CenSeam, an international program on seamounts within the census of marine life: Achievements and lessons learned

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Stocks, Karen I ^a   Clark, Malcolm R ^b   Rowden, Ashley A ^b   Consalvey, Mireille ^b   Schlacher, Thomas A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DATA BASE; FUNDING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; ONLINE SYSTEM; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; AQUATIC SPECIES; COOPERATION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SEA;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; INTERNATIONALITY; OCEANS AND SEAS; SCIENCE;

EID: 84856508100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032031     Document Type: Article

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