About the Authors
- Jeffrey T. Williams
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* E-mail: williamsjt@si.edu
Affiliation Fish Division, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Suitland, Maryland, United States of America
- Kent E. Carpenter
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
- James L. Van Tassell
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Affiliation Department of Ichthyology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America
- Paul Hoetjes
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Affiliation Department of Environment and Nature, Ministry of Public Health and Social Development, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
- Wes Toller
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Current address: MSC Accreditation Program, Accreditation Services International GmbH, Bonn, Germany
Affiliation Saba Conservation Foundation, Fort Bay, Saba, Netherlands Antilles
- Peter Etnoyer
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Current address: Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
Affiliation Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States of America
- Michael Smith
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Affiliation Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Peter Etnoyer co-authored the Deep Sea News blog with PLoS One editor Dr. Craig McClain 2005–2009. Dr. McClain has recused himself from the Saba Bank Biodiversity Assessment volume for this reason.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MS. Performed the experiments: JTW KEC JLVT PCH WWT PJE MS. Analyzed the data: JTW KEC JLVT PCH PJE. Wrote the paper: JTW. Wrote portions of the paper: KEC PCH PJE. Helped prepare tables and check species identifications: JLVT. Prepared Fig. 1: PCH.