After 10 years and the hard work of almost three-thousand scientist, the census of marine life is still going strong as scientist are discovering more and more new species. Not so much as larger sea life like whales and seals, but more along the line of crustaceans and microscopic organisms. Scientist have discovered over 1,200 new species with still so many unknown. The average number of different species in all of the important ocean regions is 10,000 although in the Australian and Japanese have about 33,000 different species. The final results of the census came out in october of 2010.
This experiment was an example of discovery science, because they used many different pieces of information, such as the different species, and brought the conclusion of the experiment. The importance of this census to humans is the fact that now we can know more about the food chain, and all of the different types of species in our oceans, which our vital to our life.
Author of Article: Susan Milius
Title of Article: Marine census count continues
Journal: Science News
Date published: August 28, 2010
Pages of Article: 10-11
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