A metadata approach to evaluate the state of ocean knowledge: Strengths, limitations, and application to Mexico

• Juliano Palacios-Abrantes ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor, Miguel A. Cisneros-Mata, Laura Rodríguez, Francisco Arreguín-Sánchez, William W. L. Cheung

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: j.palacios@oceans.ubc.ca

  Affiliation Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8969-5416

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• Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor, Miguel A. Cisneros-Mata, Laura Rodríguez, Francisco Arreguín-Sánchez, William W. L. Cheung

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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• Miguel A. Cisneros-Mata ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor, Miguel A. Cisneros-Mata, Laura Rodríguez, Francisco Arreguín-Sánchez, William W. L. Cheung

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesca y Acuacultura, Guaymas, Sonora, México

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• Laura Rodríguez ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor, Miguel A. Cisneros-Mata, Laura Rodríguez, Francisco Arreguín-Sánchez, William W. L. Cheung

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Environmental Defense Fund de México, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México

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• Francisco Arreguín-Sánchez ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor, Miguel A. Cisneros-Mata, Laura Rodríguez, Francisco Arreguín-Sánchez, William W. L. Cheung

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México

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• Verónica Aguilar ,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, Ciudad de México, México

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• Santiago Domínguez-Sánchez ,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Stuart Fulton ,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Comunidad y Biodiversidad, Cancún, Quintana Roo, México

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• Raquel López-Sagástegui ,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Héctor Reyes-Bonilla ,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México

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• Rocío Rivera-Campos ,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation SmartFish Rescate de Valor, A.C., La Paz, Baja California Sur, México

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• Silvia Salas ,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mérida, Yucatán, México, Universidad Marista de Mérida, Mérida, Yucatán, México

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• Nuno Simoes ,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación – Sisal, Yucatán, México, Laboratorio Nacional de Resiliencia Costera, Laboratorios Nacionales, Ciudad de México, México, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States of America

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• William W. L. Cheung

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor, Miguel A. Cisneros-Mata, Laura Rodríguez, Francisco Arreguín-Sánchez, William W. L. Cheung

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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