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The Census of Marine Life was a global network of researchers in more than 80 nations engaged in a 10-year scientific initiative to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans.  The world's first comprehensive census of the past, present, and future of life in the oceans was released in October 2010.

 

10.1 Sorting the Unknown

Image 10.1 Sorting the Unknown from the Unknowable
A summary of data from the Ocean Biogeographic Information System shows that our richest records of biodiveristy are at the surface. Records dwindle at greater depths and distance from shore. The most conspicuous gaps in what is known occur in the middle of the water column.
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