Linking biodiversity research in South America's oceans

This article outlines the background and planning for a South American workshop on marine biodiversity in Concepcion, Chile, 28-30 October, 2002. This first CoML/POGO effort in the Southern hemisphere, pursuant to the Sao Paulo declaration began with presentations in all major coastal states and brings together key South American researchers to take advantage of new research concepts emerging from the Census projects. (C) 2002 Ifremer/CNRS/IRD/Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.