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The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity

Current Biology · 2012 · Vol. 22(23) · pp. 2189–2202

Ward Appeltans✉(Flanders Marine Institute)Shane T. Ahyong(Australian Museum)Gary Anderson(University of Southern Mississippi)Martin Angel(National Oceanography Centre)Tom Artois(Hasselt University)Nicolas BaillyRoger N. BamberAnthony BarberIlse Bartsch(Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M)Annalisa Berta(San Diego State University)Magdalena Błażewicz(University of Łódź)Phil Bock(Museums Victoria)Geoffrey A. Boxshall(Natural History Museum)Christopher B. Boyko(Dowling College)Simone N. Brandão(Universität Hamburg)Rod A. Bray(Natural History Museum)Niel L. Bruce(University of Johannesburg)Stephen D. Cairns(Smithsonian Institution)Tin‐Yam Chan(National Taiwan Ocean University)Lanna Cheng(Scripps Institution of Oceanography)Allen G. Collins(NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service)Thomas H. Cribb(The University of Queensland)Marco Curini‐Galletti(University of Sassari)Farid Dahdouh‐Guebas(Université Libre de Bruxelles)Peter J. F. Davie(Queensland Museum)Michael N Dawson(University of California, Merced)Olivier De Clerck(Ghent University)Wim Decock(Flanders Marine Institute)Sammy De Grave(University of Oxford)Nicole J. de Voogd(Naturalis Biodiversity Center)Daryl P. Domning(Howard University)Christian C. EmigChrister Erséus(University of Gothenburg)William N. Eschmeyer(Florida Museum of Natural History)Kristian Fauchald(Smithsonian Institution)Daphne G. Fautin(American Museum of Natural History)Stephen W. Feist(Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science)Charles H. J. M. Fransen(Naturalis Biodiversity Center)Hidetaka Furuya(The University of Osaka)Óscar García-Álvarez(Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)Sarah Gerken(University of Alaska Anchorage)David I. Gibson(Natural History Museum)Adriaan Gittenberger(Naturalis Biodiversity Center)Serge Gofas(Universidad de Málaga)Liza Gómez-Daglio(University of California, Merced)Dennis P.‏ Gordon(National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research)Michael D. Guiry(Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway)Francisco Hernández(Flanders Marine Institute)Bert W. Hoeksema(Naturalis Biodiversity Center)Russell R. Hopcroft(University of Alaska Fairbanks)Damià Jaume(Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas)Paul M. Kirk(CAB International)Nico Koedam(Vrije Universiteit Brussel)Stefan Koenemann(University of Siegen)Jürgen Kolb(Massey University)Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen(University of Copenhagen)Andreas Kroh(Natural History Museum Vienna)Gretchen LambertDavid Lazarus(Museum für Naturkunde)Rafael Lemaitre(Smithsonian Institution)Matt Longshaw(Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science)J. K. LOWRY(Australian Museum)Enrique Macpherson(Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas)Laurence P. Madin(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)Christopher L. Mah(Smithsonian Institution)Gill Mapstone(Natural History Museum)Patsy A. McLaughlin(Western Washington University)Jan Mees(Flanders Marine Institute)Kenneth Meland(University of Bergen)Charles G. Messing(Nova Southeastern University)Claudia E. Mills(University of Washington)Tina N. Molodtsova(Institute of Oceanology. PP Shirshov Russian Academy of Sciences)Rich Mooi(California Academy of Sciences)Birger Neuhaus(Museum für Naturkunde)Peter K. L. Ng(National University of Singapore)Claus Nielsen(University of Copenhagen)Jon L. Norenburg(Smithsonian Institution)Dennis M. Opresko(Smithsonian Institution)Masayuki Osawa(Shimane University)Gustav Paulay(Florida Museum of Natural History)William Perrin(NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service)John Pilger(Agnes Scott College)Gary C. B. Poore(Museums Victoria)Phil Pugh(National Oceanography Centre)Geoffrey B. Read(National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research)James Davis Reimer(University of the Ryukyus)Marc Rius(University of California, Davis)Rosana Moreira da Rocha(Universidade Federal do Paraná)José Ignacio Sáiz-Salinas(University of the Basque Country)Víctor ScarabinoBernd Schierwater(University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation)Andreas Schmidt‐Rhaesa(Universität Hamburg)Kareen E. Schnabel(National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research)Marilyn Schotte(Smithsonian Institution)Peter Schuchert(Natural History Museum of Geneva)Enrico Schwabe(Bavarian State Collection of Zoology)Hendrik Segers(Institute of Natural Sciences)Caryn Self-Sullivan(Nova Southeastern University)Noa Shenkar(Tel Aviv University)Volker SiegelWolfgang Sterrer(Bermuda College)Sabine Stöhr(Swedish Museum of Natural History)Billie J. Swalla(University of Washington)Mark L. Tasker(Joint Nature Conservation Committee)Erik V. Thuesen(The Evergreen State College)Tarmo Timm(Estonian University of Life Sciences)M. Antonio Todaro(University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)Xavier Turón(Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas)Seth Tyler(University of Maine)Peter Uetz(Virginia Commonwealth University)Jacob van der Land(Naturalis Biodiversity Center)B. Vanhoorne(Flanders Marine Institute)Leen P. van Ofwegen(Naturalis Biodiversity Center)Rob W. M. van Soest(Naturalis Biodiversity Center)Jan Vanaverbeke(Ghent University)Genefor K. Walker-Smith(Museums Victoria)T. Chad Walter(Smithsonian Institution)Alan Warren(Natural History Museum)Gary C. Williams(California Academy of Sciences)Simon Wilson(Trinity College Dublin)Mark J. Costello(University of Auckland)

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Marine Ecology and Invasive Species Marine Biology and Ecology Research Coral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesBiologyMarine speciesGlobal biodiversityEcologyBiodiversitySpecies diversitySpecies complexPhylogenetic tree