Media Preview of Articles (Appendix 4)

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 [1])

Media preview: http://www.plos.org/press/pone-05-08-yarincik.pdf [2]

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 [3])

Media preview: http://www.plos.org/press/pone-05-08-costello.pdf [4]

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 [5])

Media preview: www.plos.org/press/pone-05-08-butler.pdf [6]

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 [7])

Media preview: www.plos.org/press/pone-05-08-gordon.pdf [8]

Marine Biodiversity in Japanese Waters

Katsunori Fujikura, Dhugal Lindsay, Hiroshi Kitazato, Shuhei Nishida, Yoshihisa Shirayama (contact: fujikura [at] jamstec [dot] go [dot] jp [9])

Media preview: www.plos.org/press/pone-05-08-fujikura.pdf [10]

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 [11])

Media preview: www.plos.org/press/pone-05-08-danovaro.pdf [12]

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 [13])

Media preview: www.plos.org/press/pone-05-08-coll.pdf [14]

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 [15])

Media preview: www.plos.org/press/pone-05-08-miloslavich.pdf [16]

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 [17])

Media preview: www.plos.org/press/pone-05-08-hgriffiths.pdf [18]

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 [19])

Media preview: www.plos.org/press/pone-05-08-fautin.pdf [20]

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 [21])

Media preview: http://www.plos.org/press/pone-05-08-cgriffiths.pdf [22]

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 [23])
In press. Media preview: URL forthcoming

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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 [24])

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 [25])

Indian Ocean

M. Wafar, K. Venkataraman, B. Ingole, S. Ajmal Khan & P. A. Lokabharathi (contact: wafar [at] darya [dot] nio [dot] org [26]; wafar [at] csnio [dot] ren [dot] nic [dot] in [27])

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 [15])

China Seas (Ruiyu Liu, J.Y. Liu)

Korea (Youn-Ho Lee)

Indonesia (Tonny Wagey)

and

Arabian Sea (Michel Claereboudt)

Links:
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[2] http://www.plos.org/press/pone-05-08-yarincik.pdf
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[4] http://www.plos.org/press/pone-05-08-costello.pdf
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[6] http://www.plos.org/press/pone-05-08-butler.pdf
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[8] http://www.plos.org/press/pone-05-08-gordon.pdf
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[10] http://www.plos.org/press/pone-05-08-fujikura.pdf
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[12] http://www.plos.org/press/pone-05-08-danovaro.pdf
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[14] http://www.plos.org/press/pone-05-08-coll.pdf
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[16] http://www.plos.org/press/pone-05-08-miloslavich.pdf
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[18] http://www.plos.org/press/pone-05-08-hgriffiths.pdf
[19] http://www.coml.org/javascript%3Alocation.href%3D%27mailto%3A%27+String.fromCharCode%28102%2C97%2C117%2C116%2C105%2C110%2C64%2C107%2C117%2C46%2C101%2C100%2C117%29+%27%3F
[20] http://www.plos.org/press/pone-05-08-fautin.pdf
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[22] http://www.plos.org/press/pone-05-08-cgriffiths.pdf
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