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<font face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Here is an<span> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/15gOTUsITD1BuBFD0qeGHrrp4uHN4V1fWGXI5NXN5_Kg/edit" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://docs.google.com/document/d/15gOTUsITD1BuBFD0qeGHrrp4uHN4V1fWGXI5NXN5_Kg/edit&source=gmail&ust=1609975765285000&usg=AFQjCNGtFswc1aCt9HhIBtLG6XPYC9hbJw" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">example</a><span> </span>for
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<span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">This protocol is from my colleague Jarrett Byrnes and his kelp group. The team started as an NCEAS group
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Jarrett thinks other IPBES groups would have similar problems with definitions and methods.</div>
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If this document and the kelp team's data sets prove useful, we can see about contacting other IPBES groups.</div>
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Seagrass, mangroves, and saltmarsh communities would be obvious targets</div>
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Robert D Stevenson<br>
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