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dc.contributor.author Appeltans, Ward
dc.contributor.author Ahyong, Shane T
dc.contributor.author Anderson, Gary
dc.contributor.author Angel, Martin V
dc.contributor.author Artois, Tom
dc.contributor.author Bailly, Nicolas
dc.contributor.author Bamber, Roger
dc.contributor.author Barber, Anthony
dc.contributor.author Bartsch, Ilse
dc.contributor.author Berta, Annalisa
dc.contributor.author Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, Magdalena
dc.contributor.author Bock, Phil
dc.contributor.author Boxshall, Geoff
dc.contributor.author Boyko, Christopher B
dc.contributor.author Brandão, Simone Nunes
dc.contributor.author Bray, Rod A
dc.contributor.author Bruce, Niel L
dc.contributor.author Cairns, Stephen D.
dc.contributor.author Chan, Tin-Yam
dc.contributor.author Cheng, Lanna
dc.contributor.author Collins, Allen Gilbert
dc.contributor.author Cribb, Thomas
dc.contributor.author Curini-Galletti, Marco
dc.contributor.author Dahdouh-Guebas, Farid
dc.contributor.author Davie, Peter J F.
dc.contributor.author Dawson, Michael N.
dc.contributor.author De Clerck, Olivier
dc.contributor.author Decock, Wim
dc.contributor.author De Grave, Sammy
dc.contributor.author de Voogd, Nicole J
dc.contributor.author Domning, Daryl P
dc.contributor.author Emig, Christian C
dc.contributor.author Erséus, Christer
dc.contributor.author Eschmeyer, William
dc.contributor.author Fauchald, Kristian
dc.contributor.author Fautin, Daphne G
dc.contributor.author Feist, Stephen W
dc.contributor.author Fransen, Charles H J. M.
dc.contributor.author Furuya, Hidetaka
dc.contributor.author Garcia-Alvarez, Oscar
dc.contributor.author Gerken, Sarah
dc.contributor.author Gibson, David
dc.contributor.author Gittenberger, Arjan
dc.contributor.author Gofas, Serge
dc.contributor.author Gómez-Daglio, Liza
dc.contributor.author Gordon, Dennis P
dc.contributor.author Guiry, Michael D
dc.contributor.author Hernandez, Francisco
dc.contributor.author Hoeksema, Bert W
dc.contributor.author Hopcroft, Russell R.
dc.contributor.author Jaume, Damià
dc.contributor.author Kirk, Paul
dc.contributor.author Koedam, Nico
dc.contributor.author Koenemann, Stefan
dc.contributor.author Kolb, Jü
dc.contributor.author Kristensen, Reinhardt M
dc.contributor.author Kroh, Andreas
dc.contributor.author Lambert, Gretchen
dc.contributor.author Lazarus, David B
dc.contributor.author Lemaitre, Rafael
dc.contributor.author Longshaw, Matt
dc.contributor.author Lowry, Jim
dc.contributor.author Macpherson, Enrique
dc.contributor.author Madin, Laurence P
dc.contributor.author Mah, Christopher L.
dc.contributor.author Mapstone, Gill
dc.contributor.author McLaughlin, Patsy A
dc.contributor.author Mees, Jan
dc.contributor.author Meland, Kenneth
dc.contributor.author Messing, Charles G
dc.contributor.author Mills, Claudia E.
dc.contributor.author Molodtsova, Tina N
dc.contributor.author Mooi, Rich
dc.contributor.author Neuhaus, Birger
dc.contributor.author Ng, Peter K L.
dc.contributor.author Nielsen, Claus
dc.contributor.author Norenburg, Jon L.
dc.contributor.author Opresko, Dennis M
dc.contributor.author Osawa, Masayuki
dc.contributor.author Paulay, Gustav
dc.contributor.author Perrin, William
dc.contributor.author Pilger, John F.
dc.contributor.author Poore, Gary C B.
dc.contributor.author Pugh, Phil
dc.contributor.author Read, Geoffrey B
dc.contributor.author Reimer, James D
dc.contributor.author Rius, Marc
dc.contributor.author Rocha, Rosana M
dc.contributor.author Saiz-Salinas, Jos
dc.contributor.author Scarabino, Victor
dc.contributor.author Schierwater, Bernd
dc.contributor.author Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas
dc.contributor.author Schnabel, Kareen E
dc.contributor.author Schotte, Marilyn
dc.contributor.author Schuchert, Peter
dc.contributor.author Schwabe, Enrico
dc.contributor.author Segers, Hendrik
dc.contributor.author Self-Sullivan, Caryn
dc.contributor.author Shenkar, Noa
dc.contributor.author Siegel, Volker
dc.contributor.author Sterrer, Wolfgang
dc.contributor.author Stöhr, Sabine
dc.contributor.author Swalla, Billie
dc.contributor.author Tasker, Mark L
dc.contributor.author Thuesen, Erik V
dc.contributor.author Timm, Tarmo
dc.contributor.author Todaro, M. A.
dc.contributor.author Turon, Xavier
dc.contributor.author Tyler, Seth
dc.contributor.author Uetz, Peter
dc.contributor.author van der Land, Jacob
dc.contributor.author Vanhoorne, Bart
dc.contributor.author van Ofwegen, Leen P
dc.contributor.author van Soest, Rob W M.
dc.contributor.author Vanaverbeke, Jan
dc.contributor.author Walker-Smith, Genefor
dc.contributor.author Walter, T. C.
dc.contributor.author Warren, Alan
dc.contributor.author Williams, Gary C
dc.contributor.author Wilson, Simon P
dc.contributor.author Costello, Mark J
dc.date.accessioned 2013-02-01T16:13:34Z
dc.date.available 2013-02-01T16:13:34Z
dc.date.issued 2012
dc.identifier 0960-9822
dc.identifier.citation Appeltans, Ward, Ahyong, Shane T, Anderson, Gary, Angel, Martin V, Artois, Tom, Bailly, Nicolas, Bamber, Roger, Barber, Anthony, Bartsch, Ilse, Berta, Annalisa, Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, Magdalena, Bock, Phil, Boxshall, Geoff, Boyko, Christopher B, Brandão, Simone Nunes, Bray, Rod A, Bruce, Niel L, Cairns, Stephen D., Chan, Tin-Yam, Cheng, Lanna, Collins, Allen Gilbert, Cribb, Thomas, Curini-Galletti, Marco, Dahdouh-Guebas, Farid, Davie, Peter J F. et al. 2012. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/19524">The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity</a>." <em>Current Biology</em>, 22, (23) 2189–2202. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036</a>.
dc.identifier.issn 0960-9822
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10088/19524
dc.description.abstract SummaryBackground The question of how many marine species exist is important because it provides a metric for how much we do and do not know about life in the oceans. We have compiled the first register of the marine species of the world and used this baseline to estimate how many more species, partitioned among all major eukaryotic groups, may be discovered. Results There are ∼226,000 eukaryotic marine species described. More species were described in the past decade (∼20,000) than in any previous one. The number of authors describing new species has been increasing at a faster rate than the number of new species described in the past six decades. We report that there are ∼170,000 synonyms, that 58,000–72,000 species are collected but not yet described, and that 482,000–741,000 more species have yet to be sampled. Molecular methods may add tens of thousands of cryptic species. Thus, there may be 0.7–1.0 million marine species. Past rates of description of new species indicate there may be 0.5 ± 0.2 million marine species. On average 37% (median 31%) of species in over 100 recent field studies around the world might be new to science. Conclusions Currently, between one-third and two-thirds of marine species may be undescribed, and previous estimates of there being well over one million marine species appear highly unlikely. More species than ever before are being described annually by an increasing number of authors. If the current trend continues, most species will be discovered this century.
dc.format.extent 2189–2202
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartof Current Biology 22 (23)
dc.title The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity
dc.type article
sro.identifier.refworksID 2848
sro.identifier.itemID 113802
sro.description.unit NH-Invertebrate Zoology
sro.description.unit NMNH
sro.identifier.doi 10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036
sro.identifier.url https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/19524


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