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1 Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) MedOBIS - Ocean Biogeographic Information System for the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea

2 MedOBIS HCMR 25.12.2015 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

3 MedOBIS HCMR 25.12.2015 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.

4 MedOBIS HCMR 25.12.2015 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

5 MedOBIS HCMR 25.12.2015 Objectives: Data processing Database as storage system Data can be retrieved Perfomance of quality checks Documentation of data and descriptive data (metadata)

6 MedOBIS HCMR 25.12.2015 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

7 MedOBIS HCMR 25.12.2015 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

8 MedOBIS HCMR 25.12.2015 Present status unformatted heterogeneous incomplete not comparable erroneous Data from various institutes: Database Taxonomic search function species Result s Web interface with interactive map

9 MedOBIS HCMR 25.12.2015 Contents Focused on three main parameters: taxonomy, location and time Taxonomic data Spatial data (vector data, satellite images) Sampling data Metadata Environmental data

10 MedOBIS HCMR 25.12.2015 Database extent distribution records: 36522 taxonomic records (valid names): 3219 stations from the Aegean Sea: 632 stations from the Adriatic Sea: 417 stations from the Black Sea: 106 stations from the Eastern Basin: 97 stations from the Ionian Sea: 71 Time range: 1934 - 2004

11 MedOBIS HCMR 25.12.2015 Database extent

12 MedOBIS HCMR 25.12.2015 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)

13 MedOBIS HCMR 25.12.2015 el-net

14 MedOBIS HCMR 25.12.2015 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

15 http://www.medobis.org


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