52 Million Points and Counting: A New Stratification Approach for Mapping Global Marine Ecosystems

Dawn J Wright1, Roger G Sayre2, Sean Breyer3, Kevin A. Butler1, Keith VanGraafeiland1, Kathy Goodin4, Maria Kavanaugh5, Mark J. Costello6, Noel Cressie7, Zeenatul Basher8, Peter T Harris9 and John M Guinotte10, (1)Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands, CA, United States, (2)U.S Geological Survey, Land Change Science Program, Reston, United States, (3)Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands, United States, (4)NatureServe, Science Division, Marine Program, Arlington, VA, United States, (5)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (6)University of Auckland, Institute of Marine Science, Auckland, New Zealand, (7)University of Wollongong, National Institute for Applied Statistics Research Australia, Wollongong, Australia, (8)U.S Geological Survey, Washington, DC, United States, (9)GRID-Arendal, Arendal, Norway, (10)U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, Mountain Prairie Region 6, Lakewood, United States