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5 THE CRITICAL ROLE OF TAXONOMY
5 THE CRITICAL ROLE OF TAXONOMY
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Most taxonomists describe species and undertake major taxonomic revisions according to their own professional interests with little or no communication with 46
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There are many examples of ecological studies that have been compromised by taxonomic mistakes (some examples are described in Lee et al., 1978; Knowlton, 1993; Knowlton and Jackson, 1994~. Yet in contrast to a strong movement toward requiring, for example, rigorous statistical designs and analyses in ecological studies (with some number of submitted manuscripts being rejected by editors on the basis of inadequate statistical treatment)
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Taxonomists, on their own or working with ecologists, can and should use ecological and genetic methods to sort out cryptic sibling species. A recent example of such work is the recognition of cryptic sibling species in mussels of the genus Mytilus, where molecular genetic studies were combined with classic taxonomic approaches to resolve the species complex (see "Significant Opportunities for Forging New Horizons" in Chapter 1~.
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