Dataset record
- Type
- Dataset
- title in English
- Ocean Biodiversity Information System
- Acronym
- OBIS
- Description in English
- 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.
- Abstract in English
- The Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) is a web-based provider of global geo-referenced information on accurately identified marine species.
- Rights
- Unrestricted
- bibliographicCitation
- OBIS (YEAR) Ocean Biodiversity Information System. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO. Www.iobis.org.
- Comment
- name change of OBIS on may 19th 2020.
From Biogeographic to Biodiversity
See: https://www.obis.org/2020/05/19/obis20/
- Version
- 1
Thesaurus terms
- Keyword
- Marine organisms
- Oceanology (biological)
Themes
- theme
- Biology > Benthos
- Biology > Birds
- Biology > Fish
- Biology > Invertebrates
- Biology > Macroalgae
- Biology > Mammals
- Biology > Nekton
- Biology > Plankton > Phytoplankton
- Biology > Plankton > Zooplankton
- Biology > Plants
- Biology > Reptiles
Projects
- was generated by
- OBIS - Ocean Biodiversity Information System