This dataset was compiled by Huw Griffiths, from the British Antarctic Survey. It includes data on Pycnogonids of the Southern Ocean and other Southern Hemisphere regions. View and download the data here
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New dataset: British Antarctic Survey Argos satellite tracking data
Location information derived from ARGOS PTT tracking devices deployed on higher predators since 1990. These have been deployed on wandering albatrosses, grey headed albatrosses, black browed albatrosses, light-mantled sooty albatrosses, southern giant petrels, northern giant petrels, white-chinned petrels, chinstrap penguins, adelie penguins, macaroni penguins, gentoo penguins and Antarctic Fur seals. The majority of deployments have … Continue reading New dataset: British Antarctic Survey Argos satellite tracking data
Dataset update: Bioconstructors, British Antarctic Survey
Huw Griffiths, from the British Antarctic Survey has just released a new version of the Total Bioconstructors dataset, making it up to 13060 records. This great dataset includes data on large sessile habitat-forming organisms such as sponges, corals, bryozoans and hydroids, which play a crucial role in the structure of Antarctic marine communities and enhance … Continue reading Dataset update: Bioconstructors, British Antarctic Survey
New feature: autolink to the Smithsonian in RAMS
A new feature has been added to RAMS, which allows a direct link to the Smithsonian Antarctic Invertebrates website. By clicking the link, the user is directed towards the corresponding page on the Antarctic Invertebrates website. see an example, here.
Call for the NPT advisory group
The Nodes Portal Toolkit (NPT) is envisioned as a suite of informatics tools for helping GBIF Participants to deploy, maintain and extend biodiversity data portals (at the national, regional or thematic level). 25.11.10 In October 2009 the GBIF Participant Node Managers Committee recommended that the Nodes Community be fully engaged in the development cycle … Continue reading Call for the NPT advisory group
New paper: How many species in the Antarctic?
The IPY sister-projects CAML and SCAR-MarBIN provided a timely opportunity, a strong collaborative framework and an appropriate momentum to attempt assessing the “Known, Unknown and Unknowable” of Antarctic marine biodiversity. To allow assessing the known biodiversity, SCAR-MarBIN “Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS)” was compiled and published by a panel of 64 taxonomic experts. … Continue reading New paper: How many species in the Antarctic?
Antarctic Field Guides released today
Today we are releasing a new project: Antarctic Field Guide http://afg.scarmarbin.be Create your field guide to the Antarctic! The aim of Antartic Field Guides is to help scientist and amateurs their preparation for a trip to the Antarctica. With AFG they can create a Field Guide with all the species they are interested in or around … Continue reading Antarctic Field Guides released today
