Why are there so few fish in the sea?

The Causes Of Species Richness Patterns Across Space, Time, And Clades And The Role Of “Ecological Limits”

(2011) John J. Wiens   QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY

How Many Species Are There on Earth and in the Ocean?

(2011) Camilo Mora et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The Great Divergence: When Did Diversity on Land Exceed That in the Sea?

(2010) G. J. Vermeij et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Global patterns and predictors of marine biodiversity across taxa

(2010) Derek P. Tittensor et al.   NATURE

Ecological Limits on Clade Diversification in Higher Taxa

(2009) Daniel L. Rabosky   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Nine exceptional radiations plus high turnover explain species diversity in jawed vertebrates

(2009) M. E. Alfaro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Estimating Trait-Dependent Speciation and Extinction Rates from Incompletely Resolved Phylogenies

(2009) Richard G. FitzJohn et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

A biophysical perspective on dispersal and the geography of evolution in marine and terrestrial systems

(2007) M. N Dawson et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface