caa a22 4500 445890967 CHVBK 20180317145616.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10750-011-0656-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10750-011-0656-x Analysing the content of the European Ocean Biogeographic Information System (EurOBIS): available data, limitations, prospects and a look at the future [Elektronische Daten] [Leen Vandepitte, Francisco Hernandez, Simon Claus, Bart Vanhoorne, Nathalie De Hauwere, Klaas Deneudt, Ward Appeltans, Jan Mees] The European Ocean Biogeographic Information System—EurOBIS—is an integrated data system developed by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) for the EU Network of Excellence "Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning” (MarBEF) in 2004. Its principle aims are to centralise the largely scattered biogeographical data on marine species collected by European institutions and to make these quality-controlled data freely available and easily accessible. It is in essence a distributed system in which individual datasets go through a series of quality control procedures before they are integrated into one large consolidated database. EurOBIS is freely available online at www.eurobis.org , where marine biogeographical data—with a focus on taxonomy, temporal and spatial distribution—can be consulted and downloaded for analyses. Over the last 6years, EurOBIS has collected 228 datasets contributed by more than 75 institutes, representing over 13.6 million distribution records of which almost 12.5 million records are species level identifications. It is now the largest online searchable public source of European marine biological data, holding biogeographical information on 26,801 species and 9,221 genera. EurOBIS acts as the European node of OBIS, the Ocean Biogeographic Information System of the Census of Marine Life (CoML). EurOBIS shares its data with OBIS, which in its turn shares its content with the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). This article describes the status of the European Ocean Biogeographic Information System, identifies data gaps, possible applications, uses and limitations. It also formulates a strategy for the growth and improvement of the system and wants to appeal for more contributions. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Database nationallicence Biogeography nationallicence Marine biodiversity nationallicence Europe nationallicence Data integration nationallicence Data limitations nationallicence Vandepitte Leen Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), InnovOcean Site, Wandelaarkaai 7, 8400, Oostende, Belgium aut Hernandez Francisco Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), InnovOcean Site, Wandelaarkaai 7, 8400, Oostende, Belgium aut Claus Simon Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), InnovOcean Site, Wandelaarkaai 7, 8400, Oostende, Belgium aut Vanhoorne Bart Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), InnovOcean Site, Wandelaarkaai 7, 8400, Oostende, Belgium aut De Hauwere Nathalie Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), InnovOcean Site, Wandelaarkaai 7, 8400, Oostende, Belgium aut Deneudt Klaas Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), InnovOcean Site, Wandelaarkaai 7, 8400, Oostende, Belgium aut Appeltans Ward Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), InnovOcean Site, Wandelaarkaai 7, 8400, Oostende, Belgium aut Mees Jan Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), InnovOcean Site, Wandelaarkaai 7, 8400, Oostende, Belgium aut Hydrobiologia Springer Netherlands 667/1(2011-06-01), 1-14 0018-8158 667:1<1 2011 667 10750 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0656-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-011-0656-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vandepitte Leen Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), InnovOcean Site, Wandelaarkaai 7, 8400, Oostende, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hernandez Francisco Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), InnovOcean Site, Wandelaarkaai 7, 8400, Oostende, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Claus Simon Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), InnovOcean Site, Wandelaarkaai 7, 8400, Oostende, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vanhoorne Bart Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), InnovOcean Site, Wandelaarkaai 7, 8400, Oostende, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- De Hauwere Nathalie Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), InnovOcean Site, Wandelaarkaai 7, 8400, Oostende, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Deneudt Klaas Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), InnovOcean Site, Wandelaarkaai 7, 8400, Oostende, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Appeltans Ward Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), InnovOcean Site, Wandelaarkaai 7, 8400, Oostende, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mees Jan Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), InnovOcean Site, Wandelaarkaai 7, 8400, Oostende, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Hydrobiologia Springer Netherlands 667/1(2011-06-01), 1-14 0018-8158 667:1<1 2011 667 10750 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer