Hobart

Seminar abstract

Wednesday 5 September 2007, 11.30am (Tas time)
CSIRO Auditorium, Hobart

Tony Koslow
Director
California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI)
University of California

The Silent Deep: The Discovery, Ecology and Conservation of the Deep Sea

Tony's book, The Silent Deep, charts the discovery and ecology of the deep sea’s major environments: the Lilliputian fauna of the deep seafloor, the seemingly bizarre life forms at mid-ocean depths; the profusion of life at hot vents, cold seeps and whale falls; and the coldwater corals and fisheries on seamounts and deepwater reefs. The book also examines human impacts on this global frontier: from dumping and pollution, mining, fisheries and climate change.  

The Silent Deep is a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the state of the deep ocean today: what is known and what isn’t at the frontier of deep ocean science; the impacts that humankind has had on the deep, and the issues to look out for in the coming years.

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Location:
CSIRO = Marine Laboratories Auditorium, Castray Esplanade, Hobart

For further information, or to schedule a seminar, contact:
To schedule a seminar, contact:
Karen Wild-Allen, (Oceanographic seminars) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (03) 6232 5010
Thomas Kunz, (Biological seminars) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
(03) 6232 5076
Jillian Enraght-Moony (seminar administrator) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (03) 6232 5456
Sandra Zicus, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC (03) 6226 7888
Margaret Hazelwood, Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies (IASOS) University of Tasmania (03) 6226 2971

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