A census of marine biodiversity knowledge, resources, and future challenges

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Costello, Mark John ^a   Coll, Marta ^b,c   Danovaro, Roberto ^d   Halpin, Pat ^e   Ojaveer, Henn ^f   Miloslavich, Patricia ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^g UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; COOPERATION; FISHING; HABITAT QUALITY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEA POLLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEA; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; INTERNATIONALITY; OCEANS AND SEAS; RESEARCH;

EID: 77957811324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012110     Document Type: Article

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