Abstract
I am grateful to Stribling et al., (2012) for pointing out two errors I made in my original opinion piece (Rogers, 2012), namely citing Stribling et al., 2003 as Stribling et al., 2002, and stating that that same reference used the term “bench taxonomist” when in reality it was “production taxonomist”.
References
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Rogers, D.C. (2012) Taxonomic certification versus the scientific method. Zootaxa, 3257, 66–68.
Stribling, J.B., Moulton, S.R., II & Lester, G.T. (2003) Determining the quality of taxonomi data. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 22, 621–631.
Stribling, J., Sweeney, B., Morse, J., Corkum, G., Lester, G., Miller, S., Mitchell, R., Poulton, B., Strachan, S. & Wetzel, M. (2012a) “Taxonomic certification versus the scientific method”: a rebuttal of Rogers (2012). Zootaxa, 3359, 65–68.
Stribling, J., Sweeney, B., Morse, J., Corkum, G., Lester, G., Miller, S., Mitchell, R., Poulton, B., Strachan, S. & Wetzel, M. (2012b) Erratum. “Taxonomic certification versus the scientific method”: a rebuttal of Rogers (2012). Zootaxa, 3383, 14.