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Marine Biologists Editorial Welcome to the Marine Biologist Systems, We Dream of a Digital Ocean Magazine Issue 5. October 2015 ISSN 2052-5273 The Marine The magazine of the Biologistmarine biological community Focus on Asia The Marine Biological Association of India The Unorthodox Whales of Sri Lanka Hope after the Japanese tsunami Plus Is marine management an oxymoron? The origin of nervous systems NE BIO RI LO A G M I C E Dreaming of a digital ocean A H L T A S N S O O C I AT I Est. 1884 Incorporated by Royal Charter 2013 A new species of jellyfish | Little-known giants of the plankton Guide to zooplankton | Young Marine Biologists Editorial Welcome to The Marine Biologist systems, we dream of a digital ocean magazine. We always strive to include and discover resources such as a new interesting and illuminating material plankton guide and an app to help from all over the world and in this ‘Asia tourists enjoy unfamiliar fish. Science edition’ we hear from marine biologists and politics is rarely a harmonious mix, in India, Sri Lanka and Japan – see particularly when it comes to marine Editorial Office below. protected areas. The practical and moral Marine biologists are a diverse case for the creation of large marine Editor Guy Baker community, but does our focus on one reserves in tropical shallow marine [email protected] realm mean we are more likely even habitats is made (p. 16), and we look +44 (0)1752 633244 than other scientists to stay in our salty at a new book which questions the ‘silo’? As Murray Roberts says on page efficacy of marine reserves as a fisheries Executive editor Matt Frost 39, describing the new Lyell Centre, management tool (Reviews, p. 36). [email protected] “we cannot do our best work as marine MBA members hail from many +44 (0)1752 633334 biologists in isolation”. Clearly, we need countries (currently 44), including Editorial Board Guy Baker, to maximize opportunities for collabo- India. I am delighted to hand this Kelvin Boot, Matt Frost, Paul ration at the boundaries of disciplines editorial over to the Secretary of the Rose, Mike Thorndyke. – a theme for a future edition, perhaps. the Marine Biological Association of Membership Alex Street Also in this edition: Pawel Burkhardt India (MBAI), Dr. K. Sunil Mohamed. [email protected] explores the origin of nervous +44 (0)1752 633253 www.mba.ac.uk/membership Correspondence The Marine Biological Association With 3 million Indians directly and indirectly dependent on marine fisheries, knowledge of marine biology of the seas around India is of the utmost importance. India accounts for less Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB, UK than 0.25 per cent of the world’s total coastline; however, 171 million people live in India’s The Marine Biologist is published by the Marine Biological Association, coastal districts (approximately 5 per cent of the world’s coastal population and 14 per cent Registered Charity No. 1155893 of India’s total population). Therefore, it is not surprising that these coastal zones are ISSN number: 2052-5273 witnessing increasing economic activity resulting in loss or degradation of critical marine habitats, overfishing and pollution, and the associated impacts on ecosystem services. On Submissions top of this, the coasts are adversely impacted by floods, cyclones and severe storms. We welcome submissions of original According to recent estimates by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, sea and relevant material, letters and responses to published articles. For levels in India are expected to rise at the rate of 2.4 mm a year, and by 2050, the total guidance, please see the magazine increase may displace thousands of coastal people. This combination of natural and human website at forces and the uncertainties involved in their origins and impacts presents a major challenge www.mba.ac.uk/marinebiologist to coastal people of India. or contact the Editor. Disclaimer: Views expressed In this scenario, the challenges in managing such complex ecosystems are enormous and in The Marine Biologist are there appear to be no ready answers. Looking to the future, the strength that India has in those of the authors and do not marine biology and allied sciences will stand her in good stead to minimize these impacts. necessarily represent those of the Another asset that India has is the high biodiversity in her seas (see p. 19) which is already Marine Biological Association. being targeted by researchers for novel drugs and chemicals. The high diversity in fished Copyright statement. Anyone wishing taxa and the inherently high regenerative capacity of tropical fish stocks may also be helping to reproduce material published in in sustaining India’s largely uncontrolled fisheries. Cross-learning from other developed and The Marine Biologist must contact the Marine Biological Association. developing nations with similar situations and problems must be a way forward. With advice from marine biologists, the Government of India has brought into force a NE BIO number of laws for the conservation of marine species and habitats. Indian marine scientists RI LO A G M I continue to bring evidence from the latest research to formulate new policies to help mitigate C E A H L human impacts and allow damaged ecosystems to recover. T A S N Dr. K. Sunil Mohamed, Secretary of the Marine Biological Association of India S O O C I ATI Est. 1884 Incorporated by Front cover: A flock of flesh-footed shearwaterArdenna ( carneipes) feeding on oil sardine in Royal Charter 2013 the southeast Arabian Sea. Image: R. Jeyabaskaran. Back cover: Making a comeback? The spiny lobster ( ), needle rock, Lundy, www.mba.ac.uk Palinurus elephas southwest England. Image: Keith Hiscock. 02 The Marine Biologist | October 2015 Contents Issue 5. October 2015 02 Editorial 04 In brief Science letters 06 The Unorthodox Whales of Sri Lanka Asha de Vos 09 A new species of jellyfish Jun Nikishawa 10 The origin of nervous systems Pawel Burkhardt Environment and conservation 13 A blueprint for sustainable fisheries Tom Pickerell 14 After the tsunami – a story of hope in Japan Bonnie Waycott 16 ‘Marine management’ – making an oxymoron more meaningful Charles Sheppard 19 Indian seas – a megadiversity hotspot N.R. Menon and N.G.K. Pillai of The Marine Biological Association of India 06 Sharing marine science 21 Dreaming of a digital ocean Emmanuel G. Reynaud, Eric Röttinger, Aldine R. Amiel, Noan Le Bescot, Luis Gutierrez-Heredia and Peter Flood. 24 A comprehensive guide to the marine zooplankton of southern Britain Kelvin Boot talks to Dave Conway 26 A new app for unfamiliar seafood Margarida Hermida 14 27 New guidance for offshore renewable energy installations Shaun Nicholson, Greg Tomlinson and Ross Hodson 28 Plymouth – a hub of activity for the study of marine life John Spicer 31 Young Marine Biologist: a new and popular way to join the MBA! Jack Sewell 31 Things I wish I’d known as an undergraduate Amy Wright 32 Little-known giants of the plankton Sinazo Mophlo and Mark J. Gibbons 19 34 Science advances for shark conservation David Sims 35 Reviews 38 An interview with Murray Roberts Image credits: Top: Asha de Vos. Middle: Sanriku Volunteer Divers. Bottom: Sunil Mohamed. October 2015 | The Marine Biologist 03 In brief The common sawfish,Pristis pristis. Image: David Morgan. Big, bizarre and seldom seen 6th August 2015. It promises improved canal in 1956, and prior to completion Sawfishes are perhaps one of the economic prospects for the country of this latest phase of development, most bizarre and fascinating of all marine but the ecological effects, in particular fluctuating salinity had limited introduc- animals. They can reach up to 7 metres in invasive species, may be less desirable. tions. Deepening of the canal is likely to length, making them amongst the largest Recognising this momentous occasion, open the door to deep-water species. fish in the oceans; they can live in both the Egyptian President reopened the fast- James Carlton, a specialist in marine marine and freshwater environments, est shipping route between Europe and bioinvasions with Williams College, and above all, their rostrum or ‘saw’ is a Asia with a lavish ceremony and a national Mystic, Connecticut, said “it is critical unique piece of biological engineering, holiday. The £5.3 billion project deepened that the Suez Canal has an environmental which enables them to detect and hunt the main waterway and dredged another impact statement, cooperation from their prey. Yet sawfishes went unnoticed 22 mile channel parallel to it. This will canal authorities, and early detec- for decades. Last year, they were brought effectively double the potential shipping tion and rapid response programmes sharply into the conservation spotlight traffic to an expected 97 ships a day by to mitigate potential invasions.” when the World Conservation Union 2023 as well as allowing larger ships to There is evidence that such measures (IUCN) highlighted that sawfishes were the navigate the route in both directions. and a precautionary approach are most endangered of all sharks and rays. However, it seems little has been needed to prevent further tropicaliza- The IUCN’s Global Sawfish Conservation done to consider the ecological con- tion of the Mediterranean. It is likely this Strategy also noted that, thanks to a sequences with an environmental risk body of evidence will grow as marine lack of research on sawfishes, we have assessment lacking entirely. A group of biologists study the impacts of the little idea of the areas they inhabit and 18 marine scientists published a warn- new canal in the coming decades. what their conservation status is in each ing in the academic journal Biological Emily Miles of those areas. Using the little informa- Invasions to challenge the Egyptian tion available, researchers believe that Government over the lack of sustainable Aquatic Biodiversity and sawfishes may now be extinct in at least management or mitigation for long- Ecosystems: Evolution, Interactions 20 of the 90 countries where they were term ecological consequences.
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