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From: KAREN TRICKLEBANK
Date: 11-03-08
Time: 14:29
Thought I’d share with readers some websites I tell our students about:
Marinespecies.org; An expert edited collection of databases on marine species aiming to have some information on all marine species by 2009. Minimum information is the correct name and classification. Some pages contain extensive information on distribution, ecology, biology and literature.; www.marinespecies.org <http://www.marinespecies.org>
Ocean Biogeographic Information Facility; Allows discovery, exploration and mapping of data on the distribution of marine species plus tools to predict their environmental range. Includes over 200 interoperable databases and 80,000 species, over 13 million location records. ; www.iobis.org
OBIS-SEAMAP; An award winning portal “Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations” to databases on the distribution of marine mammals, birds and turtles; http://seamap.env.duke.edu/
Aquamaps; Maps the probable distribution range of species using editable environmental data (e.g. from OBIS) that may be expert validated; www.aquamaps.org
FishBase; The best developed and oldest online species information system, with a wide range of applications for fisheries research and management; www.fishbase.org
NABIS; Expert prepared maps of the distribution range of economically important (e.g. commercially fished, invasive) marine species around New Zealand; www.nabis.govt.nz <http://www.nabis.govt.nz>
MarLIN; The Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland contains expert approved information on marine species and their habitats, aimed at public and scientists; www.marlin.ac.uk/ <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/>
AlgaeBase; A database on the names, key literature and images of seaweeds and other algae; www.algaebase.org/ <http://www.algaebase.org/>
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ; Data on distribution of species in all environments; www.gbif.net <http://www.gbif.net> http://data.gbif.org www.gbif.org
Encyclopedia of Life; Gathers information from other online resources to produce information pages on species; www.eol.org
uBio; A more complex librarian-designed system “Universal Biological Indexer and Organiser” that searches pre-determined electronic resources for information on any species. Unlike iSpecies, it uses ‘taxonomic intelligence’ to find related species names. www.ubio.org <http://www.ubio.org>
iSpecies; The first ‘mashup’ page for species. It automatically searches a pre-determined range of internet resources for information on any species, including molecular, images, literature, etc. Very simple interface. ; www.ispecies.org <http://www.ispecies.org>
Further reading could include the Open Access paper
Costello, M.J., Vanden Berghe E. 2006. “Ocean Biodiversity Informatics” enabling a new era in marine biology research and management. Marine Ecology Progress Series 316, 203-214. http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v316/
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