A decade of the World Register of Marine Species – General insights and experiences from the Data Management Team: Where are we, what have we learned and how can we continue?

• Leen Vandepitte ,

  * E-mail: leen.vandepitte@vliz.be

  Affiliation Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Wandelaarkaai 7, Oostende, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8160-7941

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• Bart Vanhoorne,

  Affiliation Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Wandelaarkaai 7, Oostende, Belgium

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• Wim Decock,

  Affiliation Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Wandelaarkaai 7, Oostende, Belgium

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• Sofie Vranken,

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, UWA Oceans Institute, Crawley (Perth), WA, Australia

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• Thomas Lanssens,

  Affiliation Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Wandelaarkaai 7, Oostende, Belgium

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• Stefanie Dekeyzer,

  Affiliation Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Wandelaarkaai 7, Oostende, Belgium

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• Kevin Verfaille,

  Affiliation Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Wandelaarkaai 7, Oostende, Belgium

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• Tammy Horton,

  Affiliation National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom

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• Andreas Kroh,

  Affiliation Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria

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• Francisco Hernandez,

  Affiliation Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Wandelaarkaai 7, Oostende, Belgium

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• Jan Mees

  Affiliations Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Wandelaarkaai 7, Oostende, Belgium, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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