Status of FishBase in 2009 Rainer Froese IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel FishBase Mini-Symposium FAO, Rome, 9 September 2009
How Many Fish Are There? Based on FishBase 01/2009
What Do We Know About Them?
What Information is Available? Based on FishBase 01/ ,300
What is Used? Based on Kiel server, June – August 2009
Citations Based on FishBase 01/2009
Google Scholar, April 2006: 1610 citations, including 5 in Nature and 7 in Science
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Examples from AquaMaps: No Sharks in Antarctica
Examples from AquaMaps Whale shark (cosmopolitan)
Examples from AquaMaps Blackfin spiderfish (continental shelves)
Examples from AquaMaps Blackfin spiderfish (preliminary 2050)
Tools: Equatorial Species Richness Transect across the Indo-Pacific
Tools : Where to Place an MPA
Tools Mnemiopsis leidyi (invasive Black Sea)
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