Table 1. - Estimated numbers of marine zooplnaktonic species for the World Oceanand for the South Atlantic, supplement to: Boltovskoy, Demetrio; Correa, Nancy; Boltovskoy, Andres (2005): Diversity and endemism in cold waters of the South Atlantic: contrasting patterns in the plankton and the benthos. Arntz, Wolf E, Lovrich, Gustavo A & Thatje, Sven (eds.) The Magellan-Antarctic connection: links and frontiers at southern high latitudes, Scientia Marina, 69 (Suppl. 2), 17-26
In total, ca. 7000 zooplanktonic species have been described for the World Ocean. This figure represents less than 4% of the total number of known marine organisms. Of the 7000 zooplanktonic species world-wide, some 60% are present in the South Atlantic; about one third of the latter have been recor...
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