Media Preview of Articles (Appendix 4)

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Overview Articles:
 
Marine Biodiversity and Biogeography – Regional Comparisons of Global Issues, An Introduction
Ron O’Dor, Patricia Miloslavich, Kristen Yarincik (contact:  rodor [at] oceanleadership [dot] org) 
 
A Census of Marine Biodiversity Knowledge, Resources, and Future Challenges 
Mark John Costello, Marta Coll, Roberto Danovaro, Pat Halpin, Henn Ojaveer, Patricia Miloslavich (contact:  m [dot] costello [at] auckland [dot] ac [dot] nz) 
 
Research Articles:

Marine Biodiversity in the Australian Region
Alan J. Butler, Tony Rees, Pam Beesley, Nicholas J. Bax (contact: alan [dot] butler [at] csiro [dot] au) 
 
Marine Biodiversity of Aotearoa New Zealand
Dennis P. Gordon, Jennifer Beaumont, Alison MacDiarmid, Donald A. Robertson, Shane T. Ahyong (contact :  d [dot] gordon [at] niwa [dot] co [dot] nz) 
 
Marine Biodiversity in Japanese Waters
Katsunori Fujikura, Dhugal Lindsay, Hiroshi Kitazato, Shuhei Nishida, Yoshihisa Shirayama (contact:  fujikura [at] jamstec [dot] go [dot] jp) 
 
Deep-Sea Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea: The Known, the Unknown and the Unknowable
Roberto Danovaro, Joan Batista Company, Cinzia Corinaldesi, Gianfranco D'Onghia, Bella Galil, Cristina Gambi, Andrew J. Gooday, Nikolaos Lampadariou, Gian Marco Luna, Caterina Morigi, Karine Olu, Paraskevi Polymenakou, Eva Ramirez-Llodra, Anna Sabbatini, Francesc Sardà, Myriam Sibuet, Anastasios Tselepides (contact: danovaro [at] univpm [dot] it) 
 
The Biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: Estimates, Patterns, and Threats
Marta Coll, Chiara Piroddi, Jeroen Steenbeek, Kristin Kaschner, Frida Ben Rais Lasram, Jacopo Aguzzi, Enric Ballesteros, Carlo Nike Bianchi, Jordi Corbera, Thanos Dailianis, Roberto Danovaro, Marta Estrada, Carlo Froglia, Bella S. Galil, Josep M. Gaso, Ruthy Gertwagen, João Gil, François Guilhaumon, Kathleen Kesner-Reyes, Miltiadis-Spyridon Kitsos, Athanasios Koukouras, Nikolaos Lampadariou, Elijah Laxamana, Carlos M. López-Fé de la Cuadra, Heike K. Lotze, Daniel Martin, David Mouillot, Daniel Oro, Saša Raicevich, Josephine Rius-Barile, Jose Ignacio Saiz-Salinas, Carles San Vicente, Samuel Somot, José Templado, Xavier Turon, Dimitris Vafidis, Roger Villanueva, Eleni Voultsiadou (contact: mcoll [at] icm [dot] csic [dot] es) 
 
Marine Biodiversity in the Caribbean: Regional Estimates and Distribution Patterns  
Patricia Miloslavich, J.M. Díaz, E. Klein, J.J. Alvarado, C. Díaz, J. Gobin, E. Escobar-Briones, J.J. Cruz, E. Weil, J. Cortés, A.C. Bastidas, D.R. Robertson, F.A. Zapata, A. Martín, J. Castillo, A. Kazandjian, M. Ortiz, M. (contact : pmilos [at] usb [dot] ve) 
 
Antarctic Marine Biodiversity – What Do We Know About the Distribution of Life in the Southern Ocean?
Huw J. Griffiths (contact: hjg [at] bas [dot] ac [dot] uk) 
 
An Overview of Marine Biodiversity in United States Waters
Daphne Fautin, Penelope Dalton, Lewis S. Incze, Jo-Ann C. Leong, Clarence Pautzke, Andrew Rosenberg, Paul Sandifer, George Sedberry, John W. Tunnell, Jr., Isabella Abbott, Russell E. Brainard, Melissa Brodeur, Lucius G. Eldredge, Michael Feldman, Fabio Moretzsohn, Peter S. Vroom, Michelle Wainstein, Nicholas Wolff (contact: fautin [at] ku [dot] edu)
 
Marine Biodiversity in South Africa: An Evaluation of Current States of Knowledge 
C.L. Griffiths, T.B. Robinson, L. Lange, A. Mead  (contact: Charles [dot] Griffiths [at] uct [dot] ac [dot] za)
 
Canada's Three Oceans of Biodiversity 
P. Archambault, P. V. R. Snelgrove, J. A. D. Fisher, J.‐M. Gagnon, D. J. Garbary, M. Harvey, E. Kenchington, V. Lesage, M. Levesque, C. Lovejoy, D. Mackas, C. W. McKindsey, J. Nelson, P. Pepin, L. Piché, M. Poulin (contact: philippe_archambault [at] uqar [dot] qc [dot] ca) 
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At various stages of preparation are additional papers by the Census of Marine Life  National and Regional Committees:
  
Western European Margin 
Bhavani E Narayanaswamy, Paul E Renaud, Gerard CA Duineveld, Jørgen Berge, Marc SS Lavaleye, Henning Reiss, Torleiv Brattegard (contact: Bhavani [dot] Narayanaswamy [at] sams [dot] ac [dot] uk) 
 
Baltic Sea 
Henn Ojaveer, Andres Jaanus, Brian R. MacKenzie, Georg Martin, Sergej Olenin, Teresa Radziejewska, Irena Telesh, Michael L. Zettler, Anastasija Zaiko (contact: Henn [dot] Ojaveer [at] ut [dot] ee)
 
Indian Ocean
M. Wafar, K. Venkataraman, B. Ingole, S. Ajmal Khan & P. A. Lokabharathi (contact: wafar [at] darya [dot] nio [dot] org; wafar [at] csnio [dot] ren [dot] nic [dot] in)
 
Atlantic and Pacific coasts of South America
Patricia Miloslavich, Eduardo Klein, Julio Castillo, Juan Manuel Díaz, Cristián Esteban Hernández, Gregorio Bigatti, Lucia Campos, Felipe Artigas, Pablo Penchaszadeh, Paula Emily Neill, Alvar Carranza, María Valeria Retana, Juan Manuel Díaz de Astarloa, Mirtha Lewis, Pablo Yorio, María Luz Piriz, Diego Rodríguez, Yocie Yoneshigue-Valentin, Luiz Gamboa, Alberto Martín (contact :  pmilos [at] usb [dot] ve)
 
China Seas (Ruiyu Liu, J.Y. Liu)
 
Korea (Youn-Ho Lee)
 
Indonesia (Tonny Wagey)
 
and
 
Arabian Sea (Michel Claereboudt)