Collaborative Research: PurSUiT: The final frontier of vertebrate taxonomy: documenting th — NSF Award to University of Washington
‘Cryptobenthic’ reef fishes are a group of thousands of tiny (<5cm), bottom-dwelling species that are difficult to see but occur on coral reefs worldwide in staggering abundances and diversity. In fact, half of all fishes on a typical reef are cryptobenthic, but traditional surveys do not usually include these species.
| Award title | Collaborative Research: PurSUiT: The final frontier of vertebrate taxonomy: documenting th |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2434645 |
| Awardee | University of Washington |
| City | SEATTLE |
| State | WA |
| Amount obligated | $648,664 |
| Principal investigator | Luke Tornabene |
| Program | Systematics & Biodiversity Sci |
| Start date | 02/15/2025 |
| Abstract | ‘Cryptobenthic’ reef fishes are a group of thousands of tiny (<5cm), bottom-dwelling species that are difficult to see but occur on coral reefs worldwide in staggering abundances and diversity. In fact, half of all fishes on a typical reef are cryptobenthic, but traditional surveys do not usually include these species. Due to the limited geographic extent of scientific surveys, countless cryptobenthic fish species have yet to be discovered and described, and local biodiversity inventories do not |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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