An overview of marine biodiversity in United States waters

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Fautin, Daphne ^a   Dalton, Penelope ^b   Incze, Lewis S ^c   Leong, Jo Ann C ^d   Pautzke, Clarence ^e   Rosenberg, Andrew ^f   Sandifer, Paul ^g   Sedberry, George ^h   Tunnell, John W ⁱ   Abbott, Isabella ^j   Brainard, Russell E ^k   Brodeur, Melissa ^l   Eldredge, Lucius G ^m   Feldman, Michael ^l   Moretzsohn, Fabio ⁱ   Vroom, Peter S ⁿ   Wainstein, Michelle ^b   Wolff, Nicholas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e North Pacific Research Board   (United States)

^f Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^g CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^h Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary   (United States)

ⁱ TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^k PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^l Research and Education   (United States)

^m BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE EXCRETION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GLOBAL CHANGE; GULF STREAM; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RESOURCE PARTITIONING; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; TROPICS; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEA; VIROLOGY;

ALGAE;

SEA WATER;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957813243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011914     Document Type: Review

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