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OBIS: Ocean Biodiversity Information System Citation OBIS (YEAR) Ocean Biodiversity Information System. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO. Www.iobis.org. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/68 Contact: Appeltans, Ward Availability: Unrestricted The data are freely available to anybody and may be used for any purpose. Usage acknowledgement may be required Description The Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) is a web-based provider of global geo-referenced information on accurately identified marine species. more We contain expert species level and habitat level databases and provide a variety of spatial query tools for visualizing relationships among species and their environment. OBIS strives to assess and integrate biological, physical, and chemical oceanographic data from multiple sources. Users of OBIS, including researchers, students, and environmental managers, will gain a dynamic view of the multi-dimensional oceanic world. Scope Themes: Biology > Benthos, Biology > Birds, Biology > Fish, Biology > Invertebrates, Biology > Macroalgae, Biology > Mammals, Biology > Nekton, Biology > Plankton > Phytoplankton, Biology > Plankton > Zooplankton, Biology > Plants, Biology > Reptiles Keywords: Marine/Coastal, Marine organisms, Oceanology (biological), World Waters, Animalia, Fungi, Monera, Plantae, Protozoa Geographical coverage World Waters [Marine Regions] Contributor Related datasets Published datasets: AfrOBIS: African Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more AntOBIS: Antarctic Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more ArcOD/AOOS: Arctic Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more Arctic Ocean Biogeographic Information System, more ArOBIS: Argentinean Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more OBIS-Australia: Australian Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more OBIS-Canada: Canadian Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more CarOBIS: Caribbean Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more OBIS-China: Chinese Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more OBIS Deep Sea: Deep Sea Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more FishBase OBIS, more HAB OBIS: Harmful Algal Bloom Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more IndOBIS: Indian Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more OBIS-Japan: Japanese Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more KOBIS: Korean Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more MicrOBIS: Microbial Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more OBIS Black Sea, more OPI: Oceans Past Initiative, more SEAOBIS: South-East Asian Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more NZOBIS: Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more OBIS-SEAMAP: Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations, more ESPOBIS: Tropical and Subtropical Eastern South Pacific Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more WSAOBIS: Tropical and Subtropical Western South Atlantic Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more OBIS-USA: US Ocean Biodiversity Informaton System, more Project OBIS: Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more Dataset status: In Progress Data type: Data Data origin: Data collection Metadatarecord created: 2004-05-10 Information last updated: 2020-05-26 | ||||
