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Commonness and rarity in the marine biosphere

Sean R. Connolly, M. Aaron MacNeil, M. Julian Caley, Nancy Knowlton, Ed Cripps, Mizue Hisano, Loïc M. Thibaut, Bhaskar D. Bhattacharya, Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi, Russell E. Brainard, Angelika Brandt, Fabio Bulleri, Kari E. Ellingsen, Stefanie Kaiser, Ingrid Kröncke, Katrin Linse, Elena Maggi, Timothy D. O’Hara, Laetitia Plaisance, Gary C. B. Poore, Santosh K. Sarkar, Kamala K. Satpathy, Ulrike Schückel, Alan Williams, and Robin S. Wilson
PNAS published ahead of print May 27, 2014 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1406664111
Sean R. Connolly
aSchool of Marine and Tropical Biology, and Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia;
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  • For correspondence: knowlton@si.eduSean.connolly@jcu.edu.au
M. Aaron MacNeil
bAustralian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD 4810, Australia;
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M. Julian Caley
bAustralian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD 4810, Australia;
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Nancy Knowlton
cNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013;
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  • For correspondence: knowlton@si.eduSean.connolly@jcu.edu.au
Ed Cripps
dSchool of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia;
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Mizue Hisano
aSchool of Marine and Tropical Biology, and Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia;
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Loïc M. Thibaut
aSchool of Marine and Tropical Biology, and Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia;
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Bhaskar D. Bhattacharya
eDepartment of Marine Science, University of Calcutta, Calcutta 700 019, India;
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Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi
fDipartimento di Biologia, University of Pisa, I-56126 Pisa, Italy;
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Russell E. Brainard
gCoral Reef Ecosystem Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Honolulu, HI 96818;
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Angelika Brandt
hBiocenter Grindel and Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg, 20146 Hamburg, Germany;
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Fabio Bulleri
fDipartimento di Biologia, University of Pisa, I-56126 Pisa, Italy;
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Kari E. Ellingsen
iNorwegian Institute for Nature Research, FRAM–High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment, 9296 Tromsø, Norway;
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Stefanie Kaiser
jGerman Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research, Senckenberg am Meer, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany;
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Ingrid Kröncke
kMarine Research Department, Senckenberg am Meer, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany;
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Katrin Linse
lBritish Antarctic Survey, Cambridge CB3 0ET, United Kingdom;
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Elena Maggi
fDipartimento di Biologia, University of Pisa, I-56126 Pisa, Italy;
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Timothy D. O’Hara
mMuseum Victoria, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia;
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Laetitia Plaisance
cNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013;
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Gary C. B. Poore
mMuseum Victoria, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia;
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Santosh K. Sarkar
eDepartment of Marine Science, University of Calcutta, Calcutta 700 019, India;
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Kamala K. Satpathy
nEnvironment and Safety Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam 603 102, India; and
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Ulrike Schückel
kMarine Research Department, Senckenberg am Meer, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany;
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Alan Williams
oCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Marine and Atmospheric Research, Marine Laboratories, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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Robin S. Wilson
mMuseum Victoria, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia;
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