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Approximately less than 10% of the known biodiversity in the marine protistan community is known, but among the pico-fraction even less is known with new groups being discovered regularly (Kim et al. 2011). This feature of hidden biodiversity was first recognized in the bacterial community but this phenomenon is now being extended into the eukaryotic fraction. Many cosmopolitan species, which we think we can easily recognize, are now being shown to be species complexes with little or no morphological markers to separate them. Spatial and temporal variation in their abundance and distribution in these complexes are also unknown. With new molecular and analytical techniques, our knowledge of marine species level biodiversity begins to unfold to understand how marine biodiversity supports ecosystem structure, dynamics and resilience. With these techniques, we can augment our understanding of biodiversity and ecosystem dynamics in all areas of the planktonic community, not just the photosynthetic ones. We will review selected molecular techniques and provide case studies to illustrate the use of these techniques. For the past 30 years scientists have recognised that understanding and preserving biodiversity is one of the most important global challenges facing the world today. There is a science plan for Europe to address the problems associated with a potential loss of biodiversity in the marine environment, which was formulated in 1999 by the Association of Marine Science Institutes. Biodiversity is strongly affected by the rapid and accelerating changes in the global climate, which largely stem from human activity. There is now common agreement that the world must generate plans to conserve and protect biodiversity to prevent rampant savaging for natural resources. How biodiversity is perceived and maintained affects ecosystem functioning and how the goods and services that ecosystems provide to humans can be used. Recognizing biodiversity at all levels is essential to preserving it. Terrestrial and marine ecosystems are inherently different and the management of their biodiversity requires very different approaches. Often terrestrial ecosystem generalizations concerning biodiversity patterns on both global and regional scales, the processes determining these

Molecular Techniques to Estimate Biodiversity with Case Studies from the Marine Phytoplankton