Volume 23 Issue 03

Volume 23 | Number 3 | September 2010

Special Issue: Celebrating 50 Years of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

On the Cover: Four representative photos of programs supported by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, including fisheries science (upper left), ARGO (upper right, from http://www.argo.ucsd.edu/pictures.html), shipboard observations (lower left, photo courtesy of Paul Lethally, University of Hawaii), and harmful algal blooms (lower left, from Anderson et al., 2005. Oceanography 18(2), Figure 3, p. 155).

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SPECIAL ISSUE FEATURES

IOC Helping to Lead and Support the Evolution of International Ocean Science
By Debbie Bronk , Phil Taylor, and Kathy Tedesco

History of the Equation of State of Seawater
By Frank J. Millero

Standards for Ocean Measurements
By Andrew G. Dickson

International Carbon Coordination: Roger Revelle's Legacy in the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
By Christopher L. Sabine, Hugh Ducklow , and Maria Hood

The Role of IOC in Promoting Cooperative Research on Marine Ecosystems and Living Marine Resources
By Bill Peterson and Ned Cyr

The IOC International Harmful Algal Bloom Program: History and Science Impacts
By Donald M. Anderson, Beatriz Reguera, Grant C. Pitcher, and Henrik O. Enevoldsen

A TOGA Retrospective
By Michael J. McPhaden, Antonio J. Busalacchi , and David L.T. Anderson

Oceanic Ecosystem Time-Series Programs: Ten Lessons Learned
By David M. Karl

Models: Tools for Synthesis in International Oceanographic Research Programs
By Dennis J. McGillicuddy Jr., Brad deYoung, Scott C. Doney, Patricia M. Glibert, Detlef Stammer , and Francisco E. Werner

IOC Contributions to International, Interdisciplinary Open Data Sharing
By David M. Glover , Peter H. Wiebe, Cynthia L. Chandle, and Sydney Levitus

IOC Contributions to Science Synthesis
By Eileen E. Hofmann and Elizabeth Gross

Looking Into the Future of Ocean Sciences: An IOC Perspective
By Luis Valdés , Luciano Fonseca , and Kathy Tedesco

REGULAR ISSUE FEATURES

Exploring the Ends of the Earth
By Paul Wessel

DEPARTMENTS

QUARTERDECK • The Teaching Translations Are Here!
By Ellen S. Kappel

FROM THE PRESIDENT • Something to Celebrate
By Carolyn A. Thoroughgood

RIPPLE MARKS • Ends of the Earth Ruled by Bears—and Salmon | No Rest for the Weary: Kamchatka's Salmon Also Threatened at Sea | Last of an Inland Salmon: "Coaster" Brook Trout Still Cruise Lake Superior Shores | Salmon Strongholds: Protecting the Piscine Wealth of the North Pacific
By Cheryl Lyn Dybas

THE OCEANOGRAPHY CLASSROOM • Teaching and Learning in the Age of Distractions
By Tom Garrison

BOOK REVIEW • Floor for the Mapping: A Review of Ocean Globe
By Tony J. Pitcher

CAREER PROFILES • Options and Insights
Career profiles—Options and insights. 2010. Oceanography 23(3):184–188.

Special Issue Guest Editors

Deborah Bronk, The College of William & Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Phil Taylor, National Science Foundation
Kathy Tedesco, IOC/UNESCO