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dc.contributor.authorFautin, Daphne G.
dc.contributor.authorDalton, Penelope
dc.contributor.authorIncze, Lewis S.
dc.contributor.authorLeong, Jo-Ann C.
dc.contributor.authorPautzke, Clarence
dc.contributor.authorRosenberg, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorSandifer, Paul A.
dc.contributor.authorSedberry, George R.
dc.contributor.authorTunnell, John W., Jr.
dc.contributor.authorAbbott, Isabella
dc.contributor.authorBrainard, Russell E.
dc.contributor.authorBroduer, Melissa
dc.contributor.authorEldredge, Lucius G.
dc.contributor.authorFeldman, Michael
dc.contributor.authorMoretzsohn, Fabio
dc.contributor.authorVroom, Peter S.
dc.contributor.authorWainstein, Michelle
dc.contributor.authorWolf, Nicholas
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-18T19:35:15Z
dc.date.available2014-03-18T19:35:15Z
dc.date.issued2010-08-02
dc.identifier.citationFautin, D., Dalton, P., Incze, L. S., Leong, J.-A. C., Pautzke, C., Rosenberg, A., … Wolff, N. (2010). An Overview of Marine Biodiversity in United States Waters. PLoS ONE, 5(8). http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011914
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/13236
dc.description.abstractMarine biodiversity of the United States (U.S.) is extensively documented, but data assembled by the United States National Committee for the Census of Marine Life demonstrate that even the most complete taxonomic inventories are based on records scattered in space and time. The best-known taxa are those of commercial importance. Body size is directly correlated with knowledge of a species, and knowledge also diminishes with distance from shore and depth. Measures of biodiversity other than species diversity, such as ecosystem and genetic diversity, are poorly documented. Threats to marine biodiversity in the U.S. are the same as those for most of the world: overexploitation of living resources; reduced water quality; coastal development; shipping; invasive species; rising temperature and concentrations of carbon dioxide in the surface ocean, and other changes that may be consequences of global change, including shifting currents; increased number and size of hypoxic or anoxic areas; and increased number and duration of harmful algal blooms. More information must be obtained through field and laboratory research and monitoring that involve innovative sampling techniques (such as genetics and acoustics), but data that already exist must be made accessible. And all data must have a temporal component so trends can be identified. As data are compiled, techniques must be developed to make certain that scales are compatible, to combine and reconcile data collected for various purposes with disparate gear, and to automate taxonomic changes. Information on biotic and abiotic elements of the environment must be interactively linked. Impediments to assembling existing data and collecting new data on marine biodiversity include logistical problems as well as shortages in finances and taxonomic expertise.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Census of Marine Life U.S. National Committee (USNC) receives funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Ocean Exploration and Research Program. Authors of the Northeast Continental Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem section gratefully acknowledge support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation through the Census of Marine Life Program. Initial funding for the project the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem section was based on was provided by the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Later funding was provided by the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science of NOAA and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.rights© 2010 Fautin et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
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dc.subjectBiodiversity
dc.subjectCoral reefs
dc.subjectFishes
dc.subjectGulfs
dc.subjectHabitats
dc.subjectMarine biology
dc.subjectMarine ecosystems
dc.subjectMarine fish
dc.titleAn Overview of Marine Biodiversity in United States Waters
dc.typeArticle
kusw.kuauthorFautin, Daphne
kusw.kudepartmentDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
kusw.oastatusfullparticipation
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0011914
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher version
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