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Making marine life count: a new baseline for policy.
Abstract
The Census of Marine Life aids practical work of the Convention on Biological Diversity,
discovers and tracks ocean biodiversity, and supports marine environmental planning.
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/4450Published Version (Please cite this version)
10.1371/journal.pbio.1000531Publication Info
Williams, Meryl J; Ausubel, Jesse; Poiner, Ian; Garcia, Serge M; Baker, D James; Clark,
Malcolm R; ... Halpin, Patrick N (2010). Making marine life count: a new baseline for policy. PLoS Biol, 8(10). pp. e1000531. 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000531. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/4450.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Patrick N. Halpin
Professor
Patrick Halpin is a Professor of Marine Geospatial Ecology in the Marine Science and
Conservation Division of the Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University.
Prof. Halpin leads the Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab with laboratory facilities located
at the main campus of Duke University as well as the Duke University Marine Lab. He
received his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia in 1995.
Prof. Halpin’s research focuses on marine geospatial analysis, ecolog

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