1. The Census of Marine Life pilot project PATTERNS AND PROCESSES OF THE ECOSYSTEMS OF THE NORTHERN MID- ATLANTIC www.mar-eco.no

2. Technology Methods Environment bathymetry, substrate oceanography International Steering Group Norwegian Core GroupPublic Outreach Group Demersal nekton, DN Data mining Pelagic nekton, PN EpibenthosZooplankton, Z Component themes: Support projects:

3. Technology Methods Environment bathymetry, substrate oceanography International Steering Group and Secretariat National Consortia (UK, Norway, Germany, USA?) Public Outreach Group Data mining Component projects: Support projects: DN1 PN1 Z1 DN 2 DN 4 DN 3 PN2 Z2 Seabird & mammal study Z4

4. Organisation and priority of components DN1 PN1 Z1 DN 2 DN 4 DN 3 PN2Z2 Seabird & mammal study Z4 1 2 3

5. Component projects Zooplankton studies: Co-ordinators: Olafur Asthorsson, Ulf Båmstedt Z1:Distribution, abundance, and species composition of zooplankton in cross-frontal and cross-ridge transects of the mid-Atlantic Ridge. PIs: Tone Falkenhaug, Webjørn Melle (Norway) Z2:Feeding behaviour and swimming mode of gelatinous zooplankton and nekton. PIs: Ulf Båmstedt (Sweden), Marsh Youngbluth (USA) Z4: Trophic structure of major copepods, euphausids and fish larvae across the mid-Atlantic Ridge. PI: Asthor Gislasson (Iceland)

6. Pelagic nekton studies: Co-ordinators: Uwe Piatkowski, Olav Rune Godø PN1:Longitudinal and latitudinal changes in mesopelagic/ bathypelagic nektonic fauna (fish, cephalopods and crustaceans) along MAR. PIs: Uwe Piatkowski (Germany), Tracey Sutton (USA) PN2:Interactions of mesopelagic and bathypelagic fauna with the benthopelagic community associated with MAR seamounts/ slopes. PI: Åge Høines (Norway), Bernd Christiansen (Germany). Associated study (PN3): Cetacean and seabird distribution, migration and behaviour (Skov, Nøttestad, Waring)

7. Demersal nekton studies: Co-ordinator: Franz Uiblein DN1:Distribution patterns and species composition of demersal fishes in relation to habitat variability on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. PIs: Franz Uiblein (Austria), Ingvar Huse (Norway). DN2:Spatial genetic structure of deep-sea fish from the North Atlantic. PI: A. Rus Hoelzel (UK) DN3:Epibenthic and Benthopelagic (Demersal) Invertebrate communities, distribution and ecology. PI: David Billett (UK). DN4: Life history studies of demersal fishes. PI: Maurice Clarke (Irel.)