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European Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Abbreviation:EurOBIS

General Information

The European Ocean Biodiversity Information System – EurOBIS – is an online marine biogeographic database compiling data on all living marine creatures. The principle aims are to centralize the largely scattered biogeographic data on marine species collected by European institutions and to make these data freely available and easily accessible. The data are either collected within European marine waters or by European researchers and institutes outside Europe. The database focuses on taxonomy and occurrence records in space and time; all data can be searched and visualised through a set of online mapping tools.

Homepage https://www.eurobis.org

Countries that developed this resource Belgium

Created in 2004

Taxonomic range

All

Subjects

User-defined Tags

Geographic Information System (GIS)

How to cite this record FAIRsharing.org: EurOBIS; European Ocean Biodiversity Information System; DOI: https://doi.org/10.25504/FAIRsharing.3UMg9d; Last edited: May 11, 2021, 3:58 p.m.; Last accessed: Aug 03 2021 2:21 a.m.

This record is maintained by Joana.Beja

Record added: Oct. 12, 2020, 5 p.m.
Record updated: May 10, 2021, 5:01 p.m. by Joana.Beja.

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Edits to 'https://fairsharing.org/FAIRsharing.3UMg9d' by 'Joana.Beja' at 17:01, 10 May 2021 (approved):

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			The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium|http://www.vliz.be/en/organisation|Maintains
			LifeWatch Belgium|http://www.lifewatch.be/|Funds
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			LifeWatch Belgium|http://www.lifewatch.be/|Funds
			The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium|http://www.vliz.be/en/organisation|Maintains
			Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)|http://www.fwo.be/en/|Funds
			Herculesstichting|https://www.fwo.be/en/|Funds
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			Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)|http://www.fwo.be/en/|Funds
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			The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium|http://www.vliz.be/en/organisation|Maintains
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			The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium|http://www.vliz.be/en/organisation|Maintains
			LifeWatch Belgium|http://www.lifewatch.be/|Funds
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			LifeWatch Belgium|http://www.lifewatch.be/|Funds
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	'related_databases' has been modified:
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			Global Biodiversity Information Facility
			Ocean Biodiversity Information System
			Antabif IPT - AntOBIS IPT - GBIF Belgium
			Ocean Biogeographic Information System USA IPT - USGS
			Ocean Biodiversity Information System IPT
			EMODnet Biology
			Integrated Marine Information System
			Marine Data Archive
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			Global Biodiversity Information Facility
			Ocean Biodiversity Information System
			Antabif IPT - AntOBIS IPT - GBIF Belgium
			Ocean Biogeographic Information System USA IPT - USGS
			Ocean Biodiversity Information System IPT
			EMODnet Biology
			NERC Vocabulary Server
			Integrated Marine Information System
			Marine Data Archive
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Edits to 'https://fairsharing.org/FAIRsharing.3UMg9d' by 'Joana.Beja' at 11:21, 19 Oct 2020 (approved):

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		After: EurOBIS team

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	'related_databases' has been modified:
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			Ocean Biodiversity Information System
			EMODnet Biology
			Marine Data Archive
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			Global Biodiversity Information Facility
			Ocean Biodiversity Information System
			Antabif IPT - AntOBIS IPT - GBIF Belgium
			Ocean Biogeographic Information System USA IPT - USGS
			Ocean Biodiversity Information System IPT
			EMODnet Biology
			Integrated Marine Information System
			Marine Data Archive
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			Global Biodiversity Information Facility
			Antabif IPT - AntOBIS IPT - GBIF Belgium
			Ocean Biogeographic Information System USA IPT - USGS
			Ocean Biodiversity Information System IPT
			Integrated Marine Information System
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			Biodiversity
			Chemistry
			Earth Science
			Environmental Science
			Geography
			Geophysics
			Marine Biology
			Oceanography
			Taxonomy
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			Biodiversity
			Earth Science
			Environmental Science
			Geography
			Marine Biology
			Oceanography
			Taxonomy
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			Chemistry
			Geophysics

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			FAQ|http://www.eurobis.org/faq
			online documentation|http://www.eurobis.org/dataset_list
			online documentation|https://www.eurobis.org/data_formats
			online documentation|https://www.eurobis.org/standards
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			FAQ|http://www.eurobis.org/faq
			online documentation|http://www.eurobis.org/dataset_list
			online documentation|https://www.eurobis.org/data_formats
			online documentation|https://www.eurobis.org/standards
			twitter|@EurOBIS_VLIZ
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	'description' has been modified:
		Before: The European Ocean Biodiversity Information System ? EurOBIS ? is an online marine biogeographic database compiling data on all living marine creatures.
		After: The European Ocean Biodiversity Information System ? EurOBIS ? is an online marine biogeographic database compiling data on all living marine creatures. The principle aims are to centralize the largely scattered biogeographic data on marine species collected by European institutions and to make these data freely available and easily accessible. The data are either collected within European marine waters or by European researchers and institutes outside Europe. The database focuses on taxonomy and occurrence records in space and time; all data can be searched and visualised through a set of online mapping tools.

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			marin||Data
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			EurOBIS Terms of Use|https://www.eurobis.org/citation|Data
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			FAQ|http://www.eurobis.org/faq
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			FAQ|http://www.eurobis.org/faq
			online documentation|http://www.eurobis.org/dataset_list
			online documentation|https://www.eurobis.org/data_formats
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			Contribute, data curation, https://www.eurobis.org/how_to_contribute
			Data access, data access, http://www.eurobis.org/data_access_services
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			Contribute, data curation, https://www.eurobis.org/how_to_contribute
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In Collections

EOSC-Life

Support

General

FAQ	http://www.eurobis.org/faq
online documentation	EurOBIS Providers
online documentation	Data & file formats
online documentation	Data standardisation
twitter	EurOBIS twitter

Additional Information

Contact

EurOBIS team

Tools

No tools defined

Access / Retrieve Data

Conditions of Use

Applies to: Data use

EurOBIS Terms of Use

Data Curation

Contribute

https://www.eurobis.org/how_to_contribute

Data Access

Data access

http://www.eurobis.org/data_access_services

Publications

No publications available

Related Standards

Reporting Guidelines

No guidelines defined

Terminology Artifacts

Models and Formats

No syntax standards defined

Identifier Schemas

No identifier schema standards defined

Metrics

No metrics standards defined

Related Databases

Implementing Policies

This record is not implemented by any policy.

Credit

Record Maintainer

This record is maintained by Joana.Beja

Funds

LifeWatch Belgium (Consortium)
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) (Charitable foundation)
Herculesstichting (Government body)

Maintains

The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium (Research institute) Lead

Grant Number(s)

GOH3417N (Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO))
I000819N-LIFEWATCH (Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO))
I002021N-LIFEWATCH (Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO))

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