[Taxacom] Top 10 Species Nominations Deadline!

[Mary Liz Jameson]

It’s that time of year again!  Nominations for the Top 10 Species (
http://species.asu.edu/Top10) for 2010 will close on *March 25th*. Last
year, the Top 10 received excellent PR (including a top 10 Tweets and many
stories in magazines, newspapers, and radio), and the same response is
anticipated this year.  The "Top 10 Species" draws attention to
biodiversity, taxonomy, exploration, and our planet.
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*If you want to nominate a new species*, send your nomination directly to
Sara Pennak at IISE (Sara.Pennak at asu.edu
<mailto:Sara.Pennak at asu.edu><Sara.Pennak at asu.edu> ).
In your nomination, please include (1) why you are nominating the new
species; and (2) a link to the pdf where the species was described (or at
least the first author's name). Please send nominations to Sara *by March
25.*

For some interesting biodiversity stats, take a look at the State of the
Observed Species (SOS) Report for 2011 (
http://timgostony.com/iisetemp/SOS2011_FINALr.pdf) at and the Retrospective
for the decade (http://timgostony.com/iisetemp/RetroSOS__FINAL.pdf). These
are produced each year in conjunction with the Top 10 New Species.

Sincerely,
mary liz jameson

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Mary Liz Jameson, PhD
Department of Biological Sciences
Wichita State University
537 Hubbard Hall
Wichita, KS  67260-0026  USA

Email: maryliz.jameson at gmail.com
Phone: 316-978-6798
Skype user name: MaryLizJameson