How do you use marine data hosted in Flanders?
How do you use marine data hosted in Flanders?

How do you use marine data hosted in Flanders?

Flanders manages a large amount of marine data. To get an idea of the use and social value of this data, EWI (Science, Technology and Innovation in Flanders) launches a survey in cooperation with OECD.
The acoustic character of an underwater habitat
The acoustic character of an underwater habitat

The acoustic character of an underwater habitat

Just as the doctor listens to the condition of your lungs with his stethoscope, imagine that you can tell how healthy or unhealthy the sea is from the underwater sound. That is what LifeWatch VLIZ engineer Clea Parcerisas wants to find out with her doctoral research on underwater soundscapes.
What is the difference in the soundscape of the Gulf of Tribugá in Colombia and the Belgian Part of the North Sea?
What is the difference in the soundscape of the Gulf of Tribugá in Colombia and the Belgian Part of the North Sea?

What is the difference in the soundscape of the Gulf of Tribugá in Colombia and the Belgian Part of the North Sea?

A new LifeWatch paper compares two different soundscapes: the Gulf of Tribugá in Colombia and the the Belgian Part of the North Sea (BPNS). This study is of great importance as a general marine soundscape baseline in order to map possible future disturbances of port construction or to evaluate whether policy measures taken are effective. The comparison shows that biophony dominates the Gulf ot Tribugá while anthropophony is dominant in the BPNS.
WoRMS endorsed as a Project Action under the Ocean Decade
WoRMS endorsed as a Project Action under the Ocean Decade

WoRMS endorsed as a Project Action under the Ocean Decade

Last week, WoRMS received endorsement by the Ocean Decade as a Project Action, entitled “Above and Beyond – Completing the World Register of Marine Species (ABC WoRMS)”.
New versions of the Bio-Oracle dataset v2.2 and the R package sdmpredictors v2.10.0 are available
New versions of the Bio-Oracle dataset v2.2 and the R package sdmpredictors v2.10.0 are available

New versions of the Bio-Oracle dataset v2.2 and the R package sdmpredictors v2.10.0 are available

Bio-Oracle provides environmental data of the world ocean for present and future climate change scenarios. These data are mainly used by Lifewatch users to link biodiversity occurrence data to environmental conditions and predict the future distribution of marine species. Recently, this dataset is improved and offers better quality for the end users.
Streamlining of the environment flags on all higher taxonomic levels
Streamlining of the environment flags on all higher taxonomic levels

Streamlining of the environment flags on all higher taxonomic levels

Although the environment flag in Aphia was quite complete on species level already, there were still some gaps on the higher taxonomic levels. This has now been improved, representing a major update for the Aphia related services and downloads.