydro, 5, Norway Indroyono Soesilo, Agency Marine and Fisheries Research (AMFR), Indonesia

62 Mitchell Sogin, The Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, United States Ho Young Soh, Chonnam National University, Korea Henrik Soiland, Institute of Marine Research, Norway Antonio Sole Cava, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Antonio Sole-Cava, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Anna Soler i Membrives, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain Cosimo Solidoro, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), Italy Luis Solorzano, Convervation International, United States Andrew Solow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Thomas Soltwedel, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany Stefan Sommer, Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, Germany Morten Sondergaard, Skagen By-og Egnsmuseum, Denmark Wei-bo Song, Ocean University of China, China Jan Sopaheluwakan, Indonesian Institute for Earth Sciences (LIPI), Indonesia Peter Sorensen, University of Minnesota, United States Martin Sorensen, Niels Bohr Institute & Biological Institute University of Copenhagen , Denmark Oscar Sosa Nishizaki, CICESE, Mexico Heidi Sosik, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Sami Souissi, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, France Michael Soule, Sea Fisheries Research Institute, South Africa Isabel Sousa-Pinto, University of Porto, Portugal Eve Southward, Marine Biological Laboratory, United Kingdom Colin Southwell, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia Scott Sparks, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE), United States Mike Sparrow, Scott Polar Research Institute, United Kingdom Kevin Speer, , Michael Spindler, University of Kiel, Germany Paula Spiniello, Venezuela James Spotila, Drexel University, United States Margaret Spring, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States John Stachowicz, University of California, Davis, United States Lucas Stal, NIOO-KNAW, Netherlands James Staley, University of Washington, United States Nikolay Stanchev, Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, Bulgaria Rakusa-Suszczewski Stanislaw, Poland

63 Jonny Stark, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia Kate Stark, University of Tasmania, Australia David Starkey, University of Hull, United Kingdom John Starmer, University of Florida, United States Rick Starr, University of California Sea Grant Extension Program, United States John Steele, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Gunnar Stefansson, University of Iceland, Iceland Sergio Steffani, University of the Azores, Portugal Morten Steffensen, NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet,, Norway Chuck Stein, Geofusion, United States John Stein, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Deborah Steinberg, College of William & Mary, United States Dirk Steinke, University of Guelph, Canada

Scott Steltzner, Squaxin Tribe, United States Lars Stemman, Observatoire Oceanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, France Anne Stene, Aalesund University College, Norway Robert Steneck, University of Maine, United States Nils Christians Stenseth, University of Oslo,, Norway Sophia Stepanjants, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Ramunas Stepanuaskas, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, United States Robert Stephenson, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Canada Catherine Stevens, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand Jane Stevens, Stanford University, United States Peter Stevick, United States Robert (Rob) Stewart, New Zealand Ilona Stobutzki, World Fish Center, Malaysia Karen Stocks, San Diego Supercomputer Center, United States Jason Stockwell, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, United States Michael Stoddart, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia Thorsten Stoeck, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany Kate Stoeckle, Johns Hopkins University, United States Mathis Stoeckle, University of Victoria, Canada

64 Mark Stoermer, University of Washington, United States Michael Stokesbury, Dalhousie University, Canada Gregory Stone, New England Aquarium, United States Bernard Stonehouse, University of Hull, United Kingdom Keith Stoodley, Lotek Marine Technologies, Inc., Canada Nancy Stout, MBARI, United States Iris Stowe, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States Rachel Strader, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, United States Bente Stransky, University of Hamburg, Germany Volker Strass, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany Louisa Strauss, Johns Hopkins University, United States Gabriela Strieso, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany Michael Strong, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada Ezra Strong, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States Don Strong, , Glenn Strout, Stanford University, United States Jan Strugnell, British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom Carol Stuart, University of Massachusetts Boston, United States Kristine Stump, United States Alexandra Stupnikova, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology,,, Russia Svetlana Sudnik, Kaliningrad State Technical University,, Russia Anna Sukhorukova, St. Petersburg State University, Russia Jim Sullivan, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Kurnaen Sumadhiharga, Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI), Indonesia Paulo Sumida, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Colin Summerhayes, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), United Kingdom Song SUN, Institute of Oceanology, China Xiaoxia SUN, Institute of Oceanology, China Shinichi Sunagawa, University of California, Merced, United States Srinivas Sura, UBC/DFO Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research, Canada Susetiono, Indonesian Institute of Science, Indonesia Patricia Sutcliffe, Queensland Museum (SB), Australia Curtis Suttle, University of British Columbia, Canada

65 Tracey Sutton, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), United States Nina Svane-Mikkelsen, University of Bergen, Norway Jörundur Svavarsson, University of Iceland, Iceland G.N. Swamy, National Institute of Oceanography, India Tim Swartz, Simon Fraser University, Canada Rusty Sweeting, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Chris Sweeting, Newcastle University, United Kingdom Christoffer Sweetman, VIMS, Virginia Institute of Marine Science,,, United States Christopher Sweetman, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, United States Augy Syahailatua, Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI), Indonesia Evdokia Syranidou, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Greece Konstantin Tabachnik, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology,, Russia Alejandro Tablado, Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences, Argentina Akinori Takahashi, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan Laura Tamburello, University of Pisa, Italy Mario Tamburri, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL), University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, United States Erki Tammiksaar, Estonian University for Life Sciences, Estonia Annie Tan, University of Malaya, Malaysia Irene Tan, University of Malaysia, Malaysia Aileen Tan Shau Hwai, University Saint Malaysia, Malaysia Katsuhiko Tanaka, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan Qisheng Tang, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, China Lantoasinoro Tanivoarivelo, University of Toliara, Madagascar Christina Tanner, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States Pitiwong Tanticholok, Walailak University, Thailand Chunhuia Tao, Second Institute of Oceanography, China Juan Tarazona, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Technologia, Peru Agnieszka Tatarek, Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Heather Tausig, New England Aquarium, United States Akuila Tawake, SOPAC, Iceland Joseph Taylor, Iowa State University, United States Michelle Taylor, IOZ, United Kingdom

66 Phil Taylor, National Science Foundation, United States Tara Taylor, Canada Alexei Tchesunov, Moscow State University, Russia Fernando Tempera, Universidade dos Açores (Azores), Portugal Kenneth Tenore, University of Maryland, United States Steven Teo, University of California, Davis, United States Makoto Terazaki, University of Tokyo, Japan Andreas Teske, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States Andreas P. Teske, University of North Carolina, United States Kato Tetsuya, Kyoto University, Japan Skip Tezak, NOAA/NMFS NWFSC, United States Andrew Thaler, Duke University Marine Lab., United States Jonathan Thar, Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre, Canada Sven Thatje, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Marie-Helene Theriault, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada Anne Thessen, Marine Biological Laboratory, United States Jorn Thiede, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany Hjalmar Thiel, University of Hamburg (Universitat Hamburg), Germany Deborah Thiele, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia David Thistle, Florida State University, United States Maren Thomas, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany Rick Thompson, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Nancy Thompson, NOAA, United States Sue Thompson, Pennsylvania Biodiversity Partnerships, United States Dinah Molloy Thompson, , Michael Thomson, British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom Daniel Thornhill, Bowdoin College, United States Anders Thorsen, Institute of Marine Research,, Norway Simon Thrush, National Institute of Water and Atomospheric Research (NIWA), New Zealand Erik Thuesen, The Evergreen State College, United States Do Thung, Haiphong Institute of Oceanology, Vietnam Andrew Thurber, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States Andreas Thurnherr, Columbia University, United States

67 Mike Thurston, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Tierney Thys, Sea Studios Foundation, United States Dustin Tierney, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada Paul Tildesley, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Australia Kevin Tillbrook, Independent, United Kingdom Molly Timmers, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Jack Tipping, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, United States Derek Tittensor, Dalhousie University, Canada Maurice Tivey, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, United States Rashieda Toefy, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Jim Toomey, Blue Frontier Campaign, United States Daniel Torres, Instituto Antarctico Chileno, Chile Joseph Torres, University of South Florida, United States Atle Totland, Institute of Marine Research,, Norway David Townsend, University of Maine, United States Di Tracey, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand Athena Trakadas, University of New Hampshire, United States Phil Trathan, British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom Claire Tregnier, Universite Paris - Sorbonne VI, France Yann Tremblay, UMR 212 - IRD / IFREMER / UM2, France Verena Trenkel, IFREMER, France Tina Treude, Geomar, Germany Mark Trevorrow, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Andrew Trites, University of British Columbia, Canada Pham Dinh Trong, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Thomas Trott, Suffolk University, United States Sally Troy, Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry, Australia Marc Trudel, Department of Fisheries -Canada, Canada Peggy Tsang, Canada Anastasios Tselepides, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece Vardis Tsontos, University of Southern California, United States Shinji Tsuchida, Extremobiosphere Research Center, JAMSTEC, Japan Shinji Tsuchida, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Japan Masashi Tsuchiya, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Japan Katsumi Tsukamoto, University of Tokyo, Japan Vo Tuan, Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Malcolm Tull, Murdoch University, Australia Wes Tunnell, Texas A&M University, United States

68 John Tunnell, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, United States Verena Tunnicliffe, University of Victoria, Canada Vitaly Turasov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Donna Turgeon, US Commission on Ocean Policy, United States Michael Türkay (Tuerkay), Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Germany Dave Turner, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Pamela Turner, United States Scott Turo, Yurok Tribe, United States E. Turpaeva, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russia Karin Tuxen-Bettman, Google, United States Peter Tyack, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Paul Tyler, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Jennifer Tyler, Canada Inger Marie Tyssebotn, Norway Hiroshi Ueda, Toya Lake S tation for Environmental Biology, Japan Franz Uiblein, Institute of Marine Research, Norway Yurika Ujie, University of Geneva, Switzerland Jacqueline Uku, Kenya Marine & Fisheries Research Institute, Kenya Ebru Unal, Univ. of Connecticut - Avery Point, United States Arvind Untawale, Mangrove Society of India, India Ed Urban, SCOR Secretariat, United States Victoriano Urgorri, Estación de Bioloxía Mariña da Graña, Spain Victoriano Urgorri Carrasco, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain Andrei Utevsky, Kharkiv National University, Ukraine Dinh Uu, Vietnam National University, Vietnam Danute Uzars, Latvian Fish Resources Agency, Latvia Jean Vacelet, Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille, Station Marine d\'Endoume, France Wim Vader, University of Tromso, Norway Hedinn Valdimarsson, Marine Research Institute of Iceland, Iceland Flavia Vallerini, University of Pisa, Italy Jelle Van Campenhout, University of Gent, Belgium Sybille van den Hove, Spain Glen Van Der Kraak, University of Guelph, Canada Jacob Van der Land, National Museum of Natural History - Naturalis, The Netherlands Cindy Van Dover, Duke University Marine Laboratory, United States Saskia Van Gaever, Ghent University, Belgium Lou Van Guelpen, Huntsman Marine Science Centre, Canada Wim Van Neer, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium Margaret Van Patten, University of Connecticut, United States

69 Lance van Sittert, University of Cape Town, South Africa Brigitta Van Tussenbroek, Unidad Academica Puerto Morelos, Mexico Jan Vanaverbeke, Ghent University, Belgium Maaike Vancauwenberghe, Belgian Federal Public Planning Service Science Policy, Belgium Edward Vanden Berghe, Rutgers University, United States Annick Vangriesheim, French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea, France Sandra Vanhove, International Polar Foundation, Belgium Brett VanLandingham, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, United States Ann Vanreusel, University Ghent, Belgium Katerina Vasileiadou, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece Stella Vassilenko, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Daniel Vaulot, CNRS et UPMC, France Michael Vecchione, National Museum of Natural History, United States Julie Veillette, French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea, France Gritta Veit-Köhler, Senckenberg Research Institute, Germany K. Venkataraman, Zoological Survey of India, India , The Center for the Advancement of Genomics and Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives, United States Alexander Vereshchaka, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology,, Russia Hans Verheye, Department of Environmental Affairs, South Africa Caroline Verna, Max Plank Institute, Germany Maria Vernet, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States Nick Verretto, Puget Sound Energy, United States Wim Vervoort, The Netherlands Ole Vestergaard, United Nations, France Russ Vetter, National Marine Fisheries Service, United States Aidan Vey, United Kingdom Omar Vidal, World Wildlife Fund - Mexico, Mexico David Vieglais, The University of Kansas, United States Riccardo Vietti, Universita degli studi di Genova, Italy Gisli Vikingson, Marine Research Institute of Iceland, Iceland César Vilas, IFAPA Centro "El Toruño" (Instituto de Investigación y Formación Agraria y Pesquera-CAP-JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA), Spain Janzel Villalaz, Universidad de Panama, Panama Stephen Vincent, Seymour Salmonid Society, Canada Valerie Vincuillo, University of Rhode Island, United States Magda Vincx, Ghent University, Belgium Vladmir Vinnichenko, Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, Russia Georgy Vinogradov, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology,, Russia Benjamin Vivas, The Nature Conservancy,

70 Lizette Voges, National Biodiversity Program, Namibia Rudo von Cosel, Germany Cecilie von Quillfeldt, Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromso, Norway Ursula von St Ange, CSIR, South Africa Susan von Thun, MBARI, United States Hein von Westernhagen, Alfred Wegener Institut für Polar und Meeresforschung, Germany Vararin Vongpanich, Phuket Marine Biological Center, Thailand Andrey Voronkov, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Paul Wade, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Victoria Wadley, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia Heike Waegele, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany Johann Waegele, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany Mohideen Wafar, National Institute of Oceanography, India Wolfgang Wägele (Waegele), Museum König, Germany Gabriel Wagey, Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MAFF), Indonesia Robert Wagner, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education, United States Greg Wagner, Grant MacEwan University, Canada Karin Wagner, Monterey Bay Aquarium, United States Michael Wagner, University of Vienna, Austria W. Waldo Wakefield, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Mary Wakeford, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australia Dan Walker, NOAA, United States Samuel Walker, SECOORA, United States Trey Walker, University of Washington, United States Diana Wall, Colorado State University, United States Brian Wallace, Drexel University, United States Douglas Wallace, Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften (IFM-GEOMAR), Germany Carden Wallace, Museum of Tropical Queensland, Australia Rhian Waller, Darling Marine Center, United States Andreas Walli, Stanford University, United States Ely Wallis, Museum Victoria, Australia Carl Walters, The University of British Columbia, Canada Nina Wambiji, Kenyan Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kenya Minxiao Wang, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Sarah Wanless, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, United Kingdom Robert Ward, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia Peter Ward, Dalhousie University, Canada Bruce Ward, Canada Bud Ward, United States

71 Christine Ward-Paige, Dalhousie University, Canada Colin Ware, University of New Hamphire, United States Anders Warén, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden Gordon Waring, NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, United States Cornelia Warneke-Cremer, University of Hamburg (Universitat Hamburg), Germany George Warner, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Jamaica Libe Washburn, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States Erika Washburn, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Paul Wassmann, University of Tromsoe, Norway Silvia Watanabe, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Argentina Kentaro Watanabe, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan John Waterbury, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Kate Watermeyer, University of Cape Town, South Africa Jon Watkins, British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom James Watkins, US Commission on Ocean Policy, United States Les Watling, University of Hawaii, United States Charlotte Watson, Australian Institute Marine Science, Australia Jane Watson, Malaspina University, Canada Dave Watts, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia Phil Weaver, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom Robin Weber, University of California Santa Cruz, United States Gordon Webster, Cardiff University, United Kingdom Gerold Wefer, Universitat Bremen FB Geowissenschaften, Germany Gisela Wegener, Zoological Institute and Zoological Museum, Germany Chih-Lin Wei, Texas A&M University, United States Ernesto Weil, University of Puerto Rico, United States Henri Weimerskirch, Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, France Mason Weinrich, Whale Center of New England, United States Markus Weitere, UFZ, Germany David Welch, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada Buster Welch, Northwater Consultants, Clandeboye, Chuck Wells, OSI Software Inc., United States Kevin Weng, Stanford University, United States Elizabeth Wenner, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, United States Jeremy Werdell, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., United States Sue Werner, Aurora Expeditions, Australia Tim Werner, Conservation International, United States Francisco Werner, Rutgers University, United States Jan Marcin Weslawski, Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

72 Jan Marcin Weslawsky, Institute of Oceanology PAS, Poland Richard West, United States Andrew Westgate, Duke University, United States Marian Westley, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States Thaddeus Wheeler, University of Southern Maine, United States Cory Whisson, Western Australian Museum, Australia Thomas White, Durham University, ,, United Kingdom Martin White, National University of Ireland, Ireland Dave White, University of South Carolina, United States Alan Whitfield, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa Jon Whitman, Brown University, United States Fred Whoriskey, Atlantic Salmon Federation, Canada Ngurah Wiadnyana, Agency Marine and Fisheries Research (AMFR), Indonesia Mary Wicksten, Texas A&M, United States Edith Widder, Ocean Research & Conservation Association, Inc., United States Peter Wiebe, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States Christian Wienecke, Alfred Wegener Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany Ben Wigham, Newcastle University, United Kingdom Elvy Wijayanti, Agency Marine and Fisheries Research (AMFR), Indonesia Helena Wiklund, The Natural History Museum, United Kingdom Josef Wiktor, Institute of Oceanology PAS, Poland Robert Wilce, University of Massachusetts, United States Martin Wilcox, University of Hull, United Kingdom David Wildish, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Canada Edward Wiley, University of Kansas Natural History Museum, United States John Wilkin, Rutgers University, United States Endre Willassen, Bergen Museum, University of Bergen, Norway Elke Willen, Universitat Oldenburg, Germany Sean Williams, Coastline Environmental, Canada Alan Williams, CSIRO, Australia Suzanne Williams, Museum of Natural History, United Kingdom Jeffrey Williams, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, United States Meryl Williams, Australia Chris Williams Michael Williamson, Wheelcock College, United States Zdenka Willis, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Jennifer Wilmes, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Wayne Wilmot, NOAA, United States Buz Wilson, Australian Museum, Australia

73 George Wilson, Australian Museum, Australia George Wilson, Australian Museum, Australia Willie Wilson, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, United States Andrew Wilson, Five Oceans LLC, Sultanate of Oman Simon Wilson, Five Oceans LLC, Sultanate of Oman Robin Wilson, Museum Victoria, Australia Karen Wilson, Royal Botanical Gardens Sydney, Australia Cara Wilson, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, United States Rory Wilson, University of Wales- Swansea, United Kingdom Ray Wilson, United States Paul Winchell, Kintama Research Corporation, Canada Arliss Winship, Dalhousie University, Canada Judith Winston, Virginia Museum of Natural History, United States Richard Winterbottom, Royal Ontario Museum, Canada Jon Witman, Brown University, United States U Witte, University of Aberdeen, UK Maria Wlodarska-Kowalczuc, Institute of Oceanology PAS, Poland Eric Woehler, Australian Antarctic Division, Australia Wim Wolff, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Nicholas Wolff, University of Southern Maine, United States Melisa Wong, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada Mei Wong, Dalhousie University, Canada Steve Wong, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States James Wood, Aquarium of the Pacific, United States Kevin Wood, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Chris Wood, Science Branch, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Jim Woodey, Pacific Salmon Commission, Canada Cheryl Woodley, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, United States Tana Worcester, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada Boris Worm, Dalhousie University, Canada Clare Woulds, United Kingdom Tracie Wright, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australia Ian Wright, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand Borys Wróbel, Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Janie Wulff, Florida State University, United States Laura Würzberg (Wurzberg), Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Germany Joana Xavier, University of the Azores, Portugal Jianhai Xiang, Institute of Oceanology, China SANKARE Yacouba, Centre de Reserches Oceanologiques, Cote D'Ivoire

74 Patricia Yager, University of Georgia, United States Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Japan Agency for Earth Sciences and Technology, Japan Kristen Yarincik, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, United States Zulfigar Yasin, University of Malaysia, Malaysia Charles Yentsch, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, United States Kedong Yin, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, China Dana Yoerger Mary Yoklavich, Soutwest Fisheries Science Center, United States Robbie Young, Harvard University, United States Nina Young, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Craig Young, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, United States Sharon Young, The Humane Society of the United State, United States Paulo Young, UniversidadeFederal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil Richard Young, University of Hawaii , ,, United States Marsh Youngbluth, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution,, United States Alexei Yurchenko, European University at St. Petersburg, Russia Vladimir Zabavnikov, Polar Res. Inst. Of Marine Fisheries & Oceanography, Russia Andrew Zacharek, Department of the Environment , Water , Heritage and the Arts, Australia Manell Zakharia, CPE Lyon, France Gholam Zarshenas, Iranian Fisheries Organization, Iran Daria Zasko, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Krzysztof Zdzitowiecki, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Jonathan P. Zehr, University of California Santa Cruz, United States Louis Zeidberg, Stanford University, United States Wolfgang Zeidler, South Australian Museum, Australia Julia Zekely, University of Vienna, Austria Kevin Zelinio, Pennsylvania State University, United States Daniela Zeppilli, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy O. Zezina, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russia Zhinan Zhang, Ocean University of China, China Yunqing Zhang, Rutgers University, United States Xinsheng Zhang, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, United States Xianyong Zhao, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, China Shouyi Zheng, Institute of Oceanology, China Igor Zhirkov, Moscow State University, Russia Ming-jiang Zhou, Institute of Oceanology, China Qiulin Zhou, The Third Institute of Oceanography, China Mingyuan Zhu, The First Institute of Oceanography, China N. Zhuravleva, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

75 Sandra Zicus, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, Australia Ralitsa Zidarova, University of Sofia, Bulgaria Dan Zimble, Environmental Systems Research Institute, United States Dick Zimmer, University of California Los Angeles, United States Tim Zimmerman, University of California, Berkeley, United States Nur Zincur-Heywood, Dalhousie University, Canada Yonathon Zohar, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, United States Kees Zwanenburg, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada Katrin Zwirglmaier, British Antartic Survey, United Kingdom

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