State of knowledge of coastal and marine biodiversity of Indian Ocean countries.

The Indian Ocean (IO) extends over 30% of the global ocean area and is rimmed by 36 littoral and 11 hinterland nations sustaining about 30% of the world's population. The landlocked character of the ocean along its northern boundary and the resultant seasonally reversing wind and sea surface ci...

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Autores principales:	Mohideen Wafar, Krishnamurthy Venkataraman, Baban Ingole, Syed Ajmal Khan, Ponnapakkam Lokabharathi
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7bcaf1e073d2403e9a59347b0cd731212021-11-18T06:59:33ZState of knowledge of coastal and marine biodiversity of Indian Ocean countries.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0014613https://doaj.org/article/7bcaf1e073d2403e9a59347b0cd731212011-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21297949/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203The Indian Ocean (IO) extends over 30% of the global ocean area and is rimmed by 36 littoral and 11 hinterland nations sustaining about 30% of the world's population. The landlocked character of the ocean along its northern boundary and the resultant seasonally reversing wind and sea surface circulation patterns are features unique to the IO. The IO also accounts for 30% of the global coral reef cover, 40,000 km² of mangroves,some of the world's largest estuaries, and 9 large marine ecosystems. Numerous expeditions and institutional efforts in the last two centuries have contributed greatly to our knowledge of coastal and marine biodiversity within the IO. The current inventory, as seen from the Ocean Biogeographic Information System, stands at 34,989 species, but the status of knowledge is not uniform among countries. Lack of human, institutional, and technical capabilities in some IO countries is the main cause for the heterogeneous level of growth in our understanding of the biodiversity of the IO. The gaps in knowledge extend to several smaller taxa and to large parts of the shelf and deep-sea ecosystems, including seamounts. Habitat loss, uncontrolled developmental activities in the coastal zone, over extraction of resources, and coastal pollution are serious constraints on maintenance of highly diverse biota, especially in countries like those of the IO, where environmental regulations are weak.Mohideen WafarKrishnamurthy VenkataramanBaban IngoleSyed Ajmal KhanPonnapakkam LokabharathiPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 6, Iss 1, p e14613 (2011)
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description	The Indian Ocean (IO) extends over 30% of the global ocean area and is rimmed by 36 littoral and 11 hinterland nations sustaining about 30% of the world's population. The landlocked character of the ocean along its northern boundary and the resultant seasonally reversing wind and sea surface circulation patterns are features unique to the IO. The IO also accounts for 30% of the global coral reef cover, 40,000 km² of mangroves,some of the world's largest estuaries, and 9 large marine ecosystems. Numerous expeditions and institutional efforts in the last two centuries have contributed greatly to our knowledge of coastal and marine biodiversity within the IO. The current inventory, as seen from the Ocean Biogeographic Information System, stands at 34,989 species, but the status of knowledge is not uniform among countries. Lack of human, institutional, and technical capabilities in some IO countries is the main cause for the heterogeneous level of growth in our understanding of the biodiversity of the IO. The gaps in knowledge extend to several smaller taxa and to large parts of the shelf and deep-sea ecosystems, including seamounts. Habitat loss, uncontrolled developmental activities in the coastal zone, over extraction of resources, and coastal pollution are serious constraints on maintenance of highly diverse biota, especially in countries like those of the IO, where environmental regulations are weak.
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author	Mohideen Wafar Krishnamurthy Venkataraman Baban Ingole Syed Ajmal Khan Ponnapakkam Lokabharathi
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title	State of knowledge of coastal and marine biodiversity of Indian Ocean countries.
title_short	State of knowledge of coastal and marine biodiversity of Indian Ocean countries.
title_full	State of knowledge of coastal and marine biodiversity of Indian Ocean countries.
title_fullStr	State of knowledge of coastal and marine biodiversity of Indian Ocean countries.
title_full_unstemmed	State of knowledge of coastal and marine biodiversity of Indian Ocean countries.
title_sort	state of knowledge of coastal and marine biodiversity of indian ocean countries.
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State of knowledge of coastal and marine biodiversity of Indian Ocean countries.

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