Brilliant Pics of Bizarre Sea Critters 63
An anonymous reader writes "Today, scientists have announced the completion of the first ever Census of Marine Life. The colossal 10-year effort involved 2,700 researchers from 80 countries. To mark the occasion, Discover's blog 80beats has a photo gallery of some of the most marvelously strange sea creatures photographed in the course of the census. The blog post also explains some of the census's most important findings, including the dramatic decline of many commercially important large marine animals, and troubling new evidence of a decline in the phytoplankton that serves as the base of the marine food chain."
coml.org images (Score:5, Informative)
Already Sladshdotted! Here's a CORAL link (Score:5, Informative)
I'm glad I got this just in time! Here is the CORAL link to this:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com.nyud.net/80beats/2010/10/04/first-marine-census-describes-the-wonders-and-troubles-of-the-seas/ [nyud.net]
Erm, no. (Score:1, Informative)
Re:How can a "first ever" census... (Score:5, Informative)
Because it's not a census-wide decline:
including the dramatic decline of many commercially important large marine animals
Re:Census? (Score:4, Informative)
> Isn't a census where you count every member of a population?
No. It's where you count as many as you can, and from that number, estimate the total.
Etymology Latin, from cnsre to assess
Re:Census? (Score:3, Informative)
I think they know that, but here's [coml.org] their "about" page.
It's as complete as it has even been, and they've been working on it for a decade. I'm sure they know it's not 100% coverage, but they probably need to be able to explain it to lay-people.
Re:How can a "first ever" census... (Score:2, Informative)
Content is shared with the Encyclopedia of Life (Score:5, Informative)