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IndOBIS, an Ocean Biogeographic Information System for assessment and conservation of Indian Ocean biodiversity

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Title IndOBIS, an Ocean Biogeographic Information System for assessment and conservation of Indian Ocean biodiversity
 
Creator Chavan, V.S.
Achuthankutty, C.T.
Berghe, E.V.
Wafar, M.V.M.
 
Subject Information systems
distributed database systems
Indian Ocean
Ocean Biogeographic Information System
 
Description Compilation of inventories of components of coastal and marine biodiversity of Indian Ocean is hampered by several factors: low effort by some countries, preference to certain taxon, dwindling taxonomic expertise, low infrastructure of Information Technology, databases that are scattered and often non-interoperable, inconsistent reporting and a marked reluctance to share data and information. The creation of the Indian Ocean node of the Ocean Biogeographic Information System is meant to overcome some of these constraints. Benefiting from progress in Information Technology and building on the global efforts on understanding what lives in our seas, the IndOBIS aims to grow into a self-sustaining and collectively supported process of information collation, analysis and dissemination, serving the countries of the region and the international scientific community.
 
Date 2006-07-16T10:08:20Z
2006-07-16T10:08:20Z
2005
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, vol. 34(1), 120-127pp.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/219
 
Language en
 
Format 126941 bytes
application/pdf
 
Publisher NISCAIR, CSIR