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EMODnet Biology workshop on data formatting QC & publishing

Added on: 2020-02-25 15:31:38 by Beja, Joana

The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) is organizing a hands-on workshop on data formatting, QC & publishing as part of the EMODnet Biology project (phase 3), with the intention to train current and future data providers in submitting their data to the project. ...

EMODnet Biology video

Added on: 2019-12-17 12:22:07 by Beja, Joana

A short video introducing the work EMODnet Biology is developing to make biological data available to the wider community. ...

Data grants 2019

Added on: 2019-11-28 11:01:30 by Beja, Joana

The 2019 data grant call was an extremely successful round and we would like to inform all applicants that the documentation is being reviewed and evaluated according to criteria referenced in the call. The results will be communicated on December 9th. ...

European Ocean Biogeographic Information System (EurOBIS) celebrates its 15th anniversary

Added on: 2019-11-05 17:08:03 by Fockedey, Nancy

Established in 2004, EurOBIS aims at centralising and making available the largely scattered marine species biogeographic data in Europe. Today – 15 years later – it hosts no less than 24 million distribution records of 62.299 species. Thanks to EurOBIS and the effort of many scientists working on a voluntary basis, these valuable data have a second life. ...

Call for Data Grants 2019

Added on: 2019-11-04 17:09:27 by Schepers, Lennert

A new call for data grants is now available and is open till November 17th 2019. ...

EMODnet Biology General meeting

Added on: 2019-05-10 11:59:36 by Oset Garcia, Paula

Next EMODnet Biology general meeting to take place in Lisbon, 16th and 17th May 2019 ...

Save the date: 15/05/2019. A Showcase for the European Atlas of Marine Life

Added on: 2019-04-12 15:22:31 by Oset Garcia, Paula

Essential Biological Data Products - A Showcase for the European Atlas of Marine Life. 15th May 2019, Lisbon. Register here for this EMODnet Biology event: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-showcase-for-the-european-atlas-of-marine-life-tickets-55404526430 ...

New version of the EMODnet Biology download toolbox

Added on: 2019-02-14 10:05:22 by Oset Garcia, Paula

EMODnet Biology has released a new version of the download toolbox. The users can now include additional parameter and data precision filters, and choose between different download types. ...

Launch EMODnet Atlas of European Marine Life

Added on: 2018-12-19 08:50:58 by Claus, Simon

EMODnet Biology is proud to unveil a new and innovative showcase of exemplar marine biological data products. ...

EMODnet Biology online course and QC tool

Added on: 2018-10-17 15:36:13 by Claus, Simon

EMODnet Biology has launched an online course on the IODE Oceanteacher platform on how to contribute data to EMODnet Biology. This course is an introduction to the EMODnet Biology and EurOBIS data format that guides you through all the necessary processing steps, from dataset describing to publishing and quality checking. The online qc tool has been powered by the Lifewatch Marine VRE. ...

EMODnet gridded abundance Copepod products part of the ICES Annual Report 2017

Added on: 2018-10-11 13:39:26 by Claus, Simon

The publication looks back on the key activities of the organization in 2017. It showcases how ICES has continued to gather momentum in a number of crucial scientific and advisory areas as well as explore new horizons of cooperation and engagement. Nice to see the EMODnet abundance products appearing!

Data product workshop, VLIZ

Added on: 2018-10-02 22:09:01 by Claus, Simon

From 8-10 October, the EMODnet biology data product experts will meet to discuss new dataproducts and to finilize the first version of the upcoming Atlas Of Marine Life

Major EurOBIS and EMODnet Biology update

Added on: 2018-04-16 17:23:04 by Claus, Simon

Thanks to a huge effort of the EMODnet biology consortium, 39 new and updated datasets representing more then six million distribution records are made available as open marine biodiversity data.

General Meeting coming up

Added on: 2018-03-28 10:09:08 by Claus, Simon

Next EMODnet Biology general meeting to take place in Trieste, 3-4 May 2018 ...

EMODnet Data Products Workshop

Added on: 2017-10-12 12:45:09 by Claus, Simon

Representatives from all four regional sea commissions, transatlantic partnerships, industry, conservation and management organisations met in London on the 10th October for an EMODnet Biology meeting to steer the development of key biological data products. ...

EMODnet Biology API description & OpenSeaLab

Added on: 2017-07-17 16:56:05 by Claus, Simon

A description of the EMODnet Biology web services is now available online. The data will be explored during the 1st EMODnet Open Sea Lab! During a three day open data bootcamp from 15-17 November 2017 in the vibrant port city of Antwerp, Belgium, we will ideate and co-create innovative solutions to unique problems using EMODnet’s wealth of marine data and ocean observations. ...

The EMODnet biology (phase 3) project kicks off in Ostend

Added on: 2017-04-25 12:03:03 by Vanhoorne, Bart

The EMODnet biology (phase 3) project kicks off in Oostende from 25-26 April 2017.

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Final report EMODnet biology II

Added on: 2016-11-23 15:28:28 by Claus, Simon

The final report of EMODnet biology has been published. The report summarizes the activities of the past three years of EMODnet Biology, lists the main challenges and provides a list of recommendations for the future. The report is available here.

New EMODnet Biology Blog

Added on: 2016-09-22 16:26:46 by Claus, Simon

A new EMODnet biology blog has been launched. The blog will be used to share thoughts and ideas on the products EMODnet biology is developing. The first post is about the gridded zooplankton time series of the North Atlantic.

Fourth EMODnet Biology Workshop

Added on: 2016-07-12 14:46:12 by Vranken, Sofie

On June 17th, 17 experts met in Oostende to further develop a framework for the description, collation and dissemination of traits information relating to marine species. ...

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