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SCAR-Marine Biodiversity Information Network
www.vliz.be/projects/scarmarbin
Acronym: SCAR-MarBIN
Period: May 2006 till January 2010
Status: Completed

Thesaurus terms: Biodiversity; Databases; Marine
  • Census of Marine Life (COML), more, partner
  • Rutgers University; Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences (IMCS), more, partner
  • Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), more, partner
  • Natural Environment Research Council; British Antarctic Survey (BAS), more, partner
  • Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI), more, partner
  • Senckenberg am Meer; German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), more, partner
  • Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen; Operationele Directie Natuurlijk Milieu; Afdeling Zoetwaterbiologie, more, partner
SCAR-MarBIN (SCAR Marine Biodiversity Information Network) establishes and supports a distributed system of interoperable databases, forming the Antarctic Regional OBIS Node, under the aegis of SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research).
SCAR-MarBIN compiles and manages existing and new information on Antarctic marine biodiversity by coordinating, supporting, completing and optimizing database networking. This information will in turn be sent to larger biodiversity initiatives such as OBIS - the information component of the Census of Marine Life (COML)- and GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility). SCAR-MarBIN data policy protocols align with the Antarctic Treaty (Art. III.1) and IPY requirements, as well as data management protocols of GBIF and OBIS.