The Census of Marine Life (2000–2010) was the largest global research programme on
marine biodiversity. This paper integrated the findings of reviews of major world regions by …

Brazilian coral reefs form structures significantly different from the well-known reef models,
as follows:(i) they have a growth form of mushroom-shaped coral pinnacles called" …

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A/H5N1 viruses (lineage 2.3. 4.4 b) are rapidly
invading the Americas, threatening wildlife, poultry, and potentially evolving into the next …

The freshwater and marine fish faunas of South America are the most diverse on Earth, with
current species richness estimates standing above 9100 species. In addition, over the last …

Large rivers create major gaps in reef distribution along tropical shelves. The Amazon River
represents 20% of the global riverine discharge to the ocean, generating up to a 1.3× 106 …

Abstract The European, Canadian, and Latin American seaweed industries rely on the
sustainable harvesting of natural resources. As several countries wish to increase their …

As marine ecosystems are influenced by global and regional processes, standardized
information on community structure has become crucial for assessing broad-scale …

We examined the hypothesis that in an emerging economy such as Chile the abundances of
Anthropogenic Marine Debris (AMD) on beaches are increasing over time. The citizen …

The diversity of life in the sea is critical to the health of ocean ecosystems that support living
resources and therefore essential to the economic, nutritional, recreational, and health …

Off-shelf waters cover 66% of the planet. Growing concerns about the state of natural
resources in these waters, and of future threats have led to a growing movement to improve …