The Taxonomy of the Harpacticoid Copepods of the Northern Gulf of Mexico: a Taxon of Potential Importance to the Navy

Abstract

There is a crisis in taxonomy. The professionals who could identify species and describe new taxa are literally dying, and their jobs are being eliminated or shifted to other disciplines. If the infrastructure of ecology, in particular, and biology generally is to be maintained, a way has to be found to train new workers in taxonomy while simultaneously making them employable. It is my long-term goal to contribute to the solution of this problem.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1999
Accession Number
ADA630180

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People

  • David Thistle

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  • Florida State University

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  • Abstracts
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biology
  • Classification
  • Computers
  • Education
  • Information Operations
  • Infrastructure
  • Microscopes
  • Natural History
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Students
  • Taxonomy
  • Training
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  • Environmental science

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  • Educational Psychology
  • Marine Ecotoxicology