Marine biodiversity in the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of South America: Knowledge and gaps

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Miloslavich, Patricia ^a   Klein, Eduardo ^a   Díaz, Juan M ^b   Hernández, Cristián E ^c   Bigatti, Gregorio ^d   Campos, Lucia ^e   Artigas, Felipe ^f   Castillo, Julio ^a   Penchaszadeh, Pablo E ^g   Neill, Paula E ^h   Carranza, Alvar ⁱ   Retana, María V ^d   Díaz de Astarloa, Juan M ^j   Lewis, Mirtha ^d   Yorio, Pablo ^d,k   Piriz, María L ^d   Rodríguez, Diego ^j   Valentin, Yocie Yoneshigue ^e   Gamboa, Luiz ^l   Martín, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f UNIV LILLE   (France)

^g MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^h UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

ⁱ MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL   (Uruguay)

^j UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^k WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Argentina)

^l FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILE; COLOMBIA; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; COSTA RICA; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRENCH GUIANA; GEOLOGY; GUYANA; LATITUDE; MANGROVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PANAMA; PERU; PHYTOPLANKTON; RAIN FOREST; REVIEW; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASHORE; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURINAME; TAXONOMY; TROPICS; URUGUAY; VEGETATION; VENEZUELA; AQUATIC SPECIES; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MARINE BIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; INFORMATICS; MARINE BIOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 79551639943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014631     Document Type: Review

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