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Journal Article
A Census of Marine Biodiversity Knowledge, Resources, and Future Challenges
2010
Overview
Because every NRIC was not able to provide all the categories of data analysed here, not every region is represented in every table and graph. Other aspects of biodiversity, such as within-species and ecosystem levels of diversity, build on such species knowledge. Because a different metric of prokaryote diversity is required than the species concepts as applied to eukaryotes, we did not quantify prokaryote diversity, although some regional syntheses provided estimates and comments on the state of knowledge about prokaryote diversity (e.g. [8], [10], [11]). [...]the high proportion of Angiospermae in western Canada may reflect inclusion of salt-marsh plants excluded from other inventories. [...]species-level inventories compiled using a standardised classification at species level are compared, it will not be possible to conclude whether these higher taxa have the same proportions across the world's oceans. Knowledge and resources We suggest that the significant correlations between the number of species identification guides and species known to occur within regions indicate that it is easier to discover species when good identification guides are available. [...]the production of regularly updated and comprehensive guides to all species in regions should be a priority for both research and environmental management (e.g., detection of invasive species, rare species, and pests).
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Public Library of Science,Public Library of Science (PLoS)
