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Marine Biodiversity: 2008 Publications

Beaumont, N.J., Austen, M.C., Mangi, S.C., and Townsend, M.  Economic valuation for the conservation of marine biodiversity.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 56(3): 386-396, 2008.

Danovaro, R., Gambi, C., Dell'Anno, A., Corinaldesi, C., Fraschetti, S., Vanreusel, A., Vincx, M., and Gooday, A.J.  Exponential decline of deep-sea ecosystem functioning linked to benthic biodiversity loss.  Current Biology 18(1): 1-8, 2008.

Floeter, S.R., Rocha, L.A., Robertson, D.R., Joyeux, J.C., Smith-Vaniz, W.F., Wirtz, P., Edwards, A.J., Barreiros, J.P., Ferreira, C.E.L., Gasparini, J.L., Brito, A., Falcon, J.M., Bowen, B.W., and Bernardi, G.  Atlantic reef fish biogeography and evolution.  Journal of Biogeography 35(1): 22-47, 2008.

Gamfeldt, L., Hillebrand, H., and Jonsson, P.R.  Multiple functions increase the importance of biodiversity for overall ecosystem functioning.  Ecology 89(5): 1223-1231, 2008.

Jackson, J.B.C.  Ecological extinction and evolution in the brave new ocean.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(Supplement 1): 11458-11465, 2008.

Loreau, M.  Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning:  the mystery of the deep sea.  Current Biology 18(3): R126-R128, 2008.

McClenachan, L and Cooper, A.B.  Extinction rate, historical population structure and ecological role of the Caribbean monk seal.  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London [B] 275(1641): 1351-1358, 2008.

Mora, C., Tittensor, D.P., and Myers, R.A.  The completeness of taxonomic inventories for describing the global diversity and distribution of marine fishes.  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London [B] 275(1631): 149-155, 2008.

Strom, S.L.  Microbial ecology of ocean biogeochemistry:  A community perspective.  Science 320(5879): 1043-1045, 2008.

Vaulot, D., Eikrem, W., Viprey, M., and Moreau, H.  The diversity of small eukaryotic phytoplankton (≤ 3 μm) in marine ecosystems.  FEMS Microbiology Reviews 32(5): 795-820, 2008.