Biodiversity: the known, unknown, and rates of extinction

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Mark J Costello. Curr Biol. 2015.

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. 2015 May 4;25(9):R368-71.

doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.051.

¹ Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland, P. Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. Electronic address: m.costello@auckland.ac.nz.

Abstract

How many species are there and how many have we lost? New estimates shed light on this question in the marine realm.

Species richness on coral reefs and the pursuit of convergent global estimates.
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