Document of bibliographic reference 100297
BibliographicReference record
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- Bibliographic resource
- Type of document
- Journal article
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- AS
- Title
- MedOBIS: biogeographic information system for the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea
- Abstract
- Recent online initiatives in sharing marine biological data, such as the European Register of Marine Species (ERMS) and the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), identified gaps in data from the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. Such data are now being collected, formatted and disseminated by MedOBIS (the Mediterranean Ocean Biogeographic Information System) initiative involving Greece, the Ukraine and Israel (test version available at: www.medobis.org). The aim is to develop a taxon-based biogeography database and online data server with links to survey and satellite environmental data. MedOBIS is currently undergoing 4 stages of development, namely, data assembly, formatting, analysis and dissemination. The primary features of the MedOBIS application are its offline GIS (Geographic Information Systems) data formatting capabilities and its online Java- and JavaScript-enabling data server with taxon-based search, mapping and data downloading capabilities. It is an independent source of biological and environmental data, as well as an online GIS tool designed to facilitate access to historical and current data by marine researchers. As more data become available and are inserted into the system, MedOBIS will function as the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea node of EurOBIS (the European node of the international OBIS initiative, part of the ‘Census of Marine Life’).
- WebOfScience code
- https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000239512600020
- Bibliographic citation
- Arvanitidis, C.; Valavanis, V.D.; Eleftheriou, A.; Costello, M.J.; Faulwetter, S.; Gotsis, P.; Kitsos, M.S.; Kirmtzoglou, I.; Zenetos, A.; Petrov, A.; Galil, B.; Papageorgiou, N. (2006). MedOBIS: biogeographic information system for the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 316: 225-230
- Topic
- Marine
- Is peer reviewed
- true
- Access rights
- open access
- Is accessible for free
- true
thesaurus terms
- term
- Biodiversity (term code: 9471 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List)
- Data (term code: 2086 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List)
- GIS (term code: 9519 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List)
- Management (term code: 4943 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List)
- Marine environment (term code: 4999 - defined in term set: ASFA Thesaurus List)