hellenic centre for marine research (hcmr)
DESCRIPTION
MedOBIS - Ocean Biogeographic Information System for the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR). Free and simultaneous access. …. Cephbase. Fishbase. EurOBIS. OBIS, EurOBIS, MedOBIS. Census of Marine Life (CoML). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)
MedOBIS- Ocean Biogeographic Information
System for the
Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea
MedOBIS HCMR 04/20/23
OBIS, EurOBIS, MedOBIS
Census of Marine Life (CoML)
Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) (Information Component / Web portal)
EurOBIS
Fishbase
Cephbase…MedOBIS
Free and simultaneous access
MedOBIS HCMR 04/20/23
Objectives
MedOBIS attempts to collect, format, analyse and disseminate
data on the biodiversity of marine life and will function as the
Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea node of EurOBIS.
MedOBIS HCMR 04/20/23
Objectives: Data assembly
• Collection of present data• Preservation of historical data• Comparison of data: revealing new
patterns and finding gaps• Promotion of institutes and their
work• Property rights remain with scientists• Level of accessibility determined by
scientist
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Objectives: Data processing
• Database as storage system• Data can be retrieved• Perfomance of quality checks• Documentation of data and
descriptive data (metadata)
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Objectives: Dissemination
• Visualization of the data: web GIS• Web portal: access to the database;
project information• Taxonomic and spatial query
functions• Descriptive data available• Download data• Mailing list• Analyses
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•MySQL database
•Quality controls
•Metadata management
•Advanced query functions
3rd version
Project evolution
•simple webpage with clickable map
•Original Excel files available for download
1st version
•Access Database
•Java /JavaScript web GIS interface
•Simple query functions
•Data submitted to EurOBIS/OBIS
2nd version
•…
4th version
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Present status
•unformatted
•heterogeneous
•incomplete
•not comparable
•erroneous
Data from various institutes:
Database
Taxonomic search function
species
species
Results
Web interface with interactive map
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Contents
• Focused on three main parameters: taxonomy, location and time
• Taxonomic data• Spatial data (vector data, satellite
images)• Sampling data• Metadata• Environmental data
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Database extent
distribution records: 36522taxonomic records (valid names): 3219
stations from the Aegean Sea: 632 stations from the Adriatic Sea:
417stations from the Black Sea: 106 stations from the Eastern Basin: 97 stations from the Ionian Sea: 71
Time range: 1934 - 2004
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Database extent
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Achievements
• Functional system on the web• Data: available, retrievable,
comparable • over 1000 stations/ 3000 taxa• Data integrated into EurOBIS/OBIS• Datasets completely documented• First analyses within MarBEF are in
progress (Data contributors can claim co-authorship)
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Current developments & future plans
• Connection to other OBIS databases through DiGIR protocol
• Flexible web access tools for user• Web based data entry interface• Quality assurance for control of
automated database population • Extended functionality of map
interface• Online tools for statistical analyses
http://www.medobis.org