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Greg Bernhardt
Jun30-03, 01:51 AM
Aprox. how many organisms have been identified by biologists?
*removes his answer in the interest of fair play*
I found a website saying 1.4 million species have been named. However, since it's not my field, this is nothing but a website claim. And someone else has already answered.
iansmith
Jun30-03, 07:11 AM
1.4 million have been name
best estimate is 10 million
The estimate are 2 to 100 million
it is hard to evaluated the number of species due to the lack of information. It is though that 99% of bacteria have not been identify!!!
http://www.wri.org/wri/biodiv/b02-gbs.html
It depends who you talk to...
The United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) - 1.75 million
E.O. Wilson - 1.4 million
3rd Study - 1.5 million
Source: http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/58.html
Greg Bernhardt
Jun30-03, 11:47 AM
I realize this is a question that could yield a few answers, but Matt has correctly matched the answer I have which is 1.5 Million.
Matt recieves 1 point! Next question will be posted tomorrow.
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