1. MedOBIS Biogeographic Information System for the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea funded by: Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE) Valavanis VD, Arvanitidis C, Eleftheriou A, Costello M, Faulwetter S, Kitsos MS, Kirmtzoglou I, Petrov A, Galil B, Papageorgiou N Hellenic Center for Marine Research, Greece Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Ukraine National Institute of Oceanography, Israel University of Auckland, New Zealand

2. MedOBIS OBJECTIVES Creation of a new online data/product; dissemination of taxon-based search marine biological information system (currently under development, URL will soon be dedicated) Secure of historical biological data Secure of historical biological data Assembly of current biological data Assembly of current biological data Development of online database Development of online database Analysis of data through GIS Analysis of data through GIS Data and product online dissemination Data and product online dissemination

3. MedOBIS: 4 MAIN PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT DATA ASSEMBLY DATA ASSEMBLY DATA FORMATTING DATA FORMATTING DATA ANALYSIS DATA ANALYSIS DATA DISSEMINATION DATA DISSEMINATION

4. MedOBIS: DATA ASSEMBLY Currently: Ionian Sea: 100 stations Ionian Sea: 100 stations Aegean Sea: 570 stations Aegean Sea: 570 stations Black Sea: 106 stations Black Sea: 106 stations

5. 776 stations 776 stations 4500 benthic taxa 4500 benthic taxa Period covered: 1937-2004 Period covered: 1937-2004

6. MedOBIS: DATA FORMATTING Data conversions: STATION LOCATION/ID in GIS SHAPEFILE STATION LOCATION/ID in GIS SHAPEFILE STATION ATTRIBUTES in MS ACCESS STATION ATTRIBUTES in MS ACCESS AVHRR SST in GEOREF. GIS GRIDS AVHRR SST in GEOREF. GIS GRIDS SeaWiFS Chl-a in GEOREF. GIS GRIDS SeaWiFS Chl-a in GEOREF. GIS GRIDS

7. MedOBIS: DATA ANALYSIS On-going GIS and Spatial Analyses: BIOGEOGRAPHY OF BENTHIC TAXA BIOGEOGRAPHY OF BENTHIC TAXA MARINE PRODUCTIVITY HOTSPOTS MARINE PRODUCTIVITY HOTSPOTS MESOSCALE OCEANIC THERMAL FRONTS MESOSCALE OCEANIC THERMAL FRONTS SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MAPS SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MAPS

8. MedOBIS: DATA DISSEMINATION ALOV Map ALOV Map –Free online GIS shapefile viewer –Online MS Access connectivity –Client-server architecture MedOBIS-ALOV Map Development MedOBIS-ALOV Map Development –Taxon-based search –Predefined zoomin selection

9. Taxon-based search (shown for Abra spp in red)

10. Predefined zoomin selection (user-defined zoomin area where stations are pre-selected for viewing and downloading further information)

11. MedOBIS: Current status/Future works On-going data assembly On-going data assembly Integration of analytical products into the MedOBIS online data viewer Integration of analytical products into the MedOBIS online data viewer Identification of species-environment interactions Identification of species-environment interactions Migration to client-server architecture (as more data becomes available) Migration to client-server architecture (as more data becomes available)

12. MedOBIS EurOBIS Data User Excellence of HCMR In Marine Biodiversity ERMS v2 PROPE-taxon (MARBEF) Data Provider MedOBIS: the way forward