About the Authors
- Meryl J. Williams
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* E-mail: MerylJWilliams@gmail.com
Affiliation Member, Scientific Steering Committee, Census of Marine Life, 17 Agnew Street, Aspley, Qld, 4034 Australia
- Jesse Ausubel
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Affiliation Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New York, New York, United States of America
- Ian Poiner
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Affiliation Chief Executive Officer, Australian Institute of Marine Science, and Chair, Census of Marine Life Scientific Steering Committee, Townsville, Australia
- Serge M. Garcia
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Affiliation Member, Scientific Steering Committee, Census of Marine Life, Via Perdasdefogu, 14, 00050 Aranova, Roma, Italy
- D. James Baker
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Affiliation Member, Scientific Steering Committee, Census of Marine Life, 8031 Seminole Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118, USA
- Malcolm R. Clark
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Affiliation Principal Scientist (Deepwater Fisheries), National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
- Heather Mannix
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Affiliation Census of Marine Life International Secretariat, The Consortium for Ocean Leadership, Washington DC, United States of America
- Kristen Yarincik
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Affiliation Census of Marine Life International Secretariat, The Consortium for Ocean Leadership, Washington DC, United States of America
- Patrick N. Halpin
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Affiliation Associate Professor of Marine Geospatial Ecology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors are members of the Census of Marine Life partnership through its Scientific Steering Committee (members and ex-officio members), International Secretariat and projects. The Public Library of Science has also received funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, to develop a Biodiversity Hub, which will feature some content from the Census of Marine Life.