Anderson Katharine
Science and Technology Studies, 303 Bethune College, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3.
Endeavour. 2006 Dec;30(4):150-5. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2006.11.002. Epub 2006 Nov 16.
The Census of Marine Life is an international and inter-disciplinary collaboration that seeks to map ocean life of the past, present and future. From the Arctic to the abyssal zones, it is producing a stream of newsworthy science, literally pushing the study of biodiversity to new depths. This fascinating and far-reaching endeavour offers a rich set of insights that can illuminate our changing ideas about the oceans. But one section of the Census deserves special attention--the History of Marine Animal Populations. It provides a unique focus for debates about collaboration and big science, about historical methods and about the study of current science by historians of science.
海洋生物普查是一项国际跨学科合作项目，旨在描绘过去、现在和未来的海洋生物分布状况。从北极到深海区域，该项目不断产出具有新闻价值的科学成果，切实将生物多样性研究推向了新的深度。这项迷人且影响深远的工作提供了丰富的见解，有助于阐明我们对海洋不断变化的认知。但海洋生物普查的一个部分值得特别关注——海洋动物种群历史。它为关于合作与大科学、历史研究方法以及科学史学家对当代科学研究的讨论提供了独特的关注点。
