Anderson Addresses UN Ocean Commission

	Enlarge ImageWHOI biologist Don Anderson delivered the annual Bruun Lecture at the 2005 meeting of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. (Photo by Aurora Mateos, UNESCO)
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Senior Scientist Don Anderson of the WHOI Biology Department was invited to deliver the Bruun Memorial Lecture in June at the 23rd annual meeting of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Educational, Social, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

The keynote lecture is named for noted Danish oceanographer Anton Frederick Bruun, the first chairman of the IOC. The lectures address important developments in solid Earth studies, physical and chemical oceanography, meteorology, and marine biology.

In his lecture at UNESCO House in Paris, Anderson spoke about the ecology and oceanography of harmful algal blooms (popularly known as “red tides”), as well as interdisciplinary approaches to their research and management.

Posted: August 25, 2005

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