The Ocean 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. OBIS aims
to be:
- authoritative, professional, and credible
- concise, easily read and understood, and use minimal jargon
- user friendly with a logical consistent design and flow
- regularly updated.
Access OBIS here.
Fonte: http://www.iobis.org/
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