About OBIS USA:
OBIS-USA is a collaboration between the US government and
many other institutions involved in producing data about marine
biodiversity, particularly focusing on species location data and related information. OBIS-USA was established to serve the data management and dissemination needs of the Ocean Biogreographic Information System (OBIS) and the Marine Life theme of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII). Within NBII, the Marine Life theme is a complement to the Fisheries and Acquatic Resources (FAR) theme, which focuses on freshwater resources. The collaboration provides access to existing
authoritative data on marine biodiversity including: taxonomic data, data
on species distributions, maps, images and other data that scientists and
organizations are willing to contribute to the US Node.
Host
Organization:
The Pacific Basin Information Node
(PBIN)
PBIN was established in 2001
as a regional node of the US National Biological Information
Infrastructure (NBII). Its responsibilities are to provide informatics
support to biodiversity management, science and education in the US of the
Pacific basin and to participate in the creation and operation of the
national system. The node has over forty partners and the three main foci
include the marine environment, forest birds and invasive species.
Partner
Institutions:
The Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Node
(FAR)
FAR was established in 2001 as
a thematic node of the US National Biological Information Infrastructure.
Its main goal is to aid conservation and restoration efforts, by
coordinating comprehensive data and information on the various aspects of
fish and aquatic resources biology and their habitat to an audience
ranging from scientists and managers to environmentalists and the general
public. The node will provide an integrated, comprehensive web-based
resource that will: 1) serve and access fishery and aquatic databases, 2)
link to fishery and aquatic resource information sites, and 3) act as a
larger scale coordinating site for fisheries and aquatic resources
standards.
The National Biological Information
Infrastructure (NBII)
NBII is a broad, collaborative
program to provide increased access to data and information on the
biological resources of the United States. The NBII links diverse,
high-quality biological databases, information products, and analytical
tools maintained by partners and other contributors in government
agencies, academic institutions, non-government organizations, and private
industry. NBII partners and collaborators also work on new standards,
tools, and technologies that make it easier to find, integrate, and apply
biological resources information. Resource managers, scientists,
educators, and the general public use the NBII to answer a wide range of
questions related to the management, use, or conservation of this nation's
biological resources.
US National Committee for
OBIS
The Committee is a
subcommittee of the U.S. National Committee of the Census of Marine Life,
with ex-officio participation of experts in data management and
communications from the U.S. perspective. The U.S. National Committee for
the Census of Marine Life was established in 2002 in consultation with the
National Academies of Science National Research Council, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the international Scientific
Steering Committee for the Census of Marine Life, with the intent of
guiding the development of a national program, taking into account
national priorities.
Funding
Source:
National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII), Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN), United States Geological Survey (USGS).
Current Data Sets:
Provider (Name, Program, or Institution) |
Data Set (Taxonomic Presence of...) |
Records |
| Arctic Ocean Diversity (ArcOD) http://www.sfos.uaf.edu/research/arcdiv/index.html/ |
Arctic Marine Biological communities |
117 |
Bermuda Atlantic Time series study Zooplankton Census (BATS) http://www.vims.edu/bio/zooplankton/BATS
|
Zooplankton and Micronekton |
635 |
| Bernice P. Bishop Museum (BPBM) http://www.bishopmuseum.org/ |
Marine Fishes |
8,029 |
| Census Of Marine Microbes, International (Icomm) http://icomm.mbl.edu/ |
Marine Microbes |
2,584 |
| Census of Marine Zoplankton (CMarZ) http://www.whoi.edu/ |
Zooplankton species abundance |
1,467 |
| Gulf Of Alaska (GOA) http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04alaska |
Deep-sea corals; Microbial, Invertebrate, and Fish communities |
422,150 |
Gulf of Maine Biodiversity Information System (GMBIS)
Gulf of Maine Areas Program (GoMAP)
http://www.usm.maine.edu/gulfofmaine-census/ |
All species |
6,155 |
| Gulf Of Mexico (GoMex) http://gmcd.gsfc.nasa.gov/ |
Amphipod, Fish, Invert, Isopod, Macro, Meio |
45,595 |
| Smithsonian Institution, Census of (SERC) http://www.serc.si.edu/labs/marine_invasions/biogeography/surveys.jsp/ |
Sessile Marine Invertebrate |
4,808 |
| SouthEast Regional Taxonomic Center (SERTC) http://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/sertc/index.html/ |
Marine and Estuarine Animals |
2,097 |
| Zooplankton Genomic ( ZooGene) http://www.zoogene.org |
Calanoid Copepods |
114 |
Data Coverage: Data from USA Sources and Data about USA Waters of the Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans, the Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico.
Temporal Coverage: from 1750 to present
Taxonomic Coverage: all marine species
Services
Offered: OBIS and the NBII collaborate
to provide a gateway to marine biodiversity data, information, and analytical tools relevant to USA data sources and regions of concern.
RON Manager: Mark
Fornwall
Email: Mark_Fornwall@USGS.gov
Technical Manager: Derek Masaki
mail: dmasaki@usgs.gov
US OBIS National Committee:
Daphne
Fautin
Peter Fippinger
The OBIS-USA Pilot Development Team:
Mark D. Fornwall, Node Manager
Derek Masaki, Technical Coordinator
NBII Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN)
US Geological Survey
Kahalui, Maui , HI USA
John J. Kineman, Research Associate (PI for startup project)
Rozita Abdul-Williams, Research Associate
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
University of ColoradoBoulder , CO USA
Gail Lampenin, IT Support
Information Center for the Environment (ICE)
University of California , Davis , CA
Pam Fuller, Program Coordinator
Buck Albert, Web Developer
NBII Florida Integrated Sciences Center
US Geological Survey
Gainsville , FL USA
Major Collaborators:
Rob Guralnick, Curator & Ass. Professor
Philip Goldstein, Research Asscociate
Dave Neufeld, Lead Data Developer
CU Museum
University of Colorado
Boulder , CO USA
