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SMA 500, Autumn 2004
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UNIT 2. MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH The ocean is still a frontier with
much to be learned and discovered.
Ocean research and development raises many policy issues, including
access to areas within the EEZ of countries, environmental impacts, multiple
use conflicts, commercialization of resources, sharing technologies and
findings, shore based facilities, and others. This unit introduces some of the use activities and the
issues they raise. There is little
doubt that there will be an intensification of ocean exploration, research
and development as undersea communication and exploration technology
advances. There is strong public
interest in ocean exploration as well, such as real time ocean observation
conveyed directly to classrooms via the internet. Required Readings Broad, William J., 1997. The
Universe Below: Discovering the Secrets of the Deep Sea. New York: Touchstone. Read at least Chapters 1-3, 5 and
7. This book was the favorite of
many of the students in previous years.
A journalist tells the stories of ocean exploration starting with the
central role of the Navy and US Intelligence agencies (Chapt. 2), shifting
then to the black smokers (featuring UW’s John Delaney in Chapt. 3), the
Titanic, searching for sunken gold, the Monterey canyon and the important
role of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute with which Prof. Heath
was formerly associated (Chapt. 5), radioactive waste disposal and the
controversial ATOC experiment (Chapt. 7), and more. Excellent timeline, glossary, and bibliography. Guest Speakers Ross Heath, Dean Emeritus and
Professor of Oceanography, School of Oceanography, Adjunct Professor, School
of Marine Affairs, Quaternary Research Center. Scientific interests: Geochemistry of deep-sea sediments
and its application to paleoceanography, paleoclimatology, deep-sea
ferromanganese nodules and the interaction of radioactive wastes with
deep-sea sediments; cabled deep-sea observatories (NEPTUNE). David Armstrong, Director and
Professor, School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, University of
Washington. Professor Armstrong
has worked in conjunction with programs designed to predict possible
deleterious effects of development such as dredging, oil exploration, and
materials disposal on crustacean populations. He studies population dynamics
and production, spatial and temporal distribution, habitat requirements,
reproductive cycles, feeding strategies, energetic requirements, and toxicant
effects as gauged by some of these factors. Along the Washington coast and in
Puget Sound, Professor Armstrong has studied the importance of major coastal
estuaries to early juvenile stages of Dungeness crab, Cancer magister, that
enter as megalopae and metamorphoses on a variety of substrates. James (Jamie) Morison, Principal
Oceanographer, Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University
of Washington. Dr. Morison has
spent years researching the dynamics and thermodynamics of the upper layers
of the ocean, particularly ice covered seas, the planetary boundary layer,
convection, and internal waves, and spatial variability of turbulent heat and
salt flux. He is most well known
for his research on Arctic environmental change, and is a member of the NAS
Polar Research Board. John Delaney, Program Director of
project NEPTUNE, Professor of Oceanography at the University of Washington,
specializing in marine geology. As a marine geologist, Dr. Delaney’s research
focuses on the deep-sea vulcanism of the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the northeast
Pacific Ocean. He has served as chief scientist on more than 20 oceanographic
research cruises, many of which have included the Deep Submergence Vehicle
ALVIN. Other activities and honors include being named a Fellow of the
American Geophysical Union in 1995; development and launch of REVEL, a
program that provides middle- and high-school teachers with opportunities to
participate in sea-going research; and serving on the NASA committee planning
a mission to the icy moons of Jupiter.
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