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Plankton*Net@AWI - biodiversity data provider

Title:	Plankton*Net@AWI - biodiversity data provider
Title abbreviated:	Plankton*Net@AWI
Title alternative:	plankton*net@AWI; PlanktonNet@AWI
Identifier:	http://planktonnet.awi.de/
Creator:	Kraberg, Alexandra; et al.
Publisher:	Stiftung Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI)
Abstract:	The PLANKTONNET data provider at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research is an open access repository for plankton-related information. It covers all types of phytoplankton and zooplankton from marine and freshwater areas. PLANKTONNET's greatest strength is its comprehensiveness as for the different taxa image information as well as taxonomic descriptions can be archived. PLANKTONNET also contains a glossary with accompanying images to illustrate the term definitions. PLANKTONNET therefore presents a vital tool for the preservation of historic data sets as well as the archival of current research results. Our OAI-PMH compliant data provider represents a node within the distributed repository architecture originally planned in EU-funded project "PlanktonNet" (visit www.planktonnet.eu). This repository, together with the other other planned nodes (planktonet@roscoff and planktonnet@lisbon) are being harvested daily by a service provider specifically dedicated to the task of disseminating plankton-related records to a vast audience (visit www.planktonnet.eu/portal). In addition, we are currently working on making PlanktonNet repositories also harvestable by GBIF using the BioCASe protocol. [Information of the supplier] Further information provided by the projekt: "PLANKTONNET is a growing network of online databases that forms a comprehensive resource for plankton taxonomy and ecology. The first three sites were established at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), the Station Biologique de Roscoff (http://planktonnet.sb-roscoff.fr/index.php) and the University of Lisbon (http://plankton-net.fc.ul.pt). PLANKTONNET is a source of authoritative information about plankton taxa, featuring images, schematics, taxonomic descriptions and glossaries. However, it is also a repository for historic and current distribution data of plankton organisms. The site includes powerful browse and search functions allowing the user e.g. to search or distribution records of a given species, or look for all records in a given geographic location. The number of records is growing rapidly as data are not only entered by the PLANKTONNET partners but also a growing number of external contributors that can enter their own data remotely. PLANKTONNET is a very versatile tool support tool for students and lecturers but also a proper research tool for more experienced researchers."
Subject:	Marine ecology (577.7); Marine biology (578.77) » find similar sources!
Spatial coverage:	Oceans and Seas
Audience:	Intermediate; Experts
Language:	English
Format:	website; database
Resource type:	Factual databases; Picture databases
Access:	free
Metadata update date:	2007-07-31
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URL of this vifabio-resource:	http://www.vifabio.de/en/iqfBio/detail/2974
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