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ICES symposium, 27-30 Apr, Azores, Portugal

 


Peter Etnoyer

"Deep corals are diverse and beautiful, like their tropical cousins, and they are severely threatened by the destructive impact of deep sea bottom fishing trawlers."

Peter Etnoyer is a marine ecologist with a background in biogeography, octocoral systematics, and physical oceanography. His most recent investigations explore deep bamboo coral communities on seamount peaks in Pacific North America.

Peter earned his degree from Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment, where he researched the biogeography of shallow-water scleractinian corals in the Philippines and the Caribbean. Since then, he has been investigating deep coral communities in the Northeast Pacific and Gulf of Mexico. He also studies pelagic habitat for whales, marlin, and swordfish, coupling satellite remote sensing data with fisheries landings and animal tracks.

Peter owns Aquanautix Consulting (www.aquanautix.com), a Los Angeles based environmental project and data management company. He advises governments, companies, and NGOs on marine and freshwater data management for a more sustainable ocean future.
More Information
• Etnoyer spoke at the 40th Annual European Marine Biology Symposium held in Vienna.
Contact: Susan Cavanagh on +439981395917 (until 26th August then +31621296910)

• Oceans unveil how little is known, DSCC press release, 24 August 2005

• Find out more about the new bamboo coral species, Isidella species novum, that is bioluminsecent and glows green and blue in cold water at 4 degrees Celcius on the Museum of the Future website

• Bamboo Corals in North America: Deep-sea Forests and Blue Light by Peter Etnoyer, NOAA Ocean Explorer Gulf of Alaska 2004


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