Biodiversity baseline for large marine ecosystems: an example from the Barents Sea

Gregoire Certain1,2,3* and Benjamin Planque2,4 SLU Institute for Coastal Research, Oregrund, Sweden Institute of Marine Research, Postboks 6404, 9294 Tromso, Norway Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Postboks 5685 Sluppen, 7485 Trondheim, Norway Hjort Centre for Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, 5817 Bergen, Norway. *Corresponding author: tel: +47 988 00 938; e-mail: gregoirecertain@hotmail.com.