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Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the
Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects
LISTS OF MEMBERS OF WRITING TEAMS
AND LIST OF PEER REVIEWERS OF THE SECOND WORLD OCEAN
ASSESSMENT
PART 1: SUMMARY
CHAPTER 1: OVERALL SUMMARY This chapter will be prepared collectively by the Group of Experts of the Regular Process
PART 2: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2: APPROACH TO THE ASSESSMENT This chapter will be produced by a sub-group of the Group of Experts, with the help of the secretariat.
PART 3: DRIVERS OF CHANGES IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
Writing team for Chapter 3 CHAPTER 3 SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING
The importance of marine scientific research, and recent step-change
improvements in understanding the ocean.
NAME STATE1 AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Renison Ruwa Kenya Deputy Director, Kenya
Marine and Fisheries
Research Institute.
Contributor to Chapters 32 and 53
(Capacity-building), 36E (Indian
Ocean biodiversity) and 48
(Mangroves) of WOA I. PhD,
University of Florence, Italy.
Published on influence of
seasonality and bathymetry on
crustacea, mangroves, etc.
CO-LEAD MEMBERS Sanae Chiba Japan Senior Scientist, Japan
Agency for Marine-Earth
Science and Technology,
Tokyo
Ph.D. in aquatic bioscience, Tokyo
University of Fisheries, Japan.
Published on long-term marine
ecosystem change, plankton, etc.
Carlos Garcia-Soto Spain Director of International
Relations, Senior Scientist,
Spanish Institute of
Oceanography, Spain
Contributor to Chapter 4
(Hydrological cycle) of WOA I.
PhD in oceanography, University
of Southampton, England.
Published on ocean remote sensing,
North Atlantic Oscillation and
1 In this and the other tables “STATE” generally refers to the State that nominated the expert. Where it is
known that the State suggesting the expert is not the State of the expert’s nationality, that nationality is also
indicated. Where an intergovernmental organization has recommended an expert, the State specified is the State
that has accepted the suggestion.
2
plankton blooms, etc.
Enrique Marschoff Argentina Member of the Instituto
Antárctico Argentino,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Contributor to Chapters 11
(Capture fisheries), 15 (Social and
economic aspects of fisheries), 36B
(South Atlantic biodiversity), 36H
(Southern Ocean biodiversity) 46
(High-latitude ice), 54 (Overall
human impact) and 55 (Overall
value) of WOA I. Doctorate in
biological sciences, University of
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Published
on Southern Ocean fisheries,
Southern elephant-seal, etc.
Jörn Schmidt Germany Christian-Albrechts-
Universität zu Kiel Kiel,
Germany
PhD, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean
Research Kiel Germany.
Published on socio-ecological
trade-offs in fisheries, integrated
ecosystem assessments.
Tymon Zielinski Poland Professor, Institute of
Oceanology, Polish
Academy of Science,
Sopot, Poland
PhD in oceanography, University
of Gdańsk, Poland. Published on
air/sea interchange, marine
boundary layer, etc.
CONVENOR Bing Qiao China Vice-director of
Academic Committee and
Professor,
China Waterborne
Transport Research
Institute
Registered Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA) Engineer in
China, Expert group member of
Chinese scientific project of
Marine Environmental Safety
(ENSURE).
MEMBERS Mohammad
Zahedur Rahman
Chowdhury
Bangladesh Director and Associate
Professor,
Institute of Marine
Sciences and Fisheries,
University of Chittagong
Chittagong, Bangladesh
PhD. in fisheries oceanography,
University of Chittagong.
Published on sea surface
temperature in the Bay of Bengal,
and on fisheries resilience, etc.
Kedong Yin China Professor, School of
Marine Sciences Sun Yat-
Sen (Zhongshan)
University, Guangzhou
PhD, University of British
Columbia, Canada. Published on
dynamics of nutrients,
phytoplankton biomass, etc.
Antonio di Natale Italy Secretary General of the
Genoa Aquarium
Foundation, Italy
PhD, University of Messina, Italy.
Published on tuna and swordfish,
etc.
Chang Ik Zhang Republic of
Korea
Professor, Pukyong
National University,
Busan, Korea
PhD, University of Washington,
WA, USA. Published on fish stock
propagation, impact of climate
change on fisheries.
Colin Moffat United
Kingdom
Chief Scientific Advisor
Marine, Marine Scotland,
Scottish Government,
Scotland
PhD, University of Aberdeen,
Scotland. Published on pilot
whales, agricultural chemicals and
the marine environment, trophic
transfer through food webs, oil
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spills, etc.
Paulo Antunes
Horta Junior
Brazil Associate Professor
Laboratório de Ficologia,
Departamento de
Botânica, Centro de
Ciências Biológicas
Universidade Federal de
Santa Catarina, Brasil
PhD, São Paulo University.
Published on the role of
Ecological/Oceanographic
Processes and Implications to
Marine Forest Conservation,
Structural and physiological
responses of Halodule wrightii to
ocean acidification, and on
Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Hoinsoude
Segniagbeto
Togo Associate Professor at the
Department of Zoology
and Animal Biology,
Faculty of Sciences,
University of Lomé
PhD in zoological systematic,
University of Lomé, Togo.
Bi Tra Boniface
Nene Cote d'Ivoire Head of the Mapping and
Offshore Environment
Department at Ministry of
Petroleum, Energy and
Renewable Energies
Master in Geographic Information
System (GIS), Institut des
Sciences et Industries du Vivant et
de l'Environnement, Paris.
Petroleum Engineer, Institut
National Polytechnique Félix
Houphouet Boigny,
Yamoussoukro,
Côte d’Ivoire
Jocelyne Mpemba
Kazadi
Democratic
Republic of
Congo
Head Officer in the Water
Resource Directorate,
Ministry of Environment
and Sustainable
Development, Kinshasa
Recent publications include on
Integrating Biosecurity for a
Successful Shift from Subsistence
to Sustainable aquaculture,
National Action Plan for DR
Congo Coastal Area. Also an
active member of the team who
developed the Congolese coastal
area assessment for the 2010
Coastal National Action Plan.
Carlos Francisco
Andrade Brazil Adjunct Professor at
Universidade Federal do
Rio Grande, Brazil
PhD in physical, chemical and
geological oceanography,
Universidade Federal do Rio
Grande, Brazil. Published on
groundwater discharge, trace
elements in seaweed, etc.
Sekou Tidiane
Bangoura
Guinea Head of Sea Physic
Laboratory, Conakry,
Guinea
Master of Engineering Degree in
Environmental Science, China
University of Geosciences
(Wuhan), China; Master of
Science in Molecular Chemistry,
university of Conakry, Guinea.
Specialized in Physical
oceanography, and GIS
technology and method to assess
environmental problems from land
use/cover changes.
PEER REVIEWERS
Chaolun Li China Professor, Deputy Director
of Institute of Oceanology,
PhD in marine biology, Institute of
Oceanology, Chinese Academy of
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Chinese Academy of
Sciences. No.7 Nanhai
Road, Qingdao, China
Sciences (IOCAS). Conducted
studies on marine ecology,
including zooplankton population
dynamics, zooplankton ecology in
the polar regions, ecological
disasters (green tide and jellyfish
bloom) in China coastal waters, the
deep sea ecosystem, the polar sea
ecosystem, etc.
Alexander Turra Brazil Professor, Oceanographic
Institute, University of São
Paulo, Brazil
Ph.D., Campinas University,
Brazil. Published on beach
ecology, marine debris, crabs,
clams, etc.
Writing team for Chapter 4 CHAPTER 4 DRIVERS
Developments in human population (especially populations in coastal areas);
development aspirations: food security and food safety; resource use (including
demand for metals and hydrocarbons and the use of marine genetic resources);
energy, transport; leisure and recreation.
NAME STATE AFFILIATION OTHER RELEVANT
EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Renison Ruwa Kenya Deputy Director, Kenya
Marine and Fisheries
Research Institute.
Contributor to Chapters 32 and 53
(Capacity-building), 36E (Indian
Ocean biodiversity) and 48
(Mangroves) of WOA I. PhD,
University of Florence, Italy.
Published on influence of
seasonality and bathymetry on
crustacea, mangroves, etc.
CO-LEAD MEMBERS Osman Keh
Kamara
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Ambassador
to Ethiopia and Permanent
Representative to the
African Union
Contributor to Chapters 17
(Shipping) and 32 and 53 (Capacity
Building) of WOA I. Graduate of
University of Sierra Leone and
Columbia University, New York,
Post-Graduate Diploma (Rhodes
Academy of Ocean Law and
Policy, Greece).
Jörn Schmidt Germany Christian-Albrechts-
Universität zu Kiel Kiel,
Germany
PhD, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean
Research Kiel Germany.
Published on socio-ecological
trade-offs in fisheries, integrated
ecosystem assessments.
CONVENOR Chang Ik Zhang Republic of
Korea
Professor, Pukyong
National University,
Busan, Korea
PhD, University of Washington,
WA, USA. Published on fish
stock propagation, impact of
climate change on fisheries.
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MEMBERS Andrew Johnson United Kingdom Scripps Institution of
Oceanography,
California, USA, and
Marfisheco consultancy
PhD, Bangor University, UK.
Published on small-scale fisheries,
effects of bottom trawling, etc.
Thomas
Therriault
Canada Pacific Biological Station,
Department of Fisheries
and Oceans Canada,
British Columbia
Convenor of the writing team for
Chapter 36C (North Pacific
Biodiversity), WOA I.
Published on invasive species, etc.
Ben S. Malayang
III
Philippines Institute of Environmental
and Marine Sciences,
Silliman University
PhD (Wildland Resource Science),
Department of Forestry and
Environmental Management,
University of California at
Berkeley.
Published on Environmental
Science, Ecosystem Assessments
and Valuation
PEER REVIEWERS
Sir Robert Watson United Kingdom
of Great Britain
and Northern
Ireland
Former Chair of the
IPBES Global Assessment
Former Chief Scientist of the UK
Department of the Environment.
Patricio Bernal Chile Former Executive
Secretary, UNESCO
Intergovernmental
Oceanographic
Commission
Lead Member and Convenor,
Chapter 3 (Scientific understanding
of ecosystem services), WOA I.
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PART 4: CURRENT STATE OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND
ITS TRENDS
Writing team for Chapter 5 CHAPTER 5 OCEAN PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL STATE
(a)Sea temperature; (b)Sea level; (c)Salinity; (d)Ocean circulation; (e)Sea ice;
(f)Ocean chemistry; (g)Dissolved oxygen.
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Carlos Garcia-
Soto
Spain Director of International
Relations, Senior
Scientist, Spanish
Institute of
Oceanography, Spain
Contributor to Chapter 4
(Hydrological cycle) of WOA I.
PhD in oceanography, University
of Southampton, England.
Published on ocean remote sensing,
North Atlantic Oscillation and
plankton blooms, etc.
CO-LEAD MEMBERS Tymon Zielinski Poland Professor, Institute of
Oceanology, Polish
Academy of Science,
Sopot, Poland
PhD in oceanography, University
of Gdańsk, Poland. Published on
air/sea interchange, marine
boundary layer, etc.
Karen Evans Australia Principal Research
Scientist and Team
Leader, Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation,
Australia
PhD, University of Tasmania,
Australia. Published on marine top
predators (mammals, birds, fish),
climate impacts and large scale
biodiversity assessments.
Juying Wang China Head of Marine
Chemistry Division,
National Marine
Environment Monitoring
Centre, Dalian, China
Contributor to Chapters 20 (Land-
based inputs), 24 (Solid waste) and
25 (Marine debris) of WOA I. PhD
in marine chemistry, Ocean
University of China, Chingdao,
China. Published on microplastics,
aragonite saturation, etc.
CONVENOR Carlos Garcia-
Soto
Spain Director of International
Relations, Senior
Scientist, Spanish
Institute of
Oceanography, Spain
Contributor to Chapter 4
(Hydrological cycle) of WOA I.
PhD in oceanography, University
of Southampton, England.
Published on ocean remote sensing,
North Atlantic Oscillation and
plankton blooms, etc.
MEMBERS Lijing Cheng
(Sea Temperature)
China International Center for
Climate and
Environment Sciences,
Institute of Atmospheric
Physics, Chinese
Academy of Sciences,
Beijing 100029, China
PhD, Institute of Atmospheric
Physics, Chinese Academy of
Sciences. Author in IPCC Report
on Oceans and Cryosphere.
Anny Cazenave
(Sea Level)
France Director Laboratoire
d´Etudes en
Géophysique et
PhD in Geophysics (Rotation of
the Earth), University of Toulouse.
Cited in IPCC Special Report on
7
Oceanographie Spatiales
(LEGOS)
Oceans and Cryosphere.
Levke Caesar
(Ocean
Circulation)
Germany Potsdam Institute for
Climate Impact
Research (PIK),
Potsdam, Germany
Master of Science (Physics),
University of Potsdam, Germany.
Published on North Atlantic
meridional overturning circulation,
European rainfall and temperature,
etc. Cited in IPCC Special Report
on Oceans and Cryosphere.
Libby Jewett
(Ocean
Chemistry)
United States Founding Director of
the Ocean Acidification
Program, National
Oceanic and
Atmospheric and
Administration, USA
PhD in marine biology, University
of Maryland, USA. Co-Chair of
the Global Ocean Acidification
Observing Network. Coordinating
Lead Author for Oceans Chapter,
Fourth USA National Climate
Assessment.
Ignatius Rigor United States Senior Principal
Research Scientist,
Polar Science Center,
Applied Physics
Laboratory University
of Washington, United
States
PhD in Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Washington, United
States.
Sunke Schmidtko
(Dissolved
oxygen)
Germany GEOMAR Helmholtz
Centre for Ocean
Research, Kiel,
Germany
Doctorate, University of Kiel,
Germany. Cited in IPCC Report
on Oceans and Cryosphere.
David Halpern
(General aspects)
United States Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, La Jolla,
California, USA
PhD, Physical Oceanography,
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, USA. Published on
upwelling dynamics in the
southeast Pacific Ocean and along
the equator, large-scale ocean-
atmosphere interactions in the
southeast Pacific Ocean, etc.
Paul Durack Australia Research Scientist
Program for Climate
Model Diagnosis and
Intercomparison
Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory,
United States
PhD in Physical Oceanography,
University of Tasmania, Australia
Alicia Cheripka United States International Fellow,
NOAA Ocean
Acidification Program.
United States
Masters of Science in Marine
Biology, University of North
Carolina-Wilmington, Bachelors
of Science in Marine Science,
University of South Carolina,
United States
Sung Yong Kim Republic of
Korea
Assistant Professor,
Korea Advanced
Institute of Science and
Technology (KAIST),
Daejeon
PhD, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography. Expertise in
physical oceanography and applied
ocean science in terms of coastal
and ocean processes at the
mesoscale and submesoscale.
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Guancheng Li China International Center for
Climate and
Environment Sciences
Institute of Atmospheric
Physics, Chinese
Academy of Sciences,
China
PhD candidate, Institute of
Atmospheric Physics, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, specialized
in Meteorology. Expertise in
understanding the climate change
and climate variability based on
the observations and ensemble
models: ocean salinity variability
(i.e. related to IPO, ENSO);
freshwater content changes; Ocean
stratification changes, Ocean
observations (temperature and
salinity): reconstruction of the
high-resolution data; Objective
analysis.
PEER REVIEWERS
Bronte Tilbrook Australia Senior Principal
Research Scientist,
CSIRO Oceans and
Atmosphere and
Antarctic Climate and
Ecosystems Co-operative
Research Centre,
Tasmania, Australia
Ph.D., University of Hawai’i.
Published on global carbon budget,
ocean acidification, etc.
Jae Hak Lee Republic of Korea Member, Ocean
Circulation and Climate
Research Center, Korea
Institute of Ocean
Science and Technology,
Busan, Republic of
Korea
Ph.D., University of Washington.
Published on Antarctic currents,
north-west Pacific circulation.
Writing teams for Chapter 6 CHAPTER 6 BIOTA DIVERSITY
Trends in the biodiversity of main taxa of marine biota. Biodiversity of taxa will be
described in terms of abundance, distribution, productivity and diversity within the
taxon.
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Chul Park Korea (Republic
of)
Chair of the North
Pacific Marine Science
Organisation (PICES),
Professor of
Oceanography and
Ocean Environmental
Sciences, Chungnam
National University,
Daejon, Republic of
Korea
Contributor to Chapters 6 (Primary
production and plankton), 36C
(North Pacific biodiversity) of WOA
I. PhD in Oceanography, Texas
A&M University, USA. Published
on zooplankton distribution,
phytoplankton dynamics, etc.
CO-LEAD MEMBERS Hilconida
Calumpong
Philippines Director, Institute of
Environmental and
Marine Sciences,
Contributor to Chapters 6 (Primary
production and plankton), 14
(Seaweeds), 47 (Kelp forests and
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Silliman University,
Philippines
seagrasses), and 48 (Mangroves) of
WOA I. PhD (major in Botany),
University of California, Berkeley.
Published on mangroves, seagrasses,
algae, invertebrates, coastal resource
management, etc.
Karen Evans
Australia Principal Research
Scientist and Team
Leader,
Commonwealth
Scientific and
Industrial Research
Organisation, Australia
PhD, University of Tasmania,
Australia. Published on marine top
predators (mammals, birds, fish),
climate impacts and large scale
biodiversity assessments.
Henn Ojaveer
(especially Chapter
6C)
Estonia Research Professor in
Marine Ecosystems,
University of Tartu,
Estonia.
PhD in ichthyology and fisheries,
University of Tartu, Estonia.
Published on invasive species,
biodiversity status of the Baltic, etc.
CHAPTER 6A PLANKTON
CONVENOR Thomas Malone United States Professor Emeritus,
Horn Point
Laboratory, Center for
Environmental
Science, University of
Maryland
Convenor of writing team for
Chapter 6 (Primary production and
plankton), WOA I.
MEMBERS Maurizio Azzaro Italy Research scientist
CNR - Institute for
Coastal Marine
Environment
Contributor to Chapters 6 (Primary
production and plankton) and 36H
(Southern Ocean), WOA I.
Published on Arctic and Antarctic
marine microbes, etc.
Russell Hopcroft Canada Professor, Institute of
Marine Science,
University of Alaska,
Fairbanks, AK, United
States
PhD, University of Guelph, Canada.
Contributor to Chapters 34 (Global
Patterns of Marine Biodiversity)
and 35 (Extent of Assessment) of
WOA I. Published on arctic
zooplankton, etc.
Kazuaki Tadokoro Japan Research scientist,
Tohoku National
Fisheries Research
Institute
PhD, University of Tokyo.
Published on phosphate variation in
North Pacific, etc.
Michael
Thorndyke
Sweden Professor, Department
of Biological and
Environmental
Sciences, University
of Gothenburg
Contributor to Chapters 3
(Scientific understanding) and 6
(Primary production and plankton),
WOA I. Published on impact of
acidification on marine organisms,
etc.
Sinjae Yoo Korea Research scientist
Korea Institute of
Ocean Science and
Technology
PhD, State University of New York.
Published on primary productivity
of North-West Pacific Large Marine
Ecosystems, remote sensing, etc.
PEER REVIEWERS
George Wiafe Ghana Director of the Marine Ph.D., University of Ghana.
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Centre of the
Economic Community
of West African States,
Accra, Ghana
Published on Guinea Current
biomass, monitoring Guinea Current,
etc.
Gustavo Ferreyra Argentina Director, Austral
Centre for Scientific
Research, Ushuaia,
Argentina
Ph.D. in oceanography, University
of Quebec, Canada. Published on
primary production in western
Antarctic, Antarctic phytoplankton,
etc
Maria Tapia Ecuador Researcher,
Oceanographic
Institute of the
Ecuadorian Navy,
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Ph.D. in Biological Science,
University of Guayaquil. Published
on plankton in South East Pacific,
etc
Christian M.
Naranjo
Ecuador Researcher,
Oceanographic
Institute of the
Ecuadorian Navy,
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Ph.D. in Biological Science,
University of Guayaquil. Published
on plankton in South East Pacific,
etc
CHAPTER 6B MARINE INVERTEBRATES
CONVENOR Lis Lindal
Jørgensen
Norway Senior Scientist,
Research Group of
Ecosystem Processes,
Institute of Marine
Research in Norway
DSc on benthic fauna, University of
Bergen. Published on Arctic
macrobenthos, etc.
MEMBERS Rachel Przelawski Australia Senior Benthic
Ecologist, Geoscience
Australia
PhD, University of Wollongong.
Published on marine seismic
surveys and sponge biodiversity,
etc.
Jake Rice Canada Chief Scientist
Emeritus, Department
of Fisheries and
Oceans, Canada
Editor of Part VI (Biodiversity) of
WOA I.
Christos
Arvanitidis
Greece Institute of Marine
Biology,
Biotechnology and
Aquaculture
Thalassokosmos,
Heraklion, Greece
PhD, University of Thessaloniki on
Aegean polychaeta. Published on
effects of tourism on benthos,
marine leeches, etc.
Alan Deidun Malta University of Malta;
International Ocean
Institute, Malta
PhD, University of Malta. Published
on invasive species, jellyfish,
beached litter, etc.
Malcolm Ross
Clark
New Zealand Principal Scientist
(Fisheries), National
Institute of Water &
Atmospheric
Research, New
Zealand
PhD, University of Wellington.
Contributor to Chapters 34 (Global
patterns of biodiversity), 35 (Extent
of biodiversity assessment) and 36F
(Open Ocean Deep Sea) of WOA I.
Member of Technical Committee of
International Seabed Authority.
Published on deep-sea mining,
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seamounts, etc.
Ana Cristina
Martins de Jesus
Portugal Marine Evidence
Manager, Joint Nature
Conservation
Committee,
Peterborough,
England
MSc in Marine Biology, University
of the Algarve. Published on marine
benthic monitoring, etc.
Silvana N. R.
Birchenough
United Kingdom Centre for
Environmental,
Fisheries and Aquatic
Science, Lowestoft,
United Kingdom
Chair of the ICES Benthic Ecology
Working Group.
Carmen Mifsud Malta Environment and
Resources Authority,
Malta
Co-Chair of the Regular Process
regional Workshop, Valetta, August
2018. MSc in marine biology,
University of Malta. Published on
marine turtles, Mediterranean
marine ecology, etc.
Marina Cunha Portugal Assistant Professor,
Centro de Estudos do
Ambiente e do Mar,
University of Aveiro,
Portugal
PhD, University of Aveiro.
Published on hydrothermal vents
and hydrocarbon seeps, etc.
Paul Snelgrove Canada Professor, Department
of Ocean Sciences and
Biology Department
Memorial University
of Newfoundland, St.
John’s, Canada
PhD in Biological Oceanography,
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology/Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution
(MIT/WHOI) Joint Program in
Oceanography.
Judith Gobin Trinidad and
Tobago Marine Biologist, University of the
West Indies, St. Augustine,
Trinidad and Tobago
PhD in Marine Biology with
environmental and ecological
experience in the marine and
coastal areas of Trinidad and
Tobago. Researcher and co-author
in the first Global Census of
Marine Life with the NAGISA
(rocky shore) Caribbean project
Md. M. Maruf
Hossain
Bangladesh Professor, Institute of
Marine Sciences and
Fisheries, University
of Chittagong,
Bangladesh
PhD in Benthic Ecology; Marine
Invasive species; Marine and
Coastal Ecosystem Based
Management.
Nguyen Khac Bat Viet Nam Director,
Research Institute for
Marine Fisheries,
Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural
Development
PhD in Marine Science, Tokyo
University of Marine Science and
Technology. Published on fish stock
assessment, squid, bycatch, etc
Igor Cristino Silva
Cruz
Brazil Assistant professor of
biological
oceanography at
Oceanography
Department on
PhD in benthic ecology, University
of Rio de Janeiro State, Sea area:
The South Atlantic Ocean and the
Wider Caribbean.
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Federal University of
Bahia, Rua Barão de
Jeremoabo, Brazil
Natalia Strelkova Russia Deputy head of
laboratory, Polar
Research Institute of
Marine Fisheries and
Oceanography,
Murmansk, Russian
Federation
PhD in arctic benthic ecology,
biology and taxonomy. Published
on large scale patterns and trends in
Barents Sea benthos.
Leen Vandepitte Belgium Senior scientist and
project leader, Data
Centre Flanders
Marine Institute
(VLIZ),
Oostende, Belgium
Project manager at the Flanders
Marine Institute (VLIZ); Data
manager of the European Ocean
Biogeographic Information System
(EurOBIS); Data manager of the
World Register of Marine Species
(WoRMS).
Lennert Schepers Belgium Science officer, Data
Centre Flanders
Marine Institute
(VLIZ)
Oostende, Belgium
Ph.D. in Marine science, University
of Antwerp. Specialized in Spatial
patterns and bio-geomorphological
effects of vegetation loss in a
submerging coastal marsh.
PEER REVIEWERS
Wenqian Cai People’s Republic
of China
Researcher, Chinese
Research Academy of
Environmental
Sciences, Beijing,
China
Ph.D. in Ecology, University of
Beijing Normal University, China.
Published on benthic health of Bohai
Sea, benthic ecological quality, etc.
Thomas G.
Dahlgren
Sweden Researcher, University
of Gothenburg,
Sweden
Researcher, University of
Gothenburg, Sweden
CHAPTER 6C FISH
CONVENOR Thomas J. Webb United Kingdom Lecturer, Animal and
Plant Sciences,
University of
Sheffield
Published on large-scale patterns
and trends in marine biodiversity,
climate-change impact on fisheries,
etc.
MEMBERS Bat, Nguyen Khac Viet Nam Director of the
Research Institute for
Marine Fisheries,
Marine Research
Institute
Doctorate in Marine Science, Tokyo
University of Marine Science and
Technology. Published on fish
stock assessment, squid, bycatch,
etc
Burcu Bilgin
Topcu
Turkey European Union
Expert, Ministry of
Food, Agriculture and
Livestock, General
Directorate of
Fisheries and
Aquaculture
PhD in fisheries, Ankara University.
Published on management of tuna
and swordfish, fisheries discards,
etc.
Fernanda De
Oliveira Lana
Brazil Post-Doctoral Student
in Marine Biology and
Coastal Environments,
PhD in fisheries, Federal Rural
University of Pernambuco.
Published on sharks and other
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Federal Fluminense
University, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil
elasmobranchs, etc.
Hazel Oxenford Barbados Professor, Centre for
Resource
Management and
Environmental
Studies, The
University of the West
Indies at Cave Hill,
Barbados
PhD on dolphinfish, University of
West Indies. Contributor to Chapter
36A (North Atlantic biodiversity) of
WOA I. Published on climate-
change impacts on fish, fisheries
impacts on reef fish, etc.
Maria Jose Juan-
Jordá
Spain Postdoctoral
Researcher, AZTI
Innovation Centre for
marine and food
technology, Basque
Country, Spain
PhD in marine biology, University
of A Coruna, Spain. Published on
fisheries impact on biodiversity, etc.
Contributor to Chapter 41 (Tuna
and billfish) in WOA I.
Michael
Thorndyke
Sweden Professor Emeritus,
The Linnaeus Centre
for Marine
Evolutionary Biology,
University of
Gothenburg
Contributor to Chapters 3
(Scientific understanding) and 6
(Primary production and plankton),
WOA I. Published on impact of
acidification on marine organisms,
etc. Holds Linnaeus Gold Medal
from the Royal Swedish Academy
of Science.
Mudjekeewis D.
Santos
Philippines Scientist, National
Fisheries Research
and Development
Institute, Philippines
PhD in Applied Marine
Biosciences, Tokyo University of
Marine Science and Technology.
Published on fisheries resources,
tuna, giant clams, etc.
Tracey T. Sutton United States Associate Professor,
Department of Marine
and Environmental
Sciences, Nova
Southeastern
University, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida,
United States
PhD, University of South Florida.
Contributor to Chapter 36F (Open
Ocean Deep Sea) of WOA I.
Published on deep-sea ecology,
mesopelagic zone, etc.
V.N. Sanjeevan India Centre for Marine
Living Resources and
Ecology, Kochi,
Kerala, India
Contributor to Chapter 13 (Fish
stock propagation) in WOA I.
Published on Indian Ocean fish,
echinoderms, etc.
Francisco
Navarrete-Mier
Ecuador Professor, Marine
Sciences Faculty,
University Laica Eloy
Alfaro de Manabí,
Manta, Ecuador
PhD, University of Murcia, Spain.
Published on ocean acidification
and fisheries, impacts of
aquaculture, etc.
Hiroyuki
Motomura
Japan Professor, Director,
The Kagoshima
University Museum,
Japan
PhD, Kagoshima University.
Managed the Indo-Pacific Fish
Conference (held every four years)
as an International Steering
Committee member for 14 years
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Organized for Integrative
Approaches in Understanding Fish
Diversity: Morphology,
Systematics, Taxonomy and
Biogeography at Indo-Pacific Fish
Conference in Tahiti
International Organizing Committee
member for First CCore-RENSEA
Seminar on Coastal Ecosystems in
Southeast Asia at Universiti Putra
Malaysia, Serdang. Specialized in
fish diversity in the Indo-Pacific
region, including the North Pacific
Ocean.
Clive Roberts New Zealand Research Fellow,
Museum of New
Zealand Te Papa
Tongarewa, New
Zealand
Ph.D. in Zoology, Victoria
University of Wellington, New
Zealand. Expert on taxonomy and
anatomy of NZ fishes (hagfishes to
billfishes), and in particular
identification and description of
Australasian teleosts, basal
perciforms, and fish scale
morphology. Specialisation in
systematics, species discovery,
faunal diversity survey, and
biodiversity patterns of southwest
Pacific fishes.
PEER REVIEWERS
Myriam Lteif Lebanon Researcher, National
Centre for Marine
Sciences, Batroun,
Lebanon
Ph.D. in oceanography, University
of Perpignan, France. Published on
shark population biology,
elasmobranch species, etc.
Joanne Morgan Canada Senior Scientist,
Fisheries and Oceans
Canada,
Newfoundland, Canada
Ph.D., Queen’s University at
Kingston. Published on cod
populations, biological realism in
fisheries science, etc.
CHAPTER 6D MARINE MAMMALS
CONVENOR David Lusseau France University of
Aberdeen, Scotland,
United Kingdom
PhD, University of Otago, New
Zealand. Published on marine
mammal tourism, disturbance to
marine mammals, etc.
MEMBERS Iryna Makarenko Ukraine Black Sea
Commission
Secretariat, Istanbul,
Turkey
MSc, Catholic University of
Leuven, Belgium. Published on
assessment of Black Sea marine
living resources, etc.
Luciano Dalla
Rosa
Brazil Institute of
Oceanography,
Universidade Federal
do Rio Grande, Brazil
PhD, University of British
Colombia, Canada. Published on
marine mammal spatial ecology and
movements.
Marta Soeffker United Kingdom
(Germany)
Centre for
Environmental,
PhD, University of Exeter,
United Kingdom. Published on
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Fisheries and Aquatic
Science, Lowestoft,
and University of East
Anglia, Norwich,
United Kingdom
interactions between fisheries and
marine mammals.
Mette Skern-
Mauritzen
Norway
Institute of Marine
Research, Bergen,
Norway
PhD, University of Oslo, Norway.
Published on distribution of marine
mammals particularly in relation to
trophodynamics.
Andre Silva
Barreto
Brazil Universidade do Vale
do Itajai, Santa
Catarina, Brazil
PhD, Federal University of Rio
Grande, Brazil. Published on
taxonomy and distribution of
marine mammals.
PEER REVIEWERS
Trevor Branch United States of
America
Associate Professor,
School of Aquatic and
Fishery Sciences,
University of
Washington, Seattle,
United States
Ph.D. in aquatic and fishery
sciences, University of Washington,
United States. Published on global
trends in fishery status, North Pacific
blue whales and shipping, etc.
Eduardo R. Secchi Brazil Professor of Marine
Megafauna Ecology
and Conservation,
Institute of
Oceanography Federal
University of Rio
Grande, Brazil
Ph.D., University of Otago, New
Zealand. Published on bottlenose
dolphins, marine mammal
strandings, etc.
CHAPTER 6E MARINE REPTILES
CONVENOR Qamar Schuyler Australia Commonwealth
Scientific and
Industrial Research
Organization Oceans
and Atmosphere,
Australia
PhD, University of Queensland,
Australia. Published on impacts of
marine debris on sea turtles.
MEMBERS Andre Silva
Barreto
Brazil Universidade do Vale
do Itajai, Itajai, Brazil
PhD, Federal University of Rio
Grande, Brazil. Coordinates sea
turtle stranding network.
Gabriel Hoinsoude
Segniagbeto
Togo University of Lome,
Lome, Togo
PhD, Musée National d’Histoire
naturelle, France. Published on
distribution and ecology of sea
turtles and trade in live reptiles.
Carmen Mifsud
Malta Environment
Protection Directorate
Mepa, Floriana, Malta
MSc, University of Malta, Malta.
Member of IUCN Marine Turtle
Specialist Group.
Vinay Udyawer Australia Australian Institute of
Marine Science,
Darwin, Australia
PhD, James Cook University,
Australia. Published on distribution,
movements and reproductive
ecology of sea snakes.
Maximillian
Hirschfeld
Germany Associated
Researcher,
Galapagos Science
Master of Science in Tropical
Ecology, Universidad San Francisco
de Quito, Ecuador. Specialized in
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Center SICEM:
Science Integrated
Coastal Ecosystem
Management
College of Science
and Engineering
The Science Place
James Cook
University
habitat use and movement patterns
of juvenile and neonate blacktip
sharks and sea snakes.
PEER REVIEWERS
Maria Angela
Marcovaldi
Brazil National Coordinator
of the Brazilian Marine
Turtle Conservation
Project, TAMAR
Regional Vice-Chair of the South-
West Atlantic Regional Group of the
IUCN Sea Turtle Group.
Bryan Wallace United States of
America
Senior scientist with
Conservation Science
Partners, Adjunct
Assistant Professor in
the Nicholas School of
the Environment, Duke
University, United
States
Bryan Wallace
Honghui Huang
China Research Professor
and Director of
Fishery Environment
Research Division,
South China Sea
Fisheries Research
Institute, Chinese
Academy of Fishery
Sciences
Ph.D. in marine biology, South
China Sea Institute of Oceanology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
(CAS). Experience in monitoring &
assessment on marine fishery eco-
environment, coastal ecosystem
health assessment, fisheries habitat
and marine biodiversity
conservation, ecosystem–based
mariculture eco-environmental
control and, bioremediation
CHAPTER 6F SEABIRDS
CONVENOR Martin Cryer New Zealand Principal Fisheries
Adviser, Ministry for
Primary Industries,
New Zealand
Contributor to Chapter 36D (South
Pacific) of WOA I. PhD, University
of East Anglia, England. Published
on spatial management, orange
roughy stocks, etc.
MEMBER Ross McLeod
Wanless
South Africa
Birdlife International,
Johannesburg, South
Africa
Contributor to Chapter 38
(Seabirds) of WOA I. PhD,
University of Cape Town.
Published on albatrosses and
petrels, long-line pelagic fisheries,
etc.
Maria Dias Portugal Senior Marine Science
Officer, BirdLife
International
PhD in Ecology; University of
Lisbon, Portugal. Main scientific
areas: Ornithology; Conservation
Biology; Marine Ecology; Animal
Migration; Estuarine Ecology;
Geographic Information Systems.
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Cleo Small United Kingdom Head of BirdLife
International Marine
Programme
PhD in Biology on spatial
distribution of breeding wading
birds in relation to agriculture,
Lancaster University, United
Kingdom.
Graeme Taylor New Zealand Department of
Conservation, New
Zealand
MSc, published on a range of
seabirds and conservation
management
Igor Debski New Zealand Department of
Conservation, New
Zealand
Head of delegation to the
Agreement on the Conservation of
Albatrosses and Petrels, published
on a range of seabirds and
conservation management
Carolina Hazin United Kingdom Global Marine Policy
Officer, Birdlife
International
MSc on seabirds, represents Birdlife
International at the High Seas
Alliance
PEER REVIEWERS
Marcelo Bertellotti
Argentina Principal Researcher,
National Council for
Scientific and
Technical Research,
Puerto Madryn,
Chubut, Argentina
Ph.D. in Biological Sciences,
National University of Patagonia
San Juan Bosco, Comodoro
Rivadavia, Argentina. Secretary of
Conservation and Protected Areas
of Chubut Province.
David Thompson
New Zealand Group Manager
Marine Megafauna
and Fish Biology
National Institute of
Water and
Atmospheric Research
Ltd,
New Zealand
Ph.D. in zoology, University of
Glasgow. Expertise in Seabird
biology, ecology and habitat use
through tracking technologies,
seabird fisheries interactions, stable
isotope applications in ecological
research.
Thomas Webb United Kingdom
of Great Britain
and Northern
Ireland
Lecturer in Marine
Ecology and
conservation
Department of Animal
& Plant Sciences,
University of
Sheffield, United
Kingdom
Ph.D. in Evolutionary causes and
consequences of rarity, University
of Sheffield. Published on large-
scale patterns and trends in marine
biodiversity, climate-change impact
on fisheries, etc.
CHAPTER 6G MARINE PLANTS
CONVENOR Hugh Kirkman Australia Professor, University
of Western Australia,
Perth, Australia
PhD, University of Western
Australia. Published on mangroves,
seagrasses, coastal biodiversity, etc.
MEMBERS Nahid Abdel
Rahim Osman
Sudan Associate Professor of
Phycology
Faculty of Marine
Science and
Fisheries, Red Sea
PhD in phycology, Khartoum
University. Published on
mangroves, Red Sea seaweeds, etc.
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University
Phillip Da Silva Guyana University of Guyana,
and Environmental
Management
Consultants,
Demarara, Guyana.
MSc in coastal management,
University of the West Indies.
Published on mangroves and coastal
zone management.
Franciane
Pellizzari
Brazil Professor, College of
Biological Science,
State University of
Paraná, Brazil
PhD in plant ecology, University of
Sao Paulo. Published on Antarctic
seaweeds, Brazilian marine algae,
etc.
Mario Soares Brazil State University of
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Contributor to Chapter 48
(Mangroves) of WOA I. Published
on mangroves, etc.
Carmen Mifsud Malta Environment and
Resources Authority,
Malta
Co-Chair of the Regular Process
regional Workshop, Valetta, August
2018. MSc in marine biology,
University of Malta. Published on
marine turtles, Mediterranean
marine ecology, etc.
Elizabeth Sinclair
Australia Senior Research
Fellow, School of
Biological Sciences,
The University of
Western Australia
PhD, the University of Western
Australia. Focus on using molecular
genetic data to address issues in
evolutionary biology for
biodiversity conservation and
management of threatened and
endangered species. conducting
seagrass-related research into
population genetics, dispersal and
connectivity, mating systems, and
restoration since 2008
PEER REVIEWERS
Peter Edwards
Jamaica Natural Resource
Economist at Lynker
Technologies, Silver
Spring, Maryland
Ph.D. on marine studies, University
of Delaware. Published on Coral
Reefs and People in a High-CO2
World, Jamaican ocean and coastal
policy, etc.
Alan Critchley United Kingdom
of Great Britain
and Northern
Ireland
Fellow, Verschuren
Centre for
Sustainability in
Energy and the
Environment, Cape
Breton University,
Nova Scotia, Canada
Ph.D., University of Portsmouth,
England. Published on algal
biomass, seaweed farming, etc.
CHAPTER 6H MACROALGAE
JOINT CONVENORS Hilconida
Calumpong
Philippines Director, Institute of
Environmental and
Marine Sciences,
Silliman University,
Contributor to Chapters 6 (Primary
production and plankton), 14
(Seaweeds), 47 (Kelp forests and
seagrasses), and 48 (Mangroves) of
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Philippines. WOA I. PhD (major in Botany),
University of California, Berkeley.
Published on mangroves, seagrasses,
algae, invertebrates, coastal resource
management, etc.
Nair Sumie
Yokoya
Brazil Instituto de Botânica
University of São
Paulo, Brazil
DSc, University of Sao Paulo.
Published on seaweed farming,
Antarctic seaweeds, etc.
MEMBERS Nahid Abdel
Rahim Osman
Sudan Associate Professor of
Phycology
Faculty of Marine
Science and
Fisheries, Red Sea
University
PhD in phycology, Khartoum
University. Published on
mangroves, Red Sea seaweeds, etc.
John A. West Australia Professorial Fellow,
School of Biosciences
2 University of
Melbourne
Australia
Main contributor to Chapter 14
(Seaweeds) of WOA I. Published on
(reproductive biology and molecular
(DNA) biology of marine algae, etc.
Paula Bontempi United States Manager, Ocean
Biology and
Biogeochemistry
Program, National
Aeronautics and
Space Administration,
United States
PhD, University of Rhode Island.
Published on remote sensing of
chlorophyll, red tides, etc.
Carmen Mifsud Malta Environment and
Resources Authority,
Malta
Co-Chair of the Regular Process
regional Workshop, Valetta, August
2018. MSc in marine biology,
University of Malta. Published on
marine turtles, Mediterranean
marine ecology, etc.
Hugh Kirkman Australia Professor, University
of Western Australia,
Perth, Australia
PhD, University of Western
Australia. Published on mangroves,
coastal biodiversity, etc.
PEER REVIEWERS
Alan Critchley United Kingdom
of Great Britain
and Northern
Ireland
Fellow, Verschuren
Centre for
Sustainability in
Energy and the
Environment, Cape
Breton University,
Nova Scotia, Canada
Ph.D., University of Portsmouth,
England. Published on algal
biomass, seaweed farming, etc.
Paulo Horta Filho
Brazil Associate Professor,
Departament of
Botany, Centre of
Biological Sciences,
Federal University of
Santa Catarina,
Florianópolis, Brazil
Ph.D., University of São Paulo,
Brazil. Published on dispersal of
kelps, effects of ocean warming,
eutrophication and acidification on
macroalgae, etc.
*to be merged with chapter 6G (Marine plants)
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Writing Team of Chapter 7 CHAPTER 7 HABITAT DIVERSITY
Trends in the state of biodiversity in marine habitats
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Hilconida
Calumpong
Philippines Director, Institute of
Environmental and
Marine Sciences,
Silliman University,
Philippines.
Contributor to Chapters 6 (Primary
production and plankton), 14
(Seaweeds), 47 (Kelp forests and
seagrasses), and 48 (Mangroves) of
WOA I. PhD (major in Botany),
University of California, Berkeley.
Published on mangroves, seagrasses,
algae, invertebrates, coastal resource
management, etc.
CO-LEAD MEMBERS Sanae Chiba
(especially for
Chapter 7R)
Japan Senior Scientist, Japan
Agency for Marine-
Earth Science and
Technology, Tokyo
Ph.D. in aquatic bioscience, Tokyo
University of Fisheries, Japan.
Published on long-term marine
ecosystem change, plankton, etc.
Karen Evans
(especially for
Chapters 7E, 7F
and 7M)
Australia Principal Research
Scientist and Team
Leader,
Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation,
Australia
PhD, University of Tasmania,
Australia. Published on marine top
predators (mammals, birds, fish),
climate impacts and large scale
biodiversity assessments.
Enrique Marschoff
(especially for
Chapter 7M)
Argentina Member of the Instituto
Antárctico Argentino,
Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Contributor to Chapters 11 (Capture
fisheries), 15 (Social and economic
aspects of fisheries), 36B (South
Atlantic biodiversity), 36H
(Southern Ocean biodiversity) 46
(High-latitude ice), 54 (Overall
human impact) and 55 (Overall
value) of WOA I. Doctorate in
biological sciences, University of
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Published
on Southern Ocean fisheries,
Southern elephant-seal, etc.
Renison Ruwa
(especially for
Chapter 7J)
Kenya Deputy Director,
Kenya Marine and
Fisheries Research
Institute.
Contributor to Chapters 32 and 53
(Capacity-building), 36E (Indian
Ocean biodiversity) and 48
(Mangroves) of WOA I. PhD,
University of Florence, Italy.
Published on influence of
seasonality and bathymetry on
crustacea, mangroves, etc.
Joshua T.
Tuhumwire
(especially for
Chapter 7B and 7N)
Uganda Chief Executive Officer
of Gondwana
Geoscience Consulting
Ltd.; Director /
Chairman of Sipa
Contributor to Chapters 1 (Planet,
Ocean and Life) 23 (Offshore
mining), and 26 (Land/Sea
interaction) of WOA I. B.Sc. (Hons.)
in chemistry and geology, Makerere
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Exploration Resources
(Uganda) Ltd;
Commissioner, Uganda
Department of
Geological Survey and
Mines (2001 to 2010).
Consultant to several
mineral exploration
projects in Uganda.
Member, Legal &
Technical Commission,
International Seabed
Authority
University, Uganda; M.Sc. in
geology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel,
Belgium. Several unpublished
geological reports during 30 years’
career at Uganda’s Geological
Survey & Mines.
CHAPTER 7A SAND AND MUD SUBSTRATES (SOFT BOTTOM) CONVENOR
Judith Gobin
Trinidad and
Tobago
Head and Senior
Lecturer, Department
of Zoology, University
of the West Indies, St.
Augustine Campus,
Trinidad.
PhD, University of Exeter, England.
Contributor to Chapter 35 (Extent of
Biodiversity Assessment) in WOA
I. Published on methane and oil
seeps, intertidal zones, etc.
MEMBERS José Souto Rosa
Filho
Brazil Professor, Benthic
Laboratory,
Department of
Oceanography, Federal
University of
Pernambuco, Brazil
PhD, Federal University of Rio
Grande. Published on estuaries,
Brazilian sandy beaches, etc.
Fahad Ibrahim
Oman Director, Aquaculture
Centre, Directorate
General of Fisheries
Research, Ministry of
Municipality and
Environment, Doha,
Qatar
Published on fish reproduction, etc.
Mohammed
Abdallah
Egypt Professor, Fish Wealth
Department, Ministry
of Municipality and
Environment, Doha,
Qatar
Published on fish stock assessment
and management, reef fish, etc.
Evangelina
Schwindt
Argentina Research Scientist,
Instituto de
Biología de
Organismos Marinos,
Puerto Madryn,
Argentina
PhD, in biological sciences,
National University of Mar del
Plata, Argentina. Published on
marine fouling invasions in
Patagonian ports, etc.
CHAPTER 7B ROCKY SUBSTRATES AND REEFS
CONVENOR Ronaldo Adriano
Christofoletti
Brazil Departamento de
Ciências do Mar
Universidade Federal
de São Paulo, Santos,
PhD, Universidade Estadual
Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho.
Published on south-west Atlantic
rocky shores, estuarine benthos, etc.
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Province of São Paulo,
Brazil
MEMBERS Judith Gobin Trinidad and
Tobago
Head and Senior
Lecturer, Department
of Zoology, The
University of The
West Indies, St.
Augustine, Trinidad.
PhD, University of Exeter, England.
Contributor to Chapter 35 (Extent of
Biodiversity Assessment) in WOA
I. Published on methane and oil
seeps, intertidal zones, etc.
Anna Metaxas Canada Professor, Department
of Oceanography,
Dalhousie University,
Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada
PhD on phytoplankton, Dalhousie
University. Contributor to Chapter
34 (Global patterns of Marine
Biodiversity) in WOA I. Published
on epibenthic megafauna,
hydrothermal vents, rocky
substrates, etc.
Frederic Guichard
Canada Professor, Department
of Biology
McGill University,
Montreal, Canada
PhD, Laval University. Published
on marine dynamic connectivity,
species distribution of marine
benthic invertebrates, etc.
Nicole Webster Australia Principal Research
Scientist, Australian
Institute of Marine
Science, Townsville,
Queensland, Australia
PhD, James Cook University,
Australia. Published on sponges,
coral-reef viruses, etc.
Julia Sigwart United States Marine Laboratory,
Queen's University
Belfast,
United Kingdom
PhD, Queen’s University, Belfast,
Northern Ireland. Published on
species theory, hydrothermal vents,
etc.
Fahad Ibrahim
Oman Director, Aquaculture
Centre, Directorate
General of Fisheries
Research, Ministry of
Municipality and
Environment, Doha,
Qatar
Published on fish reproduction, etc.
*to be merged with chapter 7A (Sand and mud substrates)
PEER REVIEWERS FOR CHAPTERS 7A & 7B
Md. M. Maruf
Hossain
Bangladesh Professor, Institute of
Marine Sciences and
Fisheries, University of
Chittagong, Bangladesh
Ph.D. in Benthic Ecology; Published
on marine invasive species; marine
and coastal ecosystem-based
management, etc.
Rachel Przeslawski Australia Senior Benthic
Ecologist, Geoscience
Australia
Ph.D., University of Wollongong.
Published on marine seismic surveys
and sponge biodiversity, etc.
Catia Barbosa Brazil Member, Department
of Geochemistry,
Federal Fluminense
University, Niteroi,
Brazil.
Ph.D., University of São Paulo,
Brazil. Published on foraminifera
deposits, microfossils, etc.
Alejandro Bortolus Argentina Researcher at the
Patagonian Institute for
the Study of
Post doctorate in marsh science,
Brown University, Rhode Island,
USA, Ph.D. in biological sciences,
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Continental
Ecosystems, Puerto
Madryn, Argentina
National University of Mar del Plata,
Argentina. Published on Argentinian
coastal and shallow habitats,
influence of marsh environments on
oceanic ecosystems, etc.
CHAPTER 7C INTERTIDAL ZONE
CONVENOR Julia Sigwart United States Marine Laboratory,
Queen's University
Belfast, United
Kingdom
PhD, Queen’s University, Belfast,
Northern Ireland. Published on
species theory, hydrothermal vents,
etc.
MEMBERS Ronaldo Adriano
Christofoletti
Brazil Departamento de
Ciências do Mar
Universidade Federal
de São Paulo, Santos,
Province of São Paulo,
Brazil
PhD, Universidade Estadual
Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho.
Benthic ecology.
Published on south-west Atlantic
rocky shores, estuarine benthos, etc.
Judith Gobin Trinidad and
Tobago
Head and Senior
Lecturer, Department
of Zoology, The
University of The
West Indies, St.
Augustine, Trinidad
PhD, University of Exeter, England.
Contributor to Chapter 35 (Extent of
Biodiversity Assessment) in WOAI.
Published on methane and oil seeps,
intertidal zones, etc.
Patricia Miloslavich United States Senior Professor,
Universidad Simón
Bolívar,
Departamento de
Estudios
Ambientales,
Caracas, Venezuela
PhD in Oceanography - Universite
du Québec a Rimouski (UQAR),
Quebec, Canada; Chair of the South
American Research Group in
Coastal Ecosystems – SARCE;
Vice-chair of the Science Planning
Committee for the Life in a
Changing Ocean – LICO program.
PEER REVIEWERS
Rachel Przeslawski Australia Senior Benthic
Ecologist, Geoscience
Australia
Ph.D., University of Wollongong.
Published on marine seismic surveys
and sponge biodiversity, etc.
Gregorio Bigatti Argentina Principal Researcher
(CONICET), Argentina
Ph.D in Biological Sciences,
Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y
Naturales.
CHAPTER 7D ATOLL AND ISLAND LAGOONS
CONVENOR Colin Woodroffe Australia Professor, School of
Earth and
Environmental
Sciences, University of
Wollongong,
New South Wales,
Australia
DSc, Cambridge University.
Convenor of the writing team for
Chapter 7 (Carbonate Production)
of WOAI. Published on coral reefs
and sea-level change, fringing reefs
and mangroves.
MEMBER
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Fernanda De
Oliveira Lana
Brazil Post-Doctoral Student
in Marine Biology and
Coastal Environments,
Federal Fluminense
University, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil
PhD in fisheries, Federal Rural
University of Pernambuco.
Published on sharks and other
elasmobranchs, etc.
David Obura Kenya Director, Coastal
Oceans Research and
Development
in the Indian Ocean
(CORDIO East
Africa), Kenya
PhD, University of Miami,
Rosenstiel School of Marine and
Atmospheric Science.
Arthur Webb Australia Chief Technical
Advisor, Tuvalu
Coastal Adaptation
Project (TCAP)
Resilience and
Sustainable
Development Unit,
Suva, Fiji
Ph.D in Coastal Biogeochemical &
Physical Processes – Sub-tropical
Eastern Australia. School
of Environmental Science and
Management. Southern Cross
University, Lismore. NSW.
Australia.
PEER REVIEWERS
Jemma Purandare
Australia Coastal and Marine
Scientist, Center for
Coastal Management,
Griffith University,
Queensland, Australia
MSc. in coastal zone management,
University of Ulster, Northern
Ireland. Published on sustainable
resort development in sensitive
environments, ecosystem restoration
and related ecosystem services, etc.
Miguel Esteban
United Kingdom
of Great Britain
and Northern
Ireland
Professor, Research
Institute of Sustainable
Future Society, Waseda
University, Tokyo,
Japan.
Ph.D. in coastal engineering,
Yokohama National University,
Japan. Published on sea-level rise
and atoll States, coastal disaster
mitigation, etc.
CHAPTER 7E TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL CORAL REEFS
CONVENOR Ian Butler Australia Australian Fisheries
Management
Authority and
CoraLogic
Environmental
Consulting, Canberra,
Australia
PhD, University of Queensland,
Australia. Published on water
quality impacts on coral reefs and
conservation management of coral
reefs.
MEMBERS Alex Rogers United Kingdom University of Oxford,
Oxford, United
Kingdom
PhD, University of Liverpool,
United Kingdom, Published on
mesophotic coral reefs and
modelling of coral dispersal and
connectivity.
Raquel Silva
Peixoto
Brazil Federal University of
Rio de Janeiro/Rio de
Janeiro Marine
PhD, Federal University of Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. Published on
symbiotic relationships and the
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Aquarium, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil
health of corals, impacts on coral
reefs.
Hazel Oxenford Barbados Centre for Resource
Management and
Environmental
Studies, The
University of the West
Indies, Cave Hill,
Barbados
PhD, University of West Indies,
Barbados. Published on climate-
change impacts on coral reefs and
reef resilience.
Kemraj Parsram Guyana Environmental
Protection Agency,
Georgetown, Guyana
PhD, University of the West Indies,
Barbados. Published on ecosystem-
based management of coral reef and
coastal areas.
Hiroya Yamano Japan Center for
Environmental
Biology and
Ecosystem Studies,
National Institute for
Environmental
Studies, Japan
DSc, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Published on thermal thresholds and
changes in the distribution of coral
reefs.
PEER REVIEWERS
Wilford Schmidt United States of
America
Professor of Physical
Oceanography,
University of Puerto
Rico
Ph.D. in oceanography, Scripps
Institution of Oceanography.
Published on Puerto Rico trench,
tsunamis, etc.
Catia Barbosa Brazil Professor, Department
of Geochemistry,
Federal Fluminense
University, Brazil.
Ph.D. in sedimentary geology,
University of São Paulo. Published
on South-East Atlantic corals,
indicators of threats to corals, etc.
Elamin Mohammed
Elamin
Abdelrahman
Sudan Assistant researcher,
Red Sea Fisheries
Research Station, Port
Sudan, Sudan.
M.Sc. in aquatic organisms, Sudan
Academy of Sciences. Ph.D in
fisheries sciences, Sudan Academy
of Sciences. Participated in
ecosystem surveys along the
Sudanese Red Sea coast, including
for coral reefs.
CHAPTER 7F COLD-WATER CORALS
CONVENOR Erik Cordes United States Department of
Biology, Temple
University,
Philadelphia, United
States of America
PhD, Pennsylvania State University,
United States of America. Published
on deep-water coral/canyon/cold
seep habitats.
MEMBERS Georgios Kazanidis Greece University of
Edinburgh, Edinburgh,
United Kingdom
PhD, Aberdeen University, United
Kingdom. Published on impacts of
oil and ecology of deep sea sponges.
Sebastian Hennige United Kingdom University of
Edinburgh, Edinburgh,
United Kingdom
PhD, University of Essex, United
Kingdom. Published on spatial
distribution and ecology of cold-
water corals.
Malcolm Ross New Zealand National Institute of PhD, University of Wellington,
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Clark Water & Atmospheric
Research, Wellington,
New Zealand
New Zealand. Published on
ecology and biodiversity of deep sea
corals.
PEER REVIEWERS
Nadine Le Bris France Full Professor at
University Pierre and
Marie Curie, Paris and
Director of
Ecogeochemistry at the
Benthic Environment
Laboratory
Convenor of writing team for
Chapter 45 (Hydrothermal vents and
cold seeps) in WOA. Ph.D. in
pollution chemistry, University of
Paris Published on hydrothermal
vents, bacteria of wood-falls,
sulphide monitoring, etc.
Mark Costello New Zealand Professor, University of
Auckland, New
Zealand
Ph.D., National University of
Ireland. Published on global marine
biodiversity, marine biodiversity
conservation, etc.
Peter Auster United States Research Professor
Emeritus, Department
of Marine Sciences,
University of
Connecticut, Senior
Research Scientist,
Mystic Aquarium,
United States
Ph.D., National University of Ireland
(Galway). Published on underwater
habitats and ecosystems in North
Atlantic and North Pacific, etc.
Contributor to Chapter 51
(Seamounts, etc.) of WOA I
CHAPTER 7G ESTUARIES AND DELTAS
CONVENOR Colin Woodroffe Australia Professor, School of
Earth and
Environmental
Sciences, University of
Wollongong, New
South Wales,
Australia
DSc, Cambridge University.
Convenor of the writing team for
Chapter 7 (Carbonate Production)
of WOA I. Published on coral reefs
and sea-level change, fringing reefs
and mangroves.
MEMBERS Moriaki Yasuhara Japan Associate Professor,
School of Biological
Sciences, University of
Hong Kong, China
PhD, Osaka City University.
Published on deep-sea species, cold
seeps, etc.
José H. Muelbert Brazil Professor, Instituto de
Oceanografia, Federal
University of Rio
Grande, Rio Grande do
Sul, Brazil and
Adjunct Researcher,
Institute for Marine
and Antarctic Studies,
University of
Tasmania, Australia
PhD, Dalhousie University, Canada.
Published on estuary fish,
zooplankton, climate change and
fish larvae.
Ronaldo Adriano
Christofoletti
Brazil Departamento de
Ciências do Mar
Universidade Federal
de São Paulo, Santos,
PhD, Universidade Estadual
Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho.
Benthic ecology.
Published on south-west Atlantic
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Province of São Paulo,
Brazil
rocky shores, estuarine benthos, etc.
Pablo Muniz
Maciel
Uruguay Professor,
Oceanografía &
Ecología Marina
Instituto de Ecología y
Ciencias Ambientales,
University of the
Republic, Uruguay
PhD, University of Sao Paulo.
Contributor to Chapter 44 (Estuaries
and deltas) of WOA I. Published on
estuarine sediments, coastal
pollution, benthic estuarine
communities, etc.
Dana Hunt United States Assistant Professor of
Microbial Ecology
Duke University
Marine Laboratory,
North Carolina
PhD, Environmental Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. Published on marine
bacteria, impacts of silver
nanoparticles, etc.
Bing Qiao China Vice-director of
Academic Committee
and Professor,
China Waterborne
Transport Research
Institute
Environmental Science
Registered EIA Engineer of China
Expert group member of Chinese
scientific project of Marine
Environmental Safety (Ensure)
PEER REVIEWERS
Oscar Iribarne
Argentina Full Professor of
Biology, National
University of the Mar
de Plata, and Director
of the Institute of
Coastal and Marine
Research, Mar de Plata,
Argentina
Ph.D., University of Washington,
WA, USA. Published on marine
fronts, crabs in salt marshes,
saltmarsh nutrients.
João Marques
Portugal Professor, University of
Coimbra, Portugal.
Ph.D., University of Coimbra.
Published on microplastics in
estuaries, pollution and marine
plankton, etc.
CHAPTER 7H KELP FORESTS AND ALGAL BEDS
CONVENOR Robin Anderson Canada Marine Habitat
Research Scientist,
Science Branch,
Fisheries and Oceans
Canada
PhD, McGill University. Published
on integrated marine ecosystem
assessment and management,
mercury pollution.
MEMBERS Jason Hall-Spencer United Kingdom Professor of Marine
Biology, University of
Plymouth
PhD, University of London.
Published on ocean acidification,
North-East Atlantic benthic flora,
etc.
Isabel Sousa Pinto Portugal Professor at the
Department of
Biology, University of
Porto and Director of
the Coastal
PhD, University of California, Santa
Barbara. Published on kelp and
kelp forests, including relationship
with fish species, etc.
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Biodiversity
Laboratory
Honghui Huang China Director, South China
Sea Fisheries Research
Institute, Guangzhou,
China
Published on macroalgae,
sargassum, marine bivalves and
seaweed as carbon sink, etc.
PEER REVIEWERS
Alan Critchley
United Kingdom
of Great Britain
and Northern
Ireland
Fellow, Verschuren
Centre for
Sustainability in
Energy and the
Environment, Cape
Breton University,
Nova Scotia, Canada
Ph.D., University of Portsmouth,
England. Published on algal
biomass, seaweed farming, etc.
Paulo Horta Filho
Brazil Associate Professor,
Departament of Botany,
Centre of Biological
Sciences, Federal
University of Santa
Catarina, Florianópolis,
Brazil
Ph.D., University of São Paulo,
Brazil. Published on dispersal of
kelps, effects of ocean warming,
eutrophication and acidification on
macroalgae, etc.
*Key elements to be merged in chapter 6G/H (Marine plants and macroalgae)
CHAPTER 7I SEAGRASS MEADOWS
CONVENOR Hugh Kirkman Australia Professor, University
of Western Australia,
Perth, Australia
PhD, University of Western
Australia. Published on mangroves,
coastal biodiversity, etc.
MEMBERS Konstantinos
Topouzelis
Greece Assistant Professor in
Marine Remote
Sensing, Department
of Marine Sciences,
University of the
Aegean, Lesbos,
Greece
PhD, National Technical University,
Athens. Published on remote
sensing, seagrasses, marine debris,
etc.
Kiho Kim United States Professor, Department
of Environmental
Science, American
University,
Washington, D.C.,
United States
Contributor to Chapter 25 (Marine
Debris) of WOA I. Published on
coral diseases, seagrass nutrients,
marine debris.
Elizabeth Sinclair
Australia Senior Research
Fellow, School of
Biological Sciences,
The University of
Western Australia
PhD, the University of Western
Australia. Focus on using molecular
genetic data to address issues in
evolutionary biology for
biodiversity conservation and
management of threatened and
endangered species. conducting
seagrass-related research into
population genetics, dispersal and
connectivity, mating systems, and
restoration since 2008
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Nahid Abdel Rahim
Osman
Sudan Associate Professor of
Phycology
Faculty of Marine
Science and
Fisheries, Red Sea
University
PhD. in phycology, Khartoum
University. Published on
mangroves, Red Sea seaweeds, etc.
Paul Lavery
Australia Professor of Marine
Ecology, Edith Cowan
University, and
Director of the Centre
for Marine Ecosystems
Research
Ph.D., The University of Western
Australia. Expertise on the ecology
of benthic marine ecosystems and
particularly seagrass ecosystems
PEER REVIEWERS
Peter Edwards
Jamaica Natural Resource
Economist at Lynker
Technologies, Silver
Spring, Maryland,
United States.
Ph.D., marine studies, University of
Delaware. Published on “Coral
Reefs and People in a High-CO2
World”, Jamaican ocean and coastal
policy, etc.
Pat Hutchings Australia Senior Fellow,
Australian Museum,
Australia
Ph.D., University of Newcastle,
England. Published on management
of tropical marine ecosystems,
biodiversity of Sydney Harbour, etc.
CHAPTER 7J MANGROVES
CONVENOR José Souto Rosa
Filho
Brazil Professor, Benthic
Laboratory,
Department of
Oceanography, Federal
University of
Pernambuco, Brazil
PhD, Federal University of Rio
Grande. Published on estuaries,
Brazilian sandy beaches, etc.
MEMBERS Phillip da Silva Guyana University of Guyana,
and Environmental
Management
Consultants,
Demarara, Guyana.
MSc in coastal management,
University of the West Indies.
Published on mangroves and coastal
zone management.
Seon Hamer Guyana Assistant Dean,
Faculty of Earth and
Environmental
Sciences, University of
Guyana
MSc, University of the West Indies.
Published on mercury pollution,
microalgae, etc.
Colin Woodroffe Australia Professor, School of
Earth and
Environmental
Sciences, University of
Wollongong,
New South Wales,
DSc, Cambridge University.
Convenor of the writing team for
Chapter 7 (Carbonate Production)
of WOA I. Published on coral reefs
and sea-level change, fringing reefs
and mangroves.
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Australia
Mario Soares Brazil State University of Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil
Contributor to Chapter 48
(Mangroves) of WOA I. Published
on mangroves, etc.
Mohammad
Zahedur Rahman
Chowdhury
Bangladesh Director and Associate
Professor, Institute of
Marine Sciences and
Fisheries, University
of
Chittagong, Banglades
h
PhD in fisheries oceanography,
University of Chittagong.
Published on sea surface
temperature in the Bay of Bengal,
and on fisheries resilience, etc.
Nahid Abdel Rahim
Osman
Sudan Associate Professor of
Phycology
Faculty of Marine
Science and
Fisheries, Red Sea
University
PhD in phycology, Khartoum
University. Published on
mangroves, Red Sea seaweeds, etc.
PEER REVIEWERS
Denis Aheto Ghana Director, Africa Centre
of Excellence in
Coastal Resilience
(ACECoR), University
of Cape Coast (UCC),
PMB University Post
Office, Cape Coast,
Ghana.
Ph.D. in Environmental Science,
Center for Environmental Research
and Sustainable Technology (UFT),
University of Bremen, Germany.
Experience in coastal ecology and
integrated coastal management.
Sean Green
Jamaica Environmental Officer,
National Environment
and Planning Agency
Member of the writing team for the
Chapter on Mangroves in the WOAI.
Elamin Mohammed
Elamin
Abdelrahman
Sudan Assistant researcher,
Red Sea Fisheries
Research Station, Port
Sudan, Sudan.
M.Sc. in aquatic organisms, Sudan
Academy of Sciences. Ph.D. in
fisheries sciences, Sudan Academy
of Sciences. Participated in
ecosystem surveys along the
Sudanese Red Sea coast, including
for coral reefs.
CHAPTER 7K SALT MARSHES
CONVENOR Judith Weis United States Rutgers University,
New Jersey,
United States
PhD, New York University.
Contributor Chapter 49 (Salt
marshes) of WOA I. Published on
salt marshes, marine pollution,
invasive species, etc.
MEMBERS Oscar O. Iribarne Argentina Full Professor of
Biology, National
University of the Mar
de Plata, and Director
of the Institute of
Coastal and Marine
Research, Mar de
PhD, University of Washington,
WA, United States. Published on
marine fronts, crabs in salt marshes,
saltmarsh nutrients.
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Plata, Argentina
Luis Menezes
Pinheiro
Portugal President of the
Portuguese Committee
for the
Intergovernmental
Oceanographic
Commission and
Associate Professor of
Geology and
Geophysics,
University of Aveiro,
Portugal
PhD, Imperial College, London.
Published on submarine
seismology, submarine mud
volcanoes, methane-derived
carbonates, etc.
Katherine Segarra United States Biological
Oceanographer,
Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management
(BOEM), United
States
PhD in Ocean Sciences, University
of Georgia, United States. Expertise
in wetland, coastal, and marine
ecosystems, climate change, offshore
energy, coastal resilience, and
understanding human impacts to the
environment.
PEER REVIEWERS
David Johnson
United Kingdom
of Great Britain
and Northern
Ireland
GOBI Programme
Coordinator and
Director, Seascape
Consultants Ltd, United
Kingdom
Ph.D. on Saltmarshes and Intertidal
wetlands, Nottingham Trent
University, United Kingdom
Alejandro Bortolus Argentina Researcher at the
Patagonian Institute for
the Study of
Continental
Ecosystems, Puerto
Madryn, Argentina
Postdoctorate in marsh science,
Brown University, Rhode Island,
USA, Ph.D. in biological sciences,
National University of Mar del Plata,
Argentina. Published on Argentinian
coastal and shallow habitats,
influence of marsh environments on
oceanic ecosystems, etc.
CHAPTER 7L CONTINENTAL SLOPES AND SUBMARINE CANYONS
CONVENOR Lisa A. Levin United States Center for Marine
Biodiversity and
Conservation,
Scripps Institution of
Oceanography,
California,
United States
PhD, University of California, San
Diego. Published on deep ocean
ecology, ocean deoxygenation,
hydrothermal vents, etc.
MEMBERS Bhavani
Narayanaswamy
United Kingdom Senior Lecturer in
Deep Sea Ecosystems
& Head of Graduate
School, Scottish
Association for Marine
Science, Oban, Argyll
PhD, University of Southampton.
Published on impact of
microplastics, habitat mapping,
seamounts, etc
Jeroen Ingels Belgium Research Faculty, PhD, Ghent University. Convenor
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Florida State
University Coastal and
Marine Laboratory, St
Teresa, Florida,
United States
of the writing team for Chapter 36F
(Open ocean deep sea) of WOA I.
Published on Atlantic canyons,
deep-sea ecology, etc.
Jason Hall-Spencer
United Kingdom Professor of Marine
Biology, University of
Plymouth, England
PhD, University of London.
Published on ocean acidification,
North-East Atlantic benthic flora,
etc.
Malcolm Ross
Clark
New Zealand Principal Scientist
(Fisheries), National
Institute of Water &
Atmospheric Research,
New Zealand
PhD, University of Wellington
Contributor to Chapters 34 (Global
patterns of biodiversity), 35 (Extent
of biodiversity assessment) and 36F
(Open Ocean Deep Sea) of WOA I.
Member of Technical Committee of
International Seabed Authority.
Published on deep-sea mining,
seamounts, etc.
Anna Metaxas
Canada Department of
Oceanography,
Dalhousie University,
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada
PhD on phytoplankton, Dalhousie
University. Contributor to Chapter
34 (Global patterns of Marine
Biodiversity) in WOA I. Published
on epibenthic megafauna,
hydrothermal vents, rocky
substrates, etc.
J. Murray Roberts
United Kingdom Professor,
School of
GeoSciences,
University of
Edinburgh, Scotland
PhD, Glasgow University.
Contributor to Chapters 42(Cold-
water Corals) and 51 (Seamounts,
etc) of WOA I. Published on cold-
water corals, ocean acidification,
etc.
Russel Hopcroft United States Professor, Biological
Oceanography,
University of Alaska,
United States
PhD, University of Guelph, Canada.
Contributor to Chapters 34 (Global
Patterns of Marine Biodiversity)
and 35 (Extent of Assessment) of
WOA I. Published on arctic
zooplankton, etc.
Peter Auster United States Research Professor
Emeritus, Department
of Marine Sciences
University of
Connecticut, Senior
Research Scientist,
Mystic Aquarium,
United States
PhD, National University of Ireland
(Galway). Published on underwater
habitats and ecosystems in North
Atlantic and North Pacific, etc.
Contributor to Chapter 51
(Seamounts, etc.) of WOA I
Moriaki Yasuhara Japan Associate Professor,
School of Biological
Sciences, University of
Hong Kong, China
PhD, Osaka City University.
Published on deep-sea species, cold
seeps, etc.
PEER REVIEWERS
Aaron Micallef Malta Associate Professor, Ph.D. in marine geology and
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Department of
Geosciences,
University of Malta
geophysics, University of
Southampton, England. Published
on submarine geomorphology, the
Malta plateau, etc.
Paul Snelgrove Canada Professor,
Ocean Sciences Centre
(OSC)
Memorial University of
Newfoundland
St. John’s, Canada
Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography,
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology/Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution
(MIT/WHOI) Joint Program in
Oceanography. Experience in
Marine community ecology, marine
conservation, larval ecology and
connectivity of fish and benthic
invertebrates, biodiversity patterns
and drivers, hydrodynamic effects on
benthic communities and
populations, deep-sea ecology, coral
reef ecology, disturbance and
anthropogenic impacts
CHAPTER 7M HIGH LATITUDE ICE (including that over the open ocean)
CONVENOR
Grant Bigg United Kingdom Department of
Geography, University
of Sheffield, Sheffield,
United Kingdom
PhD, University of Adelaide,
Australia. Published on modelling
of ice sheet dynamics and
productivity associated with
icebergs.
MEMBERS
Maurizio Azzaro Italy Institute for Coastal
Marine Environment,
Italian National
Research Centre,
Rome, Italy
Published on microbial
communities in ice habitats.
Huw Griffiths United Kingdom British Antarctic
Survey, Cambridge,
United Kingdom
PhD, Open University, United
Kingdom. Chair of the State of the
Antarctic Ecosystem research
programme, Scientific Committee
on Antarctic Research. Published on
climate and marine debris impacts
on Antarctic marine systems.
Moriaki Yasuhara Japan Associate Professor,
School of Biological
Sciences, University of
Hong Kong, China
PhD, Osaka City University.
Published on deep-sea species, cold
seeps, etc.
PEER REVIEWERS
Thomas Dahlgren Sweden University of
Gothenburg, Sweden
Ph.D., University of Gothenburg.
Published on impacts of offshore
wind-farms, sponges, etc.
Russel Tait Australia Director, Tait &
Associates,
Environmental,
M.Sc., Macquarie University,
Australia. Published on Arctic oil
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Consultants, formerly
Chief Environmental
Scientist, Exxon Mobil
and gas reserves, etc.
Robin Anderson Canada Marine Habitat
Research Scientist,
Ecological Sciences
Section, Environmental
Science Division,
Science Branch,
Fisheries and Oceans
Canada
Ph.D. in Biology McGill University.
Developed and carried out research
projects in quantitative aquatic
ecology since 1978.
CHAPTER 7N SEAMOUNTS AND PINNACLES
CONVENOR Malcolm Ross
Clark
New Zealand Principal Scientist
(Fisheries), National
Institute of Water &
Atmospheric Research,
New Zealand
PhD, University of Wellington.
Contributor to Chapters 34 (Global
patterns of biodiversity), 35 (Extent
of biodiversity assessment) and 36F
(Open Ocean Deep Sea) of WOA I.
Member of Technical Committee of
International Seabed Authority.
Published on deep-sea mining,
seamounts, etc.
MEMBERS Jason Hall-Spencer United Kingdom Professor of Marine
Biology, University of
Plymouth, England
PhD, University of London.
Published on ocean acidification,
North-East Atlantic benthic flora,
etc.
J. Murray Roberts
United Kingdom Professor,
School of
GeoSciences,
University of
Edinburgh, Scotland
PhD, Glasgow University.
Contributor to Chapters 42(Cold-
water Corals) and 51 (Seamounts,
etc) of WOA I. Published on cold-
water corals, ocean acidification,
etc.
Bhavani
Narayanaswamy
United Kingdom Senior Lecturer in
Deep Sea Ecosystems
& Head of Graduate
School, Scottish
Association for Marine
Science, Oban, Argyll,
Scotland
PhD, University of Southampton.
Published on impact of
microplastics, habitat mapping,
seamounts, etc.
Paul Snelgrove Canada Professor, Department
of Ocean Sciences and
Biology, Memorial
University of
Newfound Land,
Canada
PhD Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and Biology
Department at Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution. Deep
sea ecology.
Angelo Fraga
Bernardino
Brazil Professor of
Oceanography,
Universidade Federal
do Espirito Santo,
Brazil
PhD, University of Sao Paulo.
Published on ecosystem impacts of
offshore oil installations, tropical
storms and mangroves, etc.
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PEER REVIEWERS
Karen Stocks
United States of
America
Director, Geological
Data Center at Scripps
Institution of
Oceanography
Ph.D. in oceanography, Rutgers
University, United States.
Chunsheng Wang
People’s Republic
of China
Deputy Director,
Laboratory of Marine
Ecosystem and
Biogeochemistry,
Second Institute of
Oceanography,
Hangzhou, China
Professor, State Oceanic
Administration. Published on hadal
species. Chief scientist, North-West
Pacific Ocean seamount ecosystem
monitoring and protection project,
China.
CHAPTER 7O ABYSSAL PLAINS
CONVENOR Jeroen Ingels Belgium Research Faculty,
Florida State
University Coastal and
Marine Laboratory, St
Teresa, Florida, United
States
PhD, Ghent University. Convenor
of the writing team for Chapter 36F
(Open ocean deep sea) of WOAI.
Published on Atlantic canyons,
deep-sea ecology, etc.
MEMBERS Fuji Toyonobu Japan University of
Abeerden Oceanlab,
United Kingdom
Deep sea (abyssal and hadal)
Thomas Dahlgren Sweden University of
Gothenburg, Sweden
PhD, University of Gothenburg.
Published on impacts of offshore
wind-farms, sponges, etc.
Moriaki Yasuhara Japan Associate Professor,
School of Biological
Sciences, University of
Hong Kong, China
PhD, Osaka City University.
Published on deep-sea species, cold
seeps, etc.
Malcolm Ross
Clark
New Zealand Principal Scientist
(Fisheries), National
Institute of Water &
Atmospheric Research,
New Zealand
PhD, University of Wellington.
Contributor to Chapters 34 (Global
patterns of biodiversity), 35 (Extent
of biodiversity assessment) and 36F
(Open Ocean Deep Sea) of WOAI.
Member of Technical Committee of
International Seabed Authority.
Published on deep-sea mining,
seamounts, etc.
Paul Snelgrove Canada Professor, Department
of Ocean Sciences and
Biology, Memorial
University of
Newfound Land,
Canada
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and Biology
Department at Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution. Deep
sea ecology.
Angelo Fraga
Bernardino
Brazil Professor of
Oceanography,
Universidade Federal
do Espirito Santo,
Brazil
PhD, University of Sao Paulo.
Published on ecosystem impacts of
offshore oil installations, tropical
storms and mangroves, etc.
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Craig McClain United States Executive Director at
LUMCON, United
States
PhD, University of Massachusetts,
Boston, Environmental Biology, -
Deconstructing Patterns of Species
Diversity and Body Size in the
Deep Sea.
Clifton Nunnally United States Research Scientist
Louisiana Universities
Marine Consortium,
United States
PhD, Texas A&M University,
Biological Oceanography - Benthic
Function and Structure in the
Northern Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic
Zone: Sediment Biogeochemistry
and Macrobenthic Community
Dynamics in the Dead Zone.
Holly Bik United States Assistant Professor,
Department of
Nematology,
University of
California, United
States
PhD in Molecular Phylogenetics,
University of Southampton, United
Kingdom.
Daniel Jones United Kingdom Principal Scientist
National,
Oceanography Centre
European Way
Southampton, United
Kingdom
PhD in Marine Ecology, University
of Southampton, United Kingdom.
Specialized on the impacts on
marine ecosystems, particularly
those caused by industrial activities.
Scientific research in the fields of
macroecology, community ecology
and environmental impact
assessment from oil and gas and
mining activities.
Punyasloke
Bhadury
India Professor, Department
of Biological Sciences,
& Head, Centre for
Climate and
Environmental
Studies,
Indian Institute of
Science Education and
Research Kolkata
Mohanpur, West
Bengal,
India
PhD in Biological Sciences,
Plymouth Marine Laboratory and
University of Plymouth, United
Kingdom. Specialized in
Biocomplexity in coastal
ecosystems; Functional biodiversity
of benthic faunal communities from
coast to deep-sea environments;
Biogeochemical cycling of carbon
and nitrogen; Carbonate chemistry
and coastal ocean acidification
Diva Amon Trinidad and
Tobago
Research Fellow,
Natural History
Museum London,
Cromwell Road,
London, United
Kingdom
PhD Ocean and Earth Science,
University of Southampton. deep-
sea biologist with extensive
research and exploration experience
at sea including ROV, AUV and
submersible cruises
PEER REVIEWERS
Tomo Kitahashi Japan Project Engineer,
Research Institute for
Global Change,
Marine Biodiversity
and Environmental
Assessment Research
Ph.D in Environment, University of
Tokyo, Japan. Specialized in the
relationship between meiofaunal
assemblages and environmental
variables at deep seafloor and also
in the change of deep-sea
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Center, Marine
Plastics Research
Group, Japan Agency
for Marine-Earth
Science and
Technology
(JAMSTEC), Japan
biodiversity due to climate change
and anthropogenic impacts.
Georgios Kazanidis Greece University of
Edinburgh, Edinburgh,
United Kingdom
Ph.D., Aberdeen University, United
Kingdom. Published on impacts of
oil and ecology of deep-sea sponges.
CHAPTER 7P OPEN OCEAN
CONVENOR Peter Croot New Zealand Professor of Earth and
Ocean Sciences,
National University of
Ireland, Galway,
Ireland
Ph.D, University of Otago, New
Zealand. Published on
microplastics in mesopelagic fish,
copper in marine species, ocean
fertilisation, etc.
MEMBERS Michael Vecchione
United States National Marine
Fisheries Service’s
National Systematics
Laboratory,
Smithsonian
Institution
Washington, DC,
United States
Contributor to Chapter 36F (Deep
Sea Open Ocean) in WOA I. PhD,
College of William and Mary, VA,
USA. Published on cephalopods,
sea-mount biodiversity, etc.
Tracey T Sutton United States Associate Professor,
Department of Marine
and Environmental
Sciences, Nova
Southeastern
University, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida,
United States.
Contributor to Chapter 36F (Open
Ocean Deep Sea) of WOA I. PhD,
University of South Florida.
Published on deep-sea ecology,
mesopelagic zone, etc.
Fernanda De
Oliveira Lana
Brazil Post-Doctoral Student
in Marine Biology and
Coastal Environments,
Federal Fluminense
University, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil
PhD in fisheries, Federal Rural
University of Pernambuco.
Published on sharks and other
elasmobranchs, etc.
Joseph Montoya United States Professor, School of
Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of
Technology
Invertebrate biology, Plankton
biology, Fate of hydrocarbons in the
marine environment, inputs of
nutrients to the marine environment.
Sea area: The Global Ocean as a
whole, The North Atlantic Ocean
(esp. Gulf of Mexico), the North
Pacific Ocean (esp. South China
Sea).
PEER REVIEWERS
Silvia I. Romero Argentina Naval Hydrographic
Service, Argentina
Physical oceanography
Marine protected areas
Sea area: the Global Ocean as a
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whole.
Jan Marcin
Węsławski
Poland Head of Ecology
Department, Institute
of Oceanology PAS
Ph.D. at University of Gdańsk,
Faculty of Biology, Geography and
Oceanography. Main scientific
interests: Arctic coastal waters
ecology, food web, climate
change/biodiversity interactions;
Malacostraca ‐ benthic and pelagic
as a group of specialization and
identification knowledge; Sandy
shores ecology; and Integrated
coastal zone management
CHAPTER 7Q RIDGES, PLATEAUS AND TRENCHES
CONVENOR Ana Colaco Portugal Institute of Marine
Research and Marine
and Environmental
Sciences Centre,
University of the
Azores, Portugal
PhD, University of Lisbon.
Published on seamounts, resilience
of deep-sea fauna, etc.
MEMBERS Bhavani
Narayanaswamy
United Kingdom Senior Lecturer in
Deep Sea Ecosystems
& Head of Graduate
School, Scottish
Association for Marine
Science, Oban, Argyll
PhD, University of Southampton.
Published on impact of
microplastics, habitat mapping,
seamounts, etc.
Michael Vecchione
United States National Marine
Fisheries Service’s
National Systematics
Laboratory,
Smithsonian
Institution
Washington, DC,
United States
PhD, College of William and Mary,
VA, USA. Contributor to Chapter
36F (Deep Sea Open Ocean) in
WOA I. Published on cephalopods,
sea-mount biodiversity, etc.
Hiromi Watanabe Japan Japan Agency for
Marine Science and
Technology,
Yokosuka, Japan
PhD, University of Tokyo.
Published on hydrothermal-vent and
trench barnacles and gastropods,
impacts of deep-sea mining, etc.
Nuno Lourenço
Portugal Director, Instituto
Português do Mar e da
Atmosfera
Contributor to Chapter 21 (Offshore
Hydrocarbon Industries) of WOAI.
Ashley Rowden New Zealand Principal Scientist,
Coasts and Oceans
Marine Ecology,
National Institute of
Water and
Atmospheric, New
Zealand
Habitat heterogeneity, productivity
and disturbance, and the
biodiversity of seafloor fauna.
Ana Hilario Portugal Researcher,
Department of Biology
Marine and Estuarine
Ecology
Connectivity.
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Imants George
Priede
Belgium Professor Emeritus,
OceanLab
University of
Aberdeen, Scotland
Founding Director of OceanLab.
Editor-in-Chief, Deep-Sea
Research. Published on deep-sea
fish, fish anatomy, etc.
Tomo Kitahashi Japan Project Engineer,
Research Institute for
Global Change,
Marine Biodiversity
and Environmental
Assessment Research
Center, Marine
Plastics Research
Group, Japan Agency
for Marine-Earth
Science and
Technology
(JAMSTEC), Japan
PhD in Environment, University of
Tokyo, Japan. Specialized in the
relationship between meiofaunal
assemblages and environmental
variables at deep seafloor. Also in
the change of deep-sea biodiversity
due to climate change and
anthropogenic impacts.
Angelika Brandt Germany Research Institute,
Department of Marine
Zoology, Frankfurt,
Germany
PhD, University of Oldenburg.
Specialized on deep-sea benthic
organisms, their evolution,
biodiversity, biogeography and
ecology.
PEER REVIEWERS
Paul Snelgrove Canada Professor,
Department of Ocean
Sciences and Biology
Department
Memorial University
of Newfoundland, St.
John’s, Canada
PhD in Biological Oceanography,
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology/Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution
(MIT/WHOI) Joint Program in
Oceanography.
Anna Metaxas Canada Professor, Department
of Oceanography,
Dalhousie University,
Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada
PhD on phytoplankton, Dalhousie
University. Contributor to Chapter
34 (Global patterns of Marine
Biodiversity) in WOA I. Published
on epibenthic megafauna,
hydrothermal vents, rocky
substrates, etc.
CHAPTER 7R HYDROTHERMAL VENTS AND COLD SEEPS
CONVENOR Nadine Le Bris France Full Professor at
University Pierre and
Marie Curie, Paris and
Director of
Ecogeochemistry at
the Benthic
Environment
Laboratory
Convenor of writing team for
Chapter 45 (Hydrothermal vents
and cold seeps) in WOA I.
Doctorate in pollution chemistry,
University of Paris 7. Publications
on hydrothermal vents, bacteria of
wood-falls, sulphide monitoring,
etc.
MEMBERS Elva Escobar Mexico Institute of Marine
Sciences and
Limnology,
Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México
Contributor to Chapters 29 (Marine
genetic resources) and 35 (Extent of
biodiversity assessment) of WOA I.
PhD, National University of
Mexico. Published on food-webs of
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hydrothermal vents, methane/oil
seeps, etc.
Verena Tunnicliffe Canada Professor, Canada
Research Chair,
Biology and
Earth/Ocean Sciences
University of Victoria,
British Colombia,
Canada
Contributor to Chapters 34 (Global
patterns of marine biodiversity) and
35 (Extent of assessment) of WOA
I. PhD, Victoria University, Canada.
Published on hydrothermal-vent
fauna, seamounts, etc.
Nomikou Paraskevi Greece Assistant Professor,
Dept of Geology and
Geoenvironment,
National and
Kapodistrian
University of Athens,
Greece
PhD in geology, University of
Athens. Published on submarine
volcanoes, Mid-Atlantic ridge, etc.
Ana Colaco Portugal Institute of Marine
Research and Marine
and Environmental
Sciences Centre,
University of the
Azores, Portugal
PhD, University of Lisbon.
Published on seamounts, resilience
of deep-sea fauna, etc.
Julia Sigwart United States Queen's University
Belfast, Marine
Laboratory,
United Kingdom
PhD, Queen’s University, Belfast,
Northern Ireland. Published on
species theory, hydrothermal vents,
etc.
Hiromi Watanabe Japan Japan Agency for
Marine Science and
Technology
PhD, University of Tokyo.
Published on hydrothermal-vent and
trench barnacles and gastropods,
impacts of deep-sea mining, etc.
Anna Metaxas Canada Professor, Department
of Oceanography,
Dalhousie University,
Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada
PhD on phytoplankton, Dalhousie
University. Contributor to Chapter
34 (Global patterns of Marine
Biodiversity) in WOAI. Published
on epibenthic megafauna,
hydrothermal vents, rocky
substrates, etc.
PEER REVIEWERS
Se-Jong Ju Republic of Korea Principal Research
Scientist Deep-sea
Resources Research
Center Korea Institute
of Ocean Science &
Technology
Ph.D., University of Maryland,
United States. Published on various
hydrothermal-vent biota, etc.
Cindy Lee
Van Dover
United States of
America
Professor, Marine
Science and
Conservation, Nicholas
School of the
Environment, Duke
University, North
Carolina, United States
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and Woods Hole
Oceanography Institute. Published
on biodiversity conservation of
ocean ridges, deep-sea ecological
restoration, etc.
Chunsheng Wang People’s Republic Deputy Director, Professor, State Oceanic
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of China Laboratory of Marine
Ecosystems and
Biogeochemistry,
Second Institute of
Oceanography,
Hangzhou, China
Administration. Published on deep-
sea species, hydrothermal vents, etc.
CHAPTER 7S SARGASSO SEA
CONVENOR Howard Stanley
James Roe
United Kingdom Emeritus Professor at
the University of
Southampton and
Chair of the Sargasso Sea Alliance’s
(SSA) Senior Science Advisory
Committee and member of the SSA
Executive Committee; was Director
of the Southampton Oceanography
Centre from 1999-2005; has vast
experience in marine ecology,
taxonomy, gear and technology
developments; authored over 100
books, papers and reports.
MEMBERS David Freestone United Kingdom Executive Secretary
Sargasso Sea
Commission,
Washington DC,
United States
Convenor of writing team for
Chapter 50 (Sargasso Sea) of WOA
I. Former Deputy General Counsel
(International and Environmental
Law), World Bank. Editor-in-Chief
of the International Journal of
Marine and Coastal Law.
Tammy Warren
United Kingdom Senior Marine
Resources Officer for
the Department of
Environment and
Natural Resources,
Hamilton, Bermuda
PhD, University of Liverpool,
England. Acting Chair, Sargasso
Sea Commission.
Brian Luckhurst United Kingdom Former Senior
Fisheries Officer,
Bermuda Government
Ministry. Currently
consultant to the
Bermuda Government
on fisheries
management and
research issues and
consultant to the
Sargasso Sea
Commission working
in conjunction with the
Ecosystem
Subcommittee of
ICCAT.
PhD, Department of Zoology,
University of Alberta, Alberta,
Canada
Laurie Kell United Kingdom Visiting Professor in
Fisheries Management
Centre for
PhD, Liverpool University.
Supported the Sargasso Sea
Commission to implement and
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Environmental Policy,
Imperial College
London
Ecosystem Based Approach.
PEER REVIEWERS
Robin Anderson Canada Marine Habitat
Resaerch Scientist,
Environmental Science
Division, Science
Branch, Fisheries and
Oceans Canada
Ph.D. in Biology McGill University,
Canada
Michael Vecchione
United States National Marine
Fisheries Service’s
National Systematics
Laboratory,
Smithsonian
Institution
Washington, DC,
United States
PhD, College of William and Mary,
VA, USA. Contributor to Chapter
36F (Deep Sea Open Ocean) in
WOA I. Published on cephalopods,
sea-mount biodiversity, etc.
Writing team for Chapter 8 CHAPTER 8 HUMAN SOCIETY
Trends in the state of human society in relation to the ocean
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Alan Simcock United Kingdom Formerly Chairman
(1996 – 2000) and
Executive Secretary
(2001 – 2006), OSPAR
Commission for the
Protection of the
Marine Environment of
the North-East Atlantic,
and Co-Chair (2000-
2002) United Nations
Informal Consultative
Process on the Ocean
and Law of the Sea.
Joint Coordinator, and contributor to,
among others, Chapters 8 (Cultural
aspects), 17 (Shipping), 19
(Submarine cable and pipelines), 20
(Land-based inputs), 21 (Offshore
hydrocarbons), 24 (Solid waste), 27
(Tourism) and 28 (Desalinisation), of
WOA I. Published on science/policy
interface. Author of OSPAR reports
on marine spatial planning,
radioactivity discharges, etc
CO-LEAD MEMBERS
Anastasia Strati Greece Expert Minister
Counsellor, Law of the
Sea, Permanent
Mission of Greece to
the United Nations
MSc in Marine Law and Policy; PhD
in Law of the Sea, University of
Wales, United Kingdom. Published
on underwater cultural heritage,
fisheries, marine pollution, offshore
energy, maritime delimitation,
dispute settlement, etc.
Osman Keh Kamara Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
Ambassador to
Ethiopia and Permanent
Representative to the
African Union
Contributor to Chapters 17
(Shipping) and 32 and 53 (Capacity
Building) of WOA I. Graduate of
University of Sierra Leone and
Columbia University, New York,
Post-Graduate Diploma (Rhodes
Academy of Ocean Law and Policy,
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Greece).
Essam Yassin
Mohammed
Eritrea Head of blue economy,
International Institute
for Environment and
Development, London,
England
PhD in international development,
University of Nagoya, Japan.
Published on small scale fisheries,
connection between areas beyond
national jurisdiction and areas under
national jurisdiction, etc.
Jörn Schmidt Germany Christian-Albrechts-
Universität zu Kiel
Kiel, Germany
PhD, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean
Research Kiel Germany. Published
on socio-ecological trade-offs in
fisheries, integrated ecosystem
assessments.
CHAPTER 8A Coastal communities, including the coastal population, the size of coastal communities,
their wealth/income, their vulnerability, adaptability, and dependency on the ocean (including dependence
on, and engagement, with marine resources)
CONVENOR
Alan Simcock United Kingdom Formerly Chairman
(1996 – 2000) and
Executive Secretary
(2001 – 2006), OSPAR
Commission for the
Protection of the
Marine Environment of
the North-East Atlantic,
and Co-Chair (2000-
2002) United Nations
Informal Consultative
Process on the Ocean
and Law of the Sea.
Joint Coordinator, and contributor to,
among others, Chapters 8 (Cultural
aspects), 17 (Shipping), 19
(Submarine cable and pipelines), 20
(Land-based inputs), 21 (Offshore
hydrocarbons), 24 (Solid waste), 27
(Tourism) and 28 (Desalinisation), of
WOA I. Published on science/policy
interface. Author of OSPAR reports
on marine spatial planning,
radioactivity discharges, etc
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MEMBERS
Tony Charles Canada Senior Research Fellow
and Professor, St
Mary’s University,
Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada
PhD, University of British Columbia,
Canada. Published on ocean
governance and communities and
fisheries management.
Leandra Gonçalves Brazil Lecturer, Institute of
Oceanography,
University of São
Paulo, Brazil
PhD in international relationos,
University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Published on regional fisheries
organisations and biodiversity
governance.
Paula Keener United States Director of the National
Oceanic and
Atmospheric
Administration’s
(NOAA’s) Ocean
Exploration’s
Education Program,
United States
MSc in marine biology, University of
Charleston, South Carolina, United
States. Published on marine education
and engineering and the ocean.
Jenna Lamphere United States Associate Professor,
Texas A & M
University at
Galveston, Texas,
United States
PhD in environmental sociology and
political economy, University of
Tennessee, United States. Published
on environmental politics and
institutions.
Candace May United States Assistant Professor,
South Dakota
University, United
States
PhD in environmental and natural
resource sociology, Colorado State
University, United States.
Tanya O’Gara United Kingdom Senior Lecturer,
Middlesex University,
London, United
Kingdom
PhD in environmental economics,
Imperial College, London, United
Kingdom. Published on economic
valuation of fisheries and climate
change economics.
Christina Pita Portugal Senior Researcher,
Centre for
Environmental and
Marine Research,
University of Aveiro,
Portugal
PhD in social and environmental
sustainability, University of
Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
Published on small-scale, recreational
and octopus fisheries.
PEER REVIEWERS
Grant Murray Canada Associate professor of
marine policy, Duke
University Marine
Laboratory, North
Carolina, USA
PhD, University of Michigan, USA.
Published on small-scale fishery
governance, Mozambique coastal
communities.
Wojciech
Wawrzynski
Poland Head of science
support, International
PhD in economics, University of
Gdansk, Poland. Published on
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Council for the
Exploration of the Sea
governance of large marine
ecosystems.
*to be merged with chapter 8C (Maritime industries)
CHAPTER 8B - Human health as affected by the ocean, including the health of coastal communities
relative to inland communities, the effects of exposure to contaminated seawater, the scale of beach
closures for health reasons, and the extent to which food resources available from the sea create health
problems through their content of hazardous substances (including metals, microplastics and nanoparticles)
and pathogens.
CONVENOR
Michael Moore United Kingdom Professor, University of
Exeter and University of
Plymouth, United
Kingdom
PhD in zoology, Queen’s
University of Belfast,
United Kingdom.
Published on the ocean
and human health.
MEMBERS
Martin Edwards United Kingdom Research Director, Sir
Alister Hardy
Foundation for Ocean
Science and Professor of
Ocean Ecology,
University of Plymouth.
Published on harmful
algal blooms and
plankton and climate.
Bella Galil Israel Curator, The Steinhardt
Museum of Natural
History, Tel Aviv
University, Israel
Ph.D. in marine biology
at Tel-Aviv University,
Israel. Published on
marine bio-invasions.
Dick Vethaak Netherlands Professor of
Ecotoxicology, Water
Quality and Health,
University of
Amsterdam, Netherlands
PhD in marine biology,
University of
Amsterdam,
Netherlands. Published
on ecotoxicology, micro-
plastics
PEER REVIEWERS
Marnie Campbell Australia Professor of Biosecurity
and Environmental
Science, Harry Butler
Institute, Murdoch
University, Western
Australia, Australia
PhD, Murdoch
University, Western
Australia, Australia.
Published on the human
health impact of
anthropogenic beach
litter, values affected by
non-native marine
species, etc.
Vitor Manuel Oliveira
Vasconcelos
Portugal Professor at the
University of Porto,
Portugal, Director of the
Interdisciplinary Centre
for Marine and
Environmental Research.
PhD, University of
Porto, Portugal.
Published on
cyanobacteria and
human health, and
paralytic shellfish toxins
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CHAPTER 8C - Maritime industries, including their economic performance, the role of freight transport in
international trade, the role of ferries and coastwise shipping in internal transport; recruitment of workers,
the proportion of their workers who are women, the rates of death of, and injury to, those working in them,
the protection of their working conditions, their levels of pay, maritime security, human trafficking, slavery
and smuggling, access to markets and handling facilities for fisheries produce and the proportion of fisheries
which are artisanal, culture-related or conducted by indigenous peoples.
*NOTE: This chapter will use Chapter 8A (Coastal communities) as an introduction and then merge
Chapter 18 (Salt), Chapter 23 (Shipping) and Chapter 24 (Tourism).
CONVENOR
Alan Simcock United Kingdom Formerly Chairman
(1996 – 2000) and
Executive Secretary
(2001 – 2006), OSPAR
Commission for the
Protection of the Marine
Environment of the
North-East Atlantic, and
Co-Chair (2000-2002)
United Nations Informal
Consultative Process on
the Ocean and Law of
the Sea.
Joint Coordinator, and
contributor to, among
others, Chapters 8
(Cultural aspects), 17
(Shipping), 19
(Submarine cable and
pipelines), 20 (Land-
based inputs), 21
(Offshore hydrocarbons),
24 (Solid waste), 27
(Tourism) and 28
(Desalinisation), of
WOA I. Published on
science/policy interface.
Author of OSPAR
reports on marine spatial
planning, radioactivity
discharges, etc
MEMBERS
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Austin Becker United States Assistant Professor,
Department of Marine
Affairs, University of
Rhode Island, United
States of America
PhD in marine affairs,
Stanford University.
Published on seaports
and climate change.
Marcelo Bertellotti Argentina Principal Researcher,
National Council for
Scientific and Technical
Research, Puerto
Madryn, Chubut,
Argentina
Ph.D. in Biological
Sciences, National
University of Patagonia
San Juan Bosco,
Comodoro Rivadavia,
Argentina. Secretary of
Conservation and
Protected Areas of
Chubut Province.
Tony Charles Canada Senior Research Fellow
and Professor, St Mary’s
University, Halifax,
Nova Scotia, Canada
PhD, University of
British Columbia,
Canada. Published on
ocean governance and
communities and
fisheries management.
Leandra Gonçalves Brazil Lecturer, Institute of
Oceanography,
University of São Paulo,
Brazil
PhD in international
relationos, University of
São Paulo, Brazil.
Published on regional
fisheries organisations
and biodiversity
governance.
Miguel Iniguez Argentina President, Cethus
Foundation
Master in environmental
education, University of
Malaga, Spain.
Published on whales and
dolphins and their
management.
Paula Keener United States Director of the National
Oceanic and
Atmospheric
Administration’s
(NOAA’s) Ocean
Exploration’s Education
Program, United States
MSc in marine biology,
University of Charleston,
South Carolina, United
States. Published on
marine education and
engineering and the
ocean.
Jenna Lamphere United States Associate Professor,
Texas A & M University
at Galveston, Texas,
United States
PhD in environmental
sociology and political
economy, University of
Tennessee, United
States. Published on
environmental politics
and institutions.
Candace May United States Assistant Professor,
South Dakota
University, United States
PhD in environmental
and natural resource
sociology, Colorado
State University, United
States.
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Ishmael Mensah Ghana Head of Confucius
Institute, University of
Cape Coast, Ghana
PhD in tourism and
hospitality, University of
Cape Coast, Ghana.
Published on the
management of tourism
and environment and
environmental attitudes
of tourists
Tanya O’Gara United Kingdom Senior Lecturer,
Middlesex University,
London, United
Kingdom
PhD in environmental
economics, Imperial
College, London, United
Kingdom. Published on
economic valuation of
fisheries and climate
change economics.
Christina Pita Portugal Senior Researcher,
Centre for
Environmental and
Marine Research,
University of Aveiro,
Portugal
PhD in social and
environmental
sustainability, University
of Aberdeen, United
Kingdom. Published on
small-scale, recreational
and octopus fisheries.
Jean Edmond
Randrianantenaina Madagascar Head of the Centre for
the Fusion of Maritime
Information, Madagascar
Advocate. Nippon
Fellow at the United
Nations. Published on
piracy.
Maria Sahib Fiji Research Associate,
Marshall Islands Marine
Research Authority.
MA in development
studies, University of the
South Pacific, Fiji.
Published on diversity in
economic development.
Gregory Wetterau United States Vice President and
Membrane Technology
Leader CDM
MS Environmental
Engineering from
University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign. Led
the development of the
American Waterworks
Association (AWWA)
Manual of Practice on
Desalination of Seawater
(M61), providing an
assessment of the state of
the industry in terms of
technology
advancements
environmental impact,
and cost of
implementation.
Robert Boysen United States Engineering and
Technology Director
Water Standard/Monarch
Separators
BS Chemical
Engineering, University
of Wyoming. Experts in
many different seawater
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qualities (global) for
potential water treatment
and desalination projects
as well as many
technologies currently
being used to treat
seawater for both public
and private uses
Regina Salvador Portugal Professor, Department of
Geography and Regional
Planning, New
University of Lisbon,
Portugal
PhD in economics,
London School of
Economics, United
Kingdom. Published on
waterfront heritage,
nautical tourism and
offshore energy.
Jean-Claude Tibe Côte d’Ivoire Chief of Staff of the
Directorate of Maritime
Transport, Côte d’Ivoire.
MSc in maritime
resources management,
University of Quebec at
Rimouski, Canada.
Published on
PEER REVIEWERS
Peter Harris Australia Director of UNEP
GRID/Arendal Institute,
Arendal, Norway
Lead Member and
Convenor, Chapter 21
(Offshore hydrocarbon
industries) WOA I
Marcus Polette Brazil Professor and Director of
the School of Sea,
Science and Technology,
University of Vale do
Itajai, Santa Catarina,
Brazil
Contributor to Chapter
20 (Land-based inputs)
of WOA I. PhD in
Coastal Zone
Management and
Governance. Published
on the management of
urban beaches, Urban
and Regional Planning,
Sustainable
Development Goals –
SDG Indicators, etc.
CHAPTER 8D - Maritime cultural services, including the extent to which marine cultural resources are
conserved, support for cultural activities linked to the sea, and the scale of use of objects from the sea valued
for cultural reasons.
CONVENOR
Alan Simcock United Kingdom Formerly Chairman
(1996 – 2000) and
Executive Secretary
(2001 – 2006), OSPAR
Commission for the
Protection of the Marine
Environment of the
North-East Atlantic, and
Co-Chair (2000-2002)
United Nations Informal
Consultative Process on
Joint Coordinator, and
contributor to, among
others, Chapters 8
(Cultural aspects), 17
(Shipping), 19
(Submarine cable and
pipelines), 20 (Land-
based inputs), 21
(Offshore hydrocarbons),
24 (Solid waste), 27
(Tourism) and 28
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the Ocean and Law of
the Sea.
(Desalinisation), of
WOA I. Published on
science/policy interface.
Author of OSPAR
reports on marine spatial
planning, radioactivity
discharges, etc
MEMBERS
Antony Firth United Kingdom Director, Fjordr Ltd.
Formerly head of
coastal and marine
archaeology at Wessex
Archaeology.
PhD in management of
underwater
archaeology,
Southampton
University. Published
on managing
shipwrecks, and
economic benefits of
marine and maritime
cultural heritage, etc.
Juan Ramon Martinez Colombia Professor of
International Law at
University of Rosario,
Bogotá, Colombia.
PhD in law, Alfonso X
University, Madrid,
Spain. Published on the
law of the sea and law
and terrorism.
Christina Pita Portugal Senior Researcher,
Centre for
Environmental and
Marine Research,
University of Aveiro,
Portugal
PhD in social and
environmental
sustainability, University
of Aberdeen, United
Kingdom. Published on
small-scale, recreational
and octopus fisheries.
Hans Van Tilburg United States Maritime Heritage
Program coordinator,
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA),
United States
PhD, University of
Hawai’I, United States.
Published on underwater
cultural heritage.
Published on maritime
landscapes and
underwater research.
Vladimir Žulkus Lithuania Principal research
fellow, Institute of Baltic
Regional History and
Archaeology. Klaipėda
University, Lithuania.
PhD, Institute of
Archaeology, Academy
of Sciences, Moscow,
Russian Federation
PEER REVIEWERS
Dolores Elkin Argentina Researcher, CONICET
(National Council for
Scientific and Technical
Research), Ministry of
Science and Technology,
Argentina
PhD in archaeology,
University of Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
Published on underwater
archaeology and
maritime cultural
heritage.
Regina Salvador Portugal Jean Monnet Professor
of EU Integrated
PhD in economics,
London School of
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Maritime Policy and
Blue Growth, New
University of Lisbon,
Portugal
Economics, London.
Published on maritime
clusters and sustainable
tourism.
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PART 5: TRENDS IN PRESSURES ON THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
Writing team for Chapter 9 CHAPTER 9 CLIMATE PRESSURES
Pressures from changes in climate and atmosphere
(a) Physical properties of the ocean;
(b) Ocean chemistry;
(c) Extreme climate events.
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Carlos Garcia-
Soto
Spain Director of
International Relations,
Senior Scientist,
Spanish Institute of
Oceanography, Spain
Contributor to Chapter 4
(Hydrological cycle) of WOA I.
PhD in oceanography, University of
Southampton, England. Published
on ocean remote sensing, North
Atlantic Oscillation and plankton
blooms, etc.
CO-LEAD MEMBERS Karen Evans Australia Principal Research
Scientist and Team
Leader, Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation,
Australia
PhD, University of Tasmania,
Australia. Published on marine top
predators (mammals, birds, fish),
climate impacts and large scale
biodiversity assessments.
Sanae Chiba
(especially for
Chapter 9C)
Japan Senior Scientist, Japan
Agency for Marine-
Earth Science and
Technology, Tokyo
Ph.D. in aquatic bioscience, Tokyo
University of Fisheries, Japan.
Published on long-term marine
ecosystem change, plankton, etc.
Ca Thanh Vu
(especially for
Chapters 9A and
9C)
Viet Nam Principal Lecturer,
Ha Noi University of
Natural Resources and
Environment
PhD in Biological and
Environmental Science, Saitama
University, Japan. Published on
integrated coastal zone management,
tsunami risks, etc.
Tymon Zielinski Poland Professor, Institute of
Oceanology, Polish
Academy of Science,
Sopot, Poland
PhD in oceanography, University of
Gdańsk, Poland. Published on
air/sea interchange, marine
boundary layer, etc.
CONVENOR Carlos Garcia-
Soto
Spain Director of
International Relations,
Senior Scientist,
Spanish Institute of
Oceanography, Spain
Contributor to Chapter 4
(Hydrological cycle) of WOA I.
PhD in oceanography, University of
Southampton, England. Published
on ocean remote sensing, North
Atlantic Oscillation and plankton
blooms, etc.
MEMBER Karen Hunter Canada Project Leader,
Aquatic Climate
Change, Department
of Fisheries and
Oceans, Canada
MSc, Trent University, Canada.
Published on Pacific climate
change, etc.
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Jason Hall-
Spencer
United Kingdom Professor of Marine
Biology, University of
Plymouth
PhD, University of London.
Published on ocean acidification,
North-East Atlantic benthic flora,
etc.
Denise Breitburg United States Senior Scientist
(transitioning to
Scientist Emerita on
28 April), Smithsonian
Environmental
Research Center
PhD in Biology, University of
California, Santa Barbara
Patricia Castillo-
Briceno
Ecuador Research professor,
Faculty of Marine
Sciences, ULEAM
University, Ecuador
PhD in Animal Biomedicine,
European Mention, University of
Murcia
David Halpern
(General aspects)
United States Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, La
Jolla, California, USA
PhD, Physical Oceanography,
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, USA. Published on
upwelling dynamics in the
southeast Pacific Ocean and along
the equator, large-scale ocean-
atmosphere interactions in the
southeast Pacific Ocean, etc.
Matthew Collins United Kingdom Joint Met Office Chair
in Climate Change,
College of
Engineering,
Mathematics and
Physical Sciences
(CEMPS), University
of Exeter, United
Kingdom.
PhD Meteorology, University of
Reading, United Kingdom.
Bess Ward United States Professor and Chair of
Department of
Geosciences, Princeton
University, United
States
PhD in Biological Oceanography,
University of Washington, Seattle,
United States. Specialized in
Marine and global nitrogen cycle,
molecular analyses to link marine
phytoplankton, bacteria and
microbial processes (especially
nitrification and denitrification),
oxygen minimum zones,
phytoplankton nitrogen dynamics,
microbial genomics.
Jon Sáenz Spain Associate Professor,
University of the
Basque Country
UPV/EHU,
Department of Applied
Physics II
Facultad de Ciencia y
Tecnología, Spain
PhD in Physics, University of the
Basque Country.
Esnaola Ganix Spain Assistant professor,
Engineering Faculty of
Gipuzkoa, Spain
PhD in Physics, University of the
Basque Country
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Gabriel Ibarra-
Berastegi
Spain Associate Professor,
University of the
Basque Country
UPV/EHU,
Department. of NE &
Fluid Mechanics,
Bilbao, Spain
PhD in Engineering, University of
the Basque Country.
Kathleen
McInnes
Australia Senior Principal
Research Scientist
Climate Extremes and
Projections Group
Leader, Climate
Science Centre,
CSIRO Oceans and
Atmosphere, Australia
PhD in Applied Mathematics and
Meteorology, Monash University,
Victoria.
Louise Firth Ireland Lecturer, University of
Plymouth, United
Kingdom
PhD in Marine Ecology, University
College Dublin, Ireland.
Specialized in the relationship
between humans and coastal
ecosystems and how this
relationship has changed over time.
Thomas Frölicher Switzerland Assistant Professor,
Climate and
Environmental
Physics, Physics
Institute, University of
Bern, Bern,
Switzerland
PhD in Climate and Environmental
Physics, University of Bern,
Switzerland. Lead author, Chapter
6: Extremes, abrupt changes and
managing risks, IPCC Special
Report on the Ocean and
Cryosphere in a changing climate;
Contributing author, Chapter 9:
Ocean, cryosphere, and sea level
change, IPCC WGI AR6;
Contributing author, Chapter 3:
Ocean and coastal ecosystems and
their services, IPCC WGII AR6
Roxy Matthew
Koll
India Scientist, Indian
Institute of Tropical
Meteorology, Pashan,
India
PhD in Ocean and Atmospheric
Dynamics, Hokkaido University,
Japan. Currently leading research
on climate change and its impact on
the monsoon, the rapid warming in
Indian Ocean and the marine
ecosystem
Sung Yong Kim Republic of Korea Assistant Professor,
Korea Advanced
Institute of Science
and Technology
(KAIST), Daejeon
PhD, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography. Expertise in
physical oceanography and applied
ocean science in terms of coastal
and ocean processes at the
mesoscale and submesoscale.
Mónica
Campillos-Llanos
Spain Researcher, Spanish
Institute of
Oceanography, Spain
Master of Science in
Administration and Management of
the Environment, Foundation of
Biodiversity of Spain, National
Distance University (UNED) and
Menéndez Pelayo University,
Madrid, Spain. Published on recent
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trends in the territory evolution -
sustainability cause and effect.
PEER REVIEWERS
Bronte Tilbrook Australia Senior Principal
Research Scientist,
CSIRO Oceans and
Atmosphere and
Antarctic Climate and
Ecosystems Co-
operative Research
Centre, Tasmania,
Australia
Ph.D., University of Hawai’i.
Published on global carbon budget,
ocean acidification, etc.
Jae Hak Lee Republic of Korea Member, Ocean
Circulation and Climate
Research Center, Korea
Institute of Ocean
Science and
Technology, Busan,
Republic of Korea
Ph.D. Published on Antarctic
currents, north-west Pacific
circulation.
Writing team for Chapter 10
CHAPTER 10 NUTRIENT POLLUTION Changes in inputs to the marine environment of nutrients, from land, from ships and
offshore installations, and consequent levels of eutrophication problems in the
marine environment, including harmful algal blooms.
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Juying Wang China Head of Marine
Chemistry Division,
National Marine
Environment Monitoring
Centre, Dalian, China
Contributor to Chapters 20 (Land-
based inputs), 24 (Solid waste) and
25 (Marine debris) of WOA I. PhD
in marine chemistry, Ocean
University of China, Chingdao,
China. Published on
microplastics, aragonite saturation,
etc.
CO-LEAD MEMBERS Maria Bebianno Portugal Director, Centre for
Marine and
Environmental Research
(CIMA), University of
the Algarve, Portugal
PhD in ecotoxicology, University
of Reading, England. Published
on mine tailings, effects of metals,
persistent organic compounds,
microplastics nanoparticles and
personel careproducts,
ecotoxicological protocol for deep-
sea fauna, etc.
CONVENOR Thomas C.
Malone
United States Professor Emeritus,
Horn Point Laboratory,
University of Maryland
Center for
Environmental Science
Convenor of writing team for
Chapter 6 (Primary production
and plankton), WOA I.
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MEMBERS Alice Newton Portugal Professor, Centre for
Marine and
Environmental
Research, University of
Algarve, Portugal
PhD, University of Wales.
Published on lagoons, marine
socio-economics, ecosystem-
based management.
Georgios Sylaios Greece Professor, Director, Lab
of Ecological
Engineering &
Technology,
Democritus University
of Thrace, Greece
PhD, University of Southampton,
England. Published on shoreline
change, Aegean hydrodynamics,
etc.
Harri Kuosa Finland Group Leader, Marine
Research Centre,
Finnish Environment
Institute
PhD in hydrobiology, University
of Helsinki. Published on
harmful algal blooms, Baltic
hypoxia, etc.
João Sarkis
Yunes
Brazil Professor, Instituto de
Oceanografia,
Universidade Federal
de Rio Grande
Published on toxic algal blooms,
cyanobacteria, etc.
Lars Sonesten Sweden Deputy Head,
Department of Aquatic
Sciences and
Assessment, Swedish
University of
Agricultural Sciences
PhD in limnology, Uppsala
University. Published on
nutrients and pollution in the
Baltic, etc.
Michael Krom United Kingdom Professor Emeritus,
School of Earth and
Environment,
University of Leeds,
England
PhD, University of Edinburgh,
Scotland. Published on nutrient
cycling in the Mediterranean,
effect of atmospheric processing
on nutrient supply to the ocean,
phosphorus cycling in aquatic
systems, etc.
Paula Bontempi United States Manager, Ocean
Biology and
Biogeochemistry
Program, Headquarters
of the National
Aeronautic and Space
Administration,
United States
PhD, University of Rhode Island.
Published on remote sensing of
chlorophyll, red tides, etc.
Walker Smith United States Virginia Institute of
Marine Science and
Professor of Marine
Science, College of
William and Mary,
Virginia, United States
PhD, Duke University, NC, USA.
Contributor to Chapter 36G
(Arctic Ocean) of WOA I.
Published on Southern Ocean
phytoplankton blooms and
nutrients, etc.
Ossey Bernard
Yapo
Côte d'Ivoire Professor, Université
Nangui Abrogoua,
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Published on eutrophication,
status of coastal waters of Cote
d’Ivoire, etc.
Kedong Yin China Professor, Sun Yat-Sen
University, Guangzhou,
China
PhD, University of British
Columbia, Canada. Published on
dynamics of nutrients,
phytoplankton biomass, etc.
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Archis Ambulkar United States Water/Wastewater
Subject Matter Expert,
OCT Water Quality
Academy, United States
M.S. in Environmental
Engineering, Bucknell University,
USA; Scientific areas: water,
wastewater, solid waste and
pollution; Published book, papers,
expert columns, articles,
factsheets; Oxford University
Research Encyclopedia entry on
nutrient pollution
Joseph Montoya United States Professor, School of
Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of
Technology
Invertebrate biology, Plankton
biology, Fate of hydrocarbons in
the marine environment, inputs of
nutrients to the marine
environment.
Sea area: The Global Ocean as a
whole, The North Atlantic Ocean
(esp. Gulf of Mexico), the North
Pacific Ocean (esp. South China
Sea).
PEER REVIEWERS
Song Sun People’s Republic
of China
Dean of College of
Marine Science, Chinese
Academy of Science;
CEO of Qingdao
Science and Education
Park, Qingdao, China
Ph.D., Institute of Oceanology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Published on plankton physiology.
Vice Chair of the Scientific
Committee on Ocean Research
(SCOR).
Mitsuo Uematsu Japan Director and Professor,
Center for International
Collaboration,
Atmosphere and Ocean
Research Institute,
University of Tokyo,
Japan
Ph.D. in geochemistry, University
of Hokkaido, Japan. Published on
volcanic enhancement of primary
production, Published on ocean
currents and sub-mesoscale
productivity.
Nora Montoya Argentina Researcher, National
Institute of Fisheries
Development, Mar del
Plata, Argentina.
Degree in Chemistry, National
University of Mar del Plata,
Argentina. Published on
phytoplankton blooms in South-
West Atlantic, paralytic shellfish
poisoning, etc.
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Writing team for Chapter 11 CHAPTER 11 INPUTS FROM LAND, SHIPS AND OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS
Changes in liquid and atmospheric inputs to the marine environment from land
(including through groundwater), ships and offshore installations: persistent organic
pollutants (including run-off from the use of agricultural pesticides); metals;
radioactive substances (including naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM);
personal care products, pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals; atmospheric pollutants
(NOx (but not in its role as a nutrient) and SOx); hydrocarbons from terrestrial sources,
ships and offshore installations (including arrangements for response to spills and
discharges); other substances used on, and discharged from, offshore installations;
distribution of, and trends in, contaminant concentrations.
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Maria Bebianno Portugal Director, Centre for Marine
and Environmental
Research (CIMA),
University of the Algarve,
Portugal
PhD in ecotoxicology, University
of Reading, England. Published
on mine tailings, effects of metals,
persistent organic compounds,
microplastics nanoparticles and
personel careproducts,
ecotoxicological protocol for deep-
sea fauna, etc.
CO-LEAD MEMBERS Alan Simcock United Kingdom Formerly Chairman (1996
– 2000) and Executive
Secretary (2001 – 2006),
OSPAR Commission for
the Protection of the
Marine Environment of the
North-East Atlantic, and
Co-Chair (2000-2002)
United Nations Informal
Consultative Process on the
Ocean and Law of the Sea.
Joint Coordinator, and contributor
to, among others, Chapters 8
(Cultural aspects), 17 (Shipping),
19 (Submarine cable and
pipelines), 20 (Land-based inputs),
21 (Offshore hydrocarbons), 24
(Solid waste), 27 (Tourism) and 28
(Desalinisation), of WOA I.
Published on science/policy
interface. Author of OSPAR
reports on marine spatial planning,
radioactivity discharges, etc
Joshua T.
Tuhumwire
Uganda Chief Executive Officer of
Gondwana Geoscience
Consulting Ltd.;
Director/Chairman of Sipa
Exploration Resources
(Uganda) Ltd;
Commissioner, Uganda
Department of Geological
Survey and Mines (2001 to
2010). Consultant to
several mineral exploration
projects in Uganda.
Member, Legal &
Technical Commission,
International Seabed
Authority
Contributor to Chapters 1 (Planet,
Ocean and Life) 23 (Offshore
mining), and 26 (Land/Sea
interaction) of WOA I. B.Sc.
(Hons.) in chemistry and geology,
Makerere University, Uganda;
M.Sc. in geology, Vrije
Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
Several unpublished geological
reports during 30 years’ career at
Uganda’s Geological Survey &
Mines.
Juying Wang China Head of Marine Chemistry
Division, National Marine
Environment Monitoring
Contributor to Chapters 20 (Land-
based inputs), 24 (Solid waste) and
25 (Marine debris) of WOA I. PhD
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Centre, Dalian, China in marine chemistry, Ocean
University of China, Chingdao,
China. Published on
microplastics, aragonite saturation,
etc.
JOINT CONVENORS
Colin Moffat
(Persistent organic
pollutant)
United Kingdom Chief Scientific Advisor
Marine, Marine Scotland,
Scottish Government,
Scotland
PhD, University of Aberdeen,
Scotland. Published on pilot
whales, agricultural chemicals and
the marine environment, trophic
transfer through food webs, oil
spills, etc.
Penny (Epapandi)
Vlahos (Metals)
United States Associate Professor
Departments of Marine
Sciences & Environmental
Engineering, University of
Connecticut, United States
PhD, in environmental, coastal and
ocean sciences, University of
Massachusetts, USA. Published on
carbon budgets, air/sea gas
exchange, perfluorinated
chemicals in the Arctic
atmosphere, etc.
Alan Simcock
(Radioactive
substances)
United Kingdom Joint Coordinator of the
Group of Experts
Marine social and economic
policy.
Ralf Ebinghaus
(PCPs,
Pharmaceuticals
and nutraceuticals)
Germany Head of Department for
Environmental Chemistry
Institute of Coastal
Research, Hamburg,
Germany
PhD, University of Hamburg.
Contributor to Chapter 20 (Land-
based inputs) of WOAI. Published
on atmospheric chemistry,
persistent pollutants, etc.
Bjorn Einar
Grøsvik
(Hydrocarbons)
Norway Institute of Marine
Research, Bergen, Norway
Dr Scient, Bergen University.
Contributor to Chapter 21
(Offshore hydrocarbons) of
WOAI. Published on marine
debris, oil in the Arctic food web,
oil spills.
Lars Sonesten
(Atmospheric
inputs)
Sweden Head, Department of
Aquatic Sciences and
Assessment, Swedish
University of Agricultural
Sciences
PhD in limnology, Uppsala
University. Published on nutrients
and pollution in the Baltic, etc.
Ida-Maja
Hassellöv (Other
substances used
on, and discharged
from ships and
offshore
installations)
Sweden Associate professor,
Maritime Environmental
Science, Chalmers
University of Technology,
Gothenburg, Sweden
PhD in marine chemistry,
University of Gothenburg,
Sweden. Published on effects of
anthropogenic impact, especially
from shipping and shipwrecks, on
the marine environment.
MEMBERS Bi Tra Boniface
Nene
Cote d'Ivoire Head of the Mapping and
Offshore Environment
Department at Ministry of
Petroleum, Energy and
Renewable Energies
Master in Geographic Information
System (GIS), Institut des
Sciences et Industries du Vivant
et de l'Environnement, Paris.
Petroleum Engineer, Institut
National Polytechnique Félix
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Houphouet Boigny,
Yamoussoukro,
Côte d’Ivoire
Kida Rose
Ninsemon
Cote d'Ivoire Marine and Lagoon
Environment Manager,
Directorate General of
Maritime and Port Affairs,
Cote d’Ivoire
Diploma in port affairs, National
School of Administration,
Coted’Ivoire. Masterэы in risk
management, Mines Paris Tech.
Arsonina Bera Madagascar Regional Director of
Environment, Ecology and
Forest, Sava Region,
Madagascar
Diplomas, Dresden University,
Germany, and Antananarivo
University, Madagascar.
Contributor to Chapters 20 (Land-
based inputs), 21 (Offshore
hydrocarbons), 25 (Marine debris)
and 26 (Land/sea interaction) of
WOA I.
Babajide Ibitayo
Alo
Nigeria Distinguished Professor of
Chemistry & Director,
Centre for Environmental
Human Resources
Development, University
of Lagos.
PhD, University of Bristol,
England. Contributor to Chapter
21 (Offshore Hydrocarbon
Industries) WOA I. Published on
polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons, polychlorinated
biphenyls, waste management and
sustainability, etc.
Kissao Gnandi Togo Associate Professor,
University of Lomé, Togo
PhD, University of Erlangen,
Germany. Published on lead,
cadmium, pesticide residues, etc.
Bing Qiao China Vice-director of Academic
Committee and Professor,
China Waterborne
Transport Research
Institute
Registered Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA) Engineer of
China
Expert group member of Chinese
scientific project of Marine
Environmental Safety (Ensure).
Carlos Francisco
Andrade
Brazil Adjunct Professor at
Universidade Federal do
Rio Grande, Brazil
PhD in physical, chemical and
geological oceanography,
Universidade Federal do Rio
Grande, Brazil. Published on
groundwater discharge, trace
elements in seaweed, etc.
Isabel Natalia
Garcia Arevalo
Ecuador Hydrographer, Continental
Shelf and Deep-Sea
division, Oceanographic
Institute of the Ecuadorian
Navy
MSc in environmental sanitation,
University of Ghent, Belgium.
Engineer in environmental
management, Universidad de
Espiritu Santo, Ecuador.
Published on rainfall and sea-
surface temperature, toxicology of
Pacific species, etc.
Jae Ryoung Oh Republic of Korea Research Counselor,
Korea Institute of Ocean
Science & Technology
PhD in environmental dynamics
and management, Hiroshima
University, Japan. Published on
organochlorine pollutants,
dioxins, furans, etc.
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Julio Esteban
Guerra Massón
Ecuador M.Sc. Nanotechnology
and Microsystems
MSc in nanotechnology and
microsystems engineering,
Southwest State University of
Kursk, Russia. Published on
waste-water treatment, adsorption
by micro-organisms, etc.
Robin Anderson Canada Marine Habitat Research
Scientist, Science Branch,
Fisheries and Oceans
Canada
PhD, McGill University.
Published on integrated marine
ecosystem assessment and
management, mercury pollution.
Ralf Ebinghaus Germany Head of Department for
Environmental Chemistry
Institute of Coastal
Research, Hamburg,
Germany
PhD, University of Hamburg.
Contributor to Chapter 20 (Land-
based inputs) of WOA I.
Published on atmospheric
chemistry, persistent pollutants,
etc.
Michael
Angelidis
Greece Professor of
Environmental Chemistry
University of the Aegean,
Greece
PhD in chemistry, University of
Patras, Greece. Published on
marine pollution monitoring and
assessment, with particular focus
on the Mediterranean Sea.
Eric Pieter
Achterberg
Netherlands Professor of Ocean
Chemistry, Helmholtz
Center for Ocean Research
Kiel, Germany
MSc, University of Wageningen,
Netherlands; PhD, University of
Liverpool, UK. Published on trace
metals in deep ocean,
nanoparticles and mining
pollution, ecological impact of
dumped munitions.
Bjorn Einar
Grøsvik
Norway Institute of Marine
Research, Bergen, Norway
Dr Scient, Bergen University.
Contributor to Chapter 21
(Offshore hydrocarbons) of WOA
I. Published on marine debris, oil
in the Arctic food web, oil spills.
Ida-Maja
Hassellöv
Sweden Associate professor,
Maritime Environmental
Science, Chalmers
University of Technology,
Gothenburg, Sweden
PhD in marine chemistry,
University of Gothenburg,
Sweden. Published on effects of
anthropogenic impact, especially
from shipping and shipwrecks, on
the marine environment.
Colin Moffat United Kingdom Chief Scientific Advisor
Marine, Marine Scotland,
Scottish Government,
Scotland
PhD, University of Aberdeen,
Scotland. Published on pilot
whales, agricultural chemicals and
the marine environment, trophic
transfer through food webs, oil
spills, etc.
Judith Weis United States Rutgers University, New
Jersey, USA
PhD, New York University.
Contributor Chapter 49 (Salt
marshes) of WOA I. Published on
salt marshes, marine pollution,
invasive species, etc.
Penny (Epapandi)
Vlahos
United States Associate Professor
Departments of Marine
Sciences & Environmental
PhD, in environmental, coastal
and ocean sciences, University of
Massachusetts, USA. Published
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Engineering, University of
Connecticut, USA
on carbon budgets, air/sea gas
exchange, perfluorinated
chemicals in the Arctic
atmosphere, etc.
Rainer Lohmann United States Professor of
Oceanography, University
of Rhode Island, United
States
PhD in environmental chemistry,
Lancaster University, England.
Published on pesticides, mercury,
polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs), flame retardants,
emerging contaminants,
especially in the Arctic, etc.
Miguel Caetano Portugal Head of the Division of
Environmental
Oceanography and
Bioprospection, Instituto
Português do Mar e da
Atmosfera, Av. Alfredo
magalhães Ramalho
PhD in marine science, University
of Algarve - Portugal. Published
on sources of Pb contamination in
a sediment core of the
Southwestern Iberian Atlantic
Shelf, concentrations in marine
fish species over a decade as
response to reduction of
anthropogenic inputs. Research
focuses in biogeochemistry,
marine science and chemical
oceanography
Lars Sonesten Sweden Head, Department of
Aquatic Sciences and
Assessment, Swedish
University of Agricultural
Sciences
PhD in limnology, Uppsala
University. Published on nutrients
and pollution in the Baltic, etc.
Monika
Stankiewicz
Poland Executive Secretary of the
Minamata Convention.
Master of Science, Gdansk
University. Published in Oil
Pollution
PEER REVIEWERS
Fani Sakellariadou Greece Professor of Geochemical
Oceanography, University
of Piraeus, Greece
Ph.D. in Marine Geochemistry,
Imperial College, University of
London, England. Published on
placer mining concentrations and
shipping pollution, etc.
Andrea Weiss Germany Researcher, German
Environment Agency,
Deputy Secretary of the
OSPAR, co-leads the
development in the EU
MSFD Common
Implementation Strategy of
guidance to assess the state
of the marine environment
Ph.D., University of Berlin,
Germany. Published on
programmes of measures to protect
marine waters.
Peter Liss United Kingdom of
Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
Emeritus Professor of
Environmental Sciences,
University of East Anglia,
England. Member of the
UK Royal Commission on
Ph.D., University of Wales.
Published on sea surface layer,
interaction of large cities and
marine ecosystems, etc.
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Environmental Pollution
Peiyan Sun People’s Republic
of China
Researcher, Chinese
Academy of Fishery
Sciences, Qingdao, China
Marine Monitoring Centre.
Published on oil biodegradation,
oil fingerprinting.
Isabel Natalia
Garcia Arevalo
Ecuador Hydrographer, Continental
shelf and deepsea division
in the Oceanographic
Institute of the
Ecuadorian Navy
Msc in Environmental Sanitation,
Universiteit Gent, Engineer in
Environmental Management.
Experience in physical, chemical
and biological monitoring, as well
as natural and
anthropogenic risk assessment,
including environmental impact
assessments
of economical and commercial
activities developing in the marine
environment, and develop
studies linking the ocean and
human health.
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Writing team for Chapter 12 CHAPTER 12 SOLID WASTE
Changes in inputs and distribution of solid waste in the marine environment (other
than dredged material): dumping at sea (including garbage from ships and sewage
sludge); activities resulting in marine debris, including plastics, abandoned fishing
gear, microparticles and nanoparticles and estimates of the sources both from land,
ships and offshore installations.
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Maria Bebianno Portugal Director, Centre for Marine
and Environmental
Research (CIMA),
University of the Algarve,
Portugal
PhD in ecotoxicology,
University of Reading, England.
Published on mine tailings,
effects of metals, persistent
organic compounds,
microplastics nanoparticles and
personel careproducts,
ecotoxicological protocol for
deep-sea fauna, etc.
CO-LEAD MEMBERS Ca Thanh Vu Viet Nam Principal Lecturer,
Ha Noi University of
Natural Resources and
Environment
PhD in Biological and
Environmental Science, Saitama
University, Japan. Published on
integrated coastal zone
management, tsunami risks, etc.
Juying Wang China Head of Marine Chemistry
Division, National Marine
Environment Monitoring
Centre, Dalian, China
Contributor to Chapters 20
(Land-based inputs), 24 (Solid
waste) and 25 (Marine debris) of
WOA I. PhD in marine
chemistry, Ocean University of
China, Chingdao, China.
Published on microplastics,
aragonite saturation, etc.
Joshua T.
Tuhumwire
Uganda Chief Executive Officer of
Gondwana Geoscience
Consulting Ltd.;
Director/Chairman of Sipa
Exploration Resources
(Uganda) Ltd;
Commissioner, Uganda
Department of Geological
Survey and Mines (2001 to
2010). Consultant to several
mineral exploration projects
in Uganda. Member, Legal
& Technical Commission,
International Seabed
Authority
Contributor to Chapters 1
(Planet, Ocean and Life) 23
(Offshore mining), and 26
(Land/Sea interaction) of WOA
I. B.Sc. (Hons.) in chemistry and
geology, Makerere University,
Uganda; M.Sc. in geology, Vrije
Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
Several unpublished geological
reports during 30 years’ career at
Uganda’s Geological Survey &
Mines.
JOINT CONVENORS François Galgani France Senior Researcher at
IFREMER, Laboratoire
LER/PAC, Bastia, France
Ecotoxicology, Chemistry and
Marine Litter. Chair of the
European Commission/DG
ENV/MSCG technical group on
marine litter, Chair of the
MEDPOL expert group on
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Marine Litter and CIESM
Committee chair
(Biogeochemistry and
ecotoxicology)
Aleke Stöfen-
O’Brien
Germany WMU-Sasakawa Global
Ocean Institute, World
Maritime University,
Sweden
PhD in law, University of Trier,
Germany. Published on sewage
and waste management, marine
debris, etc.
MEMBERS Arsonina Bera Madagascar Regional Director of
Environment, Ecology and
Forest, Sava Region,
Madagascar
Diplomas, Dresden University,
Germany, and Antananarivo
University, Madagascar.
Contributor to Chapters 20
(Land-based inputs), 21
(Offshore hydrocarbons), 25
(Marine debris) and 26
(Land/sea interaction) of WOA
I.
Iryna Makarenko Ukraine Black Sea Commission
Secretariat
LLM in international
environmental and energy law.
Published on assessment of
Black Sea marine living
resources, etc.
Maurizio Azzaro Italy Marine Microbiologist,
Institute for Coastal and
Marine Environment,
Messina, Italy
Contributor to Chapters 6
(Primary production and
plankton) and 36H (Southern
Ocean), WOA I. Published on
Arctic and Antarctic marine
microbes, etc.
Alan Deidun Malta International Ocean
Institute (IOI), Valletta,
Malta
PhD, University of Malta.
Published on invasive species,
jellyfish, beached litter, etc.
Dick Vethaak Netherlands Professor of Marine
Ecotoxicology / Water
Quality and Health, VU
University, Amsterdam
and Deltares, Delft,
Netherlands
PhD, EU-registered toxicologist.
Published on effect and risk
assessment, emerging
contaminants, endocrine
disrupters, plastic litter and
microplastics, etc.
Bjørn Einar
Grøsvik
Norway Institute of Marine
Research, Bergen, Norway
Dr Scient, Bergen University.
Contributor to Chapter 21
(Offshore hydrocarbons) of
WOA I. Published on marine
debris, oil in the Arctic food
web, oil spills.
Martin Hassellöv Sweden Professor, Analytical
Environmental Chemistry,
University of Gothenburg
PhD in marine chemistry,
University of Gothenburg.
Published on microplastics in
the Arctic and in relation to
small island developing states,
etc.
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Huw Griffiths United Kingdom British Antarctic Survey,
Cambridge, England
PhD, Open University, England.
Chair of the State of the
Antarctic Ecosystem research
programme under the Scientific
Committee on Antarctic
Research. Published on
Southern Ocean cephalopods,
Southern Ocean seafloor
warming, etc.
Chelsea Rochman United States Assistant Professor,
University of Toronto,
Canada
PhD, University of California,
Davis. Published on
microplastics, marine debris,
etc.
Jenna Jambeck United States Associate Professor,
College of Engineering,
University of Georgia,
United States
PhD, University of Florida.
Published on plastic waste,
marine debris, etc.
Joan Bondareff United States Lawyer, Blank Rome LLP,
Washington DC, United
States
JD, George Washington
University, DC, USA.
Published on offshore wind
energy, etc. 2018 Award winner
for Marine Environment
Protection, North American
Marine Environment Protection
Association.
Judith Weis United States Rutgers University, New
Jersey, United States
PhD, New York University.
Contributor Chapter 49 (Salt
marshes) of WOA I. Published
on salt marshes, marine
pollution, invasive species, etc.
Paula Keener United States National Aeronautics and
Space Administration,
Charleston, South
Carolina, United States
MSc in marine biology,
University of Charleston.
Published on work of the
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration,
etc. Lead Reviewer, USA, of
WOA I.
Paula Sobral Portugal Associate Professor, New
University of Lisbon,
Portugal
PhD, New University of Lisbon.
Published on microplastics and
marine debris.
Ahmed Md.
Kawser
Bangladesh Professor University of
Dhaka; Director of the
International Centre for
Ocean Governance
Contributor to Chapters 29
(Marine genetic resources) and
44 (Estuaries and deltas) of
WOA I. Published on arsenic,
PAHs and PCBs in food,
contamination of sediments, etc.
Aleka Stöfen-
O’Brien
Germany Scientific Officer, Marine
Environment Protection
Unit, German Environment
Agency
Dr Jur, University of Trier,
Germany. Published on sewage
and waste management, marine
debris, etc.
Archis Ambulkar United States Water/Wastewater Subject
Matter Expert, OCT Water
Quality Academy, United
States
M.S. in Environmental
Engineering, Bucknell
University, United States;
Scientific areas: water,
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wastewater, solid waste and
pollution; Published book,
papers, expert columns, articles,
factsheets; Oxford University
Research Encyclopedia entry on
nutrient pollution. Christos
Ioakeimidis
Greece UN Environment /
Mediterranean Action Plan
Coordinating Unit
Barcelona Convention
Secretaria
Marine Litter, Expert in the
Project Management and
Implementation, Expert
in the Mediterranean Pollution
Assessment and Control
Programme (MED POL)
Konstantinos
Topouizelis
Greece Assistant Professor in
Marine Remote Sensing,
Department of Marine
Sciences, University of the
Aegean, Lesbos, Greece
PhD, National Technical
University, Athens. Published on
remote sensing, seagrasses,
marine debris, etc.
Fernanda De
Oliveira Lana
Brazil Post-Doctoral Student in
Marine Biology and
Coastal Environments,
Federal Fluminense
University, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
PhD in fisheries, Federal Rural
University of Pernambuco.
Published on sharks and other
elasmobranchs, etc.
Penny (Epapandi)
Vlahos
United States Associate Professor
Departments of Marine
Sciences & Environmental
Engineering, University of
Connecticut, United States
PhD, in environmental, coastal
and ocean sciences, University of
Massachusetts, USA. Published
on carbon budgets, air/sea gas
exchange, perfluorinated
chemicals in the Arctic
atmosphere, etc.
Qamar Schulyer Australia Commonwealth Scientific
and Industrial Research
Organization Oceans and
Atmosphere, Australia
PhD, University of Queensland,
Australia. Published on impacts
of marine debris on sea turtles.
PEER REVIEWERS
Daoji Li People’s Republic
of China
Deputy Secretary General
of Shanghai Society for
Oceanology and
Limnology, Shanghai,
China.
Ph.D., East China Normal
University. Published on
microplastics, effects of marine
debris on birds, etc.
Kara L. Law United States of
America
Research Professor, Sea
Education Association,
Woods Hole,
Massachusetts, United
States
Ph.D. in physical oceanography,
Scripps Institution of
Oceanography/University of
California, San Diego, USA.
Published on plastics in the
marine environment, plastic
waste inputs from land to the
ocean, etc.
Alessandro Turra Brazil Professor, Oceanographic
Institute, University of São
Paulo, Brazil
Ph.D., Campinas University,
Brazil. Published on beach
ecology, marine debris, crabs,
clams, etc.
Jongmyoung Lee Republic of Korea Chief Scientist, Korea
Marine Litter Institute
Ph.D., Pukyong National
University. Published on plastic
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marine debris on beaches,
derelict fishing gear etc.
Writing team for Chapter 13 CHAPTER 13 EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION
Changes in erosion and sedimentation: changes in river management (including dams)
affecting the amount of sediment and water delivered to the ocean, and coastal
erosion; changes in land use resulting in changes in erosion patterns; beach
nourishment
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Ca Thanh Vu Viet Nam Principal Lecturer,
Ha Noi University of
Natural Resources and
Environment
PhD in Biological and
Environmental Science, Saitama
University, Japan. Published on
integrated coastal zone
management, tsunami risks, etc.
CO-LEAD MEMBERS Joshua T.
Tuhumwire
Uganda Chief Executive Officer of
Gondwana Geoscience
Consulting Ltd.;
Director/Chairman of Sipa
Exploration Resources
(Uganda) Ltd;
Commissioner, Uganda
Department of Geological
Survey and Mines (2001 to
2010). Consultant to several
mineral exploration projects
in Uganda. Member, Legal
& Technical Commission,
International Seabed
Authority
Contributor to Chapters 1
(Planet, Ocean and Life) 23
(Offshore mining), and 26
(Land/Sea interaction) of WOA
I. B.Sc. (Hons.) in chemistry and
geology, Makerere University,
Uganda; M.Sc. in geology, Vrije
Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
Several unpublished geological
reports during 30 years’ career at
Uganda’s Geological Survey &
Mines.
CONVENOR Ca Thanh Vu Viet Nam Principal Lecturer,
Ha Noi University of
Natural Resources and
Environment
PhD in Biological and
Environmental Science, Saitama
University, Japan. Published on
integrated coastal zone
management, tsunami risks, etc.
MEMBERS Paulette Bynoe Guyana Senior Lecturer, Faculty of
Earth and Environmental
Sciences of the University
of Guyana
PhD in development geography,
University of Sussex. Published
on ecotourism, watershed
management, etc.
Matt Eliot Australia Director (Coastal
Engineering) Damara WA
Pty Ltd;
PhD, University of Western
Australia. Published on coastal
sediments, sea levels, coastal
flooding.
Frank R. Hall United States Dean, College of Science,
Engineering &
Technology. Saginaw
Valley State University,
Michigan, United States
PhD in geological
oceanography, University of
Rhode Island. Contributor to
Chapters 7 (Carbonate
production) and 26 (Land/Sea
interaction) of WOA I.
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Published on sediment transport
into the deep ocean, etc.
Rosh Ranasinghe The Netherlands Professor of Climate
Change Impacts and
Coastal Risk, Delft
Institute for Water
Education; Professor
University of Twente,
Netherlands
PhD in coastal engineering and
oceanography, University of
Western Australia. Published
on sand movement, climate-
change impact on coasts, etc.
Sylvain Monde Cote d’Ivoire Professor of marine
geology, University
F Houphouet-Boigny
(Abidjan), Cote d’Ivoire
Doctorates from Universities of
Cocody, Cote d’Ivoire, and La
Rochelle, France. Published on
coastal pollution, estuarial
sediments, etc.
Tuan Le Nguyen Vietnam Director of Vietnam
Institute of Seas and
Islands, Hanoi
Doctorate in Engineering.
Published on environmental-risk
zoning, watershed management,
marine spatial planning.
Matthieu de
Schipper
The Netherlands Assistant Professor at Delft
University of Technology,
The Netherlands
PhD in coastal engineering,
Delft University of Technology.
Specialized in Coastal
protection and land reclamation
and Erosion and sedimentation.
Trang Duong The Netherlands Research Engineer, IHE
Delft, The Netherlands
PhD in Coastal engineering,
UNESCO-IHE/Delft University
of Technology. Specialized in
Coastal protection and land
reclamation and Erosion and
sedimentation
PEER REVIEWERS
Jarbas Bonetti
Filho
Brazil Associate Professor,
Coastal Oceanography,
Laboratory, Federal
University of Santa
Catarina, Brazil
Ph.D., University of São Paulo,
Brazil. Published on beach
management, coastal
vulnerability, etc
Georgios Sylaios Greece Professor, Laboratory of
Ecological Engineering &
Technology; Director,
Department of
Environmental
Engineering, Democritus
University of Thrace,
Greece
Ph.D. in physical oceanography,
University of Southampton,
England. Published on
assessment of shoreline changes,
coastal protection methods, etc.
Gert-Jan Reichart The Netherlands Head of the Department of
Ocean Systems, Royal
Netherlands Institute for
Sea Research, Texel,
Netherlands
Ph.D., University of Utrecht,
Netherlands. Published on
sediment biology, bioerosion, etc
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Writing Team of Chapter 14 CHAPTER 14 MARITIME INFRASTRUCTURE
Amounts of land reclaimed from the sea; extent of new land defences against the sea, and
extent of sea defences abandoned; extent of coastal development, including development
for tourism; other adaptations affecting coastal populations as a result of sea-level rise;
changes in port installations and their management, including dredging; changes in
submarine cables and submarine pipelines.
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Ca Thanh Vu Viet Nam Principal Lecturer,
Ha Noi University of
Natural Resources and
Environment
PhD in Biological and
Environmental Science, Saitama
University, Japan. Published on
integrated coastal zone
management, tsunami risks, etc.
CO-LEAD MEMBER Alan Simcock United Kingdom Formerly Chairman (1996 –
2000) and Executive
Secretary (2001 – 2006),
OSPAR Commission for
the Protection of the Marine
Environment of the North-
East Atlantic, and Co-Chair
(2000-2002) United
Nations Informal
Consultative Process on the
Ocean and Law of the Sea.
Joint Coordinator, and
contributor to, among others,
Chapters 8 (Cultural aspects), 17
(Shipping), 19 (Submarine cable
and pipelines), 20 (Land-based
inputs), 21 (Offshore
hydrocarbons), 24 (Solid waste),
27 (Tourism) and 28
(Desalinisation), of WOA I.
Published on science/policy
interface. Author of OSPAR
reports on marine spatial
planning, radioactivity
discharges, etc
CONVENOR Ca Thanh Vu Viet Nam Principal Lecturer,
Ha Noi University of
Natural Resources and
Environment
PhD in Biological and
Environmental Science, Saitama
University, Japan. Published on
integrated coastal zone
management, tsunami risks, etc.
MEMBERS Matchonnawe
Hubert Bakai
Togo Chef de Cabinet, National
Organization for State
Action in the Sea, Togo
Diploma, United Nations
Institute for Training and
Research.
Samuel
Jackson
Bentley, Senior
United States Professor and Associate
Dean for Research,
Louisiana State University,
Louisiana, United States
PhD, Stony Brook University,
New York, USA. Published on
the Mississippi and its
management, river deltas, etc
Bi Tra
Boniface Nene
Cote d'Ivoire Head of the Mapping and
Offshore Environment
Department at Ministry of
Petroleum, Energy and
Renewable Energies
Master in Geographic
Information System (GIS),
Institut des Sciences et
Industries du Vivant et de
l'Environnement, Paris.
Petroleum Engineer, Institut
National Polytechnique Félix
Houphouet Boigny,
Yamoussoukro,
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Côte d’Ivoire
Lionel Carter New Zealand Professor of Marine
Geology, Victoria
University of Wellington,
New Zealand
PhD, University of British
Columbia, Canada. Published
on submarine cables, including
geophysical hazards, etc.
Catherine
Creese
United States Director, Naval Seafloor
Cable Protection Office,
United States
Degree, US Coastguard
Academy. Twenty years’
experience in the undersea cable
industry.
Victor Hugo
Masson Fiallos
Ecuador Advisor on maritime
affairs, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Ecuador
Master’s in management, Loja
University, Ecuador. Degree in
physical oceanography, ENAP
University, Cartagena,
Colombia.
Regina
Folorunsho
Nigeria Assistant Director of
Research, Nigerian
Institute for Oceanography
and Marine Research
PhD, oceanography and
meteorology, University of
Lagos. Published on oil spill
response, climate change and
cities, etc.
Gheorghe
Ftadeev-Brat
Romania Chief of Safety,
Navigation and Pollution
Prevention and Port State
Control Officer, Romanian
Naval Authority, Tulcea,
Romania
Engineering diploma, Nautical
Institute, Constanţa; economic
management diploma,
University of Galaţi, Master in
maritime safety, Maritime
University of Constanţa,
Romania. Published on the
prevention of pollution from
ships, the “green ship” concept,
etc.
Koffi Robert
Dapa
Cote d’Ivoire Head of Production and
Operations Service of the
National Oil Company of
Côte d’Ivoire
Diploma from the Institut
Polytechnique Felix Houphouët-
Boigny, Cote d’Ivoire; Master of
Project Management and
Engineering, CentralesSupélec
(high-level public training centre
in France). Mining and
petroleum engineer.
Alix Willemez France Independent consultant,
Jouy-lès-Tours, France
PhD in the law of the sea,
University of Paris I (Panthéon-
Sorbonne). Published for
UNIDO on the exploitation of
natural resources in the Pacific,
etc.
PEER REVIEWERS
Constantina
Skanavis
Greece Professor of Environmental
Communication and
Education, University of
the Aegean, Mytilene,
Greece
Ph.D. in Environmental Health,
University of California, Los
Angeles, USA. Published on
environmental aspects of ports,
ports and climate change, etc.
Jean Marie
Bope Bope
Lapwong
Democratic Republic of
Congo
Head Officer and National
Coordinator, Centre de
Controle et Surveillance de
la Pollution Marine,
Democratic Republic of the
Graduate in geology and biology,
University of Kinshasa.
Published on vulnerability of
developing countries to marine
pollution, marine disaster risks
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Congo for the Congo, etc.
Ruo-Qian Wang People’s Republic of
China
Lecturer, School of Science
and Engineering,
University of Dundee,
Scotland
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, USA. Published on
sea-level rise and coastal
infrastructure.
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Writing team for Chapter 15 CHAPTER 15 CAPTURE FISHERIES
Changes in capture fisheries and harvesting of wild marine invertebrates: levels of
catches of fish, after allowing for the effects of management measures (including the
effects of estimated levels of fisheries subsidies (both capacity-enhancing and
beneficial subsidies)) - within national jurisdiction (by commercial fisheries, by
artisanal (otherwise called small-scale) and subsistence fisheries), and beyond national
jurisdiction (including the effects of fisheries beyond national jurisdiction as a result of
the exhaustion of fisheries within national jurisdiction); levels of harvesting of marine
invertebrates (including shellfish); levels of by-catch and other impacts on vulnerable
marine ecosystems and benthic ecosystems; levels of post-harvest loss; levels of fish-
stock propagation; use of marine protein in agriculture and aquaculture; estimated
levels of illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fisheries.
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Enrique
Marschoff
Argentina Member of the Instituto
Antárctico Argentino,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Contributor to Chapters 11
(Capture fisheries), 15 (Social
and economic aspects of
fisheries), 36B (South Atlantic
biodiversity), 36H (Southern
Ocean biodiversity) 46 (High-
latitude ice), 54 (Overall human
impact) and 55 (Overall value)
of WOA I. Doctorate in
biological sciences, University
of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Published on Southern Ocean
fisheries, Southern elephant-
seal, etc.
CO-LEAD MEMBERS Karen Evans Australia Principal Research Scientist
and Team Leader,
Commonwealth Scientific
and Industrial Research
Organisation, Australia
PhD, University of Tasmania,
Australia. Published on marine
top predators (mammals, birds,
fish), climate impacts and large
scale biodiversity assessments.
Essam Yassin
Mohammed
Eritrea Head of blue economy,
International Institute for
Environment and
Development, London,
England
PhD in international
development, University of
Nagoya, Japan. Published on
small scale fisheries, connection
between areas beyond national
jurisdiction and areas under
national jurisdiction, etc.
Ylenia
Randrianisoa
Madagascar Professor, University of
Toamasina, Madagascar
Diploma in applied
oceanography, and PhD in
fishery management, Fisheries
and Marine Science Institute
(IHSM) Tuléar, Madagascar.
Published on fisheries
management, etc.
Henn Ojaveer Estonia Research Professor in
Marine Ecosystems,
University of Tartu,
Estonia.
PhD in ichthyology and
fisheries, University of Tartu,
Estonia. Published on invasive
species, biodiversity status of
the Baltic, etc.
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CONVENOR Porter Hoagland United States Senior Research Specialist,
Marine Policy Center,
Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution,
Massachusetts, United
States
PhD in marine policy,
University of Delaware.
Published on effects of red
tides, implementing ecosystem-
based fisheries management,
consequences of siting of wind-
farms, etc.
MEMBERS Alida Bundy Canada Research Scientist,
Fisheries and Oceans
Canada, Bedford Institute
of Oceanography,
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia,
Canada.
PhD in resource management,
University of British Columbia,
Canada. Published on
ecosystem-based management,
trophic-level indicators of
fisheries impact, etc.
Andrew
Frederick
Johnson
United Kingdom Postdoctoral Scholar,
Scripps Institution of
Oceanography at
University of California
(San Diego), United States
PhD, Bangor University, UK.
Published on small-scale
fisheries, effects of bottom
trawling, etc.
Chang Ik Zhang Republic of Korea
Head of Faculty, Division
of Marine Production
System Management,
Pukyong National
University
PhD, University of
Washington, WA, USA.
Published on fish stock
propagation, impact of climate
change on fisheries, etc.
Franklin Isaac
Ormaza-
González
Ecuador Professor, Facultad de
Ingenieria Maritima,
Ciencias Biologicas
Oceanicas y Recursos
Naturales, University of
Ecuador
PhD in oceanography,
University of Southampton,
England. Published on
fisheries management, tuna,
oceanographic fluctuations and
fish stocks, etc.
Hector Lozano-
Montes
Australia Research Scientist,
Commonwealth Scientific
and Industrial Research
Organisation, Crawley,
Western Australia
PhD in fisheries, University of
British Columbia, Canada.
Published on variations in
trophic flows, recruitment,
fishing effort and ecosystem
variations on fish stocks, etc.
Imants George
Priede
Belgium Emeritus Professor,
OceanLab, University of
Aberdeen, Scotland
Founding Director of
OceanLab. Editor-in-Chief,
Deep-Sea Research. Published
on deep-sea fish, fish anatomy,
etc.
Zacharie Sohou Benin Research Oceanographer,
Institut de Recherches
Halieutiques et
Océanologiques du Bénin
Contributor to Chapter 13 (Fish
stock propagation) of WOA I.
Published on West African
cetaceans, fish stocks of the
Gulf of Guinea, etc.
Burcu Bilgin
Topçu
Turkey Senior Fisheries Officer,
Ministry of Agriculture
and Forestry, Turkey
PhD in fisheries, Ankara
University. Published on
management of tuna and
swordfish, fisheries discards,
etc.
Fernanda De
Oliveira Lana
Brazil Post-Doctoral Student in
Marine Biology and
PhD in fisheries, Federal Rural
University of Pernambuco.
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Coastal Environments,
Federal Fluminense
University, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
Published on sharks and other
elasmobranchs, etc.
Manuel Hidalgo Spain Balearic Oceanographic
Centre, Spanish Institute of
Oceanography, Palma de
Mallorca, Spain
PhD in Marine Sciences,
University of Vigo, Spain.
Published on ocean
connectivity, ecological
function and management,
cephalopods, resilience
mechanisms of fish
communities, etc.
Lynn
Waterhouse
United States Research biologist, Shedd
Aquarium, Chicago,
United States
PhD in Biological
Oceanography,
Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, University of
California San Diego, United
States
Lena Bergstrom Sweden Project coordinator at
HELCOM. Baltic Marine
Environment Protection
Commission
Assessment and management of
fish stocks, Maritime spatial
planning, Marine and coastal
ecosystem-based management.
Megan Bailey Canada Assistant Professor,
Marine Affairs Program,
Dalhousie University
Canada Research Chair:
Integrated Ocean and
Coastal Governance
PhD in Resource Management
and Environmental Studies:
Improving the management of
regional and global tuna
fisheries, University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Franklin
Ormaza-
Gonzalez
Ecuador Researcher-Professor at
ESPOL-Ecuador
PhD in Oceanography,
Southampton University, United
Kingdom. Expertise on the
marine, estuarine and riverine
environment, associated to
fisheries, aquaculture and
environmental quality.
PEER REVIEWERS
Rashid Sumaila Canada Director, Fisheries
Economics Research Unit
and Ocean Canada
Partnership, the University
of British Columbia,
Canada
Ph.D. in Economics, University
of Bergen, Norway. Published
extensively on the economics of
oceans and fisheries.
Sukgeun Jung Republic of Korea Associate Professor,
School of Marine
Biomedical Sciences
Jeju National University,
Republic of Korea
Ph.D., University of Maryland,
United States
Christina Pita Portugal Principal Researcher,
University of Aveiro
Department of
Environment and Planning
(DAO) & Centre for
Environmental and Marine
Studies (CESAM),
Ph.D. in Social and
Environmental Sustainability,
University of Aberdeen, United
Kingdom. Expertise in
socioeconomic aspects of
fisheries.
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University of Aveiro,
Campus Universitário de
Santiago, Portugal
Writing team for Chapter 16 CHAPTER 16 AQUACULTURE
Changes in aquaculture: changes in the areas of the sea-bed covered with aquaculture
installations; changes in the quantities produced by marine aquaculture of –fish,
invertebrates (including shellfish); changes in the management of marine aquaculture,
including effects on wild fish populations, in the proportions of fish meal and
vegetable feed used, and the quantities of pesticides used.
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Enrique
Marschoff
Argentina Member of the Instituto
Antárctico Argentino,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Contributor to Chapters 11
(Capture fisheries), 15 (Social
and economic aspects of
fisheries), 36B (South Atlantic
biodiversity), 36H (Southern
Ocean biodiversity) 46 (High-
latitude ice), 54 (Overall human
impact) and 55 (Ov erall value)
of WOA I. Doctorate in
biological sciences, University
of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Published on Southern Ocean
fisheries, Southern elephant-
seal, etc.
CO-LEAD MEMBER Renison Ruwa Kenya Deputy Director, Kenya
Marine and Fisheries
Research Institute.
Contributor to Chapters 32 and
53 (Capacity-building), 36E
(Indian Ocean biodiversity) and
48 (Mangroves) of WOA I.
PhD, University of Florence,
Italy. Published on influence
of seasonality and bathymetry
on crustacea, mangroves, etc.
CONVENOR Rohana
Subasinghe
Sri Lanka Consultant, FutureFish
Foundation, Victoria
Australia. Formerly, Chief,
Aquaculture Branch, Food
and Agricultural
Organization (FAO)
PhD, University of Stirling,
Scotland. Published on Asia-
Pacific aquaculture, Global
aquaculture and its role in
sustainable development.
MEMBERS Pedro Baron Argentina Director of the Center for
the Study of Marine
Systems, and of the Sci-
Tech Centre, Patagonia,
Argentina
Doctorate in biology, National
University of Comahue
(Argentina). Director of
studies on aquaculture
technology foresight (2014-
2017). Published on crab
population biology and fishing,
bivalves, zooplankton and
ocean conditions, etc.
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Malcolm
Beveridge
United Kingdom Consultant, formerly with
Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United
Nations, Rome, Italy
PhD, University of Glasgow.
Co-Author of FAO Technical
Paper “Impacts of Climate
Change on Fisheries and
Aquaculture”. Published on
aquaculture and food security,
etc.
Doris Oliva Chile Head, Institute of Biology,
Centre for Research and
Management of Natural
Resources (CIGREN),
University of Valparaíso,
Chile
Contributor to Chapter 12
(Aquaculture of WOA I).
Licentiate in Sciences,
University of Valparaiso.
Published on shellfish,
interaction of marine mammals
and fisheries, etc.
PEER REVIEWERS
Lionel Dabbadie France Scientist, CIRAD (French
research institute for
agriculture and fisheries for
developing countries) based
at Antananarivo,
Madagascar.
Ph.D. Published on fish-farming
in Madagascar, international
food standards, etc.
Patricio Bernal Chile Former Executive
Secretary, UNESCO
Intergovernmental
Oceanographic
Commission
Lead Member and Convenor,
Chapter 12 (Aquaculture),
WOA I.
Writing team for Chapter 17 CHAPTER 17 SEAWEED HARVESTING
Changes in seaweed harvesting and use: changes in the level of wild seaweed
harvesting; changes in the level of seaweed cultivation; developments in uses of
seaweed.
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Hilconida
Calumpong
Philippines Director, Institute of
Environmental and Marine
Sciences, Silliman
University, Philippines
Contributor to Chapters 6
(Primary production and
plankton), 14 (Seaweeds), 47
(Kelp forests and seagrasses),
and 48 (Mangroves) of WOA I.
PhD (major in Botany),
University of California,
Berkeley. Published on
mangroves, seagrasses, algae,
invertebrates, coastal resource
management, etc.
CO-LEAD MEMBER
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Renison Ruwa Kenya Deputy Director, Kenya
Marine and Fisheries
Research Institute
Contributor to Chapters 32 and
53 (Capacity-building), 36E
(Indian Ocean biodiversity) and
48 (Mangroves) of WOA I.
PhD, University of Florence,
Italy. Published on influence of
seasonality and bathymetry on
crustacea, mangroves, etc.
CONVENOR Isabel Sousa
Pinto
Portugal Professor, Department of
Biology, University of
Porto and Director of the
Coastal Biodiversity
Laboratory, Portugal
PhD, University of California,
Santa Barbara. Published on
kelp and kelp forests, including
relationship with fish species,
etc.
MEMBERS Adam Hughes United Kingdom Senior Lecturer in
Sustainable Aquaculture,
Scottish Association for
Marine Science, University
of the Highlands and
Islands, Oban Scotland
PhD on sea urchins, Open
University, England. Published
on climate-change and
aquaculture, biogas from algae,
aquaculture and marine
protected areas, etc.
Paula Bontempi United States Manager, Ocean Biology
and Biogeochemistry
Program, Headquarters of
the National Aeronautic
and Space Administration,
United States
PhD, University of Rhode
Island. Published on remote
sensing of chlorophyll, red
tides, etc.
Franciane
Maria Pellizzari
Brazil Professor, College of
Biological Science, State
University of Paraná,
Brazil
PhD in plant ecology,
University of Sao Paulo.
Published on Antarctic
seaweeds, Brazilian marine
algae, etc.
Noemí Andrea
Solar Bacho
Chile Marine biologist, Empresa
de Alimentación
Sustentable, Chile
Specialization in Marine
Aquaculture
PEER REVIEWERS
Alan Critchley United Kingdom of
Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
Fellow, Verschuren Centre
for Sustainability in
Energy and the
Environment, Cape Breton
University, Nova Scotia,
Canada
Ph.D., University of
Portsmouth, England.
Published on algal biomass and
global food markets, algal
sources for pharmaceutical and
industrial uses, etc.
Huang Honghui People’s Republic of
China
Director of Fishery
Environment Research
Division, South China Sea
Fisheries Research
Institute, Guangzhou,
China
Professor, Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
Published on carbon sink
capacity of marine bivalves and
seaweeds, growth of brown
seaweeds, etc.
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Writing team for Chapter 18 CHAPTER 18 SALT
Changes in desalinization and in the production of sea salt
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Alan Simcock United Kingdom Formerly Chairman (1996
– 2000) and Executive
Secretary (2001 – 2006),
OSPAR Commission for
the Protection of the
Marine Environment of
the North-East Atlantic,
and Co-Chair (2000-2002)
United Nations Informal
Consultative Process on
the Ocean and Law of the
Sea.
Joint Coordinator, and
contributor to, among others,
Chapters 8 (Cultural aspects), 17
(Shipping), 19 (Submarine cable
and pipelines), 20 (Land-based
inputs), 21 (Offshore
hydrocarbons), 24 (Solid waste),
27 (Tourism) and 28
(Desalinisation), of WOA I.
Published on science/policy
interface. Author of OSPAR
reports on marine spatial
planning, radioactivity
discharges, etc
CO-LEAD MEMBER Carlos Garcia
Soto
Spain Director of International
Relations, Senior Scientist,
Spanish Institute of
Oceanography, Spain
Contributor to Chapter 4
(Hydrological cycle) of WOA I.
PhD in oceanography,
University of Southampton,
England. Published on ocean
remote sensing, North Atlantic
Oscillation and plankton
blooms, etc.
*To be merged with chapter 8C (Maritime industries)
Writing team for Chapter 19 CHAPTER 19 SEABED MINING
Changes in seabed mining: effects of technological improvements; mining within
national jurisdiction: for metals, for sand and aggregates, for other substances (for
example, diamonds); mining beyond national jurisdiction.
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Joshua T.
Tuhumwire
Uganda Chief Executive Officer of
Gondwana Geoscience
Consulting Ltd.;
Director/Chairman of Sipa
Exploration Resources
(Uganda) Ltd;
Commissioner, Uganda
Department of Geological
Survey and Mines (2001
to 2010). Consultant to
several mineral
exploration projects in
Uganda. Member, Legal &
Technical Commission,
Contributor to Chapters 1
(Planet, Ocean and Life) 23
(Offshore mining), and 26
(Land/Sea interaction) of WOA
I. B.Sc. (Hons.) in chemistry
and geology, Makerere
University, Uganda; M.Sc. in
geology, Vrije Universiteit
Brussel, Belgium. Several
unpublished geological reports
during 30 years’ career at
Uganda’s Geological Survey &
Mines.
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International Seabed
Authority
CO-LEAD MEMBERS Maria
Bebianno
Portugal Director, Centre for
Marine and Environmental
Research (CIMA),
University of the Algarve,
Portugal
PhD in ecotoxicology,
University of Reading, England.
Published on mine tailings,
effects of metals, persistent
organic compounds,
microplastics nanoparticles and
personel careproducts,
ecotoxicological protocol for
deep-sea fauna, etc.
Anastasia Strati Greece Expert Minister
Counsellor, Law of the
Sea, Permanent Mission of
Greece to the United
Nations
MSc in Marine Law and Policy;
PhD in Law of the Sea,
University of Wales, United
Kingdom. Published on
underwater cultural heritage,
fisheries, marine pollution,
offshore energy, maritime
delimitation, dispute settlement,
etc.
JOINT CONVENORS James R. Hein United States United States. Geological
Survey, Senior Scientist,
Head of Marine Minerals
Program, Santa Cruz,
California, United States
PhD, University of California,
Santa Cruz. Published on
Arctic ferromanganese-oxide
deposits, Pacific manganese
nodules, etc.
Pedro
Madureira
Portugal Associate Professor,
Evora University,
Portugal
PhD, University of Evora.
Member of the Legal and
Technical Commission of the
International Seabed Authority.
Published on submarine
eruptions, polymetallic nodules
in the Area, etc.
MEMBERS Luis Menezes
Pinheiro
Portugal Associate Professor in
Marine Geology and
Geophysics, University of
Aveiro, Portugal
PhD, Imperial College,
London. Published on
submarine seismology,
submarine mud volcanoes,
methane-derived carbonates,
etc. Coordinator of the Sea
Technology Platform,
University of Aveiro.
Giorgio de la
Torre
Ecuador Department Head,
Oceanographic Institute
of the Ecuadorian Navy
Master of Science, Texas A&M
University, United States.
Former chair of the Pacific
Tsunami Warning and
Mitigation System. Head of
team for the outer limits of the
Ecuadorian continental shelf.
Nomikou
Paraskevi
Greece Assistant Professor in
Geological
PhD in geology, University of
Athens. Published on
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Oceanography, University
of Athens, Greece
submarine volcanoes, Mid-
Atlantic ridge, etc. Marine
Geologist at the Hellenic
Centre for Marine Research.
Ana Colaco Portugal Institute of Marine
Research and Marine and
Environmental Sciences
Centre, University of the
Azores, Portugal
PhD, University of Lisbon.
Published on seamounts,
resilience of deep-sea fauna,
etc.
Richard Roth United States Research Associate
Director, Materials
Systems Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, United
States
PhD in Materials Science &
Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, United
States. Published on modelling
the economics of seabed
mining.
Pradeep Singh Malaysia Research Associate,
Institute for Advanced
Sustainability Studies
Potsdam, Germany
LL.M. Harvard Law School,
United States; LL.M. in Global
Environment and Climate
Change, University of
Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Expert in the international and
national regulation of deep
seabed mining.
PEER REVIEWERS
Elaine Baker Australia UNESCO Professor of
Marine Science,
University of Sydney,
Australia.
Convenor of Chapter 23
(Offshore mining industries),
WOA I. Published on
mesophotic coral reefs, deep-sea
mining.
Chunsheng
Wang
People’s Republic of
China
Deputy Director,
Laboratory of Marine
Ecosystem and
Biogeochemistry, Second
Institute of
Oceanography,
Hangzhou, China
Professor, State Oceanic
Administration. Published on
hadal species. Chief scientist,
North-West Pacific Ocean
seamount ecosystem
monitoring and protection
project, China.
Hans-Peter
Damian
Germany Senior scientific officer,
German Environment
Agency.
Degree in biology, University
of Bielefeld, Germany.
Published on environmental
aspects of deep-sea mining,
maritime oil spills, etc.
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Writing team for Chapter 20 CHAPTER 20 OFFSHORE HYDROCARBONS
Changes in hydrocarbon exploration and extraction: including coverage of new
exploration zones and new fields, but not including noise effects (see chapter 21) and,
not including discharges and emissions (see chapter 11); decommissioning of offshore
installations.
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Joshua T.
Tuhumwire
Uganda Chief Executive Officer of
Gondwana Geoscience
Consulting Ltd.;
Director/Chairman of Sipa
Exploration Resources
(Uganda) Ltd;
Commissioner, Uganda
Department of Geological
Survey and Mines (2001
to 2010). Consultant to
several mineral
exploration projects in
Uganda. Member, Legal &
Technical Commission,
International Seabed
Authority
Contributor to Chapters 1
(Planet, Ocean and Life) 23
(Offshore mining), and 26
(Land/Sea interaction) of WOA
I. B.Sc. (Hons.) in chemistry
and geology, Makerere
University, Uganda; M.Sc. in
geology, Vrije Universiteit
Brussel, Belgium. Several
unpublished geological reports
during 30 years’ career at
Uganda’s Geological Survey &
Mines.
CO-LEAD MEMBER Alan Simcock United Kingdom Formerly Chairman (1996
– 2000) and Executive
Secretary (2001 – 2006),
OSPAR Commission for
the Protection of the
Marine Environment of
the North-East Atlantic,
and Co-Chair (2000-2002)
United Nations Informal
Consultative Process on
the Ocean and Law of the
Sea.
Joint Coordinator, and
contributor to, among others,
Chapters 8 (Cultural aspects), 17
(Shipping), 19 (Submarine cable
and pipelines), 20 (Land-based
inputs), 21 (Offshore
hydrocarbons), 24 (Solid waste),
27 (Tourism) and 28
(Desalinisation), of WOA I.
Published on science/policy
interface. Author of OSPAR
reports on marine spatial
planning, radioactivity
discharges, etc
CONVENOR Amardeep
Dhanju
United States Senior Policy Analyst,
Contractor, LCH
Consulting, in support of
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, USA
Department of Interior
PhD in Marine Policy,
University of Delaware.
Contributor to Chapter 22
(Other Marine-Based Energy
Industries) of WOA I.
Coordinator of the USA
National Ocean Policy
initiative, and co-chair of the
Marine Planning
Implementation subgroup of
the United States National
Ocean Council.
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MEMBERS Koffi Robert
Dapa
Cote d’Ivoire Head of Production and
Operations Service of the
National Oil Company of
Côte d’Ivoire
Mining and petroleum engineer
diploma from the Institut
Polytechnique Felix
Houphouët-Boigny, Cote
d’Ivoire; Master of Project
Management and Engineering,
Centrales Supélec (high-level
public training centre in
France).
Yeboue Kacou
Seraphin
Cote d’Ivoire Head of Drilling and
Environment Department,
Ministry of Petroleum,
Energy and Renewable
Energies, Côte d’Ivoire
Diploma as Mining Engineer,
Institut National Polytechnique
Houphouet Boigny, Cote
d’Ivoire; Master’s in
environmental and industrial
engineering, University of
Paris.
Arsonina Bera Madagascar Regional Director of
Environment, Ecology
and Forests, Ministry of
Environment, Ecology
and Forests, Sava Region
Madagascar
Diplomas, Dresden University,
Germany, and Antananarivo
University, Madagascar.
Contributor to Chapters 20
(Land-based inputs) and 21
(Offshore hydrocarbons) of
WOA I.
Hans-Peter
Damian
Germany Senior Scientific Officer,
Federal Environment
Agency, Germany
Degree in biology, University
of Bielefeld. Published on
environmental regulation of
offshore hydrocarbon
extraction, use of dispersants at
sea, etc.
Giorgio de la
Torre
Ecuador Department Head,
Oceanographic Institute
of the Ecuadorian Navy
Master of Science, Texas A&M
University, USA. Former chair
of the Pacific Tsunami
Warning and Mitigation
System. Head of team for the
outer limits of the Ecuadorian
continental shelf.
PEER REVIEWERS
Peter Harris Australia Director of UNEP
GRID/Arendal Institute,
Arendal, Norway
Lead Member and Convenor,
Chapter 21 (Offshore
hydrocarbon industries) WOA I
Mark
Shrimpton
Canada Principal, Stantec
Consulting. Formerly
lecturer at Memorial
University of
Newfoundland, Canada
M.A. in geography, Memorial
University of Newfoundland,
Canada. Author of many
environmental impact
assessments for oil industry.
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Writing team for Chapter 21 CHAPTER 21 MARINE NOISE
Trends in inputs of anthropogenic noise to the marine environment (including improved
understanding of its effects across all species).
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Karen Evans Australia Principal Research
Scientist and Team
Leader, Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation,
Australia
PhD, University of Tasmania,
Australia. Published on marine
top predators (mammals, birds,
fish), climate impacts and large
scale biodiversity assessments.
CO-LEAD MEMBER Carlos Garcia-
Soto
Spain Director of International
Relations, Senior Scientist,
Spanish Institute of
Oceanography, Spain
Contributor to Chapter 4
(Hydrological cycle) of WOA I.
PhD in oceanography,
University of Southampton,
England. Published on ocean
remote sensing, North Atlantic
Oscillation and plankton
blooms, etc.
CONVENOR Ana Širović
United States Texas A&M University,
Galveston, Texas, United
States.
PhD, University of California,
United States of America.
Published on ocean ambient
noise, marine mammal
acoustics, noise impacts on
fish.
MEMBERS James H.
Miller
United States University of Rhode
Island, Kingston, Rhode
Island, United States
DSc, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, United States of
America. Published on ocean
noise budgets and modelling,
impacts of noise on marine
animals.
John
Hildebrand
United States Scripps Institute of
Oceanography, and
University of California
(San Diego), United
States
PhD, Stanford University,
United States of America.
Published on acoustic
monitoring of whales, seismic
and sonar impacts on marine
mammals.
Sergio de Jesus Portugal Signal Processing
Laboratory, University of
Algarve, Algarve,
Portugal
PhD, University of Nice,
France. Published on noise
detection and transmission of
sound in water.
PEER REVIEWERS
Bruce Howe United States of
America
Research Professor,
Department of Ocean and
Resources Engineering,
University of Hawai’i at
Manoa
Ph.D. in ocean acoustic
tomography, University of
California, San Diego. Chair,
Joint Task Force of
ITU/WMO/IOC SMART
Cables for Observing the Ocean,
published on ocean acoustics
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Daniel Costa United States of
America
Professor, University of
California, Santa Cruz
Ph.D., Published on effects of
noise on behaviour of marine
mammals, particularly in the
southern hemisphere.
Isabel Natalia
Garcia Arevalo
Ecuador Hydrographer,
Continental shelf and
deepsea division in the
Oceanographic Institute
of the
Ecuadorian Navy
Msc in Environmental
Sanitation, Universiteit Gent,
Engineer in Environmental
Management. Experience in
physical, chemical and
biological monitoring, as well
as natural and
anthropogenic risk assessment,
including environmental impact
assessments
of economical and commercial
activities developing in the
marine environment, and
develop
studies linking the ocean and
human health.
Writing team for Chapter 22 CHAPTER 22 RENEWABLE ENERGY
Developments in renewable energy sources, including offshore geothermal energy,
solar energy, tidal energy, wave energy wind energy.
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Anastasia Strati Greece Expert Minister
Counsellor, Law of the
Sea, Permanent Mission
of Greece to the United
Nations
MSc in Marine Law and Policy;
PhD in Law of the Sea,
University of Wales, United
Kingdom. Published on
underwater cultural heritage,
fisheries, marine pollution,
offshore energy, maritime
delimitation, dispute settlement,
etc.
CO-LEAD MEMBERS Carlos Garcia-
Soto
Spain Director of International
Relations, Senior
Scientist, Spanish
Institute of
Oceanography, Spain
Contributor to Chapter 4
(Hydrological cycle) of WOA I.
PhD in oceanography,
University of Southampton,
England. Published on ocean
remote sensing, North Atlantic
Oscillation and plankton
blooms, etc.
Osman Keh
Kamara
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Ambassador
to Ethiopia and
Permanent Representative
to the African Union
Contributor to Chapters 17
(Shipping) and 32 and 53
(Capacity Building) of WOA I.
Graduate of University of Sierra
Leone and Columbia University,
New York, Post-Graduate
Diploma (Rhodes Academy of
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Ocean Law and Policy, Greece).
CONVENOR Takvor
Soukissian
Greece Research Director,
Institute of
Oceanography, Hellenic
Center for Marine
Research, Athens,
Greece
PhD in ocean hydrodynamics,
National Technical University
of Athens. Published on
offshore wave potential and in
general marine renewable
energy in the Mediterranean,
water-column device for wave
energy absorption, etc.
MEMBERS Amardeep
Dhanju
United States Senior Policy Analyst,
Contractor, LCH
Consulting, in support of
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM),
United States
Department of the
Interior, United States
PhD in Marine Policy,
University of Delaware.
Contributor to Chapter 22
(Other Marine-Based Energy
Industries) of WOA I.
Coordinator of the USA
National Ocean Policy
initiative, and co-chair of the
Marine Planning
Implementation subgroup of
the USA National Ocean
Council.
Lars Golmen Norway Senior Research
Scientist, Norwegian
Institute for Water
Research (NIVA) and,
Runde Environmental
Centre (REC), Norway.
Adj. Professor, Tokyo
University of Marine
Science and Technology,
TUMSAT, Tokyo,
Japan.
Contributor to Chapter 22
(Other Marine-Based Energy
Industries) of WOA I. Msc in
deep ocean water information.
Published on ocean optics,
acoustics and observing
systems interoperability, design
of multi-purpose offshore
platforms, etc.
Jimmy Murphy Ireland Marine and Renewable
Energy Ireland Centre,
Environmental Research
Institute, University
College Cork, Ireland
PhD, University College, Cork,
Ireland. Published on economic
and environmental impact
appraisal of commercial-scale
offshore renewable energy
installations, energy and
resource assessment of waves,
etc.
Georgios
Vougioukalakis
Greece Researcher
Volcanologist, Head of
Department of
Geothermy and Thermal
Waters, Greek Institute
of Geology and Mineral
Exploration, Athens,
Greece
PhD in volcanology and
geothermy, Aristotle University
of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Published on the Santorini
volcanic field, mercury
emissions from volcanic soils
and fumaroles, etc.
Joan Bondareff United States Lawyer, Blank Rome
LLP, Washington DC,
BA George Washington
University, DC, USA. JD,
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United States American University, WCL.
Published on offshore wind
energy, etc. 2018 Award
winner for Marine Environment
Protection, North American
Marine Environment Protection
Association
Eric Mwangi
Njoroge
Kenya CEO and Director,
Operations and
Facilities, WIO Marine
Limited, Sarit Centre,
Nairobi, Kenya
Experience in ensuring
effective implementation of
administrative policies to
achieve ecologically viable
renewable energy and linear
infrastructure development on
both public and private lands;
and in coordinating
engagement on linear
infrastructure development as
well as renewable energy and
wildlife conservation issues;
Valerie Ann
Cummins
Ireland Senior Lecturer, School
of Biological, Earth and
Environmental Sciences,
University College Cork
PhD in Geography, University
College Cork; MSc University
College Cork; BSc Cardiff
University. Published on
Governance challenges of
marine renewable energy
developments in the U.S.A, and
on Governance Barriers to
sustainable Energy Transitions
PEER REVIEWERS
Craig Stevens Australia Principal Scientist
Marine Physics, National
Institute of Water and
Atmospheric, New
Zealand, and Associate
Professor Physics,
University of Auckland,
Physics Department
Ph.D., University of Western
Australia, Centre for Water
Research in Western Australia.
Eugen Rusu Romania Professor, DHC,
Corresponding Member
of the Romanian
Academy, and President
of the Council of
Doctoral Schools, Vice-
Rector Galati University
'Dunarea de Jos'
Ph.D., University Dunarea de
Jos of Galati, Romania.
Scientific research focused
mainly on: survey, modelling
and analysis of the
environmental data along the
navigation routes and harbour
areas correlated with the
natural and technological risks
that may occur in these zones.
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Writing team for Chapter 23 CHAPTER 23 SHIPPING
Developments in marine transportation: ferries, other coastwise shipping,
international freight transport, including effects of containerization, cruising, ship-
breaking, bunkers, (but discharges and emissions from ships, garbage, sewage and
transport of invasive species are covered in the chapters dealing with those subjects).
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Alan Simcock United Kingdom Formerly Chairman
(1996 – 2000) and
Executive Secretary
(2001 – 2006), OSPAR
Commission for the
Protection of the Marine
Environment of the
North-East Atlantic, and
Co-Chair (2000-2002)
United Nations Informal
Consultative Process on
the Ocean and Law of the
Sea.
Joint Coordinator, and
contributor to, among others,
Chapters 8 (Cultural aspects), 17
(Shipping), 19 (Submarine cable
and pipelines), 20 (Land-based
inputs), 21 (Offshore
hydrocarbons), 24 (Solid waste),
27 (Tourism) and 28
(Desalinisation), of WOA I.
Published on science/policy
interface. Author of OSPAR
reports on marine spatial
planning, radioactivity
discharges, etc
CO-LEAD MEMBER Osman Keh
Kamara
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Ambassador
to Ethiopia and
Permanent Representative
to the African Union
Contributor to Chapters 17
(Shipping) and 32 and 53
(Capacity Building) of WOA I.
Graduate of University of Sierra
Leone and Columbia University,
New York, Post-Graduate
Diploma (Rhodes Academy of
Ocean Law and Policy, Greece).
MEMBERS
Joan Bondareff United States Lawyer, Blank Rome
LLP, Washington DC,
United States
JD, George Washington
University, DC, USA.
Published on offshore wind
energy, etc. 2018 Award winner
for Marine Environment
Protection, North American
Marine Environment Protection
Association
*To be merged with chapter 8C (Maritime industries)
Writing team for Chapter 24 CHAPTER 24 TOURISM
Developments in tourism and recreational activities.
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Alan Simcock United Kingdom Formerly Chairman
(1996 – 2000) and
Executive Secretary
(2001 – 2006), OSPAR
Commission for the
Protection of the Marine
Joint Coordinator, and
contributor to, among others,
Chapters 8 (Cultural aspects), 17
(Shipping), 19 (Submarine cable
and pipelines), 20 (Land-based
inputs), 21 (Offshore
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Environment of the
North-East Atlantic, and
Co-Chair (2000-2002)
United Nations Informal
Consultative Process on
the Ocean and Law of the
Sea.
hydrocarbons), 24 (Solid waste),
27 (Tourism) and 28
(Desalinisation), of WOA I.
Published on science/policy
interface. Author of OSPAR
reports on marine spatial
planning, radioactivity
discharges, etc
CO-LEAD MEMBER Anastasia Strati Greece Expert Minister
Counsellor, Law of the
Sea, Permanent Mission
of Greece to the United
Nations
MSc in Marine Law and Policy;
PhD in Law of the Sea,
University of Wales, United
Kingdom. Published on
underwater cultural heritage,
fisheries, marine pollution,
offshore energy, maritime
delimitation, dispute settlement,
etc.
MEMBERS
Marcelo
Bertellotti
Argentina Principal Researcher,
National Council for
Scientific and Technical
Research, Puerto Madryn,
Chubut, Argentina
Ph.D. in Biological Sciences,
National University of
Patagonia San Juan Bosco,
Comodoro Rivadavia,
Argentina. Secretary of
Conservation and Protected
Areas of Chubut Province.
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Ishmael Mensah Ghana Head of Confucius
Institute, University of
Cape Coast, Ghana
PhD in tourism and hospitality,
University of Cape Coast,
Ghana. Published on the
management of tourism and
environment and environmental
attitudes of tourist.
Miguel Iniguez Argentina President, Cethus
Foundation
Master in environmental
education, University of
Malaga, Spain. Published on
whales and dolphins and their
management.
Marcus Polette Brazil Professor and Director of
the School of Sea,
Science and Technology,
University of Vale do
Itajai, Santa Catarina,
Brazil
Contributor to Chapter 20
(Land-based inputs) of WOA I.
PhD in Coastal Zone
Management and Governance.
Published on the management of
urban beaches, Urban and
Regional Planning, Sustainable
Development Goals – SDG
Indicators, etc.
Regina Salvador Portugal Professor, Department of
Geography and Regional
Planning, New University
of Lisbon, Portugal
PhD in economics, London
School of Economics, United
Kingdom. Published on
waterfront heritage, nautical
tourism and offshore energy.
Angeliki N.
Menegaki
Greece Associate Professor of
Economics, Department
of Economics and
Management of Tourist
and Cultural Units, TEI
STEREAS ELLADAS-
UNIVERSITY OF
APPLIED SCIECES, b)
Adjunct Professor,
Department of
Management of
Businesses and
Organizations, Hellenic
Open University
PhD in Economics, University
of Stirling, United Kingdom.
Expertise in environmental and
resource economics.
PEER REVIEWERS
Marisol Vereda Argentina Senior lecturer.
Universidad Nacional de
Tierra del Fuego,
Antártida e Islas del
Atlántico Sur (UNTDF).
Argentina
PhD. in Geography;
Universidad Nacional del Sur,
Argentina. Expertise in
Antarctic tourism.
David Lusseau France University of Aberdeen,
Scotland,
United Kingdom
PhD, University of Otago, New
Zealand. Published on marine
mammal tourism, disturbance to
marine mammals, etc.
Marcus Polette Brazil Professor and Director of
the School of Sea,
Contributor to Chapter 20
(Land-based inputs) of WOA I.
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Science and Technology,
University of Vale do
Itajai, Santa Catarina,
Brazil
PhD in Coastal Zone
Management and Governance.
Published on the management of
urban beaches, Urban and
Regional Planning, Sustainable
Development Goals – SDG
Indicators, etc.
*to be merged with chapter 8C (Maritime industries)
Writing team for Chapter 25 CHAPTER 25 INVASIVE SPECIES
Including transport in ballast water and on ships’ hulls.
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Henn Ojaveer Estonia Research Professor in
Marine Ecosystems,
University of Tartu,
Estonia.
PhD in ichthyology and
fisheries, University of Tartu,
Estonia. Published on invasive
species, biodiversity status of
the Baltic, etc.
CO-LEAD MEMBERS Chul Park Korea (Republic of) Chair of the North Pacific
Marine Science
Organisation (PICES),
Professor of
Oceanography and Ocean
Environmental Sciences,
Chungnam National
University, Daejon,
Republic of Korea.
Contributor to Chapters 6
(Primary production and
plankton), 36C (North Pacific
biodiversity) of WOA I. PhD
in Oceanography, Texas A&M
University, USA. Published on
zooplankton distribution,
phytoplankton dynamics, etc.
Renison Ruwa Kenya Deputy Director, Kenya
Marine and Fisheries
Research Institute.
Contributor to Chapters 32 and
53 (Capacity-building), 36E
(Indian Ocean biodiversity)
and 48 (Mangroves) of
WOA I. PhD, University of
Florence, Italy. Published on
influence of seasonality and
bathymetry on crustacea,
mangroves, etc.
CONVENOR Thomas
Therriault
Canada Research Scientist,
Pacific Biological
Station, Fisheries and
Oceans, Canada
Convenor of the writing team
for Chapter 36C (North Pacific
Biodiversity), WOA I.
Published on invasive species,
etc.
MEMBERS Alan Deidun Malta Professor, Department of
Geosciences
University of Malta
PhD, University of Malta.
Published on invasive species,
jellyfish, beached litter, etc.
Evangelina
Schwindt
Argentina Research Scientist,
Instituto de Biología de
PhD, in biological sciences,
National University of Mar del
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Organismos Marinos,
Puerto Madryn,
Argentina
Plata, Argentina. Published on
marine fouling invasions in
Patagonian ports, etc.
Bing Qiao China Vice-director of
Academic Committee
and Professor,
China Waterborne
Transport Research
Institute
Registered Environmental
Impact Assessment (EIA)
Engineer of China
Expert group member of
Chinese scientific project of
Marine Environmental Safety
(Ensure).
Graeme Inglis New Zealand Principal Scientist
(Marine Ecology) and
Group Leader, Marine
Biosecurity, National
Institute for Water and
Atmospheric Research,
New Zealand
PhD, University of Sydney.
Published on economic
impacts of biofouling invaders
on aquaculture, early detection
of marine invaders, etc.
Sarah Bella Galil Israel Curator, Steinhardt
Museum of Natural
History, Tel Aviv
University, Israel
PhD in marine biology, Tel-
Aviv University. Published on
invasive biota in the deep-sea
Mediterranean, molecular
genetic tools to assess and
manage marine biological
invasions, etc.
Chad Hewitt Australia Professor and Director of
the Centre for
Biosecurity Research,
Murdoch University,
Western Australia,
Australia
PhD in marine biology,
University of Oregon, United
States. Published on marine
biosecurity crisis decision-
making, marine debris and
transfer of non-indigenous
species, etc.
Marnie
Campbell
Australia Professor of Biosecurity
and Environmental
Science,
Harry Butler Institute,
Murdoch University,
Western Australia,
Australia
Published on the human health
impact of anthropogenic beach
litter, values affected by non-
native marine species, etc.
PEER REVIEWERS
Alejandro
Bortolus
Argentina Researcher at the
Patagonian Institute for
the Study of Continental
Ecosystems, Puerto
Madryn, Argentina
Postdoctorate in marsh
science, Brown University,
Rhode Island, USA, Ph.D. in
biological sciences, National
University of Mar del Plata,
Argentina. Published on
Argentinian coastal and
shallow habitats, influence of
marsh environments on
oceanic ecosystems, etc
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Cynthia
McKenzie
Canada Research Scientist,
Northwest Atlantic
Fisheries Centre,
Fisheries and Oceans
Canada, Newfoundland,
Canada
Ph.D. in marine biology, Texas
A & M University, United
States.
Writing team for Chapter 26 CHAPTER 26 MARINE GENETIC RESOURCES
Developments in exploration and use of marine genetic resources
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Sanae Chiba Japan Senior Scientist, Japan
Agency for Marine-Earth
Science and Technology,
Tokyo
Ph.D. in aquatic bioscience,
Tokyo University of Fisheries,
Japan. Published on long-term
marine ecosystem change,
plankton, etc.
CO-LEAD MEMBER Hilconida
Calumpong
Philippines Director, Institute of
Environmental and
Marine Sciences,
Silliman University,
Philippines
Contributor to Chapters 6
(Primary production and
plankton), 14 (Seaweeds), 47
(Kelp forests and seagrasses),
and 48 (Mangroves) of WOA I.
PhD (major in Botany),
University of California,
Berkeley. Published on
mangroves, seagrasses, algae,
invertebrates, coastal resource
management, etc.
Carlos Garcia
Soto
Spain Director of International
Relations, Senior
Scientist, Spanish
Institute of
Oceanography, Spain
Contributor to Chapter 4
(Hydrological cycle) of WOA I.
PhD in oceanography,
University of Southampton,
England. Published on ocean
remote sensing, North Atlantic
Oscillation and plankton
blooms, etc.
JOINT CONVENORS Ellen
Kenchington
Canada Department of Fisheries
and Oceans, Bedford
Institute of
Oceanography,
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Canada
PhD, University of Tasmania.
Benthic ecology Contributor to
Chapter 29 (Marine genetic
resources) of WOA I.
Published on sponges,
relationship between seabed,
benthos and fish, molluscs, etc.
Robert Blasiak United States Post-doctoral researcher,
Stockholm Resilience
Centre, University of
Stockholm, Sweden
PhD, University of Tokyo,
Japan. Published on corporate
control and global governance
of marine genetic resources, an
international agreement on
marine biodiversity beyond
areas of national jurisdiction,
etc.
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MEMBERS Changwei Shao China Yellow Sea Fisheries
Research Institute,
Qiongdao, China
PhD, Yellow Sea Fisheries
Research Institute. Published
on genomes of flatfish,
epigenetic modification and
inheritance in sexual reversal of
fish, etc.
Hebe Dionisi Argentina Instituto de Biología de
Organismos Marinos,
Puerto Madryn,
Argentina
PhD in biology, National
University of Rosario,
Argentina. Published on
Prospecting biotechnologically-
relevant monooxygenases from
cold sediment metagenomes,
bacterial community structure
of hydrocarbon-polluted marine
environments, etc.
Jorge Rafael
Bermúdez-
Monsalve
Ecuador Escuela Superior
Politécnica del Litoral,
Guayaquil, Ecuador
PhD in Natural Sciences, Kiel
University, Germany.
Published on ocean
acidification and plankton, etc.
Helena Vieira
Portugal Associate Professor,
Faculty of Sciences,
University of Lisbon,
Portugal; Executive
Director of BLUEBIO-
ALLIANCE (a national
association for marine
bioresources), Cascais,
Portugal
PhD in Biosciences and MPhil
in Molecular Biology, Imperial
College of London. Published
on marketing marine natural
products for pharmaceutical,
cosmetics & nutraceutical
markets, biotechnological
potential of marine microbes,
etc.
Jesús M. Arrieta
Spain Spanish Institute of
Oceanography, Santa
Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
PhD in Natural Sciences.
University of Groningen. The
Netherlands. Published on
marine biodiversity and gene
patents, response of
bacterioplankton to iron
fertilization in the Southern
Ocean, etc.
Boris Wawrik
United States Programme Director,
Division of Ocean
Science, National
Science Foundation,
Washington DC, United
States
PhD in marine science,
University of South Florida,
USA. Published on the
functional diversity of ocean
life shown through
transcriptome sequencing,
anaerobic alkane oxidation, etc.
PEER REVIEWERS
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Elva Escobar Mexico Director, Institute of the
Science of Sea and
Limnology, National
University of Mexico
Ph.D. in biological
oceanography, National
University of Mexico.
Published on science and social
needs, hydrothermal vents, etc.
Member of the writing team for
Chapter 29 (Marine Genetic
Resources) of WOA I.
Gabriel Hoinsoude
Segniagbeto
Togo Associate Professor of
Zoology, University of
Lomé, Togo
Published on sea turtles and
African humpback dolphins
Kenneth Halanych United States of
America
Professor of Marine
Biology, Auburn
University, Alabama,
United States.
Ph.D. in zoology, University of
Texas, USA. Published on
marine phylogeny, genetics of
marine invertebrates, etc.
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Writing team for Chapter 27 CHAPTER 27 MARINE HYDRATES - A POTENTIALLY EMERGING ISSUE
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Alan Simcock United Kingdom Formerly Chairman
(1996 – 2000) and
Executive Secretary
(2001 – 2006), OSPAR
Commission for the
Protection of the Marine
Environment of the
North-East Atlantic, and
Co-Chair (2000-2002)
United Nations Informal
Consultative Process on
the Ocean and Law of the
Sea.
Joint Coordinator, and
contributor to, among others,
Chapters 8 (Cultural aspects), 17
(Shipping), 19 (Submarine cable
and pipelines), 20 (Land-based
inputs), 21 (Offshore
hydrocarbons), 24 (Solid waste),
27 (Tourism) and 28
(Desalinisation), of WOA I.
Published on science/policy
interface. Author of OSPAR
reports on marine spatial
planning, radioactivity
discharges, etc
CO-LEAD MEMBER Carlos Garcia
Soto
Spain Director of International
Relations, Senior
Scientist, Spanish
Institute of
Oceanography, Spain
Contributor to Chapter 4
(Hydrological cycle) of WOA I.
PhD in oceanography,
University of Southampton,
England. Published on ocean
remote sensing, North Atlantic
Oscillation and plankton
blooms, etc.
Joshua T.
Tuhumwire
Uganda Chief Executive Officer
of Gondwana Geoscience
Consulting Ltd.;
Director/Chairman of
Sipa Exploration
Resources (Uganda) Ltd;
Commissioner, Uganda
Department of Geological
Survey and Mines (2001
to 2010). Consultant to
several mineral
exploration projects in
Uganda. Member, Legal
& Technical
Commission,
International Seabed
Authority
Contributor to Chapters 1
(Planet, Ocean and Life) 23
(Offshore mining), and 26
(Land/Sea interaction) of WOA
I. B.Sc. (Hons.) in chemistry
and geology, Makerere
University, Uganda; M.Sc. in
geology, Vrije Universiteit
Brussel, Belgium. Several
unpublished geological reports
during 30 years’ career at
Uganda’s Geological Survey &
Mines.
MEMBERS
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Joseph Montoya United States Professor, School of
Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of
Technology
Invertebrate biology, Plankton
biology, Fate of hydrocarbons in
the marine environment, inputs
of nutrients to the marine
environment.
Sea area: The Global Ocean as a
whole, The North Atlantic
Ocean (esp. Gulf of Mexico),
the North Pacific Ocean (esp.
South China Sea).
Aninda
Mazumdar
India Senior Principal Scientist,
National Institute of
Oceanography, Goa,
India.
PhD. Published on methane
seeps and dissolved inorganic
carbon.
Aaron Micallef Malta Associate Professor,
Department of
Geosciences, University
of Malta
Ph.D. in marine geology and
geophysics, University of
Southampton, England.
Published on submarine
geomorphology, the Malta
plateau, etc.
Katherine Segarra United States Biological
Oceanographer, Bureau
of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM),
United States
PhD in Ocean Sciences,
University of Georgia, United
States. Expertise in wetland,
coastal, and marine ecosystems,
climate change, offshore energy,
coastal resilience, and
understanding human impacts to
the environment.
Leonid Yurganov Canada Research Associate,
Department of Physics,
University of Toronto,
Canada
PhD in atmospheric physics,
Insitute of Atmospheric Physics,
Moscow, Russia. Published on
arctic methane and carbon
monoxide in Alaska.
PEER REVIEWERS
Luis Pinheiro Portugal Associate Professor of
Geosciences, University
of Aveiro, Aveiro,
Portugal
PhD in marine geophysics,
Imperial College, London,
United Kingdom. Published on
methane-derived authigenic
carbonates, mud volcanoes.
Carolyn Ruppel United States Head of the project,
United States Geological
Survey
PhD in geophysics and
geology, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, United
States. Published on gas
hydrates, heat flow in the
Arctic.
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Writing team for Chapter 28 CHAPTER 28 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS
Current approaches to the identification and assessment of cumulative impacts
on marine environments
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Karen Evans Australia Principal Research
Scientist and Team
Leader, Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation,
Australia
PhD, University of Tasmania,
Australia. Published on marine
top predators (mammals, birds,
fish), climate impacts and large
scale biodiversity assessments.
CO-LEAD MEMBERS Ca Thanh Vu Viet Nam Principal Lecturer,
Ha Noi University of
Natural Resources and
Environment
PhD in Biological and
Environmental Science, Saitama
University, Japan. Published on
integrated coastal zone
management, tsunami risks, etc.
Essam Yassin
Mohammed
Eritrea Head of blue economy,
International Institute for
Environment and
Development, London,
England
PhD in international
development, University of
Nagoya, Japan. Published on
small scale fisheries, connection
between areas beyond national
jurisdiction and areas under
national jurisdiction, etc.
Alan Simcock United Kingdom Marine social and economic
policy. Sea area: Global Ocean
as a whole, but especially the
North Atlantic Ocean, the
Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, the
Mediterranean and the North
Sea.
Jörn Schmidt Germany Christian-Albrechts-
Universität zu Kiel Kiel,
Germany
PhD, Helmholtz Centre for
Ocean Research Kiel Germany.
Published on socio-ecological
trade-offs in fisheries,
integrated ecosystem
assessments.
CONVENOR Karen Evans Australia Principal Research
Scientist and Team
Leader, Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation,
Australia
PhD, University of Tasmania,
Australia. Published on marine
top predators (mammals, birds,
fish), climate impacts and large
scale biodiversity assessments.
MEMBERS Beth Fulton
Australia
Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial
Research Organization
Oceans and Atmosphere,
Hobart, Tasmania,
Australia
PhD, University of Tasmania,
Australia. Published on
evaluation of interactions of
environmental change and
human impacts on marine
ecosystems sustainability
challenges and trade-offs
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among marine and coastal
industries, socio-ecological
modelling of marine systems
Piers Dunstan Australia
Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial
Research Organization,
Oceans and Atmosphere,
Hobart, Tasmania,
Australia
PhD, University of Tasmania,
Australia. Published on climate
impacts on sustainability,
cumulative impacts of fishing.
Vanessa Stelzenmüller
Germany Research group leader
Marine Spatial
Management, Thünen
Institute of Sea
Fisheries, Germany
PhD in natural sciences, Carl
von Ossietzky Universität
Oldenburg, Germany
Roland Cormier Canada Guest Scientist,
Helmholtz-Zentrum
Geesthacht, Institute for
Coastal Research, Max-
Planck, Germany
PhD candidate in marine risk
management, University of
Hull, United Kingdom.
Specialized in risk management
approaches to environmental
legislative and regulatory
frameworks.
Skipton Woolley Australia Research Scientist,
Oceans and Atmosphere,
Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation,
Honorary Fellow, The
School of BioSciences,
The University of
Melbourne, Australia
PhD in Quantitative Marine
Ecology, The University of
Melbourne. Specialized in
Quantitative Modelling,
Statistical Model Development,
Marine Biogeography,
Conservation
Biology
PEER REVIEWERS
Benjamin Halpern United States of
America
Professor, University of
California, Santa
Barbara, Director
National Center for
Ecological Analysis and
Synthesis
Ph.D., University of California,
Santa Barbara, USA.
Published on cumulative
impact assessment frameworks,
carried out global cumulative
impact assessments.
Contributor to Chapter 20
(Land-based pollution) of
WOA I.
Ken Anthony
Australia Principal Research
Scientist, Australian
Institute of Marine
Science
Ph.D., James Cook University,
Australia. Published on
cumulative impact assessment
frameworks, carried out
cumulative impact assessments
of the Great Barrier Reef
Natalie Ban Canada Associate Professor and
Lansdowne Scholar of
Marine Ethnoecology
and Conservation
School of Environmental
Studies
University of Victoria,
Ph.D. in Resource Management
and Environmental Studies,
University of British Columbia,
Canada. Expertise in marine
and coastal community-based
management, marine and
coastal cultural-based
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Canada management
And marine and coastal
ecosystem-based management.
PART 6: TRENDS IN MANAGEMENT APPROACHES TO THE
MARINE ENVIRONMENT
Writing team for Chapter 29 CHAPTER 29 MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Alan Simcock United Kingdom Formerly Chairman
(1996 – 2000) and
Executive Secretary
(2001 – 2006), OSPAR
Commission for the
Protection of the Marine
Environment of the
North-East Atlantic, and
Co-Chair (2000-2002)
United Nations Informal
Consultative Process on
the Ocean and Law of the
Sea.
Joint Coordinator, and
contributor to, among others,
Chapters 8 (Cultural aspects), 17
(Shipping), 19 (Submarine cable
and pipelines), 20 (Land-based
inputs), 21 (Offshore
hydrocarbons), 24 (Solid waste),
27 (Tourism) and 28
(Desalinisation), of WOA I.
Published on science/policy
interface. Author of OSPAR
reports on marine spatial
planning, radioactivity
discharges, etc
CO-LEAD MEMBERS Karen Evans Australia Principal Research
Scientist and Team
Leader, Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation,
Australia
PhD, University of Tasmania,
Australia. Published on marine
top predators (mammals, birds,
fish), climate impacts and large
scale biodiversity assessments.
Ca Thanh Vu Viet Nam Principal Lecturer,
Ha Noi University of
Natural Resources and
Environment
PhD in Biological and
Environmental Science, Saitama
University, Japan. Published on
integrated coastal zone
management, tsunami risks, etc.
MEMBERS
Jarbas Bonetti
Filho
Brazil Associate Professor,
Coastal Oceanography,
Laboratory, Federal
University of Santa
Catarina, Brazil
Ph.D., University of São Paulo,
Brazil. Published on beach
management, coastal
vulnerability, etc
Louis Celliers South Africa Project Manager, Climate
Service Center Germany
(part of the Helmholtz
Zentrum Geesthacht),
Hamburg, Germany
PhD in marine ecology,
University of Natal, South
Africa. Published on coral reefs
of Western Indian Ocean, ocean
and coastal governance, climate
change and coasts, etc.
Leandra
Gonçalves
Brazil Lecturer, Institute of
Oceanography,
University of São Paulo,
PhD in international relationos,
University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Published on regional fisheries
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Brazil organisations and biodiversity
governance.
Marcus Polette Brazil Professor and Director of
the School of Sea,
Science and Technology,
University of Vale do
Itajai, Santa Catarina,
Brazil
Contributor to Chapter 20
(Land-based inputs) of WOA I.
PhD in Coastal Zone
Management and Governance.
Published on the management of
urban beaches, Urban and
Regional Planning, Sustainable
Development Goals – SDG
Indicators, etc.
Ståle Navrud Norway Professor of
Environmental and
Resource Economics,
School of Economics and
Business, Norwegian
University of Life
Sciences, Norway
PhD in environmental and
resource economics, Norwegian
University of Life Sciences.
Visiting Fulbright Scholar at
University of California (UC) -
Berkeley and UC-San Diego.
Published and worked in
economic valuation and benefit
transfer of marine and coastal
ecosystem services and the
economic value of whale
watching tourism and marine
recreational fishing.
Julian Renya Colombia Dean, College of
Maritime Studies and
Environmental Sciences,
University of the Pacific,
Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Former Secretary-General
of the Permanent
Commission of the South
Pacific.
Master in coastal and port
engineering, Centre of Public
Works Study and Research,
Spain. Published on oceanic
digital information and tsunami
modelling.
PEER REVIEWERS
Kateryna Utkina Ukraine Deputy Dean on
Scientific Work – School
of Ecology, Associate
Professor of Department
of Ecological Safety and
Environmental
Education, School of
Ecology, V. N. Karazin
Kharkiv National
University Kharkiv,
Ukraine
PhD in Geography, V. I.
Vernadskiy Taurida National
University, Ukraine. Scientific
interests: integrated coastal zone
management, assessment and
ranking of anthropogenic
pressure from land-based
pollution sources, socio-
economic issues, etc.
Chanda Meek United States Associate Professor of
Political Science and
Arctic and Northern
Studies, University of
Alaska, United States.
PhD in natural resources and
sustainability, University of
Alaska, United States.
Published on wildlife
management and Arctic
resilience.
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Writing team for Chapter 30 CHAPTER 30 MANAGEMENT APPROACHES
Developments in management approaches: ecosystem-based management
approaches, culturally-based management approaches, community-based
management approaches, area-based management tools, including marine protected
areas and special areas (such as special areas under the International Convention for
the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) and Particularly Sensitive Sea
Areas); adaptation to climate change and resilience building.
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Anastasia Strati Greece Expert Minister
Counsellor, Law of the
Sea, Permanent Mission
of Greece to the United
Nations
MSc in Marine Law and Policy;
PhD in Law of the Sea,
University of Wales, United
Kingdom. Published on
underwater cultural heritage,
fisheries, marine pollution,
offshore energy, maritime
delimitation, dispute settlement,
etc.
CO-LEAD MEMBERS Hilconida
Calumpong
Philippines Director, Institute of
Environmental and
Marine Sciences,
Silliman University,
Philippines.
Contributor to Chapters 6
(Primary production and
plankton), 14 (Seaweeds), 47
(Kelp forests and seagrasses),
and 48 (Mangroves) of WOA I.
PhD (major in Botany),
University of California,
Berkeley. Published on
mangroves, seagrasses, algae,
invertebrates, coastal resource
management, etc.
Karen Evans Australia Principal Research
Scientist and Team
Leader, Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation,
Australia
PhD, University of Tasmania,
Australia. Published on marine
top predators (mammals, birds,
fish), climate impacts and large
scale biodiversity assessments.
Essam Yassin
Mohammed
Eritrea Head of blue economy,
International Institute for
Environment and
Development, London,
England
PhD in international
development, University of
Nagoya, Japan. Published on
small scale fisheries, connection
between areas beyond national
jurisdiction and areas under
national jurisdiction, etc.
Ca Thanh Vu Viet Nam Principal Lecturer,
Ha Noi University of
Natural Resources and
Environment
PhD in Biological and
Environmental Science, Saitama
University, Japan. Published on
integrated coastal zone
management, tsunami risks, etc.
CONVENOR Piers Dunstan Australia Team Leader, Marine
and Atmospheric
PhD, University of Tasmania.
Published on marine ecological
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Research Department,
Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial
Research Organization
indicators for fishing and
environmental change,
sustainability challenges and
trade-offs among fisheries,
aquaculture and agriculture,
etc.
MEMBERS Louis Celliers South Africa Project Manager,
Climate Service Center
Germany (part of the
Helmholtz Zentrum
Geesthacht), Hamburg,
Germany
PhD in marine ecology,
University of Natal, South
Africa. Published on coral reefs
of Western Indian Ocean,
ocean and coastal governance,
climate change and coasts, etc.
Valerie Anne
Cummins
Ireland Senior Lecturer, School
of Biological, Earth and
Environmental Studies,
University College Cork,
Ireland
PhD, University College, Cork,
Ireland. Published on integrated
coastal zone management as a
framework for climate-change
adaptation action, the
experience of implementing
integrated coastal zone
management in northwest
Europe, etc.
Mike Elliott United Kingdom Research Professor,
Institute of Estuarine &
Coastal Studies
University of Hull,
England
PhD in estuarine ecology and
management, Stirling
University, Scotland.
Published on the science/policy
interface on managing human
impacts on the ocean,
frameworks for marine
environmental management,
environmental economics and
ecosystem services, etc.
Antony Firth United Kingdom Director, Fjordr Ltd.
Formerly head of coastal
and marine archaeology
at Wessex Archaeology.
PhD in management of
underwater archaeology,
Southampton University.
Published on managing
shipwrecks, and economic
benefits of marine and maritime
cultural heritage, etc.
Frederic
Guichard
Canada Professor, Department of
Biology, McGill
University
PhD, Laval University.
Published on marine dynamic
connectivity, species
distribution of marine benthic
invertebrates, etc.
Quentin Hanich Australia Associate Professor and
Fisheries Governance
Program Leader,
Australian National
Centre for Ocean
Resources and Security,
University of
Wollongong, Australia
PhD in international fisheries,
University of Wollongong.
Published on fisheries
management, especially in the
Pacific, etc.
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Ana Cristina
Martins de Jesus
Portugal Integrated
Environmental
Assessment expert,
European Environment
Agency
MSc in Marine Biology,
University of the Algarve.
Published on marine benthic
monitoring, etc.
Manuel Hidalgo Spain Balearic Oceanographic
Centre, Spanish Institute
of Oceanography, Palma
de Mallorca, Spain
PhD in Marine Sciences,
University of Vigo, Spain.
Published on ocean
connectivity, ecological
function and management,
cephalopods, resilience
mechanisms of fish
communities, etc.
Hector Lozano-
Montes
Australia Marine Scientist,
Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation,
Australia
PhD in fisheries, University of
British Columbia, Canada.
Published on variations in
trophic flows, recruitment,
fishing effort and ecosystem
variations on fish stocks, etc.
Chanda Meek United States Associate Professor,
Department of Political
Science, University of
Alaska, United States
PhD in natural resources and
sustainability, University of
Alaska, Fairbanks. Published
on forms of collaboration and
social fit in wildlife
management, principles for
enhancing the resilience of
ecosystem services, etc.
Marcus Polette Brazil Professor and Director of
the School of Sea,
Science and Technology,
University of Vale do
Itajai, Santa Catarina,
Brazil
Contributor to Chapter 20
(Land-based inputs) of WOA I.
PhD in Coastal Zone
Management and Governance.
Published on the management
of urban beaches, Urban and
Regional Planning, Sustainable
Development Goals – SDG
Indicators, etc.
Jemma Purandare Australia Coastal and Marine
Scientist, Center for
Coastal Management,
Griffith University,
Queensland, Australia
MSc in coastal zone
management, University of
Ulster, Northern Ireland.
Published on sustainable resort
development in sensitive
environments, ecosystem
restoration and related
ecosystem services, etc.
Anita Smith Australia Senior Lecturer in
Archaeology and
Heritage, La Trobe
University, Melbourne,
Australia
PhD in archaeology, La Trobe
University, Australia. Published
on heritage and indigenous
knowledge systems in the
Pacific islands, assessing the
World Heritage aesthetic values
of the Great Barrier Reef, etc.
PEER REVIEWERS
Natalie Ban Canada Associate Professor of Ph.D., University of British
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Marine Ethnoecology and
Conservation, University
of Victoria, British
Columbia, Canada
Columbia, Canada. Published
on large marine protected areas,
indigenous peoples and MPAs,
etc
Mette Skern-
Mauritzen
Norway Researcher, Institute of
Marine Research,
Bergen, Norway
Ph.D. in marine ecology,
University of Oslo. Published
on ecosystem processes and
fisheries management, balanced
harvesting, etc.
Writing team for Chapter 31 CHAPTER 31 OVERALL BENEFITS
Developments in the understanding of overall benefits from the ocean to humans,
including the distribution of those benefits, and the role in safeguarding those
benefits of improved implementation of international law as reflected in the United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
NAME STATE AFFILIATION RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
LEAD MEMBER Essam Yassin
Mohammed
Eritrea Head of blue economy,
International Institute for
Environment and
Development, London,
England
PhD in international
development, University of
Nagoya, Japan. Published on
small scale fisheries, connection
between areas beyond national
jurisdiction and areas under
national jurisdiction, etc.
CO-LEAD MEMBERS Osman Keh
Kamara
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Ambassador
to Ethiopia and
Permanent Representative
to the African Union
Contributor to Chapters 17
(Shipping) and 32 and 53
(Capacity Building) of WOA I.
Graduate of University of Sierra
Leone and Columbia University,
New York, Post-Graduate
Diploma (Rhodes Academy of
Ocean Law and Policy, Greece).
Anastasia Strati Greece Expert Minister
Counsellor, Law of the
Sea, Permanent Mission
of Greece to the United
Nations
MSc in Marine Law and Policy;
PhD in Law of the Sea,
University of Wales, United
Kingdom. Published on
underwater cultural heritage,
fisheries, marine pollution,
offshore energy, maritime
delimitation, dispute settlement,
etc.
CONVENOR
Luciano
Hermanns
Brazil Vice-President of the
Brazilian Association of
Oceanography
(AOCEANO), associated
to Acquaplan Tecnologia
e Consultoria Ambiental.
PhD in Geosciences. Federal
University of Rio Grande do
Sul, UFRGS, Brazil.
Contributor at the Institute of
Geosciences of UFRGS.
MEMBERS
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Stale Navrud Norway Professor of
Environmental and
Resource Economics,
School of Economics and
Business, Norwegian
University of Life
Sciences, Norway
PhD in environmental and
resource economics, Norwegian
University of Life Sciences.
Visiting Fulbright Scholar at
University of California (UC) -
Berkeley and UC-San Diego.
Published and worked in
economic valuation and benefit
transfer of marine and coastal
ecosystem services for policy in
cost-benefit analysis of e.g.
protection of marine species
(cold water corals), and
measures to reduce the risk of
marine oil spills from ships,
measure to clean up marine
waste, measures to clean up
contaminated marine sediments;
and the economic value of
whale watching tourism and
marine recreational fishing.
Robert Blasiak United States Researcher, Stockholm
Resilience Centre,
Stockholm University
PhD, Graduate School of
Agricultural and Life Sciences
Research, focus on international
cooperation for the conservation
and sustainable use of marine
resources. Particular emphasis
on equity surrounding
transboundary issues, including
marine genetic resources and the
ongoing negotiations on
biodiversity in areas beyond
national jurisdiction.
Marinez Eymael
Garcia Scherer
Brazil Coordinator of the
Integrated Coastal and
Marine Management
Laboratory at Federal
University of Santa
Catarina
PhD in Marine Sciences and
Coastal Management.
Experienced in teaching and
technical consultancy on these
topics, including advice to local,
regional and national
governments. Main publications
are on coastal and marine
management, marine protected
areas, marines spatial planning
and coastal and marine
governance.
Rashid Sumaila Canada Director, Fisheries
Economics Research Unit
and Ocean Canada
Partnership, the
University of British
Columbia, Canada
PhD in Economics, University
of Bergen, Norway. Published
extensively on the economics of
oceans and fisheries.
Denis Worlanyo
Aheto
Ghana Director and Associate
Professor, World Bank
Africa Centre of
PhD in Environmental Science,
University of Bremen,
Germany. Published on coastal
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Excellence in Coastal
Resilience (ACECoR) at
the University of Cape
Coast
ecology, small-scale fisheries
management, coastal
management, ocean and coastal
conservation, etc.
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Wenhai Lu China Director of Ecological
Department, National
Marine Data and Service,
Tianjin, China
Ph.D. in Geographic
Information Systems, working
on marine spatial planning,
ecosystem assessment, etc.
Iryna Makarenko Ukraine Pollution Monitoring and
Assessment Officer,
Permanent Secretariat of
the Commission on the
Protection of the Black
Sea Against Pollution
(Bucharest Convention),
Istanbul, Turkey
LLM in Environmental and
Energy Law (Leuven, Belgium).
Publications on Environmental
Impact Assessment in
Transboundary Context, Legal
aspects of functioning of
Regional Sea Conventions, etc.
Editing of the Report on the
State of the Black Sea
Environment 2009-2014,
proposing and organizing
common monitoring
programmes, exchange of
information and scientific data
on the implementation of
Bucharest Convention‘
provisions; maintaining close
collaboration with the relevant
international organizations and
bodies; legal support of the
activities of the Black Sea
Commission; follow up the legal
aspects of relations with
projects, observers and partners
to Commission (UNEP, IMO,
EC, ACCOBAMS, IAEA,
UNEP/MAP etc.); contributing
the preparation of the relevant
documents and assisting in
organization of activities; public
relations with governmental and
non-governmental
organizations, private
companies and individuals.
Wojciech
Wawrzynski
Poland Head of Science Support
at the International
Council for the
Exploration of the Sea
(ICES) in Copenhagen,
Denmark
PhD in political economics,
University of Gdansk, Poland.
Science diplomat, Chair of the
LME-LEARN Working Group
on Ocean Governance
Mechanisms; serving also as
lead support to the Atlantic
Ocean Research Alliance
Trilateral Aquaculture Working
Group. Experience in
sustainable development,
macroeconomics, maritime
economics, ecosystem services.
Published on ocean governance,
research cooperation and
programming.
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Cecile Brugere France Director of Soulfish
Research and
Consultancy
(aquaculture/fisheries
economics, gender and
sustainable development)
PhD in Agricultural Economics,
University of Newcastle, UK,
MSc in Ecological Economics,
University of Edinburgh,
UK. Formerly Fishery
Planning/Aquaculture Officer of
the Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) of the UN.
Advisory role to governments
on aquaculture development
planning and policy
formulation, and guidance on
climate change adaption
planning in fisheries and
aquaculture. Published on
gender in fisheries and
aquaculture, economic and
institutional aspects of
aquaculture development,
including value chain analyses.
Adem Bilgin Turkey Head of Research
Division, National Focal
Point of Turkey to
UNCBD and IPBES.
General Directorate of
Nature Conservation and
National Parks, Ministry
of Agriculture and
Forestry of Republic
of Turkey
Chief negotiator of Turkey in
various platforms such as
UNCBD, IPBES, ECO and in
particular including marine
biodiversity negotiations, writer
of many books and articles on
ecological economics and
environmental diplomacy.
Various international positions
in international organizations
and MEAs
Kateryna Utkina Ukraine Deputy Dean on
Scientific Work – School
of Ecology, Associate
Professor of Department
of Ecological Safety and
Environmental
Education, School of
Ecology, V. N. Karazin
Kharkiv National
University Kharkiv,
Ukraine
PhD in Geography, V. I.
Vernadskiy Taurida National
University, Ukraine. Scientific
interests: integrated coastal zone
management, assessment and
ranking of anthropogenic
pressure from land-based
pollution sources, socio-
economic issues, etc.
Deborah Greaves United Kingdom Director of the Supergen
ORE Hub, Head of
School, University of
Plymouth, United
Kingdom
Research track record in Marine
and Offshore Renewable
Energy.
PEER REVIEWERS
Marjan Van den New Zealand Assistant Vice-
Chancellor
Ph.D. in marine estuarine
environmental science,
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Belt (Sustainability)
Victoria University of
Wellington
University of Maryland, United
States. Experience and
publications on ecological
economics of estuaries and
coasts
Chul-Oh Shin Republic of Korea Korea Maritime
Institute, Republic of
Korea
Ph.D., Korea University.
Experience and publications on
economic valuations for the
protection of marine
endangered species
Vinicius
Halmenschlager
Brazil Professor of Economics,
Federal University of
Rio Grande
Ph.D. in Economics, Luiz de
Queiroz College of Agriculture,
University of São Paulo.
Expertise in Environmental and
Natural Resource Economics,
Welfare Economics,
Microeconometrics, Coastal
and Marine Economy.