World Register of Marine Species
Abbreviation: WoRMS
Homepage http://www.marinespecies.org
Countries that developed this resource Belgium
Created in 2007
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How to cite this record FAIRsharing.org: WoRMS; World Register of Marine Species; DOI: https://doi.org/10.25504/FAIRsharing.7g1bzj; Last edited: Feb. 24, 2021, 11:15 a.m.; Last accessed: Mar 04 2021 3:14 a.m.
Record added: June 10, 2015, 2:37 p.m.
Record updated:
Feb. 24, 2021, 11:15 a.m. by The FAIRsharing Team.
support email | info@marinespecies.org |
online documentation | http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p ... |
online documentation | http://www.marinespecies.org/documents.p ... |
training | http://www.marinespecies.org/tutorial.ph ... |
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Additional Information
Contact | Leen Vandepitte ORCID |
No XSD schemas defined
Conditions of Use
Applies to: Data useData Curation
submit | http://www.marinespecies.org/contribute.php |
Data Access
browse | http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=browser |
search | http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=search |
REST Web Services
WoRMS REST webservice | http://www.marinespecies.org/rest/ |
SOAP Web Services
AphiaNameService | http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=soap&wsdl=1 |
Other Web Services
WoRMS webservice | http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=webservice |
A decade of the World Register of Marine Species - General insights and experiences from the Data Management Team: Where are we, what have we learned and how can we continue?
Vandepitte L,Vanhoorne B,Decock W,Vranken S,Lanssens T,Dekeyzer S,Verfaille K,Horton T,Kroh A,Hernandez F,Mees J
PLoS One 2018
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The Ocean Biodiversity (formerly Biogeographic) information System (OBIS) seeks to absorb, integrate, and assess isolated datasets into a larger, more comprehensive pictures of life in our oceans. The system hopes to stimulate research about our oceans to generate new hypotheses concerning evolutionary processes, species distributions, and roles of organisms in marine systems on a global scale. The abstract maps that OBIS generates are maps that contribute to the ‘big picture’ of our oceans: a comprehensive, collaborative, world-wide view of our oceans. OBIS provides a portal or gateway to many datasets containing information on where and when marine species have been recorded. The datasets are integrated so you can search them all seamlessly by species name, higher taxonomic level, geographic area, depth, and time; and then map and find environmental data related to the locations.
EMODnet Biology
The EMODnet biology data portal provides free access to data on temporal and spatial distribution of marine species and species traits from all European regional seas. EMODnet Biology is part of the EU funded European Marine Observation and Data Network.
NERC Vocabulary Server
The NERC Vocabulary Server provides access to standardised lists of terms and taxonomies related to a wide range of concepts which are used to facilitate data markup, interoperability and discovery in the marine and associated earth science domains. Some of these vocabularies are totally managed by BODC, others are managed by BODC on behalf of other organisations, while some are owned and, when relevant, managed by external governance authorities.
Integrated Marine Information System
IMIS is an online information system to provide an overview of the marine scientific landscape in Flanders and beyond. IMIS provides catalogues for: datasets, publications, maps, persons, and institutions, which are are stored in a structured and linked manner. Anyone can submit their own dataset, publication, etc to be added as a record in IMIS, and datasets can be published and given a DOI. Our goal is to be a FAIR data system that is integrated into the European marine community.
European Ocean Biodiversity Information System
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.
St. Lawrence Global Observatory Data Catalogue
The St. Lawrence Global Observatory (SLGO) Data Catalogue integrates multidisciplinary data from multiple partners within a web portal to aid data discovery and re-use. SLGO uses the Data Catalogue to help with data accessibility, dissemination and exchange as well as provision of electronic information regarding the St. Lawrence ecosystem. This project stores data from areas such as public safety, climate change, transportation, resource management and biodiversity conservation.
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Record Maintainer
This record is maintained by WoRMS
Funds
LifeWatch Belgium (Government body)
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New York, NY, USA (Charitable foundation)
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), Copenhagen, Denmark (Research institute)
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada (Research institute)
Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (Consortium)
MarBEF Network of Excellence ?Marine Biodiversity Ecosystem Functioning?
Maintains
The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium (Research institute)
Grant Number(s)
AquaRES (BR/132/A6/AQUARES; 2014-2016) (EMODnet Biology III)
EASME/EMFF/2016/1.3.1.2 – Lot 5/SI2/750022 (EMODnet Biology III)
EU FP6 / GOCE-CT-2003-505446; 2004-2009 (MarBEF Network of Excellence ?Marine Biodiversity Ecosystem Functioning?)
INFRA-2008-1.2.2 – Scientific Data Infrastructures – Grant Agreement 238988; 2009-2012 (4D4Life)
MARE/2008/03 - Lot 4 Biology – Contract nr SI2.531562; 2009-2011 (EMODnet Biology I)
MARE/2012/10 – Lot 5 Biology – Contract nr SI2.657705; 2012-2016 (EMODnet Biology II)
PESI/EU-FP7 - RI-223806; 2009-2011 (Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure)